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After a Gay Rights Victory, a New Challenge for Grantmakers

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07/10/2013

We’re pleased to have Michael Seltzer, Trustee at EMpower-The Emerging Markets Foundation and past President of Philanthropy New York, comment on the Supreme Court’s historic decision on marriage equality and examine the history of philanthropic...

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LGBTQ

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Philanthropy New York

After a Gay Rights Victory, a New Challenge for Grantmakers

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07/10/2013

by Michael Seltzer, Trustee, EMpower-The Emerging Markets Foundation , and past President, Philanthropy New York Two days before the 44th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots that occurred on the streets of my own neighborhood,...

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5 Questions for...Kimberleigh J. Smith, Board President, Paul Rapoport Foundation

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06/28/2013

PhilanTopic’s Laura Cronin talks with Kimberleigh Smith about the Rapoport Foundation’s decision to spend down by 2015, what they’ve learned about the spend down process and how they are helping their grantees navigate a difficult funding...

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Partnering With State Governments to Strengthen Families

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06/25/2013

Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas describes the Work Supports Strategies (WSS) initiative — an Urban Institute-directed project to design, test and implement operating changes to public work support systems — and what WSS has taught funders...

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Public Policy

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Workforce Development

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Reshaping the Business of Social Change

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06/20/2013

We’re pleased to have Monique Villa, CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, discuss her organization’s unique approach to giving, the principles of shared value and the Foundation's many initiatives geared towards supporting women’s rights and...

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Reshaping the Business of Social Change

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06/20/2013

by Monique Villa, CEO, Thomson Reuters Foundation As the Chief Executive Officer of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate charity of the world’s leading source of news and information, I run an international, award-winning...

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Your Foundation in Crisis: Will You Be Ready?

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06/18/2013

Temin and Company CEO Davia Temin recently led our members through an interactive “crisis case” seminar where they could gauge their own reactions and share experiences and feedback with their peers. She talks about that session and the lessons...

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Your Foundation in Crisis: Will You Be Ready?

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06/18/2013

by Davia Temin, CEO, Temin and Company Crisis is turning into the “new normal” for most organizations and corporations in this post-recession era. And foundations are as vulnerable and prone to crisis as public companies and...

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The Storm Surge and Impact of Sandy on Communities in Northern New Jersey

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06/13/2013

At the end of May, the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers held a bus tour that visited storm-affected communities in Northern New Jersey — an opportunity for funders from around the region to learn more from experts involved in the recovery and...

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