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Commentary: “Visibility” and Corporate Foundations

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10/22/2009

A goal of Smart Assets is to present ideas and develop ... can be sensitive or volatile. While we want to encourage a space where people can openly say what they want, an ... such case, and the writer has chosen...

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PNY and Other Sector Leaders Respond to Callahan OpEd in NYTimes

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06/05/2015

On Sunday, May 31, The New York Times published a piece by Philanthropy Insider editor David Callahan titled ... as endowed private foundations, and then takes a problem from...

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Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers

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How One Foundation Became The First (Trust-Based) Follower

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01/06/2021

... the foundation's trust-based philanthropy approach, for a piece published by The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project ... it today, and you can read the original here . As president of the Robert Sterling...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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After We Say Goodbye

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01/29/2010

... the former Executive Director of the Beldon Fund, began a discussion on this blog regarding “spend out” versus ... completely in 2015. Yes, our decreasing assets played a major role in the board’s decision to...

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Arabella Advisors Writes About Impact Investing and Where to Source Investments

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07/28/2016

... To successfully invest for impact, you’ll need a steady pipeline of investable transactions. Because the ... finding investment opportunities that are aligned with a foundation’s interests and goals often...

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker Confronts Feedback That Highlights 'My Own Obliviousness'

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09/14/2016

"I am a black, gay man, so some might assume that I’m especially sensitive to these issues and dynamics. But during the past year I have had to confront my own ignorance and power, and come to terms with the ways I was inadvertently fueling...

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Social Justice

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Foundation Transparency: What Nonprofits Want

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05/2013

The first analysis of data from Center for Effective Philanthropy’s annual survey, ... giving from 2007 to 2012, and that noncash contributions as a percentage of total giving grew from 57 percent in 2007 to ...

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Sample IRS Form 990

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04/2014

A sample of IRS form 990, which is an annual reporting return ...

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The Power of Bridging Issue Silos Through Funding Collaboratives

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11/13/2019

... Evans and Aleyamma Mathew, to share lessons and learn from one another. Taryn Higashi (TH): How do collaboratives, ... those working across intersecting issue areas, help play a bridging role among funders?...

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National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

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Unbound Philanthropy

The New HR Challenge - Managing Misclassification Risks

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10/2010

... the costs can be very high to an organization. Notes from event: Misclassification According to a New York Times article this year, 30% of companies are ... fed). The state attorney general could come after you as well, sometimes with criminal charges. Recommendation: use ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Ten Grants at COP27 to Scale Indigenous and Regenerative Agriculture Practices Globally

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11/09/2022

... mitigate the global food crisis. Regenerative agriculture, a process with roots in Indigenous traditional ecological ... to rapidly scale regenerative approaches by 2030 from Indigenous agroforestry in the...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Food Systems

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Trinity Church Wall Street Grants Respond to Growing Crisis of Youth Mental Health in New York City

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11/21/2022

... York City, the U.S., and internationally. The grants range from $50,000 to $1.4 million, with much of the money going to ... organizations. “The isolation of the pandemic put a spotlight on an already growing...

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The Teagle Foundation Awards Grants to Colleges and Universities Nationwide for Novel Humanities-Focused Programs

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06/08/2023

... dedicated to strengthening liberal arts education, marked a robust year of grantmaking, awarding grants that reach over ... how to engage respectfully with points of view different from their own.” A...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Education

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Using Financial Statements Together with IRS Form 990 to Understand Your Potential Grantees

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04/2013

Learn how the IRS Form 990 and financial statements can best be used together to interpret the financial status of an organization.

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Philanthropy New York IRS Determination Letter

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09/2009

Our letter from the Internal Revenue Service confirming our 501(c)(3) ... status. (It was updated in 2009 to reflect our name change from NYRAG to Philanthropy New York.) Philanthropy New York ...

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Board/Committee Materials

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Philanthropy New York

Does Funder Risk Aversion Stifle Innovation?

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09/12/2013

... and Nancy Lublin, CEO, DoSomething.org Lukas Haynes : A few weeks ago, I had a fun conversation with Nancy Lublin , ... platform for youth driving social change. It began as many discussions...

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