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TCC Group Publishes New Findings on Foundation Capacity

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01/30/2017

TCC Group Publishes New Findings on Foundation Capacity The report shares aggregate results from 54 participating foundations that participated in taking the FCCAT in the spring of 2016. We...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation Focuses on Impact Investing

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04/28/2017

The Nathan Cummings Foundation Focuses on Impact Investing The $400 million Nathan Cummings Foundation has engaged San Francisco-based impact investment ... to guide the foundation ’s impact...

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Cecilia Stancell Promoted to Director of Programs at Dyson Foundation

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08/17/2015

Cecilia Stancell Promoted to Director of Programs at Dyson Foundation The Dyson Foundation has promoted Cecilia Stancell of Wassaic to serve ... for the Foundation for the past 15 years and has...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Foundation CEO Angst: Moral Imperatives and Insomnia

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12/09/2016

Foundation CEO Angst: Moral Imperatives and Insomnia More ... than two-thirds of the CEOs of large, staffed foundations in the United States believe foundations have the potential ... A much smaller proportion—...

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Frameworks for Private Foundations: A New Model for Impact

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07/2017

... there. This GrantCraft leadership series paper produced in partnership with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), ... What's in the paper? Introduction to the Theory of the Foundation Framework. A simple overview of the Theory of the Foundation , some of its benefits, and a roadmap for funders .....

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Launches 2017 Fellowship Program

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11/04/2016

Nathan Cummings Foundation Launches 2017 Fellowship Program The Nathan Cummings Foundation is pleased to announce that it is accepting ... for up to 18 months. The Foundation is interested...

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Talking Optimism and Opportunity With New Ford Foundation Head

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08/08/2013

... as he prepares to assume the role of President of the Ford Foundation . Darren Walker, 53 years old, will become the foundation 's 10th president, a position originally held by Edsel Ford, who founded the...

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Ford Foundation Names Darren Walker as New CEO

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07/25/2013

... philanthropic leaders about his new appointment. The Ford Foundation reached into its own ranks to tap Darren Walker—a longtime foundation professional with extensive nonprofit and corporate experience—as its...

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Foundations Aim to Save Pensions in Detroit Crisis

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01/13/2014

... and local philanthropic foundations, including the Ford Foundation , have pledged $330 million to help save Detroit's ... of Arts’ renowned collection, federal mediators involved in the city’s bankruptcy...

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Ford Foundation Pours Millions into Net Neutrality

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12/16/2014

Ford Foundation Pours Millions into Net Neutrality In addition to major telecommunications firms aiming to ... the public debate on net neutrality, there’s the Ford Foundation , the second-largest...

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Behind the Billion: The Ford Foundation and Mission-Related Investments

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04/13/2017

Behind the Billion: The Ford Foundation and Mission-Related Investments Xavier de Souza Briggs , the foundation ’s vice president for Economic Opportunity and Markets, discusses the foundation...

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Council on Foundations Announces 2013 Philanthropy Awards

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04/04/2013

... that Darren Sandow, executive director of the Hagedorn Foundation , will receive the Robert W. Scrivner Award for ... April 9, at the Council on Foundations Annual Conference in Chicago... Council on...

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Study Cites Rockefeller Foundation Contribution to PRI Evolution

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08/04/2014

Study Cites Rockefeller Foundation Contribution to PRI Evolution An evaluation of ... Investment Fund finds that “the Rockefeller Foundation has contributed to the rapid evolution of the PRI ... the fund has “...

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Mellon's New Leader Reshaping Foundation's Public Face

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06/29/2014

Mellon's New Leader Reshaping Foundation 's Public Face Under the leadership of Earl Lewis, who was named president in March 2013, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is reviewing how it...

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Leadership Changes Announced at Gap Foundation and Gap, Inc.

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05/15/2015

Leadership Changes Announced at Gap Foundation and Gap, Inc. Bobbi Silten has been promoted ... functions: Global Human Resources; Corporate Affairs; Gap Foundation ; and Global Sustainability. She will continue to...

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Foundations Vow to Invest in Clean-Energy Technology

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06/17/2015

Foundations Vow to Invest in Clean-Energy Technology The Obama administration on ... Rockefeller Brothers Fund, $304 million Schmidt Family Foundation $166 million Overbrook Foundation , $75...

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How Big Foundations Saved the Detroit Institute of Art

Release Date:

04/24/2015

... mediating between the city and its creditors. He called in an all-star squad of foundation presidents—the newly appointed chief of the Ford Foundation , Darren Walker; Kresge ...

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Justine Koch Joins Leon Levy Foundation

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05/01/2013

The Leon Levy Foundation has appointed Justine Koch as its new Controller. In this position, Koch works closely with the President/CFO ... to monitor and perform the due diligence for the foundation...

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New Rockefeller Foundation Projects to Boost African Development

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05/06/2015

New Rockefeller Foundation Projects to Boost African Development New efforts by the Rockefeller Foundation are working to strengthen African economies as ... a new book titled ‘The Resilience Dividend,’ said the...

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