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Personal Strategy: Mobilizing Your Self for Effective Grantmaking

Publication date:

09/2005

Whether it's introducing new ideas into your foundation or offering constructive ... develop personal strategies to meet the "soft" challenges of grantmaking. Effective personal strategy helps practitioners use their understanding of self and role - as learner, analyst, bridge builder - to .....

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The Case for Higher Taxes

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12/13/2012

... Fund President Stephen Heintz and Rev. Larry Snyder of Catholic Charities USA. The most intense debate in ... that would result in January from the scheduled expiration of Bush-era tax cuts and the last-resort...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Announces $10.9 Million in Grants to Greek Organizations

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02/05/2013

The organizations are working to ease the effects of the ongoing socioeconomic crisis in Greece. In particular, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation’s Board of Directors continues to support efforts to provide relief...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Awards $3.25 Million to Expand Children's Access to Health Coverage

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02/01/2013

The grant to the National League of Cities will help increase children's access to health insurance. The National League of Cities (NLC) announces the start of a new , three...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Secret to More Effective Philanthropy: Funding the Unknown

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03/28/2013

... op-ed by Elizabeth Good Christopherson, President and CEO of the Rita Allen Foundation, in anticipation of the May 2013 Ashoka Future Forum in Washington, D.C. ... who support them. When you trace the...

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How our community colleges are falling behind

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05/23/2013

The Century Foundation’s new report details the large socioeconomic, racial and ... elite institutions. Pop quiz: What's the biggest category of college or university in the United States? Is it big .....

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Polling Group in Russia Says It May Close

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05/20/2013

... only independent polling agency has been accused under a new law of overtly political activity, due in part to a series of grants it has received from the MacArthur Foundation, the ...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Moving to Crown Heights this Summer

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04/09/2014

... Brooklyn’s community foundation will have a memorable new address in the heart of the borough: 1000 Dean Street. Relocating from DUMBO to ...

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Dodge Foundation Awards $4.4 Million In Grants For Arts, Education, Environment, Media

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07/16/2014

... environment and media nonprofit organizations throughout New Jersey. “We are pleased to support nonprofit ...

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Communications/Media

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 10-Fold Increase in Grant Distributions

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07/25/2014

... going to Brooklyn nonprofits—for the first six months of 2014, a 10-fold increase over the same period last year. ... or pledged an additional $1.8 million through its new Donor Advised Fund Program......

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Andy Warhol Foundation to Exhibit Unseen Work, Increase Focus on Grantmaking

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01/04/2015

... in 2015, and not just at auction. About 40 exhibitions of that artist’s work — much of it previously unseen by the public — will be flooding ... of a record-breaking program of...

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Three Key Roles Funders Can Play in a CEO Transition

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04/2015

... transition—and help sustain the organization until a new leader is found. Through our experience with executive ... in helping the nonprofits they support navigate this phase of their organizations' lives. Three Key Roles Funders Can .....

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Selected as Fiscal Sponsor of My Brother’s Keeper Alliance

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05/08/2015

... Philanthropy Advisors Selected as Fiscal Sponsor of My Brother’s Keeper Alliance Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), one of the world’s leading nonprofit philanthropic consulting services, has been...

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Ford Freezes $4 Million in India Funding Amid Clampdown

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07/15/2015

... as meddling in domestic affairs, Reuters reports. New Delhi has placed the $12.5-billion foundation on a watch ...

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Elmezzi Foundation Increases Funding for Free Queens Programs

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07/29/2015

... Foundation, based in Queens, is expanding its funding of programs in the western part of the borough. A gradual increase in its funding for ... allowing the foundation’s Adult Learning Center to offer ...

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Lavelle Fund for the Blind Backs Program to Assist Blind and Visually Impaired College Students

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08/17/2015

... Ally, a national nonprofit organization, has announced its new College Success Program, designed specifically for ...

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Ford’s President Highlights Government’s Role in Reducing Inequality

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10/30/2015

... Inequality On Wednesday Darren Walker, president of the nation’s second-wealthiest grant maker, joined ... readers on Facebook to answer questions about what its new focus on reducing inequality means for the...

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Q&A with Sreenivasan: The Met Engages Audiences with Digital Technology (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/02/2016

... arts program increases access to culture using new technologies. It aims to strengthen and empower artists ... The chief digital officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sree Sreenivasan joined Bloomberg...

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Peace and Security Funding Index Tracks More Than $280M in Grantmaking

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04/05/2016

... Funding Index Tracks More Than $280M in Grantmaking A new research project by the Peace and Security Funders Group ... and stability, despite making up a very small percentage of total foundation giving. The...

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TX Healthcare Publication Says Commonwealth Fund is Targeting State Lawmakers

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04/11/2016

... Evidence is building that the repeated reluctance of Texas lawmakers to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act has “left behind millions of low-income Texans,” according to a new...

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