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Doris Duke Launches Land Trust Climate Initiative

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01/24/2017

... Initiative These days, to be a conservation funder is to be a climate change funder. At least that ought to be the case. Because ... divisions between climate and conservation work. This is...

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Arie Weissman and Jennene Tierney Appointed To Arcus Foundation Management Team

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04/01/2013

... after serving on an interim basis since October 2012. He is responsible for the Foundation's financial management ... She joins Arcus from The New Teacher Project where she is currently the human capital...

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16 Mar 2023

Apprenticeships: Paving Career Pathways for Young People in NYC

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3:30pm to 5:00pm

... Foundation Who should attend? All interested funders in grantmaking , public policy, and related roles. What to ...

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Using an Ecosystem Approach to Define Nonprofit Strategy

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10/05/2016

... stance—actively examining what their role is , can, or should be—in influencing the external ... we tend to ask in this process include: “Who shares your vision?” “What is your...

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Workplace Flexibility

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03/2011

Balancing work and home-life responsibilities is a challenge. Advancements in technology, legislative ... consultant, Robin Hartman joined us to help answer: What is workplace flexibility? Why should my organization be ...

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Borealis Philanthropy's Spark Justice Fund Moves $2.4 Million to Organizations Working to Decarcerate, Close Jails, and Advance Transformative Visions of Pretrial Justice

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08/08/2022

... policies—but the Fund quickly realized that liberation is possible only through simultaneous fights to deconstruct the many systems that inflict violence on Black, Indigenous, and ... “What sets Borealis apart...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Selects Ten Communities as 2020-2021 RWJF Culture of Health Prize Winners

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10/26/2021

... of solutions and coordinated steps to usher in lasting change . More about the winners: Addison, Ill. —Addison, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, is transforming health through cross-sector partnerships and .....

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The Need for Civil Legal Aid

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06/07/2016

... individuals and families further into poverty. So what is civil legal aid and what makes it so important? As defined ... involve assisting people in getting access to basic social systems and amenities such as...

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Philanthropy and the ACA: Helping People Engage in Their Own Health and Health Care

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08/08/2012

... Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is being parsed across the country for its impact on ... this environment of intense debate? A starting point is one of the ACA’s most notable themes. By any...

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Five New Open Society Fellows Will Address Economic Inequality

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09/16/2021

... in Sudan offers those pursuing long-term socioeconomic change . The new fellows will join 16 current grantees to ... implications. “The work of the new Open Society Fellows is urgently needed,” says Fellowship...

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Goldman Sachs Announces First Round of Capital Investments and Philanthropic Grants for One Million Black Women Initiative

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05/21/2021

... 13,900sf of retail space, and 224 parking spaces. Housing is intrinsically connected to better health outcomes, ... pilot launch of Incubate Her, which will create meaningful change in the economic health and...

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Can Flexible Funding Become Our New Normal?

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07/15/2020

... Director of Programs, Citi Foundation While there is a growing belief among funders in the value of general ... the philanthropic spectrum globally to further consider supporting institutions rather than...

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UHF Honors 63 Health Care Quality Improvement Leaders at Tribute to Excellence Today

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07/15/2020

... extraordinary quality improvement leaders at 57 hospital systems , long-term care facilities, home care organizations, ... inspirations for the event. “Let’s be clear: nothing is more central to our healthcare...

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23 Mar 2016

Family Engagement: Partnering for Student Success

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9:00am to 11:00am

... with families. A common refrain from educators is that they have a strong desire to work with families from ... 8:45 -9:00 AM Check-in 9:00 -11:00 AM Program Registration is required by March 22nd . Members:...

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Critics of State’s Campaign Finance Laws Seek Philanthropists’ Help

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01/24/2013

Representatives from the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Open Society Foundations attended a meeting organized by the Piper Fund to enlist support for changing New York’s campaign finance laws.

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Ford’s Walker Named to Independent Sector Board

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11/18/2014

... held as part of the Annual Business Meeting at the 2014 IS National Conference in Seattle, Wash. Two new officers ... of Funders Together, a national network of foundations supporting strategic and effective...

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Payout Redux

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04/09/2010

... it “reaffirms some of the basic principles of effective grantmaking , such as mission clarity, focus and impact” ( ... agendas or the unquestioned conceit that giving now is always better than later. On the...

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15 Oct 2018

Census Funders: Coordinating with NY Counts 2020

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3:00pm to 5:00pm

The 2020 Census Funders Group is an ad hoc group of regional philanthropic leaders working ... of the SUNY Rockefeller Institute of Government. Jeff is working with New York Counts 2020 to develop a ... . PNY...

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Are You Concerned about Affordable Housing?

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03/03/2014

... of the disaster, was that the ongoing recovery process is inextricably linked to our region's larger affordable ... organizations developing housing. Gary talked about the Change Capital Fund , which ties...

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