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Want To Engage Millennials? Try Corporate Social Responsibility

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09/28/2017

... Colleagues working together to accomplish a shared goal can have a positive effect on company culture. Embracing corporate social responsibility can benefit the bottom line as well . In a...

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Wait—What is Venture Philanthropy, Again?

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02/27/2014

What is Venture Philanthropy? Rockefeller Foundation explains in Nonprofit Quarterly. Venture ... of checks and often take a deep and long-term view of what it means to invest in solving global and/or local...

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A Response to Louisiana Recovery Efforts

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08/22/2016

... La. Flood Victims" By acting collectively, together we can have a far greater impact on Louisiana’s recovery. ... Organizations accepting donations: The Greater New Orleans Foundation , in partnership...

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RFPs Etc

18 Nov 2016

Community Building With NYC Public Libraries

Friday, November 18, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... briefing will present innovative ideas for how funders can make strategic investments in the public libraries to ... Register Now link. ($150 fee) In collaboration with Altman Foundation New York Community...

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10 Jul 2014

Funder Briefing on the Lessons from Hurricane Sandy

Thursday, July 10, 2014 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... " From The Edge Of Disaster: How Activists and Insiders Can Use the Lessons of Hurricane Sandy to Make the City Safe ... " From The Edge Of Disaster: How Activists and Insiders Can Use the Lessons of...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth

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08/25/2017

... all new is this gem: Nonprofit executives are often fired when they’re not doing the job for which they were hired—in particular, when the budget starts imploding. The unfortunate thing about ...

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From India to Africa: A Quest to Learn about Reducing Food Loss

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01/15/2015

... third of food grown in developing countries is lost before it reaches consumers. Practitioners, policymakers, and ... innovations including a movable solar grain drier that can reduce harvest drying times to...

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20 Apr 2016

Strategy, Struggle and Participation: Three Questions to Improve Your Social-Change Stories

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3:00pm to 5:00pm

Storytelling helps social-change groups do better at everything that they do —enlist members, raise funds, take the pulse of their ... a structured conversation about the many ways storytelling can...

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Ford's Walker Addresses a Solution for Inequality in CNN OpEd

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06/18/2015

... limiting opportunity for many others. Here's what we can do : Attack inequality at its roots.... Ford's Walker .....

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MTA Boss Joe Lhota Still Wants De Blasio to Provide Half of $836M Subway Fix Costs

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09/15/2017

... plan has been underway for about two months. But he can ’t do everything he wants without all of the $836 million he ...

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04 Nov 2021

All the Tools in the Toolbox: Philanthropic Support for (C)4 Campaigns - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, November 4, 2021 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... basis.* The diversity of systems change efforts funders can support to advance immigrant justice is often ... can fund in this space while also learning about active opportunities. Explore...

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Georgetown University President, Vice-Chancellor of St Andrews (Scotland) and Former President of Portugal, Join Carnegie Corporation Board of Trustees

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01/01/2013

... and the creative arts,” said Robinson. “In 2009, when she was installed as Principal and Vice-Chancellor at ... that the Corporation’s new trustees will bring to the foundation ’s work, Gregorian said, “Dr...

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10 Dec 2014

Kumu Hina - Documentary Film Series

Wednesday, December 10, 2014 -

4:30pm to 9:00pm

... Hawaiʻiʻs traditional embrace of mahu - those who embody both male and female spirit. Produced by Pacific Islanders ... of a school in one of Honoluluʻs grittier neighborhoods. When Hoʻonani, a charismatic 6th...

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A Consequential Myth

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04/09/2019

... Hall, Unit for Gender Racial and Ethnic Justice, Ford Foundation Race is a fictive idea that holds real-life ... to me that remains empty even though the train is crowded. It shows up with the overly helpful...

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Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis to Step Down at End of 2012

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01/02/2012

... debate and to the implementation of those reforms. The foundation is extremely fortunate to have had Karen at its ... and communicated for maximum impact in the real world. “ It has been a great source of...

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21 Jun 2023

New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Convening: The Impact of the Childcare Crisis on the City’s Economy

Wednesday, June 21, 2023 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... , Director, Child Care Quality Innovation, Robin Hood Foundation Michelle A. Paige , Executive Director, Mayor's ... Adults and Household Supports, Robin Hood Foundation How do you sign...

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Women 4 Health Care: Helping Uninsured Women Get Covered

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10/01/2013

... of our need for reproductive health care. That’s why it ’s so dismaying that one in five American women in our ... Voices for the Health Care We Need (RWV) and the Ms. Foundation for Women are working together...

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Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian Returns to Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees

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06/09/2022

... that Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian will return to the foundation ’s board for a four-year term. He is a former ... is the only American to ever serve as U.S. ambassador to both Israel and Syria. In 1994, he...

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J.P. Morgan Commits USD $25 Million to Help Develop Skills Needed by India’s Workforce in the Future

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10/22/2019

... will be aligned to market trends in retail, healthcare and IT -enabled services. It will also support actionable research ... in primary school today are likely to work in jobs that do not...

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