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14 Apr 2015

Community Schools: An Opportunity for Funder Collaboration?

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 -

1:45pm to 4:00pm

... – about the promise of the community schools strategy in NYC. A key takeaway was that its implementation offers exciting opportunities for funders of community development, youth development, housing, health...

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Network Building

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Roundtable Discussion

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

Community Development

The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Invites Applications for its Eighth Class of Macy Faculty Scholars

Release Date:

11/09/2017

The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Invites Applications for its Eighth Class of Macy Faculty Scholars The Macy ... nurture the careers of promising educational innovators in medicine and nursing. With support from the...

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RFPs Etc

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Education

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation and Basketball Legend Join Forces for Youth Empowerment and Establish Field of Life

Release Date:

12/18/2019

... Niarchos Foundation and Basketball Legend Join Forces for Youth Empowerment and Establish Field of Life ATHENS – ... Life, a new nonprofit organization and initiative anchored in Giannakis’s old neighborhood...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Community Development

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27 Oct 2021

Beyond the Classroom: How Sports and Arts Support Social Emotional Learning

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... holistic youth development programs with “hooks” in sports and arts are continuing to serve ably as places of ... competency growth in their participants. Join us for a discussion on how both...

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Issue-Based

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Livestream

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All Funders

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Evaluation

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Education

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

Publication date:

04/2012

GrantCraft talked with funders working in the U.S., Europe and internationally about when, why and how it’s useful to scan the landscape for new ideas and new directions. An update of their 2004 ... key constituencies, understand emerging issues, map the funding environment and synthesize information and find gaps. ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

How Foundations Use Communications to Advance Their Public Policy Work

Publication date:

05/2010

This study examines how foundations that wish to engage in public policy are using communications to expand the reach ... is at the very center of successful policy engagement for the foundations interviewed, which make use of ten ... their policy engagement. Among the foundations included in the study are The Atlantic Philanthropies , the Carnegie ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Ford Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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

Release Date:

07/01/2010

... responding to the Gulf Coast oil spill? Isn't BP paying for the clean-up efforts? Penny Fujiko Willgerodt, the ... Hill Foundation and an Advisor to the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Communicating Your Foundation’s 990-PF

Release Date:

12/21/2011

... foundations—has become an essential tool, not only for grantmakers, but for the media, policymakers, and grantees as well. Gail ...

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Philanthropy New York

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Don’t Forget the Small Guys

Release Date:

07/19/2010

... larger and more-established nonprofits, rather than invest in newer, smaller, and “riskier” ones. In our latest blog post, Miguel Bonilla, the Director of ... embrace a culture of risk-taking, and that at some...

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United Way of New York City

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Five Borough Farm: Supporting Urban Agriculture in New York City

Release Date:

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

How Philanthropy Can Scale Away S.V.

Release Date:

08/23/2010

In our latest blog post, Lisa Turngren, President of the ... most pervasive social issues—one which suffered a recent funding setback here in New York—and suggests that a change in...

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Social Justice

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 Gershon, Senior ... Inc. and the moderator of that program, provide us with an in...

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Volunteerism

Working with Start-Ups: Grant Makers and New Organizations

Publication date:

04/2003

In this GrantCraft guide, grant makers from a wide range of ... to this guide also offer their recommendations for capacity-building resources on the Web. Working with ...

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Grants Managers

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Can Feedback Fuel Change at Foundations?

Publication date:

05/2011

... comparative, they can make substantive changes that result in different—and better—grantee experiences. Foundations ... changes that are benefiting the organizations they fund. In addition to describing the data, the report identifies ...

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Grants Managers

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Evaluation

Lessons from the Field: From Understanding to Impact

Publication date:

12/2010

... and wildlife protection. This case study provides an in -depth look at how these foundations cultivate an ...

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Animal Welfare

Social Justice

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 bioscience sector. ...

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