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24 Feb 2026

BBB® Charity Effectiveness Symposium XX - Meeting Challenges with a Focus on Mission

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 -

12:30pm to 2:30pm

... chief charity regulator. Join us for leadership insights about what this could mean for your organization! Please ... will be valuable for charity and foundation executives, board members, community leaders,...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

Executive Leadership

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Let's Fight Racial Bias in Voting Through Donor Collaboratives and Litigation

Release Date:

09/08/2016

... be a huge voter turnout this year, so I am also concerned about equipment and staffing and choices that are being made ... is an excellent way for a funder that doesn’t know much about the issue to get going...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Civic Engagement

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Leaders in Nonprofit Innovation Show How Power Dynamics in Philanthropy Are Shifting

Release Date:

02/19/2020

... the applications shows distinctly that ideas are evolving about how social change takes root. In particular, we see a shift in how nonprofits think about power and who sets priorities. And we see them .....

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Insights

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Social Justice

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

Keeping in Touch, Building Trust

Release Date:

03/10/2021

... I remember feeling I could have honest conversations about what was working and what was not, and that if there ... in two minutes or so. These conversations reveal so much about the people who do the work and...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Pinkerton Foundation

7/21/2014 - Demystifying Funder Transparency: Sharing Assessments - Webcast Recording and PowerPoint

Publication date:

08/2014

View a recording of the livestream and related materials presented during the program, " Demystifying Funder Transparency: Sharing Assessments ."

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Audio/Video Recording

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Foundation Center

On The Foundation Freeway: Entering And Exiting Priority Areas With Caution

Release Date:

08/02/2016

... the only viable path is to focus our efforts. Our board and staff agreed from our inception that we could not ... shaped our thinking. We had difficult choices to make about potential exits and new priority...

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Insights

Funding Area

Health

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New York Health Foundation

Can We Still Improve Philanthropy?

Release Date:

07/17/2009

... of a foundation has allowed me some time to think about how philanthropy can be improved. That is a huge topic ... Philanthropy . The five articles that Paul Brest wrote about Criteria were quite good, but...

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Insights

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All Funders

Newsmakers: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

Release Date:

12/23/2013

... in Harlem. Recently, Michael Seltzer spoke with Walker about the current social change environment, the influence of ... Ford Foundation-supported intervention — so I know all about Ford’s commitment to public...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

How Philanthropy Can Help Fix Democracy

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Article

TCC Group Welcomes Strategic Communications Leadership and Research Partner

Release Date:

03/22/2017

... in History from Temple University. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization ... Center, which serves as the leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide. In...

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Appointments & Transitions

Infrastructure Design as Innovation

Release Date:

04/02/2019

... the foundation’s work, offer clear delegation of the board ’s authority, and provide a clear guide for the board itself about its operation, requirements, and vision, which will ask ...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Build Up Companies

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund is Building an Anti-racist, Anti-sexist Institution

Release Date:

02/09/2021

... the needs of a race- and gender-equitable workplace. Our board is learning alongside staff and focusing on building ... as the paradigm that shapes how we work. At our November board meeting, the RBF ...

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Member News

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

David Spergel Takes the Helm as President of the Simons Foundation

Release Date:

07/01/2021

... Jim Simons as a co-chair of the Simons Foundation’s board of directors , and both are looking forward to providing guidance, oversight and direction at the board level. “We are pleased to assume our new roles...

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Simons Foundation

Building a Movement to Advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Philanthropy

Release Date:

07/25/2013

D5 Coalition Director Kelly Brown talks about their 2013 State of the Work Report and how it can help institutions at all levels of engagement learn more about effective best practices and policies for increasing...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Program Recap—Perpetuity or Limited Life: How Do Family Foundations Decide?

Release Date:

07/29/2009

... while Josie Lowman, Chair of the Surdna Foundation ‘s Board of Directors, brought the perpetual foundation ... the Fund could award larger grants without having to worry about depleting its corpus. In the case...

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Insights

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All Funders

04 Jun 2018

Philanthropy New York’s 39th Annual Meeting - Democracy, Demographics & Destiny: All in the Details

Monday, June 4, 2018 -

1:00pm to 6:00pm

... will begin with the election of new Philanthropy New York board members and a review of the past year’s ... of the Members of Philanthropy New York Election of New Board Members President and Chair’s Reports...

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Issue-Based

Format

Conference

Sozosei Foundation Aims to Set a New Course for Decriminalizing and Treating Mental Illness in America

Release Date:

10/07/2020

... system,” said Dr. William H. Carson, Chairman of the Board of the Sozosei Foundation and Chairman of the Board of ... create stronger and healthier communities for all.” ABOUT THE SOZOSEI...

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Member News

Funding Area

Health

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Sozosei Foundation

If We Want to Strengthen Democracy, Let's Start in Our Back Yard

Release Date:

04/14/2021

... of multiple recent scandals, including illegally removing about 200,000 New Yorkers from voter rolls , throwing out 20% ... recovery and future depends upon it. For more information about getting involved,...

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Insights

Funding Area

Civic Engagement

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

The New York Community Trust

Ford Foundation

A Message from CEO Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham

Release Date:

09/28/2021

... encourage you to read the full announcement to learn more about the accomplishments of these individuals and how the ... structures and build new ones for our membership. Our board has decided that...

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President's Message

PNY News

03 May 2022

Philanthropy New York's 43rd Annual Meeting - Purpose as Compass

Tuesday, May 3, 2022 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... and how are these practices changing the ways we think about resource allocation? How does identifying the ... new Directors, and share our appreciation for outgoing board leadership. Annual Meeting: Tuesday,...