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12 Sep 2019

Exiting Responsibly: Making Wise Choices As You Wrap Up - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, September 12, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... Whether your foundation is considering wrapping up a long -term initiative or a foundation’s existence, this ... From determining whether your foundation should exist in perpetuity - to leaving assets to a...

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Robert G. Ottenhoff Stepping Down as President and CEO of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy

Release Date:

09/05/2019

... national search for his replacement. Ottenhoff joined CDP in 2012 as its first chief executive. Tapped for his ... philanthropic sector, his depth of experience steered CDP. In less than a decade, CDP has...

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Is Bail Reform Causing an Increase in Crime? - New Research & Policy Report from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Releases

Release Date:

01/20/2023

Is Bail Reform Causing an Increase in Crime? - New Research & Policy Report from the Harry Frank ... University Chicago examine whether crime has increased in places that have implemented bail reforms since...

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Arcus Capacity-Building Initiative Selects First Group of Leaders

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09/02/2013

The Arcus Foundation has announced the first participants in its LGBT Leadership Initiative (ALLI), which will provide ... which includes a former NFL player who publicly came out in 2012, the head of a national...

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Moyer, New York Life Foundations Announce National Memory Board Project

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11/29/2013

... and the need for children's grief support services. 24 In conjunction with Children's Grief Awareness Day, the Moyer ... invited to share a photo or memory of their loved one via social media to help...

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11 Leading Philanthropies Respond to White House Report on Young Men of Color

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05/30/2014

... to expand opportunity for boys and young men of color. In response, 11 of America’s leading foundations working ... private-sector initiative issued a joint statement. In addition to the Open Society, the...

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Surdna's Head Reflects on Aligning Program With Mission, Impact Investing

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06/25/2014

... on Aligning Program With Mission, Impact Investing In an interview with Shelterforce, Surdna President Phillip ... recent launch into the impact investing world. In discussing how Surdna zeroed in...

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Ford Is Among Funders Exploring How To Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting

Release Date:

08/28/2014

... national and local funders exploring how to respond to social justice issues that have surfaced since the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., and the police response to the protests...

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TCC Group Exlpores a New Approach to Capacity Building

Release Date:

02/03/2015

... ways of seeing. Consider the term "capacity building." In the social sector, it has been lifted up as a panacea and mocked .....

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Deeper Than Political Sound Bites on Economic Inequality

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04/15/2015

... of income inequality and highlighting the “2015 Social Progress Index,” asserting that perhaps “we obsess ... the knowledge that philanthropic professionals should have in their intellectual toolbox and will...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Backs Workforce and Educational Development Opportunities

Release Date:

06/30/2015

... The selected charitable organizations play a critical role in connecting low-income individuals and families to ... point of need, according to bank officials. “The social and economic benefits of employment...

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Newman's Own Foundation Launches Fellowship Program

Release Date:

08/04/2015

... provides recent college graduates with work experience in the philanthropic sector. In addition, the program is designed to expand, enhance, and ... demonstrated leadership skills, as well as commitment to...

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Aetna Foundation Encourages Using Data to Help Tackle Healthcare Disparities

Release Date:

08/11/2015

... Garth Graham, MaryLynn Ostrowski and Alyse Sabina write in a Health Affairs blog post. "A person's ZIP code is a ... disparities were eliminated, up to 80,000 early deaths in the United States would...

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Twenty-Seven Foundation Executives Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box'

Release Date:

08/14/2015

... Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box' This week, in Wilmington, North Carolina, Daryl Atkinson of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice described his journey from incarceration to decent...

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Ford Foundation Taps Elizabeth Alexander as Director of the Creativity and Free Expression Program

Release Date:

10/07/2015

... to examine how cultural narratives impact and shape social movements, and how media and the arts can contribute ...

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Russell Sage Report Finds Non-Citizen Latinos Politically Engaged

Release Date:

06/28/2016

... scientists, Michael Jones-Correa and James A. McCann, in a report published for the Russell Sage Foundation. ... edition of RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences... Russell Sage...

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Ford's Walker Included in New Class of Disrupters Making New York’s Cultural Boards More Diverse

Release Date:

08/01/2016

Ford's Walker Included in New Class of Disrupters Making New York’s Cultural Boards More Diverse Board membership in New York has always been a rich person’s game. In exchange for the...

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Ford Foundation

With Support From Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, New Jersey Encourages Participation in Arts Programs

Release Date:

09/13/2016

... R. Dodge Foundation, New Jersey Encourages Participation in Arts Programs Despite overwhelming agreement that the arts ... sizable numbers of New Jerseyans do not participate in related activities that help to...

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Supported by Simons Foundation, ‘Video Game’ Study Identifies Kids With Attention Deficits

Release Date:

09/21/2016

... to the results of a study published Sept. 20, 2016, in Translational Psychiatry. Ultimately a therapeutic ... 16p11.2 deletion, which is associated with challenges with social communication. Some children may...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Mellon Foundation Supports Zimmerli Art Museum's Examination of American Art Circa 1966

Release Date:

10/06/2016

... key works created around the time of its founding. But in addition to spotlighting revolutionary movements that now have an established presence in art history, the subjects of many of the works focus on...

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