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17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks

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01/30/2014

The Educational Foundation of America and the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation are among the 17 foundations who have vowed to ... the threat posed by global warming requires foundations to do more...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Divestment from Industries that Harm People of Color

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11/03/2016

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Divestment from Industries that Harm ... of Color Brooklyn Community Foundation announced that it will formally divest from private...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation

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Native American Youth Can't Wait

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08/22/2016

Native American Youth Can 't Wait by Edgar Villanueva, Vice President of Programs & ... and partner on efforts like the Obama administration's My Brother's Keeper initiative. More recently, the...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Education

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

What Does It Mean to Do Policy Work in a Foundation?

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03/27/2014

... Austin Senior Counsel and Corporate Secretary, The Wallace Foundation For years, The Wallace Foundation has worked ... to define our terms clearly. 2. Public policy is broad; it encompasses...

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Working Well With Grantees: A Guide for Foundation Program Staff

Publication date:

06/2013

... including five essential areas where program staff can have a positive impact. Working Well With Grantees: A Guide for Foundation Program Staff ...

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Report

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Program Staff

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Do Funders Have the Right to See a Nonprofit’s Management Letter?

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04/19/2016

... not be used, by anyone other than these specified parties. It is by definition a “limited-use” report according to ... controls after the year-end audit would not be reflected either . Private ...

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Eisner LLP Not-for-Profit Services Eisner LLP

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09 Dec 2010

Shareholder Activism: Changing Corporate Behavior

Thursday, December 9, 2010 -

7:30am to 11:00am

... York Members Briefing , sponsored by The Nathan Cummings Foundation , Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation , The Overbrook ... bought a company that was a major polluter, would you ask it to clean...

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What Kinds of Public-Private Partnerships Do We Want?

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05/19/2014

... that we’re several months into the new Administration, it is time to consider how we reposition ourselves for this ... focused on our more tangible assets and are disappointed when we decline to simply write a...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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Public Policy

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Public Policy

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MetLife Foundation Seeks to Increase Financial Well-Being

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10/06/2017

MetLife Foundation Seeks to Increase Financial Well -Being MetLife ... "MetLife Foundation believes that behavioral science can help improve financial well...

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Economic Security

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Do You Promote or Impede Real Change?

Release Date:

08/21/2017

... that is unique, trademarked or innovative . Nor has it been mastered by any one sector, community or type of ... year’s theme, Giving Voice to Fuel Change , as well as my work and role in...

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Where Do You See Yourself In the Next Five Years?

Release Date:

10/06/2016

... York PhilanthroPost October 2016 president’s edition. It ’s the question you get in job interviews, by work or ... of Conducting Interviews for Potential Coworkers at Your Foundation ”). The answer to that...

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Foundation Presidents Defend Donor-Advised Funds—Is That the Best They Can Do?

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09/14/2017

Foundation Presidents Defend Donor-Advised Funds—Is That the Best They Can Do ? Earlier this month, a coalition of philanthropic trade ...

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What Foundations Can Do to Help Primary Care Succeed

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03/13/2012

... Corporation, talk about three important roles foundations can play in the success of primary care. What Foundations Can Do to Help Primary Care Succeed ...

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Health

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Sharing What Matters: Foundation Transparency

Publication date:

03/2016

... become a buzzword in our society, but, in philanthropy, it ’s not always clear who the audiences for information ... Effective Philanthropy (CEP) examined the perspectives of foundation CEOs and learned that there is much agreement on the audiences for their transparency efforts. Foundation CEOs also agree about what they believe is the ...

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Foundation Strategies for Policy Reform

Publication date:

03/2014

A study to support the evaluation of the Rockefeller Foundation ’s Promoting Equitable and Sustainable Transportation Initiative. Foundation Strategies for Policy Reform ...

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Report

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Community Development

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Philanthropy, You in Danger, Girl! Five Things Philanthropies Need to Do Now in the Trump Age

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02/13/2017

... could be inherent to a Trump administration . Some of my colleagues suspect that foundations could be targeted as ... aim to help will need our work now more than ever, and we can ’t afford to lose focus or...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Funders For Justice Launch New Funder Toolkit — Divest/Invest: From Criminalization to Thriving Communities

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09/19/2018

... and fear. Safety is about more than that — it ’s about having a living wage job, healthy food, and ... the same question. From there, we ask you: What action can you take to support communities to get to their...

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04 Nov 2019

The Divest/Invest Framework: What Does It Mean for Funders Working in Housing and Homelessness? - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Monday, November 4, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... with Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) to share how funders can use the divest/invest framework to think about their ... the divest/invest framework is and how funders can use it to shape...

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NYSHealth to Provide Funding For Free Health And Wellness Programming at Randall’s Island Park

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04/21/2017

... Park Randall’s Island Park Alliance announced that it has been awarded a 175,000 dollar grant from the New York State Health Foundation to provide funding for free health and wellness ... to the residents of...

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