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08 Apr 2025

Laying the Foundation Part Three: Aligning Your Vehicles with Your Values - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

The National Center for Family Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family ... to support your mission and goals, and what is the value of employing multiple vehicles? Through examples from other ... Who...

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Preparing Vulnerable Populations for Crisis: What We’ve Learned and Funding for the Future

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05/09/2013

... pleased to have Sister Paulette LoMonaco, Executive Director of Good Shepherd Services and one of the panelists at our session on Preparing Vulnerable ...

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A Glass Half Full: Japan’s Disaster Response at One Year

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03/27/2012

One year ago, the Executive Director of the Japan Center for International Exchange, James Gannon, ... the ways that U.S. funders can continue to help the people of Japan. A Glass Half Full:...

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Disaster Relief

Reimagining Service: Helping Grantees Increase Volunteer Capacity to Maximize Program Impact

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02/14/2012

... January 10th examined the Reimagining Service and Cities of Service initiatives and how supporting volunteer capacity can strengthen grantees and increase the impact of grantmaking, even in an era of...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Peterson Testifies on Reforming the Federal Budget Process

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10/23/2015

... WASHINGTON D.C. – Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, will held a hearing ... budget process. Michael Peterson, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, and Douglas...

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Century Foundation Promotes ‘Realistic Steps’ on Gun Violence

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06/15/2016

... Violence The country was horrified this weekend to learn of the massacre in Orlando affecting the LGBT and Latino communities, now known as the worst mass shooting in American history. Responding to the...

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Justice Reform

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Seven Reasons Why Your Foundation Should Pay Attention to Fracking

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05/16/2013

... impacts, it’s clear that there are public health impacts as well. The pollution of air and water in communities near ... constitution. And similar laws have been proposed in New York...

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23 Oct 2018

The Art of Knowledge-in-Action: Building Your Reflective Practice as a Funder

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... grantmaking is both an art and a science. To be effective, philanthropy practitioners must continually build their ... what is happening during challenging situations, make new sense of what...

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10 Aug 2017

Good Governance: How to Use Board Committees Effectively - Webinar

Thursday, August 10, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

*The National Center for Family Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family ... effective governance in family philanthropy , and the use of committees is one of the...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education Releases Recommendations For Helping Native American Youth Live Healthier Lives

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01/18/2018

... American Youth Live Healthier Lives In recent years, philanthropy has experienced a surge of interest in supporting racial equity across this country. ... Public Education in partnership with Native Americans...

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09 Aug 2018

Cultivating A Healthy Family Culture - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, August 9, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

*The National Center for Family Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family foundation staff and trustees only.* The health of a family is often defined by its culture. Creating ... Achieving this is much...

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12 Sep 2019

Exiting Responsibly: Making Wise Choices As You Wrap Up - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, September 12, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

The National Center for Family Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family ... closing down. Designed for The National Center for Family Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family .....

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26 Apr 2016

Learning from LA - Is Our Sister City Supporting Nonprofits Better?

Tuesday, April 26, 2016 -

1:30pm to 3:30pm

... rules. In a conversation with Clark Foundation Executive Director and PNY Public Policy Committee Co-Chair Doug Bauer, ... in LA and about the strategies that might be employed in New York to...

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17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks

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01/30/2014

The Educational Foundation of America and the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation are among ... in clean-energy companies, reported The Chronicle of Philanthropy . Seventeen foundations with nearly $2-...

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The North Star Fund is the First Community Foundation to Sign Pledge to Divest from Fossil Fuels

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03/13/2014

... first community foundation to sign onto the Divest-Invest Philanthropy initiative's pledge to divest from fossil fuel ... three decades ago, and we're proud to be an early member of the Divest-Invest...

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Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal

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06/13/2014

... Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal An article in Inside Philanthropy singles out the Mertz Gilmore Foundation for ... past 20 years, especially its efforts to reduce the use of coal, the country’s biggest source...

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Arcus and Ford Named as Top Funders who Champion Marriage Equality

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10/07/2014

Arcus and Ford Named as Top Funders who Champion Marriage Equality It's always hard to pinpoint the role of philanthropy in bringing about big changes in society and, to .....

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The Source Codes of Foundation Culture

Publication date:

10/2015

... to and impedes efforts to lead productive change in philanthropy . One theme that has arisen time and again is the importance of creating and nurturing an organizational culture that ... bedrock for effective philanthropy , but we have also, as a sector, habitually neglected this important contributor ...

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Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders

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04/25/2016

Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders Darren Walker’s moves to steer the ... Mr. Walker and his work with “changing the language of philanthropy , from ‘them’ and ‘they’ to...

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