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15 Jun 2016

CFF Annual Gathering

Wednesday, June 15, 2016 -

5:00pm to 7:00pm

Come meet Danny Meyer and a bevy of food funders and social justice advocates at the Community ... you’re a long-time CFF member, entering the field of food systems change, or interested in the intersecting .....

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01 Feb 2018

Supporting Local Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Foundations - Webinar

Thursday, February 1, 2018 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... locally-led grantmaking. We’ll reserve a vast majority of the time for information-sharing and strategizing, so ... Registration is required by January 29th. Members and Non-Member Funders: To register please...

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COVID-19: Sharing Information

A Call to Members We are convening regular calls for members to share information about philanthropic responses to ... and collaboration. Please let us know if you are doing any of the following so we can make connections and amplify the ...

21 Mar 2022

Digital Transformation Series Program #3: Tracking the Platforms & Navigating the Emerging Digital Media Ecosystem - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, March 21, 2022 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... voter suppression and apathy particularly amongst people of color, young people, older adults, rural communities, and ... by Q&A. Speakers Arisha Hatch , Vice President, Color of Change Tim Lim , Digital...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

23 Apr 2026

Where Has Certainty Got Us? Let's Try Clarity - A Conversation for CEOs, Sr. VPs, and Trustees

Thursday, April 23, 2026 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... guiding your strategy is a desire to "work yourself out of a job." It may not ever happen, but that clarity will ... navigate an increasingly dynamic ecosystem. We spend much of our resources -- time...

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Iris Chen Named Executive Director of The Fund for Public Schools

Release Date:

08/05/2014

Iris Chen Named Executive Director of The Fund for Public Schools Iris Chen has been named executive director of The Fund for Public Schools. Chen comes to the Fund ... As executive director, Chen will focus on...

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Education

Stavros Niarchos Foundation and Basketball Legend Join Forces for Youth Empowerment and Establish Field of Life

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12/18/2019

... Join Forces for Youth Empowerment and Establish Field of Life ATHENS – On Tuesday, December 17, 2019, SNF and ... basketball legend Panagiotis Giannakis introduced Field of Life, a new...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Gifts From Buffett Include $150 Million For NoVo Foundation

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07/15/2014

... The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the biggest recipient of Buffet's latest gifts, received more than 21.7 million shares of class B stock, valued at $2.1 billion. So far Buffett ... individuals to...

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All Investing is Impact Investing

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01/12/2015

... In the United States, nearly $1 trillion is committed to philanthropy — sitting in foundations, donor-advised funds and elsewhere. Donors have transferred ownership of these funds to separate entities and...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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JPMorgan Chase Pledges $10 Million to Study Its Philanthropic Impact

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02/06/2015

... financial-services giant expects to commit $1-billion to philanthropy over the next five years and will pay the Urban ... and a $100-million project to help revitalize the City of Detroit. "We believe...

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Hess Named to 2015 Best Corporate Citizens List

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04/22/2015

... on Corporate Responsibility magazine’s prestigious list of 100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2015. The list recognizes ... employee relations, human rights, governance, finance, and philanthropy and community...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO

Release Date:

10/16/2015

... they have more impact. They both are founding presidents of their groups, the Center for Effective Philanthropy and Grantmakers for Effective Organizations. And they started their jobs within a few months...

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Arabella Advisors Report Finds Divestments from Fossil Fuels Top $5.2 Trillion

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12/13/2016

... heavyweights are moving their assets and funds out of fossil fuels at a record pace. A network of local governments, pension funds, faith organizations, ... to a report released on Monday. That’s a huge sum...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Foundation Picks Rajiv J. Shah, a Trustee, as President

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01/05/2017

... J. Shah, a Trustee, as President Rajiv J. Shah, a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation , was asked about six months ... Mr. Shah, who until recently had been the administrator of the United States Agency for...

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Podcast: Mellon Foundation Remains a Bulwark for the Humanities

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04/10/2017

... National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities, one of the people at his side was Paul Mellon, son of Andrew Mellon, the banking magnate and founding patron of the National Gallery...

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Nonprofits Likely to Receive $700 Million From Rockefeller Estate

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04/24/2017

... likely to receive as much as $700 million from the estate of David Rockefeller, Sr., the former chair and CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank and renowned philanthropist, once his ... Pledge , Rockefeller, who died on...

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A Q&A with Sampriti Ganguli, Arabella Advisors’ CEO

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07/18/2017

... Ganguli, Arabella Advisors’ CEO We are on the cusp of philanthropy ’s next big wave. The charitable sector is ... their charitable giving like never before. At the center of this profound...

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Ford, Tow Foundation Among Funders of An Anti-Fake News Initiative That is Starting to Take Shape

Release Date:

08/31/2017

Ford, Tow Foundation Among Funders of An Anti-Fake News Initiative That is Starting to Take Shape In the world of philanthropy , it's relatively easy to identify and .....

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Bloomberg’s Latest Tool in the Trump Fight—Helping States Wage Legal Battles

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09/07/2017

... Trump agenda, they’ve typically done so through the work of NGOs. Michael Bloomberg’s taken some different angles so ... government, likely through lawsuits, over the gutting of environmental regulations. . ...

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