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Live From Independent Sector Conference: Innovation Coming Faster, Needs Collaboration

Release Date:

09/30/2013

Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin and New York Community ... innovation and since life is evolving we “live in a constant state of innovation.”... Live From ...

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The New York Community Trust

Peter Buffett Takes to Twitter to Advance Critique of Philanthropy

Release Date:

09/19/2013

In this episode of the Social Good podcast, the NoVo Foundation Co-Chair discusses why he decided to write his New York Times op-ed and how social media are ... of philanthropy. Peter Buffett...

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NoVo Foundation

Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools—Again?

Release Date:

09/18/2013

An op-ed by Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation . Last fall in California, a broad coalition of community organizations, ... faith-based groups, advocates and unions came together to...

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The Mismeasure of Poverty

Release Date:

09/17/2013

Russell Sage Foundation President Sheldon Danziger talks about the flaws in the ways that the U.S. measures poverty in an op-ed for ... between 2011 and 2012, at about 15 percent. According...

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Giving Circles: More Impact to Go Around

Release Date:

11/07/2013

Ana L. Oliveira, President of the New York Women's Foundation , is quoted in a New York Times examination of the rise of giving ... Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”... Giving Circles: More Impact to Go...

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The New York Women's Foundation

George Soros receives 2013 Freedom Award

Release Date:

11/06/2013

... Rescue Committee presented its 2013 Freedom Award to George Soros in recognition of his constant advocacy and support for human ...

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Open Society Foundations

A Nonprofit Trendsetter Becomes 4th CEO in 4 Years at Tides

Release Date:

02/09/2014

... Deiglmeier has helped start some of the biggest trends in the nonprofit world. In the early 1990s, when she was chief operating officer at ... program in San Francisco, she recalls pitching...

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12 Mar 2014

Executive Assistants Network: Identifying Your Role

Wednesday, March 12, 2014 -

12:15pm to 2:00pm

This program is being offered as part of the Executive Assistants Network, but is relevant to all junior-level administrative staff. This discussion ... to your supervisors, organization type,...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Doug Bauer Named to the Board of Directors of the National Council of Nonprofits.

Release Date:

04/15/2014

Doug Bauer , Executive Director of The Clark Foundation , has been named to the Board of Directors of the National Council of Nonprofits . Doug Bauer Named to the Board of Directors of the...

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Investing for Real and Permanent Good

Release Date:

06/06/2014

... were interviewed for the Harvard Business School's " In the Business" podcast. In a segment titled, “Investing for Real and Permanent Good,” they discuss how they got into foundation...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Fate of Detroit’s “Grand Bargain” In Hands Of City Workers, Pensioners

Release Date:

06/20/2014

Fate of Detroit’s “Grand Bargain” In Hands Of City Workers, Pensioners The fate of Detroit’s “Grand Bargain,” an effort to save the Detroit Institute of Art’s collection from the ... creditors from forcing the...

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Mellon Foundation

Sixteen Scientists Named 2014 Simons Investigators

Release Date:

07/25/2014

... The Simons Foundation has selected 16 scientists as the Simons Investigators in 2014 to support their studies in mathematics, theoretical physics, ...

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Comparing Spending Down and Perpetuity - Should Charity Go on Forever?

Release Date:

10/09/2014

... (the company that sells the tax-free alcohol and perfume in airports), is practically unknown as a public figure. Though Forbes once ranked him the ... will soon become the largest ever foundation...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Philanthropy New York Announces Fundraising Breakthrough, New Philanthropy Center at Times Square

Release Date:

10/20/2014

... 1500 Broadway ‐‐ and a breakthrough of over $2 million in early pledges to its Fund for 2025 campaign to grow the capacity of the ... a special role bringing prospective partners together...

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Judith Rodin Profiled in NYTimes

Release Date:

12/21/2014

Judith Rodin Profiled in NYT Judith Rodin has been president of the Rockefeller Foundation , one of the world’s leading philanthropic ... of the University of Pennsylvania, the first woman to lead...

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The Stanford Prison Experiment Wins the Alfred P. Sloan Film Prize at Sundance

Release Date:

02/02/2015

... The 2015 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, presented to outstanding feature films focusing on science or technology as a theme, or depicting a scientist, engineer or ... received a $20,000 cash award from...

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New Thinking about Networks Makes the Field Better, Stronger, More Effective

Release Date:

03/20/2015

... many things, but efficiency is not always one of them. For as long as there have been foundations investing in worthy causes, there have also been critics rightfully ... strategic...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies Welcomes Bruce Trachtenberg as Executive Producer and Editor

Release Date:

05/08/2015

The Atlantic Philanthropies Welcomes Bruce Trachtenberg as Executive Producer and Editor In his new role, Trachtenberg will work closely ... Cahill, along with staff across the organization, to...

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Arts

International/Foreign Affairs

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Proteus Fund and Proteus Action League Elect Three New Board Members

Release Date:

07/08/2015

... organization the Proteus Action League (PAL) are delighted to announce the election of two new members of the Proteus ... leader with over twenty years of demonstrated success in nonprofit management,...

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TCC Group President and CEO Richard Mittenthal Featured in Profile Magazine

Release Date:

07/06/2015

TCC Group President and CEO Richard Mittenthal Featured in Profile Magazine There is often talk about running a ... comes in . The consulting company works with nonprofits, as well as...