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Borealis Philanthropy Introduces María Alejandra Salazar, the new Program Officer of the Communities Transforming Policing Fund

Release Date:

04/13/2022

... Prior to joining Borealis Philanthropy, María Alejandra was director of the Multicultural Resources Program at ... to demystify the philanthropy world in general. As someone making the shift from community...

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Borealis Philanthropy

Can Conversational Leadership Shift an Entire System?

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07/28/2022

... environment could be created. I’ll add that when I was introduced to the concept of Conversational Leadership I ... to listen to the other person’s point of view? How easy was it for you to share your point of...

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Can Philanthropy Support the Transformation of Society?

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03/06/2014

... and Peter Buffett, Co-Chairs, NoVo Foundation When was the last time you ate a tomato? Recently, we’d guess, ... home” in the Seminole Indian language ). Then the swamp was drained, and over time agriculture...

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NoVo Foundation

Smarter Grantmaking in Challenging Economic Times

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05/2009

As grantmakers look ahead to make tough decisions for 2010 and beyond, this Grantmakers for Effective Organizations publication offers recommendations and examples that we hope provide some useful insights for foundation leaders.

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Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Grantmaking

What is the business of your organization? Explore the core cycle of how foundations make grants, as well as how foundations give, ways to manage relationships with grantees, and where implicit bias plays a role in grantmaking.

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Is There Really a Conflict between the Public Good and Professionalism in the Foundation Sector?

Release Date:

08/26/2014

... In the Charitable Giving Act of 2003, legislation was seriously advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives ... not available or when direct management by the foundation was expected to be a more productive...

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The Commonwealth Fund

The Rockefeller Foundation

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Fear, Hope, and Hunger: Inside the Crisis at the Southern Border

Release Date:

10/03/2019

... and breathing the immigration crisis on a daily basis. I was joined by 15 other individuals from the philanthropic, ... Texas and Juárez, Mexico. The rawness of the experience was surreal, as if I had landed...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Tides

As the Pandemic Pushes Women and Girls Further Behind, a Global Response to Gender Inequality Is Needed

Release Date:

05/05/2021

... Committee Member, Generation Equality Forum . This article was originally published by The Chronicle of Philanthropy on ... and girl’s organizations in the United States represents just 1.6 percent of overall...

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Ford Foundation

Beyond the IRS: Communicating Your Foundation’s 990-PF

Release Date:

12/21/2011

... with the 990-PF: A. Make it Part of Your Plan: No longer just a report to the IRS, the 990-PF is now the most commonly ... section of Part XV. But we can and should go beyond that— making sure the 990-PF is...

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Philanthropy New York's Policy Corner - October 2023

Release Date:

10/27/2023

... the work we do of investing in people and communities. Making explicit commitments was a critical first step in advancing a culture with ... philanthropy, without which our mission to create a more ...

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Producers and Speakers: Money and Power in Post-Election America

... Officer at Partners Health System in Boston, MA, and was Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine and Professor of ... a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United . Just prior to serving in Congress,...

Newsmakers: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

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12/23/2013

... of the Ford Foundation . Before coming to Ford, where he was vice president of the foundation’s Education, ... the doors of this institution for the first time, it was a transformational experience, because...

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JPMorgan Chase Joins Second Chance Efforts to Reduce Obstacles to Employment

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10/21/2019

... policy solutions to drive inclusive economic growth, beginning with Second Chance hiring to remove barriers to ... criminal backgrounds; 5. Community Investments: Making new community investments to support...

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Membership Snapshot 4-10-25

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These Days Everyone Can Be A Communicator…But Is That Enough?

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01/12/2012

... professional communicators on staff? Why can’t we all just say what we have to say? In a world of decentralized ... had taken steps to ensure that communications strategy was incorporated into grantmaking,...

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Why U.S. Foundations Should Take the Global Sustainable Development Goals Seriously

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06/21/2016

... through his extraordinarily successful business life. It was “Think Big. Dream Big. Act Big.” The Sustainable ... What Can Philanthropy Do? Many in philanthropy are beginning to recognize this unprecedented...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

Marketplace IT Glitches: The Sky Is Not Falling

Release Date:

10/03/2013

... learned at the pharmacy counter that their subsidy was not recognized by the pharmacist’s IT system, or that their prescribed drug was not covered by their plan. In response, federal and ...

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Moving Interprofessional Education into the Mainstream of Health Professions Education

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06/20/2012

By George E. Thibault, M.D., President, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation A growing body of evidence shows that health care delivered by well-functioning teams leads to better patient outcomes, greater efficiencies and even professional...

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Philanthropy New York’s Adventure Series: Version Red Hook

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07/28/2011

... one of the largest public housing communities in the city, was host to a number of funders from New York’s philanthropic community. Beginning at the Brooklyn Community Foundation (BCF), in ... of the various...

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18 Nov 2015

Policing Reform: Building on NYC Successes for a National Reform Movement

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1:45pm to 3:30pm

In the past two years, Communities United for Policing Reform (CPR) has played a critical role in leading a campaign to pass landmark police accountability legislation in New York City and partnering with families of New Yorkers killed by police to...