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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 feedback to a grantee, ... learner, analyst, bridge builder - to manage the tensions that come with the job. In this guide, contributors discuss ... their style. Personal Strategy: Mobilizing Your Self for Effective Grantmaking .....

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Why Do Democrats Want More Police in Schools?

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01/11/2013

An op-ed by Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation . It’s no surprise that Wayne LaPierre and the NRA think that increasing the ... of armed police and security in schools will...

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Modern Dance Groups to Get Hurricane Sandy Aid

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12/25/2012

The Mertz Gilmore Foundation is providing $200,000 to help modern dance groups that suffered losses and damages due to Hurricane Sandy. Among the huge outpouring of relief for damages from...

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Chase Announces Winners of 2012 American Giving Awards

Release Date:

12/18/2012

... Giving Awards, a televised celebrity tribute event that aired recently on NBC. More Than Me Foundation of New Jersey was awarded a $1 million grant from ... Hyland and Jenna Elfman to announce the five...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

The Role of Philanthropy and Advocacy in Healthcare Reform Implementation

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02/21/2013

... As the saying goes, it’s all over but the shouting. That fits national health care reform, right? Not at all. ... School of Public Service, and Duke University’s Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil...

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Will Obamacare Increase Insurance Costs in New York State?

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04/01/2013

... Knickman, President and CEO of the New York State Health Foundation . The entire process of implementing the Affordable ... dramatically increase the price the average American pays for health insurance...

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The Secret to More Effective Philanthropy: Funding the Unknown

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03/28/2013

... Good Christopherson, President and CEO of the Rita Allen Foundation , in anticipation of the May 2013 Ashoka Future ... social investments, and measurements of their success, is that the first step in...

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Philanthropy Takes Fore as Bloomberg Exits N.Y. Mayoralty

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04/30/2013

... and his giving priorities are examined as he prepares for his return to private life. The Financial Times looks at ... Mr. Bloomberg and collaborators about his and his family foundation ’s brand of largely...

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More Children in Greece Are Going Hungry

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04/17/2013

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation 's support of a school lunch program to help combat ... in Greece: children picking through school trash cans for food; needy youngsters asking playmates for...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Affording Obamacare: New York's New Health Plan Rates

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07/19/2013

... Knickman, President and CEO of the New York State Health Foundation . This week's announcement of the costs of the health insurance plans that will be offered through New York State's Health Benefit...

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11 Jan 2012

The Infrastructure of Philanthropy Post-Economic Crisis with Rick Cohen

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

... groups, and regional grantmaker associations prepare for a future that may include prolonged periods of austerity? The ... all levels of the infrastructure. Explore What does the foundation...

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12 Feb 2013

The New Nonprofit: Driving Economic Development in NYC

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 -

2:30pm to 5:30pm

... A Philanthropy New York Members Briefing sponsored by Ford Foundation , JM Kaplan Fund , and Rockefeller Foundation . This program is "Partially Open." Presenters ... Executive Director, Regional...

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Bill Gates: 'Philanthropy Should Be Taking Bigger Risks Than Business'

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09/25/2013

... Bill Gates at the Clinton Global Initiative. If problems that charities tackled were easy, business and government ... Gates said at this week's Clinton Global Initiative. But that isn't the case. So...

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Philanthropy: Beyond Business or Charity

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11/01/2013

Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation , wrote about the problems with adopting a "business planning" model for philanthropy in the latest issue of NCRP's Responsive ... I found...

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Scott Stringer Unveils Transition Team

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11/18/2013

... Quiroz, Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Vice President for Corporate Responsibility at Time Warner Inc. NEW ... Ana Oliveira, president of the New York Women’s Foundation , and Robert Kasdin, senior...

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Effective Philanthropy Takes Time

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06/26/2014

... of Philanthropy, Phil Henderson, president, Surdna Foundation , discusses why effective philanthropy is about ... years. As he puts it, "philanthropy is “a business that takes a long time."......

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Nineteen Ford-Funded Films Nominated for 2014 Emmys

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07/17/2014

Nineteen Ford-Funded Films Nominated for 2014 Emmys The nominees for the 35th Annual News and ... Primetime Emmys include 19 documentaries and film projects that have received support from the...

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Viriginia "Ginnie" Sloane Remembered for Her Philanthropic Spirit

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11/04/2014

Viriginia "Ginnie" Sloane Remembered for Her Philanthropic Spirit As a philanthropist, Virginia Sloane presided over the Heckscher Foundation for Children for nearly...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches New Clean Energy Initiative

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01/26/2015

... Michael Bloomberg. The California-based Heising-Simons Foundation advances sustainable environmental solutions and ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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OSF Featured in Enterprise for Utilizing Storytelling in the Grantmaking Process

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04/13/2015

OSF Featured in Enterprise for Utilizing Storytelling in the Grantmaking Process ... Initiative at the Open Society Foundations, a nonprofit that focuses on public health and human rights around the ... about...

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