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Morgan Stanley

To Build Community, Start with a Question

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11/19/2014

... a community foundation, the Foundation had been a fairly board -based funder of excellent nonprofits in nearly every ... and the opportunities for change. We wanted to hear about their experiences, the services...

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

What’s “Best” in Philanthropy: A Debate Recap with Aaron Dorfman and Adam Meyerson

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05/19/2009

... are now starting to understand that we’re not talking about mandates; we’re calling for mutual accountability. ... The Philanthropy Roundtable has multiple concerns about the NCRP criteria, among them: NCRP...

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Vision for 2025

... ended in June 2015 and renewing it wasn’t possible. Our Board and staff saw the situation as an opportunity to communicate with our members about the long-term possibilities for both PNY and the ... early-...

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Board committees support the organization to advance its mission by providing thought partnership to Board and staff and recommend and develop policies that help ... or groups best suited to their professional...

Dorothy Q. Thomas Named Interim CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women

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08/22/2013

... interests. Thomas has served on the Ms. Foundation’s board , is a member of the board of the British Institute for Human Rights and sits on ... of the Foundation's mission and operations. The Board...

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Greer Leaving Post as President and CEO of Nathan Cummings Foundation

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06/10/2014

... to Greer, his departure is due to differences with the board over the organization's future directions. In an email, Adam N. Cummings, board chair, wrote: "Simon was hired to build on the great .....

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Kress Foundation Trustee to Lead Metropolitan Museum of Art

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03/12/2015

... was announced by Daniel Brodsky, Chairman of the Board , and Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO. Dr. Weiss, ... the Museum presidency at today’s regular meeting of the Board of Trustees, was chosen after an...

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Samuel H. Kress Foundation

An Open Letter to Philanthropy, from People of Color-led, Movement-Accountable Public Foundations

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10/21/2021

... In the decades leading up to this moment, when talking about race was still largely unpopular in philanthropy, the ... of color. Turning the conventional philanthropic logic about risk on its head, we have...

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Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

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The New York Women's Foundation

37th Annual Meeting Re-Cap: Rethinking American Justice

... annual business meeting portion of the day and elected new board members Charles Buice , president of the Tiger ... They also heard from PNY President Ronna Brown about the major accomplishements of the...

Membership Snapshot 4-10-25

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Joint Statement of Associations Advancing Equitable Evaluation Practices

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07/2019

... opportunities, resources and, eventually curricula, about equitable evaluation. Joint Statement of Associations ...

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PNY and Other Sector Leaders Respond to Callahan OpEd in NYTimes

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06/05/2015

... beyond. The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, our board and members, subscribe to the highest principles and ... the focus of his concern. But he seems especially worried about large foundations, and he...

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Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers

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New York State Grantmakers for Census Equity

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07/2018

... of funders came together to create a learning community about the upcoming 2020 census, and to consider ways in which ... statewide now can signal broad-based public concern about the Census and help leverage essential resources from ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arcus Foundation Shares Findings from the Grantee Perception Report Administered by the Center for Effective Philanthropy

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10/26/2021

... of our long-time requirement that all grantees have a board -approved equal employment opportunity (EEO) policy with ... philanthropic infrastructure organizations—to learn more about how we are perceived among...

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Arcus Foundation

The Post-Copenhagen Funding Landscape: Thoughts from Rachel Leon and Terry Odendahl

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02/12/2010

... Fund to hear from our philanthropic colleagues about the outcomes from the 2009 Copenhagen UN Climate ... comments from funders in attendance ranging from concern about the United States’ role in creating the...

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Finding the Right Balance: Thoughts on Advocacy and Direct Service Funding from Ashley Blanchard

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07/09/2010

... crisis has changed the way some funders are thinking about their support for advocacy and direct services, ... grantees in these activities. Conversely, I’m on the board of the Hill-Snowdon Foundation , which...

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Vali Nasr Becomes Opinion Contributor for The New York Times

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10/17/2013

... Advanced International Studies. He has served on the RBF board since 2007. Read the Poynter article, " New York Times adds members to editorial board as new international edition nears" Vali Nasr...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Valerie S. Peltier Elected Chairman of The New York Community Trust

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12/04/2014

... Community Trust's Distribution Committee, the governing board of the 90-year-old foundation dedicated to improving ... five years as chairman. Goins will remain a member of the board . Peltier is a...

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Aging

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The New York Community Trust

Pershing Square, Ford, Open Society Among Funders of Measures for Justice, Putting Data to Better Use

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08/10/2017

... on, and in a big way. Bach went in to pitch Ackman and the board of his Pershing Square Foundation, not knowing what to ... slide. Ten minutes later, the story goes, Ackman said the board didn’t want to...

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