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Insights from “Bridging Practice to Lead Forward - An Invitation from the Leadership Transitions Funders Group”

Release Date:

08/07/2023

... underway for months. “Unless the funder explicitly asks about [a grantee’s] succession plans, they are unlikely to ... and grantee partners, and can result in funders being told about transitions at a much...

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Leadership Development

14 Jan 2025

Trends in Family Philanthropy 2025 Report: Exploring the Main Findings - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 -

2:00pm to 3:15pm

... are coming to the fore How philanthropies are learning about new ideas and approaches The changes in family ... Changes in the make-up of boards What the findings suggest about future trends Speakers Miki...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Does Funder Risk Aversion Stifle Innovation?

Release Date:

09/12/2013

... to find major funding partners. Our shared frustration about foundation risk aversion led to the following dialogue. ... fund your new project because it falls outside existing Board -approved program...

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Noyes Foundation Promotes Buchanan, Montañez, and Zigbi to Program Directors

Release Date:

01/02/2012

The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation’s Board of Directors has promoted its three program officers to ... social, economic, and political conditions to bring about a more just, equitable, and sustainable world. “The...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

The New York Women's Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation Now Accepting Applications for Incubator Project

Release Date:

01/19/2017

... operation for at least a year; have a stable and committed board of directors or advisory board and an operating budget of $250,000 or less. Priority ... opportunities, and local nonprofit job openings. ###...

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RFPs Etc

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Brooklyn Org

Surdna Foundation Commits $100 Million to Impact Investing

Release Date:

02/06/2017

... Surdna seeks to share its experience with others thinking about impact investing through its " Mapping the Journey to ... Investing," report charts the journey from the time the Board of Directors...

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Surdna Foundation

Morgan Stanley Foundation Launches Alliance for Children's Mental Health

Release Date:

02/03/2020

... media feed without coming across one more tragic story about a young person who was suffering in silence: an ... mental health. My colleagues on the Foundation’s Board of Directors and I have set out to change...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Morgan Stanley

Surdna Foundation Announces Additional $36 Million for Racial Justice

Release Date:

10/14/2020

... of the oldest family foundations in America, the Surdna Board believes that it is essential to increase our funding ... be $36 million. Surdna will share additional information about the nonprofits that will...

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Surdna Foundation

Allyson Goldhagen

... and retention efforts; serves as a resource to the Board of Directors and the Committee on Members; responds to ... research; and provides general information to inquiries about PNY membership. Prior to...

Jo Christine Miles

... elementary school. She has served as member of the GMHC board of directors, as a Legal Outreach mentor to New York ... Center for the Performing Arts. Jo Christine is passionate about community development...

13 Mar 2012

The Nuts, Bolts & Art of Networking with David Schachter

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service ; Advisory Board Member, Idealist.org . Designed for Professionals in ...

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10 May 2012

Family Philanthropy: At the Wheel - Women in Family Philanthropy

Thursday, May 10, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Webinar

... the sole decision maker or an equal partner in decisions about charitable giving, according to the Bank of America ...

10 May 2012

Family Philanthropy: At the Wheel - Women in Family Philanthropy

Thursday, May 10, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Teleconference

... the sole decision maker or an equal partner in decisions about charitable giving, according to the Bank of America ...

13 Sep 2012

Performance Review: Evaluating the Family Foundation CEO

Thursday, September 13, 2012 -

2:30pm to 3:30pm

Webinar

Little has been written about how to review the performance of family foundation ... including the special skills required to support effective board governance, work within the family’s culture, ...

25 May 2010

Funders Briefing on the Work of Advancement Project

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... , and the Right to Vote Initiative . Come learn about Advancement Project’s track record of accomplishments ... of Texas at Austin School of Law & Advancement Project Board Chair Jennifer Brunner , Ohio...

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New Philanthropy Center, Fund for 2025 Respond to Funders’ Needs

Release Date:

10/24/2014

... a concrete response to what we've heard from our members about the needs of the region's philanthropic community. At the end of last year, Philanthropy New York members, board , and staff wrapped up...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Bloomberg Philanthropies, Tiffany & Co. Foundation Join Pew in the Protection of Vast Swaths of Ocean

Release Date:

10/30/2015

... of Ocean We've been writing a lot over the past year about the new money and energy pouring into marine ... had remarkable success getting local governments on board with the vision of establishing...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

The Pew Charitable Trusts

In Memoriam: James McConnell Clark of Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

Release Date:

11/04/2015

... his parents founded and served as one of its first board members. Jim graduated from Cornell University in ... on Wall Street. "At a very young age he started thinking about philanthropy and that was one...

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New York Community Trust Gives $5.1 million to 42 Nonprofits in the City, Nation

Release Date:

12/11/2015

... the 42 grants approved at the Trust’s December the last board meeting of the year. In all, The Trust made $37 million ... have trusted us to get results on the problems they care about ,” says Lorie Slutsky,...

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Arts

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The New York Community Trust

18 May 2016

Can Failure Be a Success?: Dissecting the Rikers Social Impact Bond Experiment

Wednesday, May 18, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Social Impact Bond Experiment November 1 - Getting Your Board on Board with Impact Investing May 10, 2017 - Which ... Mission? At their core, social impact bonds are about learning from and...