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Purpose as a Compass: Grant Reporting - What is the Purpose? Linking Values, Vision, and Practice 

Release Date:

04/25/2023

Oral and alternate reporting (OAR) is an emergent practice that strives to rebalance power between funders and their grantees, drive insight and collaborative engagement around “wicked” problems and make efficient use of limited resources. Sounds...

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The Grove Foundation

Beyond the Glass Cliff: Reimagining Executive Transitions in the Sector

Release Date:

04/06/2023

The nonprofit ecosystem is currently experiencing a series of leadership transitions, with many historically white-led organizations, including BoardSource, transitioning to BIPOC executives.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

HR & Operations

Leadership Development

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BoardSource

Elevating Feminist Leadership and Thought on International Women's Day

Release Date:

03/08/2023

While the Rockefeller Brothers Fund does not have a specific program dedicated to women’s issues, many of our grantmakers have dedicated resources to elevating feminist thought and leadership as critical components of transformative social change.

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Gender Justice

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Honoring the Legacy of John Wright: Navigating the Future of Philanthropic Policy Work in his Footsteps

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02/21/2023

The New York City community recently lost a great friend and leader in John Wright, a tremendously talented policy strategist and lobbyist who left a lasting impact on our policy work.

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Let’s Close the Gap on Mental Health for Good in 2023

Release Date:

02/16/2023

By: Walter Panzirer, Trustee, Helmsley Charitable Trust. There is no question we are in a race to make up for decades of underinvesting in behavioral health, compounded by growing needs.

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Disaster Relief

Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Insights from “The Path to Racial Equity: How Board Readiness Informs Organizational Readiness for Black Board Leadership”

Release Date:

02/03/2023

Last Fall, we hosted a conversation exploring the journey toward greater racial equity on boards. In order to recruit and retain board service from Black leaders, it is imperative to examine and evaluate internal operating systems and practices.

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Let’s Address the Real Reason Great Fundraisers Are in Short Supply

Release Date:

01/27/2023

“We need a unicorn.” That’s what we hear nearly every week from organizations seeking their next development director.

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Fundraising

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

Virtual Employee Engagement through Virtual Conversational Leadership

Release Date:

01/20/2023

Conversational leadership offers a fundamental rethinking, and more importantly, an opening to the possibility of a “re-feeling” of daily work life in remote, in-person, and hybrid work models.

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Insights from The Mechanics of Working Through Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens - A Workshop Led by PRE

Release Date:

12/06/2022

What does it mean to use a racial justice lens in your grantmaking? And what internal barriers need to be dismantled to advance racial justice?

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What’s at Stake and What’s at Play: My Reckoning with Philanthropy

Release Date:

12/02/2022

Travis Baird, a Program Officer at the Maverick Capital Foundation, shares how his personal identity has guided his experiences and work within the philanthropic sector and names three tensions he's experienced while making funding decisions.