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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Note to Funders: If You Believe in the Importance of Leadership, Fund What Leaders Want to Do

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07/08/2014

... seems intent on making decisions about how and what it will fund in a way that ignores this vast body of ... she or he really needs or wants to use the money. In my experience, almost 100 percent of nonprofit...

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04 Dec 2015

Catching Up: What High Schools Are Doing to Move Kids from Elementary Knowledge to College Ready

Friday, December 4, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:30am

... the enormous and complex challenges high schools face when they take in students who have low-level math and ... or advocacy around policy changes. Explore: How can schools identify students who need extra...

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Children, Youth and Families

25 Feb 2019

Census Jobs: How Do You Mobilize a Temporary Workforce of Half a Million People in Less Than Two Years?

Monday, February 25, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... progress toward a full and fair 2020 Census count. How Do You Mobilize a Temporary Workforce of Half a Million ... how to connect jobseekers to the right job opportunities can be helpful. We are pleased to co-...

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Census 2020

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New York Community Trust President: Donors Can Make a Difference on Homelessness, Heroin, Incarceration and Education

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12/07/2015

New York Community Trust President: Donors Can Make a Difference on Homelessness, Heroin, Incarceration ... seen that well -targeted grants make a huge difference. It ’s even more effective...

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Housing and Homelessness

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The New York Community Trust

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Foundations as the "Brain Trust" for City Officials

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04/15/2014

... resources are obviously important. I really see you all as my potential brain trust." To hear that from Dr. Bassett was ... was that of Program Director for the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation . So she...

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PNY News

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Doris Duke Foundation

Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice Welcomes Joy Chia as New Executive Director

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07/20/2021

... as our new Executive Director on September 20, 2021! When we relaunched our search process in February 2021, we ... an opportunity of a lifetime, and I am not quite sure it has really sunk in that I will be...

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Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

10/20/2015 - More Than Giving: Theory of the Foundation - Recording and Presentation

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10/2015

... of the program, " More Than Giving: Theory of the Foundation ." 10/20/2015 - More Than Giving: Theory of the Foundation - Recording and Presentation .....

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Four Practices to Help You Work (and Sleep) Better

Philanthropy is so resource-rich it is hard to acknowledge that the work can be difficult. Whether you are helping to advance equity ... and decided to dig a little deeper into how they did it . Four Practices to Help You Work (and Sleep) Better ...

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Philanthropy Northwest

3/10/2015 - Supporting Grantee Capacity - Live Stream Recording & PowerPoint

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03/2015

View materials and the live stream recording of the program, "Supporting Grantee Capacity."

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Audio/Video Recording

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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Foundation Center

Driving Behavior Change Through Communications

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11/2016

... Change Through Communications Commissioned by the Arcus Foundation and designed as an open resource for grantees and ... the report showcases the issues often faced by those in both sectors. It includes an overview of behavior change theories, a ...

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Russell Sage Foundation to Publish Book on Home Health Care Work: Shouldn’t It Be Work Worth Doing?

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08/29/2017

Russell Sage Foundation to Publish Book on Home Health Care Work: Shouldn’t It Be Work Worth Doing? Do you know who is going to care for you when you are old and frail? By...

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Mastercard's Singh on How Companies Can Help Cities Close the Data Gap

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10/21/2016

Mastercard's Singh on How Companies Can Help Cities Close the Data Gap Recent advances in data analytics have revolutionized the way many companies do business. Starbucks, for example, rolls out new beverages...

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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

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Community Development

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Commonwealth Fund Finds Both 'Private Option' and Traditional Medicaid Expansions Improved Access to Care

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01/06/2016

Commonwealth Fund Finds Both 'Private Option' and Traditional Medicaid Expansions ... Care Low-income adults in Kentucky and Arkansas, which both expanded Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care...

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5 Questions for…Kimberleigh J. Smith, Board President, Paul Rapoport Foundation

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06/28/2012

... That has always been at the core of PRF’s giving and it has not changed in the years since Paul’s passing. But ... funding over a five-year spend-down period ending in 2015. Can you describe the thinking...

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What Money Can Buy - Ford Foundation's Pursuit of Conquering Inequality

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01/05/2016

What Money Can Buy - Ford Foundation 's Pursuit of Conquering Inequality The urge to ... change, the resistance of people who would benefit from it , the seduction of activities other than...

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Social Justice

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Ford Foundation Asks if Capitalism Can be Made to Work Better for Society

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10/02/2014

Ford Foundation Asks if Capitalism Can be Made to Work Better for ... of the capitalist economic system, Walker asks, “How do we support efforts to change a system in which our own ...

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Foundations Team Up to Fund Invisible Transgender Communities

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07/12/2016

... Just as important as what we do is how we go about doing it . Going into this process, we knew that despite the ... either inaccurately reported or go unreported altogether. When...

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Gender Justice

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Arcus Foundation

31 Jan 2011

Promise Neighborhoods: What Is the Promise and How Can Foundations Help It Shine Through?

Monday, January 31, 2011 -

7:30am to 11:00am

... of Philanthropy New York, together with The Blue Ridge Foundation , The Brooklyn Community Foundation , and The New ... and diverse needs of different neighborhoods. But it is clear that...

Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices

Publication date:

09/2016

... For foundations, there are lots of questions to reflect on when thinking about which evaluation practices best align ... How much should a foundation invest in evaluation? What can they do to ensure that the information they receive from ... are based on survey responses from individuals who were either the most senior evaluation or program staff at ...

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