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The Back-of-the-Envelope Guide to Communications Strategy

Release Date:

09/12/2017

The Back-of-the-Envelope Guide to Communications Strategy In an article published earlier this year, we asked nonprofits to stop raising awareness, and instead focus on ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

The NYPD's Growing DNA Database Raises Concern

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... Database Raises Concern The NYPD is increasingly turning to DNA to help solve crimes. And it's worked: The science has helped ... of law enforcement DNA databases. Click on the audio above to...

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Justice Reform

What Business Can Learn From Buddhism

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... Millennials, we are told, have a different attitude to work than their elders. They want to work for organisations committed to values and ethics, where there is a higher purpose than ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Century Foundation Fellow Addresses How this Higher Education Bill Will Only Increase Inequality

Release Date:

12/12/2017

... Anti-poverty activists are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to veto a bill that would allow students at for-profit colleges to get the same kind of tuition assistance being offered to their non-...

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The Century Foundation

16 Sep 2020

Ray Madoff vs. Daniel Hemel: Should DAFs Be Reined In?

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 -

9:00am to 10:15am

... .** Opaque. Inappropriately tax-advantaged. Slow to disburse funds. Efficient. Effective. A vehicle for ... giving. These are some of the views currently attributed to Donor Advised Funds (DAFs). Some see the...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

Transparency

Ten Ways for Family Foundations to Consider Diversity and Inclusive Practices

Publication date:

02/2010

This guide is designed to help foundations think about how more diverse and ... can approach diversity, Council on Foundations seeks to spark ideas and launch further dialogue. Ten Ways for Family Foundations to Consider Diversity and Inclusive Practices ...

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Report

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Family Foundation

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Community Development

The State of Foundation Performance Assessment: A Survey of Foundation CEOs

Publication date:

09/2011

Over the past decade foundations have worked to assess their performance in the fields and communities they seek to address. Data-driven forms of measurement have become more widely used to judge the results of programs, as part of a broader range ...

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Evaluation

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Goldman Sachs, Pritzker Group to Invest $7 Million in Utah School District

Release Date:

08/14/2013

... Goldman Sachs, a school district in Utah, and several community charities to expand the school system’s early-education program is intended to save taxpayers money and provide a financial...

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Education

Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools—Again?

Release Date:

09/18/2013

... Foundation. Last fall in California, a broad coalition of community organizations, faith-based groups, advocates and unions came together to help pass Proposition 30, Governor Jerry Brown’s bid to...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

Rebuild by Design: A Post-Sandy Regional Analysis

Publication date:

01/2014

... Rebuild by Design . The ideas it contains were developed to address local needs in the region affected by Sandy, but ...

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PNY and Council on Foundations Releases 2014 Grantmaker Salary & Benefits Survey

Release Date:

10/17/2014

... collects data on compensation and benefits costs across community , private, and public foundations, and includes the ...

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Century Foundation Promotes ‘Realistic Steps’ on Gun Violence

Release Date:

06/15/2016

... on Gun Violence The country was horrified this weekend to learn of the massacre in Orlando affecting the LGBT and ... as the worst mass shooting in American history. Responding to the violence, Century...

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Justice Reform

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Jonas Center Supports Global Health Nursing in the Dominican Republic

Release Date:

02/03/2017

... and the University of Missouri in their efforts to expand a successful grassroots hypertension screening and treatment program to under-served communities in the Dominican Republic (DR). ... months for one...

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Heron Foundation to Emphasize 'Connective Investing'

Release Date:

03/10/2017

Heron Foundation to Emphasize 'Connective Investing' In the coming years, the ... financial and other forms of capital. It will continue to seek allies and build connections with those who have muscle...

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F.B. Heron Foundation

Good Jobs, Good Pay: How JPMorgan Chase Seeks to Boost Youth Employment in the South Bronx

Release Date:

05/18/2017

Good Jobs, Good Pay: How JPMorgan Chase Seeks to Boost Youth Employment in the South Bronx With grantmaking ... fast. . . Good Jobs, Good Pay: How JPMorgan Chase Seeks to Boost Youth Employment in the South Bronx...

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Ford Foundation Funded Interactive Map Shows The Geography of Debt In America

Release Date:

12/07/2017

... Credit can be a lifeline during emergencies and a bridge to education and homeownership. But debt—which can stem ...

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March For Our Lives

Release Date:

04/02/2018

... voices of young people from RYSE (Richmond, CA) and Community Coalition (LA) marching together with Cal Wellness ...

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Surdna Foundation Announces Refined Program Strategies

Release Date:

09/26/2018

... refined strategies for its grantmaking programs, intended to reflect the Foundation’s belief that racial justice must ... are the culmination of a yearlong process of introspection to ensure the Foundation’s...

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11 Dec 2024

Responding to the Opioid Crisis: What are the Opportunities for Funders to Make a Difference? - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... National Center for Family Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family foundation staff and trustees only.* The opioid epidemic continues to be a major public health crisis affecting both rural and...