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Disaster Grantmaking: A Practical Guide for Foundations and Corporations

Publication date:

02/2014

A study by The European Foundation Centre and the Council on Foundations highlighting how grantmakers can be more effective and strategic in addressing disasters ...

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Disaster Relief

Complete This Survey on Foundation Openness and Shared Insights

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04/19/2017

Complete This Survey on Foundation Openness and Shared Insights The Forum of Regional ... is partnering with the Fund for Shared Insight to support foundation openness activities in the form of regional ... This...

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PNY News

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Appointments & Transitions

Dianne S. Harris Appointed Senior Program Officer at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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08/16/2017

... Appointed Senior Program Officer at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced the appointment of Dianne S. Harris as a ... higher education at an unparalleled scale, and at a...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Open Society Foundations Names Kenneth H. Zimmerman as New Director of U.S. Programs

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06/04/2012

... as the head of its U.S. Programs, especially at a time when our country faces such great challenges,” said ... country’s core principles of fairness and opportunity. It is a privilege to join an organization...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Human Services

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Open Society Foundations

Mellon Foundation Launches New Initiative to Support 1,500 Artists and Small Arts Organizations as COVID-19 Crisis Continues

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08/27/2020

Mellon Foundation Launches New Initiative to Support 1,500 Artists ... and Cultures , PA’I Foundation , and Sipp Culture . It promotes an intercultural approach to change-making and ... deserves...

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Arts

Disaster Relief

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William T. Grant Foundation Awards Rapid Response Research Grants to Address Pressing Issues Facing Young People in the U.S.

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03/28/2018

William T. Grant Foundation Awards Rapid Response Research Grants to Address ... funder, we know that valuable research exists, but it needs to be harnessed for change,” said Vivian Tseng, ... practitioners,...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Citi Foundation Helps NYC Nonprofits & Cornell University Prepare Underserved Youth for Foodservice, Customer Service, & Hospitality Jobs

Release Date:

07/27/2017

Citi Foundation Helps NYC Nonprofits & Cornell University Prepare ... success. "If I could complete this training, then I know I can do other education, training, or skills programs too...

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Appointments & Transitions

Workforce Development

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces Shaheen Kassim-Lakha as Director of Strategic Partnerships

Release Date:

07/03/2019

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces Shaheen Kassim-Lakha as Director of ... Whether working across other organizations and regions, as well as within our own, I see great power for sharing and ... knowledge, for...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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Wiliam T. Grant Foundation Announces Institutional Challenge Grant to Support Research-Practice Partnerships

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04/06/2017

Wiliam T. Grant Foundation Announces Institutional Challenge Grant to Support ... challenge these institutions to prioritize research that can be useful and used in the policy and practice ... commitment to...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Novo Foundation Convenes Landmark Philanthropic Summit Calling for More Support to End Violence Against Girls and Women

Release Date:

07/24/2018

Novo Foundation Convenes Landmark Philanthropic Summit Calling for ... and facilitated by Jude Kelly, to explore how philanthropy can radically increase its support for the movement to end ... organizing in ending...

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

HBO Acquires TV and Streaming Rights to Casey Family Programs and Hilton Foundation Funded Documentary Feature Foster

Release Date:

08/23/2018

... and Streaming Rights to Casey Family Programs and Hilton Foundation Funded Documentary Feature Foster HBO ... hopes to engage elected officials and other leaders, as well as organizations across the country,...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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Casey Family Programs

JPB Foundation Measures Bike-Share Equity in the U.S.

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04/26/2016

JPB Foundation Measures Bike-Share Equity in the U.S. When it ...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Community Development

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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

... what they want to achieve, and how they plan to achieve it . Among the strategies we typically discuss are advocacy ... services seem too “simple,” merely plugging a hole when the core of the social problem...

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Unbound Philanthropy, Nathan Cummings, Ford and JPB Foundation Supported Pop Culture Lab Accelerates Justice Through Entertainment

Release Date:

07/25/2017

Unbound Philanthropy, Nathan Cummings, Ford and JPB Foundation Supported Pop Culture Lab Accelerates Justice ... and movement leaders to collaborate on projects that can move society toward understanding, equity,...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Arts

Immigration

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Ford Foundation

Unbound Philanthropy

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Insights from “Racial Pay Equity: Putting Your Money Where Your Values Are”

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09/08/2022

... meredith quote.png Pay Equity Analysis vs. Benchmarking When considering a Racial Pay Equity Analysis, it is important to differentiate this process from that of ... and engagement. Tackling Retroactive...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Finance & Asset Management

Fake News as a Real Opportunity

Release Date:

01/23/2017

... Stanford University study , most students don’t know when news is fake because they fail to consider the source ... perspectives with each organization, set up an editorial calendar , helped each contributor...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Communications/Media

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22 Mar 2016

Foundation Archives: How Changes to the Way We Work is Sparking Innovation in the Way We Record Our History

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... trustees, records managers and other senior staff to join foundation leaders and seasoned experts in an intimate ... discussion on recent work and innovations in preserving foundation records, particularly as...

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Professional Development

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HR & Operations Staff

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Transparency

Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World: A Response

Release Date:

05/23/2014

... too often minimizes or ignores complexity because it is difficult to understand and predict. As John Kania, ... in a binary discourse that categorizes grantmakers as either strategic or undisciplined, ...

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