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17 Mar 2016

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Optimizing a Multigenerational Workplace

Thursday, March 17, 2016 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... skills and expertise. It isn’t uncommon in today’ s workplace to work alongside colleagues from four, even five generations. Successful organizations ... dynamics are complex and can be approached from...

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Network Building

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

HR & Operations Staff

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HR & Operations

27 Jul 2016

Beyond the Feel Good Factor: The Corporate and Philanthropic Benefits of Building a Skills-Based Volunteer Program

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... innovation, and boost their reputation. Join us to hear from representatives at companies with established ... volunteer programs—each offering a unique perspective from both their business and foundation...

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Professional Development

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Corporate Funders

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Volunteerism

Who Is Hilary Pennington? A Few Questions for Ford's New Executive Vice President

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01/25/2018

Who Is Hilary Pennington? A Few Questions for Ford' s New Executive Vice President Who has had the greatest ... responsibility and gave me credit and support in doing it. From the beginning, he treated me as...

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Great Power, Great Responsibility: Grantmakers’ Role as Conveners

Publication date:

01/2013

Funders are finding ways to use the power of convening to benefit their grantees and their communities in countless ways. Grantmakers for Effective Organizations' digital publication contains a series of ideas to help grantmakers become better at bringing stakeholders together.

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Learn and Let Learn

Publication date:

10/2012

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations’ publication explores how learning communities can be powerful tools in creating and shaping peer connections that help expand knowledge, deepen skills and enhance practice.

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On the Money

Publication date:

09/2009

This Grantmakers for Effective Organizations publication highlights the financial challenges nonprofits face and the ways in which grantmakers are both improving the situation as well as perpetuating the problem.

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Finance & Asset Management

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Finance Staff

Grants Managers

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Nonprofit Financials

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Smarter Grantmaking in Challenging Economic Times

Publication date:

05/2009

As grantmakers look ahead to make tough decisions for 2010 and beyond, this Grantmakers for Effective Organizations publication offers recommendations and examples that we hope provide some useful insights for foundation leaders.

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Finance & Asset Management

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Executive Leadership

Grants Managers

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Working Better Together: Building Nonprofit Collaborative Capacity

Publication date:

09/2013

Collective action is an effective way for nonprofits to increase their impact, but key capacities are needed to enable these types of partnerships to thrive. This publication offers insights on the core capacities nonprofits need to collaborate and how funders can help.

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24 Jan 2018

Through the Eyes of the Caregiver: “Care” Screening & Panel with Ai-jen Poo

Wednesday, January 24, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... support their independence. Care invites us to engage in public discourse and consideration about solutions that ... support care work with policies that contain the costs to public health programs, decrease...

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Workforce Development

The New York Women’s Foundation and Ms. Foundation Announce Year Two Results of $100M Collective Fund

Release Date:

03/26/2018

The New York Women’ s Foundation and Ms. Foundation Announce Year Two Results of ... of Prosperity Together, a nonpartisan partnership of 32 public U. S . women’ s foundations...

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27 Oct 2017

Building Racial Equity with Race Forward

Friday, October 27, 2017 (All day)

... play a defining role in our personal and our community’ s trajectory, goals, experiences and outcomes. As grantmakers ... to effect some level of change within an organization’ s culture or grantmaking...

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Professional Development

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Grants Managers

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HR & Operations

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The Foundation Center Announces New Staff to Lead Technology, Outreach and International Data Strategies

Release Date:

02/12/2014

... Data Relations on February 1. The Foundation Center' s new talent aligns with the "Foundation Center 2020" plan, ... Laboratories. Deshpande earned an M. S . in Computer Science from...

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26 Mar 2012

Changing the System: Effective Strategies for Grassroots Activism to Make NYC More Fair, Just, and Compassionate

Monday, March 26, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... about grassroots-led movement building—, where it’ s working, and where resources are needed to engage more ... co-sponsored by North Star Fund , The New York Women' s Foundation , The Daphne Foundation...

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19 Oct 2010

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) at 20: Looking Back/Looking Ahead to Building a More Inclusive Community

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... constitute the largest minority group in the U. S , making up an estimated 20 percent of the total population. ... . Susan Olivo , Vice President and General Manager, Reader' s Digest Partners for Sight...

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13 Apr 2015

Social, Environmental and Economic Resiliency - Follow-up to Puerto Rico Learning Tour

Monday, April 13, 2015 -

9:00am to 11:15am

... in Puerto Rico disproportionally affects the island' s most vulnerable populations. Investments that build ... may be applicable to other cities and regions in the U. S . Join us for this follow-up session...

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Environment and Climate Change

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25 Feb 2019

The Making of a Dream: DACA Then and Now

Monday, February 25, 2019 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... movement and the toll of leadership in these times What’ s next for DREAMers and the movement Presenters Muzaffar ... York Times *Copies and book signings of Laura Wides-Muñoz' s The Making of a Dream:...

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Immigration

Public Policy

11 Feb 2019

The Underpinning Stories: Climate & Metrics - A Webinar Hosted by CLIMA Fund

Monday, February 11, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... of a five-part series, The Underpinning Stories: A Funder' s Dialogue Series About Climate Solutions: October 24 – ... between Thousand Currents, Urgent Action Fund for Women' s Rights, Grassroots...

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