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Digital Badges: What They Are and Why Funders Should Pay Attention (Part 2)

Release Date:

06/24/2014

... establishing Mozilla Open Badges , a common, open-source system for the issuance, collection, and display of digital ... to increase jobs, are also embracing this movement. In 2013 , Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel...

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Education

Veterans

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The New York Community Trust

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

02 Apr 2025

Making Reporting Work: Aligning Grantmaking with Learning & Change - Part 1 of a Three-Part Series

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:15pm

Join our three-part virtual series, flipping the script on grant reporting, evolving the function into a more effective, learning-driven process. Traditional reporting often focuses on compliance and funder needs, limiting nonprofits' ability to...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Educational Foundation of America Welcomes New Staff Members

Release Date:

09/04/2013

... most notably designing a comprehensive evaluation system for an after-school program for African immigrant ...

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Education

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The Educational Foundation of America

TCC Group Welcomes Two New Members to its Nonprofit Strategy Team

Release Date:

02/23/2016

The Nonprofit Strategy and Capacity Building team at TCC Group welcome two new members, Debika Shome, who has joined as a Senior Consultant, and Brett Dupuy, who has joined as an Associate Consultant.

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TCC Group

UCLA to Establish Archive on Policing and Mass Incarceration in Los Angeles with Support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Release Date:

01/28/2021

... archive of data, testimonies, artifacts and police files for the next generation of research on racial and ... that the materials of our profoundly unjust criminal legal system are studied and preserved.”...

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Social Justice

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Mellon Foundation

Four Frameworks for Living Liberation

Release Date:

07/01/2021

... . One lie many of us tell ourselves is that it is the system solely that holds us back from living our most ... oppression (an external, extractive political economic system ) and from suffering (the internal...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

New Grants Over $4.5 Million Approved by The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees

Release Date:

12/09/2021

The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees has approved funding for six grants totaling $4,534,799 million

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Aging

Health

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

Vision, Mission, and Values

Our Vision Philanthropic institutions work together to build an equitable, sustainable, and democratic society. Our Mission Philanthropy New York champions effective grantmaking by building a vibrant...

Open Society Foundations Names Kenneth H. Zimmerman as New Director of U.S. Programs

Release Date:

06/04/2012

... distribution of resources throughout the educational system . Zimmerman in 1999 became the first Executive Director ...

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Human Services

Social Justice

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Open Society Foundations

Eric C. Schneider to Join The Commonwealth Fund as Senior Vice President for Policy and Research

Release Date:

11/26/2014

... policy, quality measurement and improvement, delivery system innovation, clinical sciences, health insurance, and ... mission of moving the U.S. to a high performance health system , particularly for those with...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Marianna Islam Joins the Schott Foundation as Director of Programs and Advocacy

Release Date:

04/01/2016

... coalitions towards achieving personal, program, policy and system change goals. Marianna brings over a decade of ... and technical assistance to grantees pursuing policy and system change to address the social...

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Education

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

NY Juvenile Justice Initiative Chair Penny Willgerodt Passes Baton to Julie Peterson and Kaberi Banerjee Murthy

Release Date:

08/04/2016

... are happening in every borough. The justice system has been downsized significantly (remember when over ...

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New York Juvenile Justice Initiative

William T. Grant Foundation Names Rosanna Aybar as Vice President, Finance And Administration

Release Date:

03/13/2017

Ms. Aybar will oversee the external managers of the Foundation’s endowment. She will also have responsibility for the Foundation’s budget, accounting, audit, human resources, and information technology systems, as well as management of the...

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William T. Grant Foundation

William T. Grant Foundation Appoints Kenji Hakuta and Mark Soler to Board of Trustees

Release Date:

07/12/2017

... and Mark’s esteemed career in the juvenile justice system will round out a board that comprises academics, ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

What Is Effective Philanthropy?

Release Date:

06/05/2019

Jessica Johansen, Director of Special Projects at the Siegel Family Endowment writes, "Creating the connective tissue between grantee work and this wider world is part of the grantmaking philosophy around Effective Philanthropy."

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Technology

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Siegel Family Endowment

12 Feb 2015

Key Traits of Phenomenal Foundation Executive Directors

Thursday, February 12, 2015 -

2:00pm to 5:00pm

Whether you’re a foundation executive director, trustee, junior staff member, or advisor, you’ll come away with insights and ideas on how to strengthen your organization’s leadership capacity.

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Robert Wood Johnson joins JP Morgan Chase and Others as Partners in the Opportunity Finance Network's Finance Justice Fund

Release Date:

05/25/2022

OFN is pleased to announce two longtime OFN partners have joined as new investors in the Finance Justice Fund — the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and PNC.

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Member News

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Economic Security

Social Justice

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

12 Jan 2015

Ebola: Philanthropy’s Multidimensional Approach to Healthcare Amidst Crisis

Monday, January 12, 2015 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

... in the region and working to build a healthcare delivery system that is sustainable. The crisis is partially the ...

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29 Sep 2015

Preparing CBOs to Participate in the New Health Safety Net

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:30am

... and NYS Medicaid redesign, particularly under the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program, are driving ... family health but that have not been part of the health system in the past, may find...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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Health

24 Jan 2017

Defending ACA and Making Progress at the Same Time. Is Philanthropy Ready?

Tuesday, January 24, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... and healthcare integration and coordination Payment system reforms Community hospital sustainability Technologies ... others falling through the insurance gaps anyway? Payment system reform disruptions: Good...