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Is Grantmaking Getting Smarter? A National Study of Philanthropic Practice

Publication date:

03/2012

... and improving practices to achieve better results. In light of the global economic downturn, this survey also highlights some of the key shifts in grantmaking since 2008 and what they mean for supporting ...

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Evaluation

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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TCC Group

Beyond the Renovation: The Other Exciting Changes at The New York Public Library

Release Date:

06/03/2013

... namely, the innovative new programs and projects that will support the thousands of patrons who use the NYPL every day. ...

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Insights

Preparing Vulnerable Populations for Crisis: What We’ve Learned and Funding for the Future

Release Date:

05/09/2013

... storm and offer suggestions for how funders can provide support for future disasters. Preparing Vulnerable ...

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Insights

Learning Together: Collaborative Inquiry among Grantmakers and Grantees

... It's a worthy endeavor, but how can you make it happen in the real world? This guide explores an increasingly ... study shows how collaborative inquiry was used to support growth in a new field. Learning Together: Collaborative Inquiry .....

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Report

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Evaluation

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

With A.L.S. in Family, Chief at Bloomberg Joins Fight

Release Date:

02/06/2013

... to put together a $25 million package of donations to support research to cure amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Daniel L. Doctoroff watched in pain as his father developed a limp one day, was found to ... of the...

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Health

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Bloomberg LP

Anti-Polio Campaign Gets Big Cash Infusion

Release Date:

02/28/2013

... Initiative, bolstering fellow philanthropist Bill Gates' support of GPEI. Bloomberg, Calling His $100 Million Donation .....

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Small Nonprofit Newsroom Wins Pulitzer for Reporting

Release Date:

04/16/2013

... nonprofit environmental journalism outlet supported in part by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, won a Pulitzer ... reporting for its investigation of a pipeline oil spill in Michigan. InsideClimate News, a five-...

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Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Thousands participate in Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure

Release Date:

05/11/2013

... event was down for a second consecutive year. The decline in participation comes after Komen’s founder, Nancy Brinker, sparked national headlines in February 2012 when she unsuccessfully attempted to defund...

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Health

Gender Justice

Impact Investing in the Middle East: What Next?

Release Date:

06/06/2013

... Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has made recent gains in supporting entrepreneurship at a strategic level, but a ... for impact remains largely untapped... Impact Investing in the Middle East: What Next...

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Member News

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International/Foreign Affairs

A Free Lunch Coalition Tries to Make School Meals a Mayoral Issue

Release Date:

10/17/2013

On the steps of City Hall this morning, an education advocacy group held a rally that had nothing to do with universal pre-kindergarten or charter schools.

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Education

Food Systems

Ask the Right Questions: Funders Toolkit

Publication date:

02/2015

... tool that can help affinity groups engaging in policy work determine how well they're set up for success. ... use to do policy work and regional associations can use to support that work. Ask the Right Questions: Funders Toolkit .....

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Report

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

George Clooney and Carnegie Corp. Launch 100 Lives Campaign

Release Date:

03/12/2015

... 100 LIVES was announced on March 10 at Harold Pratt House in New York, during a reception and program that was attended ... those who saved Armenians during the genocide, and support individuals and...

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Member News

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Atlantic Philanthropies Pledges $197 Million for Fellowship and Institute

Release Date:

06/01/2016

... their inception, The Atlantic Philanthropies have invested in people and in their vision, opportunity and ability to realize a better ...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

New Report in Wallace Series on Building Arts Audiences Looks at Successful Jewish Museum

Release Date:

06/23/2016

New Report in Wallace Series on Building Arts Audiences Looks at ... shows how the museum secured a nearly nine-fold increase in family visitors and helped build the next generation of ... around prominent works...

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Member News

Funding Area

Arts

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The Wallace Foundation

25 Apr 2019

Empathy in an Era of Social Division and Toxic Politics - A Food for Thought Conversation

Thursday, April 25, 2019 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... to understand and share the feelings of another, help us sew our country back together? If so, how do we promote ... and is it too late? What role could philanthropy have in advancing empathy in...

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Issue-Based

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Roundtable Discussion

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

12 Oct 2023

Funding Low-Attention Disasters: From Preparedness to Long-term Recovery - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, October 12, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... much attention from the government, donors or media. In 2022, secondary perils caused more insured losses ($73 ... Liaison, Disaster Recovery Task Force, Texas Division of Emergency Management Mark Lindberg ,...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Disaster Relief

10 Apr 2025

2025 Financial Series: Reframing Financial Due Diligence

Thursday, April 10, 2025 -

9:30am to 12:30pm

... purpose for a values-aligned and grantee-centered process in a rapidly changing environment As the funding landscape ... Discuss strategies funders have considered or adopted to support their grantees as they...

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Professional Development

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Topic(s)

Finance & Asset Management

Philanthropy as Backer of Brains

Release Date:

05/02/2013

The third in a series of Rockefeller Foundation President Judith ... field-builder, drawing from the stories of the Rockefeller Foundation ’s history of creating, defining and advancing ...

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Member News

Topic(s)

Governance

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

The Rockefeller Foundation

Inaugural Bellagio/PopTech Fellows Announced

Release Date:

08/07/2013

The Rockefeller Foundation and PopTech have announced the inaugural ... the lives of poor and vulnerable populations. This August in Bellagio, Italy, the Rockefeller Foundation and PopTech are...

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Member News

Funding Area

Economic Security

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The Rockefeller Foundation

The Charitable-Industrial Complex

Release Date:

08/26/2013

An op-ed by Peter Buffett, Co-Chair of the NoVo Foundation . I HAD spent much of my life writing music for ... the very wealthy until what I call the big bang happened in 2006. That year, my father, Warren Buffett...

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Member News

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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NoVo Foundation

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