To Raise Cash on Social Media, Focus on Facebook, Says a Top Fundraiser
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... Chronicle recently spoke with Carie Lewis Carlson, senior director of digital marketing for the Humane Society of the ...
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The MoMA Goes to Paris
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... Paris, at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. According to MoMA director Glenn Lowry, the exhibition is a way for the New ...
Obituary: Rachel Cowan, Former Nathan Cummings Foundation Official
Release Date:
09/07/2018
... cancer, her family said. For 14 years she was program director for Jewish life of the Nathan Cummings Foundation, ...
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Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation - An Evaluator-Funder Virtual Networking Session Hosted by Expanding the Bench
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 -
3:00pm to 4:30pm
... Panelists Matthew Carr , Strategy, Learning and Evaluation Director , Walton Family Foundation Wendy Sedlak , Strategy Director for Research and Evaluation, Lumina Foundation Kate Szczerbacki , Director...
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BBB® Forum on Corporate Responsibility XV: Business Integrity in an Age of Disruption
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 -
12:30pm to 2:30pm
... Speakers Margaret A. Merritt , Partner, EY Eric Kane , Director of ESG Research for the Americas, Bloomberg ... , Global Chief People Officer, Nielsen Jorgette Mariñez , Director and Americas Lead, Consumer...
Scanning the Landscape 2.0: Finding Out What's Going on in Your Field
Publication date:
04/2012
GrantCraft talked with funders working in the U.S., Europe and internationally about when, why and how it’s useful to scan the landscape for new ideas and new directions. An update of their 2004 publication, with 15 new interviews, Scan 2.0 is filled with examples of scans that have helped funders find a strategic direction, hear from key constituencies, understand emerging issues, map the funding environment and synthesize information and find gaps.
How Foundations Use Communications to Advance Their Public Policy Work
Publication date:
05/2010
... York , the Ford Foundation , and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund . How Foundations Use Communications to Advance Their ...
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: One Student’s Story
Release Date:
12/06/2012
... with the Donors’ Education Collaborative and the Fund for New Citizens at The New York Community Trust, held a ...
How Philanthropy Can Scale Away S.V.
Release Date:
08/23/2010
In our latest blog post, Lisa Turngren, President of the Frank and Ruth E. Caruso Foundation, offers a unique way of looking at one of our most pervasive social issues—one which suffered a recent funding setback here in New York—and suggests that a...
Working with Start-Ups: Grant Makers and New Organizations
Publication date:
04/2003
In this GrantCraft guide, grant makers from a wide range of funding organizations describe their experiences as supporters of new nonprofits, or 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 capacity-building resources on the Web.
Can Feedback Fuel Change at Foundations?
Publication date:
05/2011
... making changes that are benefiting the organizations they fund . In addition to describing the data, the report ...
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 ...
Lessons from the Field: Becoming Strategic: The Evolution of the Flinn Foundation
Publication date:
03/2009
In 2002, Arizona’s Flinn Foundation began implementing a strategy that focused on boosting its state’s bioscience economy and relied heavily on building collaborative partnerships. Since that time, Arizona has had dramatic increases in jobs, research funding, businesses, and wages within the bioscience sector. This case study illustrates the benefits of taking a strategic approach to maximize a foundation’s impact. It describes how Flinn’s leaders narrowed the Foundation’s focus and assessed its performance.
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 three public library systems receive less government support even as their circulation and attendance have increased, according to a new study funded by the Charles H. Revson...
Initiative Launched to Improve Accountability of Climate Change Adaptation Finance
Release Date:
12/12/2012
The Rockefeller Foundation has announced the launch of a new initiative led by Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute and the World Resources Institute to increase the transparency and accountability of climate finance adaptation programs.
In New Brand of Philanthropy, Nonprofits Invest in For-Profits
Release Date:
12/11/2012
This article on the rise of impact investing in the foundation world mentions two recent projects funded by Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.
Hartford Foundation Awards $1.35 Million to Gerontological Society of America
Release Date:
02/10/2013
The three-year grant will establish the Hartford/GSA National Center on Gerontological Social Work Excellence.
Small Nonprofit Newsroom Wins Pulitzer for Reporting
Release Date:
04/16/2013
... outlet supported in part by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund , won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for its ...
Among Young Inheritors, an Urge to Redistribute
Release Date:
03/25/2013
This article on "trust- fund progressives" includes comments from Bessemer Trust .....
2013 Black Male Achievement Fellows Announced
Release Date:
06/12/2013
The Open Society Foundations, in partnership with Echoing Green, have announced the 2013 class of Black Male Achievement Fellows.