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Women in Leadership: Why It Matters

Publication date: 
05/2016
It’s no secret that women have historically faced greater barriers than men when it comes to fully participating in the economy. Across geographies and income levels, disparities between men and women persist in the form of pay gaps, uneven opportunities for advancement, and unbalanced representation in important decision-making.
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Report
Funding Area 
Gender Justice
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The Rockefeller Foundation
13 Apr 2023

Employee Ownership Strategies for Economic Resilience and Equity: Pathways for Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by AFN

Thursday, April 13, 2023 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
... Thanks to an expanding community of organizations using business as a force for equity, and recent innovations in the ... funders and practitioners who are currently invested in small business...

Out of Print The Case for Philanthropic Support for Local Journalism in a Time of Market Upheaval

In a new report, Tony Proscio, of the Center for Strategic Philanthropy & Civil Society at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, explores the current landscape of local journalism, with a particular focus on the role that philanthropy could play in revitalizing the field.
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Report
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All Funders
Topic(s) 
Communications
Funding Area 
Communications/Media
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Charles H. Revson Foundation

In Partnership with the Ford Foundation, Coalition of 18 Financial Institutions Commits to Measurable Plan to Improve Economic and Racial Equity

Release Date: 
05/18/2021
... up to $30 billion in economic impact for communities and business owners of color over the next five years; more than ... The commitments include: Diversify Suppliers and Business Partners: Across financial...
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News type 
Member News
Funding Area 
Economic Security
Social Justice
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Ford Foundation

A Letter from Ronna Brown

Release Date: 
04/24/2020
... to the membership as a three-part virtual series. The business part of our meeting, where members vote for new board members, will be conducted in a small gathering – most members will participate by proxy...
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President's Message
PNY News

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Investment Policy

Publication date: 
04/2011
Innovative strategies and new investment opportunities can be used to align investment practices with mission objectives to sustain the public good. Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation offers a look at their investment policy which can be used as a template for others.

Giving While Living

Publication date: 
09/2017
The common quest of all who seek to achieve lasting improvements in our communities and in our world—whether we are individual donors, foundations, nonprofits or government agencies—is to make the highest and best use of our resources. It requires us to ask questions like: What are our best opportunities to make a difference? What impact can we have and how do we know what impact our grants are having? What are grantee organizations accomplishing? What’s working… what’s not? Or, as Chuck Feeney, founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies, never hesitated to ask, starting with the foundation’s...
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Report
Funding Area 
Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors
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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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