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Can Flexible Funding Become Our New Normal?

Release Date:

07/15/2020

While there is a growing belief among funders in the value of general operating support and capacity building, this funding practice has not been widely adopted. "Funding from a Place of Trust" sheds light on how the flow of general operating...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Citi Foundation

Reimagining Safety and Justice for Black Life Now and Forever

Release Date:

07/07/2020

As a Black woman, a philanthropy executive, and a descendent of enslaved people, I have constantly been trying to unpack this moment. It is heartbreaking, emotional, but it also gives me hope. There is a lot of beauty happening right now, amid the...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Everyone Deserves a Fair Slice

Release Date:

06/30/2020

Most investors, smart investors want to build on the skilled competencies and professionalism of the organisations they fund. This is enlightened self-interest.

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The Hearst Foundation

To Get a Railroad Project Moving Long Islanders Had to Pull Together

Release Date:

06/23/2020

How a research project transformed a region - and the foundation that sponsored it. The Rauch Foundation presents Part 3 of their 3-part Insights series.

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Community Development

Humanizing Immigration: The Role of COVID-19

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06/17/2020

Immigrants are among those on the frontlines of the pandemic response. They are also disproportionately suffering from the resulting economic hardship.

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Immigration

Philanthropy & Social Sector Leadership at a Time of Crisis

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06/10/2020

Our national crisis of disparity and despair will not be healed through what has somehow become a normative disaster response in philanthropy, where foundations spend a little more and nonprofits struggle to meet a surge in demand.

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Disaster Relief

Research Studies: A Convener’s Best Friend

Release Date:

05/26/2020

How a research project transformed a region - and the foundation that sponsored it. The Rauch Foundation presents Part 2 of their 3-part Insights series.

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The Rauch Foundation

The Artistic Gains of an Ethnically Diverse Society are Irrefutable

Release Date:

05/19/2020

The current face of dance in New York City is nuanced and multicultural, having been informed by different waves of immigration.

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Arts

Immigration

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

COVID-19: Reflections on Rebuilding a More Inclusive and Resilient Economy

Release Date:

05/13/2020

The pandemic's duration and full economic impact are still unknown. We know for certain that it will end and the economy will recover. Will corporate sustainability efforts and ESG investing fall victim to the downturn?

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Could the Rauch Foundation Change Long Island? Only by Changing Itself.

Release Date:

05/05/2020

To move a $2.6 billion infrastructure project, in the face of strong opposition, takes a daunting amount of power. How is a regional foundation to tap so much force?