How Philanthropy Can Scale Away S.V.
Release Date:
08/23/2010
... suggests that a change in approach is needed in order to deal more effectively with the roots of the problem. How ...
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Reimagining Service: Helping Grantees Increase Volunteer Capacity to Maximize Program Impact
Release Date:
02/14/2012
... even in an era of reduced funding. We’re pleased to have Gail Gershon, Senior Director at Gap Inc. and the ... Service: Helping Grantees Increase Volunteer Capacity to Maximize Program Impact ...
Working with Start-Ups: Grant Makers and New Organizations
Publication date:
04/2003
... start-ups. Find out how they negotiated the path from idea to organization, and what they learned along the way about how to solve problems and help an organization sustain itself into the future. Contributors to this guide also offer their recommendations for ...
Can Feedback Fuel Change at Foundations?
Publication date:
05/2011
When foundations make a commitment to getting consistent feedback from their grantees that is ... making changes that are benefiting the organizations they fund . In addition to describing the data, the report identifies four keys to ...
Lessons from the Field: From Understanding to Impact
Publication date:
12/2010
Three foundations — the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund , the Energy Foundation, and the Wilburforce Foundation — seek to make an impact on some of the most complicated challenges ... grantmaking. Lessons from the Field: From Understanding to Impact ...
As Use of Libraries Grows, Government Support Has Eroded
Release Date:
01/08/2013
Compared to 21 other major American library systems, New York City's ... their circulation and attendance have increased, according to a new study funded by the Charles H. Revson Foundation. To...
Initiative Launched to Improve Accountability of Climate Change Adaptation Finance
Release Date:
12/12/2012
... Development Institute and the World Resources Institute to increase the transparency and accountability of climate finance adaptation programs. A new initiative to increase the accountability of climate...
In New Brand of Philanthropy, Nonprofits Invest in For-Profits
Release Date:
12/11/2012
... W. K. Kellogg Foundation set aside $100 million in 2007 to invest in companies that could produce both social and ... bonds, real estate and other traditional asset classes to build their endowments... In New...
Among Young Inheritors, an Urge to Redistribute
Release Date:
03/25/2013
This article on "trust- fund progressives" includes comments from Bessemer Trust ... L. Kronenberg MOST people would probably be quite happy to receive an inheritance. They would pay off debt, maybe .....
2013 Black Male Achievement Fellows Announced
Release Date:
06/12/2013
... Green awarded the Black Male Achievement Fellowship to eleven social entrepreneurs dedicated to advancing the lives of black men and boys in the United ...
Goldman Sachs, Pritzker Group to Invest $7 Million in Utah School District
Release Date:
08/14/2013
Goldman Sachs and the Pritzker Group will fund the expansion of an early-childhood program in Salt Lake ... a school district in Utah, and several community charities to expand the school system’s early-education...
Updated: Government Shutdown: What It Means for Nonprofits
Release Date:
10/01/2013
Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund , and Diana Aviv, President of Independent Sector, ... government have closed shop because Congress failed to reach a deal to keep the...
New Trees and Community Gardens Sprout from ConEd Blackout Settlement
Release Date:
05/22/2014
... Gardens Sprout from ConEd Blackout Settlement [North Star Fund ] Years after a blackout wiped out power in swaths of ... money from a settlement with Con Edison has been used to turn over a new, green leaf in...
Dodge Foundation President Weighs in on NJ Sewer System Challenges
Release Date:
03/13/2015
State Moves to Deal with Dirty Problem -- Raw Sewage in Waterways Final permits issued to force 25 cities to address pollution from so-called combined sewer overflows ...
Bruce and Suzie Kovner Receive 2016 Simon Philanthropy Prize
Release Date:
04/12/2016
... Suzie Kovner Receive 2016 Simon Philanthropy Prize Hedge fund mogul Bruce Kovner and his wife, Suzie, have been ...
Open Society Foundations Public Health Division Director Writes Op-Ed on Health Financing in the Post-Aid Era
Release Date:
07/22/2016
... middle income countries (MICS) will result in a failure to meet global goals to end the epidemic. This concern is one of many that have surfaced in the “post-aid” era, which refers to the...
JPB Foundation Plays a Role in Improving a Blighted Park in Baltimore
Release Date:
08/09/2016
... Park in Baltimore The Great Urban Parks Campaign aims to improve environmental and social outcomes in underserved ...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Contributes to Startup to Develop a Novel Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes
Release Date:
08/10/2016
Helmsley Charitable Trust Contributes to Startup to Develop a Novel Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes Pacific ... Charitable Trust... Helmsley Charitable Trust Contributes to Startup to...
With Support From Doris Duke, WRI Aims to Scale Restoration to Deliver Environmental and Financial Returns
Release Date:
09/08/2016
With Support From Doris Duke, WRI Aims to Scale Restoration to Deliver Environmental and Financial Returns Despite plenty ... World Resources Institute and partners have crafted a plan to scale...
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Feb
2017
New York Foster Youth Funders Group – Winter Meeting
Thursday, February 2, 2017 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
... of foster youth in New York. The purpose of the group is to keep our hand on the pulse of salient issues and ... in the area of foster youth in New York are invited to join the group's fall meeting...