38th Annual Meeting Program
Publication date:
06/2017
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Borealis Philanthropy Introduces Alicia Bell Announced as the new Director of the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund
Release Date:
11/04/2021
... landscape of media to the labor of her ancestors. Her job is to distribute resources, to lead with compassion, and to ... Bell worked at the intersection of media and organizing at Free Press for 5 years. She...
Four Frameworks for Living Liberation
Release Date:
07/01/2021
... appeared in Nonprofit Wakanda Quarterly (NWQ) . NWQ is the online home for "Imagining a Nonprofit Wakanda" - an ... Organizing framework encourages us to confront and work to free our individual...
Manage Difficult Workplace Conversations Like a Jedi
Release Date:
04/13/2017
... As you probably already know, communicating effectively is a fundamental skill that takes a lifetime to perfect. ... about the person or about your own capabilities behind. Be open to the other person’s...
Michael Bloomberg Thinks Midsize Arts Nonprofits Can Change American Cities, and He’s Spending Over $100 Million to Prove It
Release Date:
10/17/2018
... ecosystem. This broad recognition explains why we’re now seeing more and more actions being taken to shore up these key players. Less discussed is the importance of small and midsize arts nonprofits to the...
Mediacracy — A Dialogue With Experts on the Troubled Intersection of Media and Democracy
Release Date:
11/26/2013
... of Communication, University of Illinois and Co-Founder of Free Press ; Helen Brunner , Director, Media Democracy Fund , ... a related piece for The Chronicle of Philanthropy . https ://www.youtube. com...
National Geographic Launches Special On Gender Revolution
Release Date:
02/08/2017
... on gender has never been louder and more pervasive than it is now , thanks to shifting cultural attitudes and social media ...
Hilton and American Express to Donate Up to 1 Million Rooms to Frontline Medical Professionals During COVID-19 Crisis
Release Date:
04/06/2020
... isolate from their families through the end of May. Hilton is initially working with 10 associations who collectively ... long shift can make all the difference in the world right now ,” Dr. Jaquis said. “The...
Achieving Equity: What Can Data Tell Us
Release Date:
11/21/2018
... seven years ago. When we started on this journey—and it is an ongoing journey, as work around diversity, equity, and ... that as funders, we really don’t know everything! We now also ask our grantees for...
Bold Stories For Big Challenges
Release Date:
12/17/2013
... and figures don’t, according to Brett Davidson of the Open Society Foundations’ Health Media Initiative. That ... Change,” which includes a framework on how storytelling is used to create change (learn,...
Why Aren’t There More Nonprofit Leaders of Color?
Release Date:
04/28/2016
... launched the 2016 Nonprofits, Race and Leadership Survey , open to all nonprofit staff and board members. The goal of the survey is to gather information about race, leadership and ... are an essential part of...
EAC Network Teams Up with Bank of America, Long Island Community Foundation for “Fresh from the Garden” Senior Initiative
Release Date:
03/15/2017
... to provide at-risk seniors in New Cassel, NY with a free , three-step initiative to healthier living: nutrition ... demonstrations, and produce distribution. “EAC Network is promoting the power of good...
Seven Bridges Brings The Simons Foundation’s Genome Diversity Project Dataset to the Cloud
Release Date:
04/12/2017
... by researchers via the Seven Bridges Platform. The SGDP is the largest dataset of human genetic variation ever ... 142 diverse populations across the globe. The SGDP dataset is now available...
Despite Gridlock In Washington, Funders See Enormous Potential to Move the Needle on America’s Gun Crisis
Release Date:
11/15/2016
... below, and more. Click here for more details and to register . Gun violence is one of our nation’s most urgent public health and safety ... a history of violence. MIF: What are you working on right now...
With Support From the Surdna Foundation, This Organization Is Focused on Creating a National Black Tech Ecosystem
Release Date:
07/31/2019
With Support From the Surdna Foundation, This Organization Is Focused on Creating a National Black Tech Ecosystem Black ... awarded was from the Surdna Foundation whose mission is to support social justice reform...
Century Foundation Reports Examines ESSA Learner Accountability Provisions
Release Date:
12/13/2018
... Reports Examines ESSA Learner Accountability Provisions Now that all fifty states and the District of Columbia have ... United States’ primary K–12 education investment— is fully underway. Now...
NCN Requests Foundations Sign on to Oppose Repeal of the Johnson Amendment
Release Date:
03/28/2017
... the Johnson Amendment The National Council of Nonprofits is putting out an urgent call to all nonprofits and ... self-defense. NCN says this push is extremely important now because their...
“Repeal and Replace” Gives States More Control over Healthcare Market
Release Date:
01/27/2017
... has made it clear that the Affordable Care Act is on the chopping block with its “repeal and replace” ... the states more flexibility and control to create a more free and open health care...
This Guy Has Plans to Make Your Foundation More Accountable
Release Date:
03/15/2017
... of philanthropy in America. The majority of the book is devoted to Callahan’s archetypes of “new ... adopted, would certainly impact the nonprofit sector. REGISTER NOW - Tuesday, April 13 – “...
NYT Opinion: Rockefeller Family Fund Director, Lee Wasserman asks "Why Are We Still Looking for Oil and Gas?"
Release Date:
07/25/2019
... stripes continue to expand the amount of fossil fuels we now extract and burn. It was President Barack Obama, after ... enthusiastically embraced the fracking boom that is now primed to...