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Lessons from the Field: Becoming Strategic: The Evolution of the Flinn Foundation

Publication date: 
03/2009
In 2002, Arizona’s Flinn Foundation began implementing a strategy that focused on boosting its state’s bioscience economy and relied heavily on building collaborative partnerships. Since that time, Arizona has had dramatic increases in jobs, research funding, businesses, and wages within the bioscience sector. This case study illustrates the benefits of taking a strategic approach to maximize a foundation’s impact. It describes how Flinn’s leaders narrowed the Foundation’s focus and assessed its performance.
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31 Mar 2017

Advocacy: A Compass for Today’s Terrain

Friday, March 31, 2017 -
8:30am to 4:30pm
Join us for a full-day conference to strengthen your foundation’s ... to remain silent on policy concerns, it is important for every person in your organization to know your rights, as ... guide participants in...
24 Jan 2018

Through the Eyes of the Caregiver: “Care” Screening & Panel with Ai-jen Poo

Wednesday, January 24, 2018 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Please join us for a screening and panel discussion of the deeply poignant ... depicts a system of home care that is impossibly costly for middle-class Americans, even as the wages are unsustainably low ...
05 Dec 2018

The Make or Break Moment: Blending Capacity Building and Capital for Change

Wednesday, December 5, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... of the Sector Survey, 86% of respondents expected demand for their services to increase in the coming year, but only ... meeting it, and only 33% said they include capital for innovation and change in their...
04 Dec 2018

Seeding Power: Leadership for Justice-Based Movements in Food and Farming

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 -
3:30pm to 5:00pm
... causes. Now, the infrastructure is being put in place for that to change. Join Community Food Funders, Surdna ... with the tools, knowledge, and skills they need to run for office, work on campaigns, and drive...
28 May 2019

Technology, Inequality and the Future of Work(ers)

Tuesday, May 28, 2019 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... retail breakrooms, academia, and policy spaces. Join us for a discussion and deep insight into what these ... Associate, Future of Work(ers), Ford Foundation Designed for All interested funders Registration 2:...

UJA-Federation of New York Announces Additional $11 Million in Grants and Loans to Those Affected by COVID-19

Release Date: 
03/31/2020
... over $23 million in our first wave of emergency funding for essential food programs and to help provide our network ... CUNY Hillel Students : $250,000 in emergency cash support for low-income CUNY Hillel...

William T. Grant Foundation Announces Three New Rapid Response Research Grants to Combat Youth Inequality Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Release Date: 
10/22/2020
... awarded today will support UnidosUS and the Institute for Child, Youth, and Family Policy at Brandeis University as ... Net Dolores Acevedo-Garcia and Pamela Joshi, The Institute for Child, Youth, and Family...

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