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Does Funder Risk Aversion Stifle Innovation?

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09/12/2013

by Lukas Haynes, Vice President, Mertz Gilmore Foundation and Nancy Lublin, CEO, DoSomething.org Lukas ... and grant applicant. Having recommended foundation grants for 11 years, I am familiar...

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Macquarie Group Launches $A50 Million Philanthropic Award to Mark Its 50th Anniversary in 2019

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10/10/2018

... Million Philanthropic Award to Mark Its 50 th Anniversary in 2019 Macquarie Group today announced the Macquarie 50th ... The winners will be selected by the Macquarie Group Foundation who will also manage the...

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Surdna Appoints Shuaib Siddiqui, Director, Mission Related Investing

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06/30/2016

... Siddiqui, Director, Mission Related Investing The Surdna Foundation announced that Shuaib Siddiqui, an investment ... policies and practices with its mission. He will support the foundation...

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Virtual Employee Engagement through Virtual Conversational Leadership

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01/20/2023

... remain completely remote, others have decided to return to in -person, while others still are exploring the possibilities ... renamed as conversational communityship, a term coined by Henry Mintzberg after...

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22 Apr 2025

Protecting New York City’s Immigrant Small Business Ecosystem - An Event Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 -

10:30am to 12:00pm

... exclusion, and lack of familiarity with business support structures combined with anti-immigrant rhetoric call for focused support from non-profit and philanthropic communities to improve the...

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National Grid Commits $500,000 to Assist Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island Families Impacted by COVID-19

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03/18/2020

... by COVID-19 National Grid is directing $500,000 to support customers affected by the health impacts, financial ... need and bolster efforts by local organizations to assist communities across Massachusetts,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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06 Jan 2016

Beyond Coverage: Getting Healthcare to Neighborhoods in Need

Wednesday, January 6, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... disparities in primary care access for residents living in underserved New York City neighborhoods. The two-year, $20 ... with costs that are not funded by current federal grants...

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Let’s Address the Real Reason Great Fundraisers Are in Short Supply

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01/27/2023

... Lisa Piilar Cowan, Vice President, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and Michelle Flores, Consultant. This piece was ... that keeps donors separate, above, and apart from the communities they ostensibly...

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NYC Cultural Agenda Fund Places Marker on Racial Justice Initiative Ahead of City’s Cultural Plan Release

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10/12/2016

... Trust is making more than half a million dollars in grants to support efforts to increase cultural and racial equity in the ... last year," says Cultural Agenda Fund co...

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PNY's Disaster Relief Work Featured in SSIR

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02/09/2015

PNY's Disaster Relief Work Featured in SSIR The important and diverse roles foundations play ... largely on funder behavior not community capacity. What communities affected by disaster need most is good,...

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Smart Donors Are Putting Nonprofits Back in Charge

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07/20/2015

... has been that of Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation and keeper of its $12-billion-plus endowment, who ... shift: doubling Ford’s commitment to unrestricted grants for nonprofit operating ...

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Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities

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02/04/2016

Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities The University of Pennsylvania has ... announced a $5.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in ...

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This Is How to Put Neighborhoods at the Center of Grantmaking

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03/04/2016

... Patankar, Senior Program Officer, Brooklyn Community Foundation All too often, communities are left out of the institutional decision-making ... Council determined issue areas, and ultimately awarded 11...

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The Asian Cultural Council Announces Judy Kim as New Executive Director

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06/22/2021

... Wendy O’Neill, Chairman of ACC’s Board of Trustees. “ In an era of increased tension between the U.S. and Asia and ... Abu Dhabi Project Operations at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and as Deputy...

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Giving Circles in Cross-Cultural Context

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11/14/2013

... new people in philanthropy and in the needs of their communities . Giving circles seem to be experiencing new ... work on the subject, Doris Buffett’s Learning by Giving Foundation...

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07 Jun 2023

New York State Redistricting – the Good the Bad and the Ugly - A Webinar Hosted by the New York State Census Equity Fund

Wednesday, June 7, 2023 -

10:00am to 11:00am

... Recognizing this as an opportunity, NYSCEF awarded grants to advocacy groups, service organizations, and ... throughout the State to make sure that traditionally underserved and overlooked communities...

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05 May 2022

Restoring Safety & Dignity to People Seeking Asylum: What Funders Can Do - A Webinar Hosted by Four Freedoms Fund

Thursday, May 5, 2022 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... With the anticipated rescission of Title 42, border communities and humanitarian aid workers are preparing for a ... How communities are scaling up humanitarian services and support for...

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