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Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Simon Greer As New President

New York, NY – The Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) –the leading foundation rooted in Jewish tradition and committed to democratic values and social justice – announced today …

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BBC News interviews NCF about News Corp. governance practices

As a representative of one of the few institutional investors publicly pressing News Corporation to improve its governance practices since well before the hacking scandal broke, NCF's director of s …

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From the President’s Letter

At the en …

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News Corp. ranks poorly when it comes to corporate political disclosure

Despite the improvements the Foundation pushed News Corporation to make to its oversight and disclosure of corporate political spending, the company still has a ways to go.

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2010 Annual Report

Nathan Cummings Foundation 2010 Annual Report is now available.

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Joint NCF/ACGI effort results in improved corporate governance at eBay, others

Online auction giant eBay has moved to declassify its board of directors following receipt of a shareholder proposal led by the Nathan Cummings Foundation. The result of a joint effort coordinated …

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NCF-led inquiry helps prompt News Corporation to revise policy on political spending

Following inquiries from the Nathan Cummings Foundation and other institutional investors about the Company's political spending, News Corporation's Board of Directors has …

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Invitation to attend the exhibit "Romare Bearden: The Artist as Activist" opening reception

Join us on Thursday, April 28th from 6pm to 8pm for the opening reception of our new exhibit Romare Bearden: The Artist as Activist, curated by The Romare Bearden Foundation with guest curators C. …

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Faith-Based Institutional Investors join NCF-Led Effort to Press Goldman Sachs on Executive Compensation

At Goldman Sachs, profits declined while CEO compensation nearly doubled. The Nathan Cummings Foundation, a long-term Goldman Sachs shareholder, is once again leading a coalition of institutional i …

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NCF Profiled As an "Exemplary Health Funder" In a New Report

The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy has just issued a report, Towards Transformative Change in Health Care: High Impact Strategies for Philanthropy, which profiles NCF as an "exempla …

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NCF and partners announce the Affordable Care Act Implementation Fund

The Nathan Cummings Foundation is pleased to join Community Catalyst in announcing the launch of

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NCF Grantee Madeline Janis of LAANE proposes reforming California's redevelopment agencies

Madeline Janis, the Executive Director of the L.A. Alliance for a New Economy, published an influential op ed in the LA times proposing an alternative to Governor Brown's plan to fill budget gaps b …

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More Donors Need to Support Innovative Climate Solutions

Chronicle of Philanthropy

February 20, 2011
More Donors Need to Support Innovative Climate Solutions
By Lance Lindblom and Peter Teague

In the wake of serial disappointments, …

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President & CEO Search

NCF has retained Phillips Oppenheim, an international search firm which specializes in recruiting leaders for nonprofit organizations, to assist in the search for its next President & …

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New Study: U.S. Fails to Meet Goals for Women's Health

The National Women's Law Center just issued its tenth annual state-by-state report card on women's health and the news is not good. Obesity, diabetes, hypertension, alcohol abuse and sexually trans …

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Faith-based Group Working with Policy Organizations on Health Care Cost Controls

The Greater Boston Interfaith Organization and Health Care For All - two of the leading groups behind Massachusetts' historic health reform law - are now working together on a campaign to help cont …

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NCF President & CEO to Step Down

On November 15, 2010, President & CEO Lance E. Lindblom, formally announced to the Board of Trustees that he would be stepping down from his position as of December 31, 2011. He thanked the Boa …

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