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Cultivating Nonprofit Leadership: A (Missed?) Philanthropic Opportunity

Publication date:

03/2015

... leadership development is a vital aspect of any effort to address long-standing structural barriers to sustainable, positive change. If we look at recent victories in a number of different issues, ...

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Report

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Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

OSF Featured in Enterprise for Utilizing Storytelling in the Grantmaking Process

Release Date:

04/13/2015

... around the world, has used Narativ trainers. “People we work with are used to telling one particular story about themselves,” he says. ...

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Open Society Foundations

What the Brooklyn Community Foundation is Looking for in Grantees

Release Date:

04/23/2015

... program strategy in early 2015. And a couple months ago, we tipped you off that anticipated program funding areas ... and civic engagement, youth employment, and access to legal and language services.... What...

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Brooklyn Org

15 Jul 2015

Foundation Administrators Network Brown Bag Lunch - Your Career Path in Philanthropy

Wednesday, July 15, 2015 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

In addition to quarterly meetings, the Foundation Administrators Network ... and desks. During our 2015 Brown Bag Lunch series, we hope to have a discussion around possible career paths in HR and...

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Network Building

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All Funders

HR & Operations Staff

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HR & Operations

13 Aug 2015

Foundation Administrators Network Brown Bag Lunch: 360 Degree Evaluations

Thursday, August 13, 2015 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

In addition to quarterly meetings, the Foundation Administrators Network ... and desks. During our 2015 Brown Bag Lunch series, we hope to have a discussion around possible career paths in HR and...

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Network Building

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All Funders

HR & Operations Staff

Topic(s)

HR & Operations

Ford's Walker Addresses a Solution for Inequality in CNN OpEd

Release Date:

06/18/2015

... in CNN OpEd Around the world today, the greatest threat to justice is inequality. Inequality is the byproduct of ... while limiting opportunity for many others. Here's what we can do: Attack inequality at...

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Funding Area

Community Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

Ford's VP of Communications Responds to WSJ OpEd

Release Date:

07/08/2015

Ford's VP of Communications Responds to WSJ OpEd We share Andy Kessler’s view that Henry Ford and other visionary makers in every era are huge contributors to economic prosperity (“The...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

NPCC Names Sharon Stapel as New President and Executive Director

Release Date:

07/15/2015

... Ms. Stapel, Ian Benjamin, the Chair of the Board, said, “ We look forward to the enthusiasm, expertise and passion that Sharon brings to the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee, and know that...

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Appointments & Transitions

14 Jan 2016

Documenting Impact featuring “Chasing Ice” (OVEE screening, featuring clips and live chat)

Thursday, January 14, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... celebrates the social impact of media, and its capacity to transform society. Chasing Ice is one of the five films ... online cinematic social visual experience created by ITVS, we will host a series of online...

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Environment and Climate Change

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Appoints Jane Mendillo and L. Rafael Reif to its Board of Trustees

Release Date:

04/11/2016

... Foundation Appoints Jane Mendillo and L. Rafael Reif to its Board of Trustees The Andrew W. Mellon ... the election of Jane Mendillo and L. Rafael Reif to its Board of Trustees. "Ms. Mendillo and...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Mellon Foundation

Abortion Rates Hit Historic Low In Developed World But Not Elsewhere

Release Date:

05/13/2016

... World But Not Elsewhere Married women are much more likely to have them. Where they're illegal or highly restricted, it ... world, where a vast majority of women live. What we 're talking about is...

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Health

Gender Justice

At Rockefeller, Actor Robin Wright on Negotiating Equal Pay on ‘House of Cards’

Release Date:

05/18/2016

... learning she was earning $420,000 an episode, compared to Spacey's $500,000. While it's not quite as wide a gap as some of the discrepancies we 've been hearing about, it still rankled her. And...

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Member News

Funding Area

Gender Justice

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Supporting Emerging Leaders in the Field

Release Date:

06/23/2016

... Assistant Director of Member Services, Allyson Goldhagen. We hear a common refrain among long-time members: ... for me early in my career. Not only did I learn how to do my job, I met people who would become...

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PNY News

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All Funders

Emerging Leaders

Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign Makes Progress in El Paso

Release Date:

08/04/2016

... 238 coal-fired power plants nationwide have been announced to retire, comprising a whopping 45 percent of all the coal plants operating just six years ago. " We commend El Paso Electric on a decision that...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Ford Foundation Paper Cited in Wired Article on the Future of Open Source Code

Release Date:

08/11/2016

... Code Our modern society runs on software. But the tools we use to build software are buckling under increased demand. Nearly ... talent. This code can be used by anyone—from companies to...

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Member News

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Technology

Workforce Development

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Ford Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Executives Write About Stressed, But Fixable ACA Marketplaces

Release Date:

09/07/2016

... Marketplaces Negative headlines in the past few weeks seem to suggest deep trouble for the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) ... increases for 2017—and Aetna is the third major insurer to announce it is pulling out...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Here Are Mellon's Goals for Liberal Arts Education

Release Date:

09/13/2016

... Education Readers of IP's higher education vertical know we 've devoted a lot of ink to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's "big vision" for the humanities. It's interesting stuff...

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Member News

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Philanthropy New York Mourns Former President Barbara Bryan

Release Date:

10/24/2016

... her extraordinary collegiality, set us on the path that we proudly continue today. Our deepest condolences to her family and friends. Barbara’s life was honored and ...

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PNY News

Dyson Foundation Contributes to Longform Nonfiction Work

Release Date:

11/10/2016

Dyson Foundation Contributes to Longform Nonfiction Work I have good news for all of the journalism purists out there. Funders continue to see the value of deep and transformative investigative work in an age of...

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Member News

Funding Area

Communications/Media

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The Dyson Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Expresses Concern of Losing Coverage Gains Under Trump Presidency

Release Date:

11/11/2016

... Under Trump Presidency Now days past Donald Trump’s rise to the nation’s president elect, national nonprofits are ... what could come out of his health policy. On Wednesday, we got insight from PwC, the...

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Member News

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

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