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Scanning the Landscape 2.0: Finding Out What's Going on in Your Field

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04/2012

GrantCraft talked with funders working in the U.S., Europe and internationally about when, why and ... Scanning the Landscape 2.0: Finding Out What's Going on in Your Field .....

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How Foundations Use Communications to Advance Their Public Policy Work

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05/2010

This study examines how foundations that wish to engage in public policy are using communications to expand the reach ... their policy engagement. Among the foundations included in the study are The Atlantic Philanthropies , the Carnegie ... York , the Ford Foundation , and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund . How Foundations Use Communications to Advance Their ...

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What BP Won’t Be Paying For—and How You Can Help

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07/01/2010

... Prospect Hill Foundation and an Advisor to the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health (a special ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Communicating Your Foundation’s 990-PF

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12/21/2011

... Director of Communications at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund , was the moderator of a recent Philanthropy New York ...

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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: One Student’s Story

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12/06/2012

Philanthropy New York’s Education Working Group, in conjunction with the Donors’ Education Collaborative and the Fund for New Citizens at The New York Community Trust, held a ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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The New York Community Trust

Don’t Forget the Small Guys

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07/19/2010

... the current recession, several grantmakers have decided to fund larger and more-established nonprofits, rather than invest in newer, smaller, and “riskier” ones. In our latest blog post,...

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United Way of New York City

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Five Borough Farm: Supporting Urban Agriculture in New York City

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11/08/2012

... York is one of the most vibrant urban agriculture cities in the United States, with more than 700 existing sites (there are nearly 3 times as many farms and gardens in the city as there are Starbucks locations...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Food Systems

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Doris Duke Foundation

North Star Fund

Reimagining Service: Helping Grantees Increase Volunteer Capacity to Maximize Program Impact

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02/14/2012

... grantees and increase the impact of grantmaking, even in an era of reduced funding. We’re pleased to have Gail ... Inc. and the moderator of that program, provide us with an in -depth recap. Reimagining Service...

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Lessons from the Field: From Understanding to Impact

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12/2010

Three foundations — the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund , the Energy Foundation, and the Wilburforce Foundation ... and wildlife protection. This case study provides an in -depth look at how these foundations cultivate an ...

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Animal Welfare

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Lessons from the Field: Becoming Strategic: The Evolution of the Flinn Foundation

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03/2009

In 2002, Arizona’s Flinn Foundation began implementing a ... Since that time, Arizona has had dramatic increases in jobs, research funding, businesses, and wages within the ...

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Economic Security

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As Use of Libraries Grows, Government Support Has Eroded

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01/08/2013

... systems stack up next to other big cities’ libraries in terms of government support, you might want to check the ...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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Arts

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Small Nonprofit Newsroom Wins Pulitzer for Reporting

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04/16/2013

... nonprofit environmental journalism outlet supported in part by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund , won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for its investigation of a pipeline oil spill in...

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Among Young Inheritors, an Urge to Redistribute

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03/25/2013

This article on "trust- fund progressives" includes comments from Bessemer Trust .....

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Komen Cancels 2014 Fundraising Events in Seven Cities

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06/07/2013

... G. Komen foundation canceled its signature 3-Day walk in Washington and six other cities next year, slashing the ... Parenthood... Komen Cancels 2014 Fundraising Events in Seven Cities ...

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25 Oct 2012

Funder Briefing and Discussion: Five Borough Farm

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9:00am to 12:00pm

... Five Borough Farm: Seeding the Future of Urban Agriculture in New York City . Explore Conversations and discussions ... Foundation , with Community Food Funders , Merck Family Fund and the David Rockefeller...

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Updated: Government Shutdown: What It Means for Nonprofits

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10/01/2013

Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund , and Diana Aviv, President of Independent Sector, weighed in on the government shutdown during Independent Sector’s ...

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Open Society Foundations Public Health Division Director Writes Op-Ed on Health Financing in the Post-Aid Era

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07/22/2016

... Health Division Director Writes Op-Ed on Health Financing in the Post-Aid Era Aids activists have been sounding the ... funding from middle income countries (MICS) will result in a failure to meet global goals...

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