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Essentials of Foundation Strategy

Publication date:

12/2009

What separates more strategic foundation leaders from less strategic ones? This research ... today and identifies behaviors and practices common to more strategic leaders. Case studies and interviews included in the report highlight strategic best practices. Essentials ...

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Report

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Leadership Development

Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices

Publication date:

09/2016

Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices For foundations, there are lots of questions to reflect on when thinking about which evaluation practices ... culture, and mission. How much should a foundation invest in evaluation? What can they do to ensure that the ...

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Report

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Foundation Lawyers Network

The Foundation Lawyers Network is a Philanthropy New York professional peer network designed to support in -house General Counsels at PNY member grantmaking ...

Reflections from Foundations on the Hill

Release Date:

03/24/2011

In our latest blog post, Philanthropy New York's Executive ... edition of Foundations on the Hill and talks about ways to effectively promote the work of the philanthropic sector to elected...

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Philanthropy New York

28 Jul 2022

Funder Briefing with the Energy Foundation

Thursday, July 28, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

The Energy Foundation (EF) recently launched New York State as a priority in their States and Regions Program. EF is creating a ... and energy efficiency. The foundation is reaching out ...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Spending Down the Family Foundation

Release Date:

03/10/2014

... Managing Director Elliot Berger share their thoughts in a Wall Street Journal article on the growing spend-down ... how a very wealthy family whom she worked with struggled to find a successor to...

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Family Foundation

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Arabella Advisors

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Foundation Administrators Network

The Foundation Administrators Network (FAN) is a Philanthropy New York professional peer network designed to support HR and operations professionals at Philanthropy ... multiple people from one member organization...

11 Apr 2018

Foundation Effectiveness: What It Takes

Wednesday, April 11, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Foundation effectiveness is deceptively difficult. Drawing on ... Phil Buchanan will explain what it takes. He’ll speak to both inspiring examples and stunning foundation failures, ... of whom...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

06 Feb 2013

Family Foundations Briefing

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 -

11:00am to 1:00pm

Teleconference

... the Council on Foundations Family Philanthropy Conference, in San Jose. Hear what they learned, and contribute your ... Bell , Executive Director, Marie C. & Joseph C. Wilson Foundation Christine Sproule...

Rockefeller Foundation Launches #Solvable

Release Date:

06/12/2019

Rockefeller Foundation Launches #Solvable Yes. At The Rockefeller ... of vulnerable people are solvable — and solvable in our lifetime. Without question, the key ingredient is expertise: the know-how to...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Rockefeller Foundation

The Heumann Perspective: Ford Foundation

Release Date:

01/05/2018

Ford Foundation Senior Fellow and human & disability rights ... how our grantmakers are including a disability lens in their areas of work. The Heumann Perspective: Ford Foundation ...

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Member News

Video

Funding Area

Disabilities

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Ford Foundation

Foundation Funding for U.S. Democracy

Publication date:

06/2014

... establishes a baseline for such funding, and allows users to quickly grasp, in terms of both major trends and detail, who is funding what and where, across the nation. Foundation Funding for U.S. Democracy ...

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Public Policy

The Source Codes of Foundation Culture

Publication date:

10/2015

... Grantmakers for Effective Organizations has been working to better understand what contributes to and impedes efforts to lead productive change in philanthropy. One theme that has arisen time and again is ... contributor to our success. . . The Source Codes of Foundation Culture ...

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Report

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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)

Borealis Philanthropy’s Fund for Trans Generations Moves $2.5 Million to Trans-Led Organizations

Release Date:

07/12/2022

... care networks; the procurement of land and other physical community space; increased accessibility for virtual ... funding for organizations with smaller budgets (under $300, 000 ), while also supporting some...

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Member News

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LGBTQ

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Borealis Philanthropy

Leaders From Clark and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Help Create Hands-on Philanthropy Course

Release Date:

07/12/2016

... Advisors Help Create Hands-on Philanthropy Course In Effective Philanthropy in Urban Communities, students are ... researching, selecting, and ultimately awarding $25, 000 worth of funding...

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Member News

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Community Development

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The Clark Foundation

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

25 Feb 2014

BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium VIII: Re-Imagining Impact

Tuesday, February 25, 2014 -

7:00am to 12:00pm

Baruch College School of Public Affairs

... Fiscal Management Associates, LLC, Foundation Center, Long Island Community Foundation , The New York Community Trust, New York ...

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Issue-Based

Audience

Executive Leadership

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

A Change is Gonna Come: Supporting Our Partners through Leadership Transitions

Release Date:

09/30/2020

... Transitions By: Liz Sak, Executive Director, Cricket Island Foundation . This article was originally published by the ... and have tried to be flexible and supportive—changing long...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Cricket Island Foundation

Philanthropy & Social Sector Leadership at a Time of Crisis

Release Date:

06/10/2020

... experience, poor and vulnerable communities have long been forced to bear the brunt of invisibility in this ... of investment, research and development in human rights,...

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Insights

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Leadership Development

Transparency

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Disaster Relief

17 Aug 2023

Hawaii Wildfires: What Will Recovery Look Like? - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, August 17, 2023 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... passed offshore but brought strong winds to Maui and Big Island . Lahaina was home to 12, 000 people and dozens of ... is hosting a webinar to address the...

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Issue-Based

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Twelve Emerging LGBT Leaders Selected for Arcus Leadership Fellowship

Release Date:

06/28/2017

... Leaders Selected for Arcus Leadership Fellowship The Arcus Foundation , a global foundation promoting respect for ... Fellowship. The Arcus Leadership Fellowship is an 18-month- long program...

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Member News

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LGBTQ

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Arcus Foundation

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