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Mellon Foundation

Philanthropy Can Help Bridge the Gap Between the Idea of Disability Rights and the Reality

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11/05/2021

... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 1 in 1,200 people in the United States has Down ... support physician scientists now explicitly ask questions about accommodations participants...

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Disabilities

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Doris Duke Foundation

The Amida Care Fund at Stonewall Community Foundation Announces 2021 Grant Awards for HIV/AIDS Initiatives at NYC Community Organizations

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12/09/2021

... funding to raise awareness among trans Latina sex workers about HIV transmission and the importance of knowing their ... community and allies, as well as the general public, about our legal protections and...

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Stonewall Community Foundation

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LGBTQ

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Equitable Opportunities for Effective Philanthropy

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06/08/2022

... I said, but I remember thinking, “this guy has no idea about how much I don’t know!” Afterward, I met with ... our values of leadership, learning, and community. As staff at Philanthropy New York had a chance...

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The Rockefeller Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Create New Multilateral Development Banks Challenge Fund To Increase Investment in Developing Countries

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10/12/2022

... climate crises,” said Mike Muldoon, current Chief of Staff at The Rockefeller Foundation and former member of the ... heels of U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen remarks about the changes needed in...

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Economic Security

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Open Society Foundations

Insights from “Responding to the Moment: Participatory Approaches in Philanthropy”

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09/19/2024

... rise! Inspired by the disability rights slogan “Nothing about us without us,” these frameworks center the ... to philanthropy. Based on these and other insights about participatory philanthropy raised during...

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Regulating Donor Advised Funds

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10/2015

A donor-advised fund is a giving vehicle designed to manage donations on behalf of individuals, families or organizations. DAFs provide a flexible way for donors to give to charities—an alternative to direct giving or creating a private foundation. Donors to DAFs enjoy administrative convenience, tax advantages and cost savings compared to operating a private foundation.

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Public Policy

Recording: Journalism and Democracy: A Convening on Philanthropy's Role in Strengthening the Press

Journalism and Democracy: A Convening on Philanthropy's Role in Strengthening the Press Journalism is essential to democracy and civic life. Beyond delivering facts and analysis, it elevates community voices, sparks dialogue, and equips people to...

What More Can We Do?

Release Date:

02/03/2021

... of the borough’s residents are non-white. For our staff at the Brooklyn Community Foundation, the events of the ... as the first cases were reported in New York City, our staff and Board came together to begin...

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Brooklyn Org

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

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06/10/2021

... In the decades leading up to this moment, when talking about race was still largely unpopular in philanthropy, the ... endowed, raising what we give out each year, and with staff and boards composed largely of...

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Does Funder Risk Aversion Stifle Innovation?

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09/12/2013

... to find major funding partners. Our shared frustration about foundation risk aversion led to the following dialogue. ... should sell that ridiculous building, lay off the entire staff except for maybe 10...

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Improving the Accuracy of Wikipedia’s Medical Information

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01/06/2015

... the first place that millions of Americans go to learn about specific health conditions, problems, and treatment ... the overuse of certain medical procedures. Concerns about the volume of unnecessary tests...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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Payout Redux

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04/09/2010

... example, another foundation was regularly paying out about 7 percent. That is a perfectly fine choice for a board ... rate) on those issues and grantees each foundation cared about . A higher payout not only...

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Building a Bigger Tent for Effective Philanthropy

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07/07/2015

... Effective philanthropy leaders may apply lessons about how ideas catch on to extend their reach beyond " ... to US-based nonprofits are from individual donors. About 15 percent of donations originate from...

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Bessemer Trust

Unlocking the Power of Co-Leadership: Part Two of A Candid Conversation with Rebecca Tye and Camaro West, Co-Executive Directors of Peace is Loud

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12/08/2023

... do you have support from the board and support from the staff to help them adjust to having two leaders and have a ... the role and then deciding what to do. I had been thinking about applying by myself...

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Five Qs for…Douglas Bauer, Executive Director, Clark Foundation

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03/30/2012

... And what can the foundation community do to inform itself about the financial challenges confronting the sector? Doug ... but ran into some financial difficulties. The board and staff could have tried to make...

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After We Say Goodbye

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01/29/2010

... and gender inequities on a regular basis. I think about the story one grantee told of an elderly client—a ... Not another soul there, however—neither client nor staff —was a person of color. She felt so...

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Purpose as a Compass: Grant Reporting - What is the Purpose? Linking Values, Vision, and Practice 

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04/25/2023

... an opportunity for grant recipients to speak candidly about what went right (or wrong) and which resources were ... sessions have provided space for nearly 1,000 grantmaking staff to learn and grow together...

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