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Legacy Foundations and Risk-Taking: Different Approaches to Empowered Philanthropy

Release Date:

06/07/2017

... to Empowered Philanthropy By Dara Major, philanthropic and social sector advisor. Find her at www.daramajor.com and ... engage stakeholders? Should a foundation invest in things that are counter to its mission...

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Making Measures Work For You: Outcomes and Evaluation

... should be approached with care. Hasty assumptions or over -confidence in the idea that program impacts can be translated into hard ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Millions Pledged To Harvey Relief As Rebuilding Starts

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09/06/2017

... Starts More than $275 million has been pledged or raised in the week since Hurricane Harvey dumped 50 inches of rain on the Houston area. The Rebuild Texas Fund , announced on Friday by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott...

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Johnson & Johnson Partners with Other Global Leaders to Expand HIV Treatment

Release Date:

07/26/2018

... Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Unitaid, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the ... Coalition at the 2018 International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam. Leveraging over $1.2...

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Ford Foundation Supports Progress on Impact Investing

Release Date:

10/13/2017

... experimental rating process aimed to hold large fund managers acuntable for delivering on wide range ... houses start to bring capital to bear on the world’s social and environmental challenges, analysts will...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Spark Prize Application is Now Open

Release Date:

05/03/2016

... record of addressing critical challenges and opportunities in Brooklyn. We aim to celebrate organizations that ... Brooklyn Community Foundation’s mission to spark lasting social change by...

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The Bronfman Fellowship Announces 31st Application Season

Release Date:

11/03/2016

... of seminars including a free, five-week trip to Israel in the summer between the fellows’ junior and senior years ... leaders grounded in their Jewish identity and committed to social...

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Mellon Foundation President Talks About Diversity and Democracy

Release Date:

11/29/2016

... and Democracy Major demographic changes taking place in America today necessitate a renewed discussion about ... and a Prosperous Society investigates how diversity and social connectedness are imperative to...

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Video: At Rockefeller, Actor Robin Wright on Negotiating Equal Pay on ‘House of Cards’

Release Date:

05/25/2016

... . But off-screen, Robin Wright lends her voice for social change , advocating for gender equality and to put a stop to ... documentary she narrated, “When Elephants Fight,” out in May. Video:...

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Five Technology Trends Defining the Future of Corporate Sustainability

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... practices and reporting will be radically transformed in this era of rapid digital and technological change . Technological advances and increasing demand for ... a lot of time, effort and resources to prepare...

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Sector News

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Corporate Social Responsibility

06 Nov 2019

Legal Series - Within the Law and Outside the Box

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... know the rules well enough to navigate all of the options in pursuit of your mission? This session, which kicks off our ... explore many of these subjects in deeper detail. Explore: Grants to...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2022 Distinguished Scholars

Release Date:

02/02/2022

... competition, are exploring important problems of violence in the world. The Distinguished Scholars are investigating a ... war and conflict. In selecting the recipients of the awards ,...

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Gender Justice

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Measuring What Matters

Release Date:

04/24/2019

... printer jumped to life, spitting out page after page – in all, the report contained 8 pages, 12 point font, of ... joined the ranks of philanthropy overseeing a $3.5 million fund to find that grant reports...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropy New York

Citi Foundation Among Funders of National Effort to Diversify College Faculty

Release Date:

03/31/2016

... the game, but it does not address the country's interest in a more diverse higher education landscape nationwide," Milano said. In recent months, Mr. Milano noted, four major universities ... and...

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01 Oct 2018

People Like Us: A Roadmap for Democracy

Monday, October 1, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... Democracy’s Door , who has been seeing this trend emerge over the recent years. New American Leaders especially has played a big part in encouraging and training candidates from immigrant ... , Program...

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FAQ: Trust-Based Philanthropy Cohort with a Racial Equity Lens

Release Date:

01/26/2022

... racial equity work. While these themes have been explored in past programs, this is the first cohort to provide a ... curriculum will be broken out into six virtual sessions over three months. Sessions will be...

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Aetna Foundation Initiative Promotes Healthy Eating in Inner-City Neighborhoods

Release Date:

04/07/2015

Aetna Foundation Initiative Promotes Healthy Eating in Inner-City Neighborhoods Recently, Aetna has announced ... disadvantaged communities. During the course of 2015, grants of up to $50,000 over...

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Community Development

Food Systems

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Verizon Foundation Launches Diabetes Study

Release Date:

05/29/2015

... patients. The foundation is putting up $427,700 to help fund the year- long program. Participants include two groups of medically-underserved patients in Pulaski County with Type 2 diabetes...

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Technology

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Verizon

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Names Four Renowned Leaders in Global Service, Academia, and Management to its Board of Directors

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... honored to welcome back a founding board member, an expert in human needs investments, a pioneering sustainability ... Archive Center , the board of the Rockefeller Family Fund , and was a member of the...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

New York Foundation and Brooklyn Community Foundation Lauded for Nimbleness

Release Date:

05/27/2015

... two New York grant makers just got national recognition in part because they are fast on their feet and versatile. ... so we're able to be fairly nimble when issues shift and change in...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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