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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Wallace Foundation Releases Reports on Successful Audience-Building Efforts

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08/14/2015

The case studies are the eighth and ninth in the 10-part Wallace Studies in Building Arts Audiences series.

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Arts

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Twenty-Seven Foundation Executives Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box'

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08/14/2015

Darren Walker, President and CEO of the Ford Foundation was among the signers of the initiative that would remove the previous crime conviction box from job applications.

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation

North Star's Hogan Calls for de Blasio to Give Acitivists a Bigger Role in Policymaking

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08/14/2015

North Star Fund Executive Director Hugh Hogan questions de Blasio's claims of grassroots governance.

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Public Policy

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North Star Fund

21 Sep 2015

What Does it Mean to Serve on a Nonprofit Board?

Monday, September 21, 2015 -

5:15pm to 7:00pm

Are you interested in joining a board but want to understand more about what it means to serve on a board? How can you bridge your personal values and professional skills for the benefit of an organization through board service?

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Professional Development

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OSF and Ford Help Address the 'Accountability Gap'

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08/13/2015

The accountability gap is defined as the disconnect between what citizens expect and what governments do.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford Foundation

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Bank of America Provides Light to 500 Schools in the Developing World

Release Date:

08/13/2015

The foundation has donated $500,000 to the GivePower Foundation which provides solar powered lighting to schools.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Education

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17 Sep 2015

Exploring Communications Strategies for Small-Staffed Foundations

Thursday, September 17, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

What does a strategic and efficient plan for 21st century digital communications look like for your foundation? Don't have a dedicated communications staffer? You’re not alone!

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Carnegie-Backed Teacher Training Program Shows Early Signs of Success

Release Date:

08/12/2015

The fellowship program created by Leading Educators is showing promising results on student achievement, according to a preliminary evaluation.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Education

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Century Foundation Explores the 'Double Burden' of Poverty

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08/12/2015

The report examines racial disparity in concentrated poverty.

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Economic Security

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The Century Foundation

04 Nov 2015

Dear Board...Are You Reading This?

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Foundation and nonprofit boards have an important responsibility: They advise and ultimately decide on the major polices, goals and governance of the organization.

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Aetna Foundation Encourages Using Data to Help Tackle Healthcare Disparities

Release Date:

08/11/2015

If population-level healthcare disparities were eliminated, up to 80,000 early deaths in the United States would be prevented each year.

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Health

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Bank of America and JPMorgan Work to Find Social Enterprise Solutions to Break Down Employment Barriers

Release Date:

08/11/2015

Independent research shows that every $1 social enterprises spend returns $2.23 in benefits to society.

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Bank of America [Corporate]

Workforce Development

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

EdFunders Case Study Identifies Unusual Model for Philanthropic Collaboration

Release Date:

08/11/2015

“We felt it was important to support the creation of this case study to advance the conversation about collaboration in philanthropy, demonstrate just how much work it really is and encourage funders who believe that finding common ground on...

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Education

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Education Funders Research Initiative

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Trinity Wall Street

OSF to Continue Grantmaking in Russia

Release Date:

08/10/2015

Even after being placed on a "patriotic stop list," Open Society Foundations will still support grantees located in Russia.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations

To Boost Job Prospects, Younger Americans Seek Dentures

Release Date:

08/10/2015

For many, tooth lost is a symptom of poverty. Statistics from the Commonwealth Fund report that nearly one in five working age adults in some Southern and Appalachian states have lost at least one tooth.

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

What We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island Social Impact Bond

Release Date:

08/10/2015

Goldman Sachs lent $7.2 million to New York City and Bloomberg Philanthropies guaranteed $6 million.

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Justice Reform

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Goldman Sachs

Understanding Risk Tolerance in Grantmaking

Release Date:

08/10/2015

By applying behavioral economics theory to philanthropy, we can better manage grantmaker tendencies toward loss and risk aversion, and the effects of other decision-making patterns.

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Insights

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight and Research to Prevent Blindness Launch Low Vision Research Initiative

Release Date:

08/07/2015

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) is launching a new research initiative to address urgent needs in understanding and treating low vision. The $1.2 million, two-pronged initiative involves funding partnerships with Lions Clubs International...

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