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23 Jan 2018

Designing Programs to Maximize Impact - How Behavioral Science Can Help

Tuesday, January 23, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... program effectiveness. Join us for this program to learn how foundations and nonprofits could improve their ... and quickly, at little or no cost, to make a wide range of good existing...

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As the White House Changes Hands, Philanthropy Must Change Too

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01/26/2017

... Must Change Too By Liz Sak, executive director of the Cricket Island Foundation and Allison R. Brown, executive director of the ... emerge. We’ve seen grant makers make changes that help...

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New Jersey Recovery Fund Awards $3.8 Million for Sandy Relief

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08/07/2013

Created with a lead gift from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation , and hosted by the Community Foundation of New Jersey, the fund is a collaborative effort of local...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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New York is building one of the nation’s largest computer databases of medical records

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06/01/2014

New York is building one of the nation’s largest computer databases of medical ... that when finished will allow patients and doctors alike to see complete health histories in...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Backs Innovative Glaucoma Research

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04/10/2015

Research to Prevent Blindness Backs Innovative Glaucoma Research ... be regained. However, Robert. W. Williams, PhD, chair of the Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics at the...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Commonwealth Fund Blasts Digital Data Breaches

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04/15/2015

... Fund Blasts Digital Data Breaches Electronic health records were supposed to make life better for patients and doctors – getting rid of bulky and messy paper files, streamlining delivery...

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Technology

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How We Can Advance Support for Racial Equity and Racial Justice Funding

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03/03/2022

... equity and racial justice funding. But in three decades of working in and with foundations, I have consistently seen ... racial justice work have long conveyed the critical importance of...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Funds Research for Eye Implant

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07/09/2018

Research to Prevent Blindness Funds Research for Eye Implant ... wirelessly sending data about the eye’s health to the patient or medical professionals. The implant could make...

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Between Resistance and Rebuilding

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04/05/2021

... Resistance and Rebuilding By: Deepa Iyer, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Building Movement Project (BMP). ... formation of cross-community and cross-issue coalitions at local and national...

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14 Jun 2017

Social Impact Exchange: 2017 Conference on Scaling Impact

Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 8:30am to Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 2:45pm

... advisors and leaders from across the social sector gather to share knowledge, hear about co-funding opportunities and ... initiatives. The conference includes presentations from foundation and nonprofit...

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Impact Investing

02 May 2013

Philanthropy in Emerging Markets: Russia as a Case Study

Thursday, May 2, 2013 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... grantmaking, make plans to join this exceptional panel of experts for a discussion that will give all funders ... of international grantmaking programs, particularly in local...

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Spend Out vs. Perpetuity: Raising the Question

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08/05/2009

... Hunting. We did it! With this act, we joined a small cadre of foundations, many in the New York region, which have ... to do so. A trend? Hard to say. Research by the Foundation...

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18 Oct 2022

Keeping Your Cup Full: Practices for Self-Care and Cultural Agility

Tuesday, October 18, 2022 -

10:30am to 12:00pm

The past few years have demonstrated the value of being flexible and adaptable to societal changes and institutional shifts. At the same ... practices that can be leveraged in a professional environment...

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Arts

This Is How to Put Neighborhoods at the Center of Grantmaking

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03/04/2016

This Is How to Put Neighborhoods at the Center of Grantmaking By Prachi Patankar, Senior Program Officer, Brooklyn Community Foundation All too often, communities are left out of...

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Brooklyn Org

More Than Money: Making a Difference with Assistance Beyond the Grant

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12/2008

Most of foundations’ efforts to contribute ‘beyond the money’ has little beneficial ... with Assistance Beyond the Grant reveals that only when foundation staff provide assistance beyond the grant in one ...

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Evaluation

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Atlantic Philanthropies Shares Four New Reports that Examine Their Grantmaking Successes, Failures and Lessons

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02/26/2020

... and Lessons Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO of Atlantic Philanthropies, has shared a note and four reports on the foundation 's successes, failures and lessons learned as the foundation...

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PhilTV: Funders, “Blow People’s Minds” on Gender Norms to Reduce Teen Suicide

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01/15/2016

... has now surpassed maternal mortality as the leading cause of death in teenage girls globally, demonstrating how dire ... girls? The answer came from Stonewall Community Foundation Program Manager Carlie Steen...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Gender Justice

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Pinkerton, NYCT-Supported JobsFirstNYC Announces 4 Workforce Partnerships to Help Youth Gain Employment Training & Jobs

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02/19/2016

... Training & Jobs JobsFirstNYC announced as part of its local initiative - the Young Adult Sectoral Employment ... Laurie Dien, Vice President of Programs at The Pinkerton ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Workforce Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Ford’s Walker Named to Independent Sector Board

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11/18/2014

... Sector members elected six new members to the Board of Directors and re-elected three members. The elections were ... Taketa, president and CEO of the Hawai’i Community Foundation...

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