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Race to the Top: What Grantmakers Can Learn from the First Round

Publication date:

06/2010

The nation's foundation community has provided critical financial and technical support to states applying for the first round of the U.S. Department ... the Foundation Center , created from interviews conducted in March and April 2010 with foundation staff, education .....

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Evaluation

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Education

Newman's Own channels money to broadcasters

Release Date:

01/31/2013

Newman's Own Foundation has announced grants totaling $2.4 million to 13 public broadcasting stations and organizations. ... Own Foundation has announced grants totaling $2.4 million...

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Arts

New Jersey Recovery Fund Awards $3.8 Million for Sandy Relief

Release Date:

08/07/2013

Created with a lead gift from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation , and hosted by the Community Foundation of New ... New Jersey-based corporations and individuals committed to supporting local...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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Funders Launch National Conversation on A ‘Common Purpose’

Release Date:

10/01/2013

... six other major foundations — including the Rockefeller Foundation , the Open Society Foundations and the Carnegie ... New York — are funding a "National Purpose Initiative" to engage hundreds of...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Open Society Foundations

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Making IT Decisions

Publication date:

12/2012

... infrastructure. Whether you outsource or insource your foundation ’s technology needs, it is critical to understand how to approach projects so you make decisions that fit your ...

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Building Bigger Bets with Philanthropy

Release Date:

12/02/2013

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation President Nancy Roob shares with the Stanford ... Innovation Review how the foundation is aggregating funds to scale what works. In 2005, Nancy...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Sharon B. King, Noted Philanthropic Leader, Dies at 68

Release Date:

10/27/2014

... Dies at 68 Sharon B. King, a highly respected leader in philanthropy, died peacefully at home on October 21st, ... old. Sharon began her career in private philanthropy as a program officer at...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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F.B. Heron Foundation

Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

Ford, OSF and Others Join Forces to Safeguard Internet Liberties

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02/05/2015

Ford, OSF and Others Join Forces to Safeguard Internet Liberties Over the past two decades, ... to a global communications phenomenon. Now, say a group of foundation leaders, it’s time to...

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Open Society Foundations

Arcus Announces 13 Executive Directors to Participate in Arcus Leadership Fellowship

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05/15/2015

Arcus Announces 13 Executive Directors to Participate in Arcus Leadership Fellowship The Arcus Foundation , a ... in the Arcus Leadership Fellowship. Formerly known as...

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LGBTQ

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Arcus Foundation

Supported By Many PNY Members, 2016 Creative Capital Awards Given In Literature, Performing Arts

Release Date:

01/13/2016

... By Many PNY Members, 2016 Creative Capital Awards Given In Literature, Performing Arts Pioneering artist support ... then surrounds those artists with the tools they need to realize their visions and build...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Sarah Burton Appointed as Project Manager for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and Marshall Institute

Release Date:

03/09/2016

Sarah Burton Appointed as Project Manager for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and ... leading nonprofit service for global philanthropy, engaged in consulting, foundation management, project...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Peace and Security Funding Index Tracks More Than $280M in Grantmaking

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04/05/2016

Peace and Security Funding Index Tracks More Than $280M in Grantmaking A new research project by the Peace and Security Funders Group (PSFG), in conjunction with Foundation Center, finds that...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Economic Security

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Surdna Appoints Shuaib Siddiqui, Director, Mission Related Investing

Release Date:

06/30/2016

... Mission Related Investing. Shuaib, who will report to Marc de Venoge, Vice President, Finance and ... practices with its mission. He will support the foundation as it continues to...

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Founding Members of Open Research Funders Group Include Three PNY Members

Release Date:

12/16/2016

... Group Include Three PNY Members TheAlfred P. Sloan Foundation , the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation , and Open ... form the Open Research Funders Group, an effort to promote sharing of...

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TED: Exceptional Media and Ideas for Change

Release Date:

05/28/2013

We’re pleased to have Vincent Stehle, the Executive Director of Media ...

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Far Rockaway Leaders Look Ahead

Release Date:

02/12/2013

New York Foundation Executive Director Maria Mottola talks about a recent funder trip to meet nonprofit leaders in Far Rockaway and what she and others learned about the ...

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Community Development

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New York Foundation

Resilience Begins at Home

Release Date:

07/30/2013

Rockefeller Foundation Vice President of Global Communications Neill ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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When LINsanity Comes to Philanthropy

Release Date:

03/15/2012

What does Jeremy Lin have to do with the future of philanthropy? Nathan Cummings Foundation President and CEO Simon Greer talks about how ... taking risks on the unconventional. When LINsanity Comes to...

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Artists at the Center: A New Doris Duke Initiative

Release Date:

12/24/2012

We’re pleased to have Ben Cameron, Program Director for the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation , talk about an innovative new program designed to provide assistance to...

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