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Personal Strategy: Mobilizing Your Self for Effective Grantmaking

Publication date:

09/2005

Whether it's introducing new ideas into your foundation or offering constructive ... practitioners use their understanding of self and role - as learner, analyst, bridge builder - to manage the tensions .....

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Grants Managers

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Modern Dance Groups to Get Hurricane Sandy Aid

Release Date:

12/25/2012

... for the shoestring but vibrant world of modern dance in New York City. Starting in early January checks from $1,000 ...

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Arts

Disaster Relief

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Chase Announces Winners of 2012 American Giving Awards

Release Date:

12/18/2012

... that aired recently on NBC. More Than Me Foundation of New Jersey was awarded a $1 million grant from Chase at the ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Atlantic Philanthropies Awards $3.25 Million to Expand Children's Access to Health Coverage

Release Date:

02/01/2013

... National League of Cities (NLC) announces the start of a new , three-year initiative to help municipal leaders increase ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Health

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

With Latest $350 Million Gift to Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg Surpasses $1 Billion in Giving to Alma Mater

Release Date:

01/29/2013

... first donation, a gift of $5, in 1965. Philanthropist and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has committed $350 ...

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Education

Philanthropy Takes Fore as Bloomberg Exits N.Y. Mayoralty

Release Date:

04/30/2013

... to philanthropy and his giving priorities are examined as he prepares for his return to private life. The Financial ... looks at Michael Bloomberg’s approach to philanthropy as the billionaire media mogul...

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Polling Group in Russia Says It May Close

Release Date:

05/20/2013

... only independent polling agency has been accused under a new law of overtly political activity, due in part to a ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford Foundation

18 Jul 2012

Black Communities and Philanthropy: A Conversation on Past Trends, Current Challenges and the Future

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 -

8:30am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York 79 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor, NYC

... is the first in a series of quarterly conversations for New York Blacks in Philanthropy (NYBIP) members. Black ...

Foundations Aim to Save Pensions in Detroit Crisis

Release Date:

01/13/2014

The New York Times reports that a group of national and local ...

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Arts

Community Development

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Ford Foundation

Dodge Foundation Awards $4.4 Million In Grants For Arts, Education, Environment, Media

Release Date:

07/16/2014

... environment and media nonprofit organizations throughout New Jersey. “We are pleased to support nonprofit ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Viriginia "Ginnie" Sloane Remembered for Her Philanthropic Spirit

Release Date:

11/04/2014

... "Ginnie" Sloane Remembered for Her Philanthropic Spirit As a philanthropist, Virginia Sloane presided over the ... millions of dollars to organizations serving youngsters in New York. She was also...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

Cuomo Assures Fracking Report will be Released by End of the Year

Release Date:

12/08/2014

... and will determine the fate of large-scale fracking in New York -- by month's end. Still, advocates on both sides .....

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Environment and Climate Change

Health

Andy Warhol Foundation to Exhibit Unseen Work, Increase Focus on Grantmaking

Release Date:

01/04/2015

... of a record-breaking program of donations, and entering a new , mature phase, focused solely on grant-making.... Andy ...

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Arts

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Ford Foundation's Work Doesn't End with 'Grand Bargain'

Release Date:

01/20/2015

... $10 million in grants to the city for 2015. The New York-based foundation provided the largest donation — ...

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Ford Foundation

Mellon Foundation Gives Inaugural National History Teacher of the Year Award

Release Date:

03/13/2015

... History. “It’s unbelievable,” said Anderson, 43, of New Boston, who is the recipient of the 2014 National History ...

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Mellon Foundation

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Explores Open Access to Published Research

Release Date:

04/01/2015

... and the California Digital Library will lead a major new project, with an $800,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon ...

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Mellon Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Data Initiatives for Cities

Release Date:

04/21/2015

... populations between 100,000 and 1 million people. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's charitable foundation .....

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Community Development

Technology

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Three Key Roles Funders Can Play in a CEO Transition

Publication date:

04/2015

... transition—and help sustain the organization until a new leader is found. Through our experience with executive ...

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Report

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

HR & Operations

Leadership Development

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Selected as Fiscal Sponsor of My Brother’s Keeper Alliance

Release Date:

05/08/2015

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Selected as Fiscal Sponsor of My Brother’s Keeper Alliance ... consulting services, has been selected to incubate the new My Brother’s Keeper Alliance (MBK Alliance), a ... career...