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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Communications Staff

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Philanthropy New York

Responding to the Challenge of Strengthening Grantee Boards

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06/07/2010

... not certain about how to address the topic of governance with their grantees. In an attempt to provide grantmakers and grantees with a solution to improving nonprofit governance in a manner...

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United Way of New York City

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Leadership Development

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Don’t Forget the Small Guys

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07/19/2010

During the current recession, several grantmakers have decided to fund larger and more-established ...

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United Way of New York City

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Engagement Snapshot: A Strategic Approach

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11/28/2011

... Robert Hyfler talk about our participation (along with Grantmakers In Aging, the John A. Hartford Foundation, ...

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Governance

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Aging

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Philanthropy New York

Reimagining Service: Helping Grantees Increase Volunteer Capacity to Maximize Program Impact

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02/14/2012

... at Gap Inc. and the moderator of that program, provide us with an in-depth recap. Reimagining Service: Helping Grantees ...

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Volunteerism

Advocacy Funding: The Philanthropy of Changing Minds

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07/2005

Grantmakers tend to be cautious about funding advocacy, and ...

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Legal Issues

The Effective Exit: Managing the End of a Funding Relationship

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05/2013

... found ways to plan for exits upfront, clarify expectations with grantee organizations, and overcome the tensions that so ...

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Grants Managers

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Foundations Moving On: Ending Programmes and Funding Relationships

... exits are inevitable. Funders move on, and relationships with grantees, partners, or investees change along the way. ...

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The State of Foundation Performance Assessment: A Survey of Foundation CEOs

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09/2011

... drawn from a survey of the CEOs of 173 U.S. foundations with annual grantmaking of at least $5 million focus on the ...

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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 — seek to make an impact on some of the most complicated challenges we face: civil rights, renewable energy sources, and wildlife protection. This case study provides an in-depth look at how these foundations cultivate an understanding of their fields and then turn that understanding into more effective grantmaking.

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Animal Welfare

Social Justice

Irene Diamond Fund to Close With Final Grants Totaling $40 Million

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12/31/2012

... the performing arts and ... Irene Diamond Fund to Close With Final Grants Totaling $40 Million ...

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Council on Foundations Announces 2013 Philanthropy Awards

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04/04/2013

Carnegie Corporation of New York President Vartan Gregorian is among the honorees, receiving CoF's Distinguished Service Award.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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COF 2.0: Is This What The Field of Philanthropy Really Needs?

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08/21/2013

... philanthropic sectors, it is important to consider whether grantmakers fully recognize that we have entered what Mario ...

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The Clark Foundation

11 Mar 2013

The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading: Community Networks in New York State - WEBINAR

Monday, March 11, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... children miss this crucial milestone. As part of the Grantmakers Forum exploration of what funders are doing to ... A Philanthropy New York Collaborative Program with the Grantmakers Forum of...

08 Apr 2013

Public/Private Partnerships That Work

Monday, April 8, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... two major trail systems in the Hudson Valley. Join grantmakers around the state to hear about this successful ... A Philanthropy New York Collaborative Program hosted by Grantmakers Forum of New York . This...

Simplify: A New Data-Sharing Process for Funders & Grantees

Publication date:

01/2014

... frequently used information from grantees. The result: Grantmakers get quality data, grantees save valuable time, ...

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Ford Foundation's Hilary Pennington Appointed to The Center for Effective Philanthropy's Board

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03/16/2014

Hilary Pennington, Vice President of the Ford Foundation's Education, Creativity and Free Expression program has been appointed to The Center for Effective Philanthropy's Board.

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