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Funder Collaboratives: Why and How Funders Work Together

Publication date:

05/2009

... to make the collaborative function well for grantees. In this guide, contributors share strategies for structuring ... conflicts, and figuring out if the collaborative you're in is working. Contributors also offer ample proof that collaboratives are leading the field in bringing the voices of nonfunders - grantees, intended .....

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Making Measures Work For You: Outcomes and Evaluation

... approached with care. Hasty assumptions or over-confidence in the idea that program impacts can be translated into hard ...

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Russia's Real Friends in the West

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01/27/2013

... Russia experts from around the world. Putin's interest in these discussions suggests that he is open to alternative ... with foreign ties and foreign organizations operating in Russia raises concerns that...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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New Jersey Recovery Fund Awards $3.8 Million for Sandy Relief

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08/07/2013

Created with a lead gift from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, and hosted ... committed to supporting local nonprofits working in communities affected by Superstorm Sandy. The New Jersey ...

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Disaster Relief

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Spending Down the Family Foundation

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03/10/2014

... Managing Director Elliot Berger share their thoughts in a Wall Street Journal article on the growing spend-down ... whom she worked with struggled to find a successor to lead their family foundation. Their...

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Arabella Advisors

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

NYSCF Initiates Collaboration to Advance Neuropathies Research

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12/11/2014

The New York Stem Cell Foundation will collaborate with the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association to develop treatments for neuropathy disorders.

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Selected as Fiscal Sponsor of My Brother’s Keeper Alliance

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05/08/2015

... (MBK Alliance), a nonprofit aiming to eliminate the gaps in opportunity and achievement for boys and young men of ...

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New York Community Trust Gives $8.7 Million to Nonprofits Across the City

Release Date:

10/05/2015

... and other areas. With our support, nonprofits will lead and analyze efforts to improve health in the South Bronx; redesign homeless shelters, gather ...

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With Mellon Support, Smithsonian to Create National Art Database

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02/22/2016

... leading a group of 14 institutions from around the country in an effort to build a shared, and searchable, online ... and scholarship about American art. One of the first in the nation to make its entire...

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Mellon Foundation

New NYSHealth Funding Opportunity: Sponsoring Conference Participation in Support of Healthy Communities

Release Date:

04/12/2016

... Funding Opportunity: Sponsoring Conference Participation in Support of Healthy Communities A key goal of ... priority area is to create healthy communities that lead to more New Yorkers of all ages eating...

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Doris Duke Grant Makes Community-Centered Production of 'Dreamgirls' Possible

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08/02/2016

This project – as part of a Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Grant – was intended to mostly involve non-professional community members.

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NY Community Trust Publishes Article on What Happens to a Bankrupt Nonprofit’s Assets

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10/14/2016

... are paid and, if so, what happens to those assets? And in a wind-down scenario, will my true charitable intentions ... decision? A substantial donor has to wonder: Is my gift in jeopardy?... NY Community Trust...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

With the End Near, Atlantic Makes a Big Move on Racial Justice

Release Date:

11/01/2016

... lately, but Atlantic Philanthropies has been a leader in this area for a number of years now. Back when Gara ... he gave a much-discussed speech on race and philanthropy in 2008, in which he...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Sheena Wright of the United Way of NYC Talks About Removing Silos and Saving Lives

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11/22/2016

... Silos and Saving Lives Sheena Wright is the first woman to lead the United Way of NYC, one of the oldest and largest United Ways in the country. It focuses on strengthening the building ...

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UJA-Federation of New York Supports $50 Million Arts Campus in Jerusalem

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12/21/2016

UJA-Federation of New York Supports $50 Million Arts Campus in Jerusalem Jerusalem is scheduled to have a new 2.5-acre, ... of New York Supports $50 Million Arts Campus in Jerusalem ...

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Basic Science Funders – Including Simons Foundation - Ask, "How Do We Know if Our Giving is Working?"

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06/05/2017

... a lot of work—some of the most important and effective in the long term, in fact—doesn’t lend itself to frequent grantee reports ... deliverables and short-term metrics. That fuzziness can lead...

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Commonwealth Fund Report Predicts a Detrimental Impact of an ACA Repeal on Jobs

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08/04/2017

... the loss of 'ACA tax credits and Medicaid expansion would lead to a doubling of the number of uninsured, higher .....

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The Commonwealth Fund

61% Of Women And 46% Of Men Think Kids Should Be Raised Without Gender Stereotypes

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... Without Gender Stereotypes Brand owners should follow the lead already taken by Target in the U.S. and John Lewis in the U.K. to combat gender stereotyping by de-gendering ...

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Century Foundation Hosts Discussion on College Affordability Ideas for the Next Congress and Beyond

Release Date:

10/01/2018

The Century Foundation convenes higher education experts, lawmakers, faculty, and advocates to discuss and debate the next big thing in college affordability.

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Surdna and the Andrus Family Fund Join PNY Member Foundations and Other Donors in Pledging to Redouble Commitments to Puerto Rico

Release Date:

09/30/2020

... Family Fund Join PNY Member Foundations and Other Donors in Pledging to Redouble Commitments to Puerto Rico New York, ... the community leaders who are forging an equitable path forward ,” said Alison Moore,...

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