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Don’t Be A Stranger: Tips for Philanthropy on Distancing vs. Building Solidarity

Release Date:

04/27/2021

... Foundation. This article was originally published by GEO Funders on March 1, 2021. The coronavirus pandemic made ... Work against imposing the power of your position. Funders have work to do in challenging...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

The William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes Scott Evans as New Board Chair

Release Date:

06/17/2021

... Trustees. Mr. Evans is the former Deputy Comptroller for Asset Management and Chief Investment Officer for the City of ... Executive Vice President of TIAA-CREF and President of its Asset Management...

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Appointments & Transitions

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William T. Grant Foundation

Community-Development Conference -NeighborWorks Training Institute - Supported by JPMorgan Chase Foundation, Citi Foundation - Kicks Off

Release Date:

12/03/2015

... Training Institute Dec. 7-11. The conference is hosted by NeighborWorks America, a national, congressionally ... Sustainability and Boundary-Spanning Leadership." The event will highlight the unique...

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Community Development

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Citi Foundation

Citi

02 Aug 2022

POSTPONED: Grant Reporting - What is the Purpose? Linking Values, Vision, and Practice (August Action Session)

Tuesday, August 2, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... and to register for all sessions.** Since 2020, many funders have embraced new ways of interacting with their ... Grove Foundation Who should attend? All interested funders , especially members who are...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

Grants Managers

Program Staff

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Transparency

15 Mar 2018

POSTPONED 3/22 Financial Series - Looking at the 990 Part I (March 15) and Part II (March 22)

Thursday, March 15, 2018 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

... be offered via remote access. The IRS Form 990 is used by funders as a tool to track and scrutinize the finances, ... , CPA, Partner, PKF O'Connor Davies, LLP Designed for Funders with less than two years...

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Professional Development

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All Funders

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HR & Operations

Nonprofit Financials

Disaster Philanthropy Playbook Launched, Living Online Resource Funded by J&J and Rita Allen Foundation

Release Date:

01/14/2016

... Joe Ruiz, director of The UPS Foundation’s Humanitarian Relief & Resilience Program. “We stress the importance of disaster ... Last year, The UPS Foundation delivered 263 humanitarian relief...

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Disaster Relief

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Johnson & Johnson

Rita Allen Foundation

The Space Between Intention and Impact

Release Date:

10/24/2022

... volunteers and may lack data and metrics, a key way that funders often judge “effectiveness.” Community trust was ... aren’t treated the same as robust individual giving or event fundraising programs. Funding...

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President's Message

PNY News

Mission Investors Exchange names Nhadine Leung as Managing Director

Release Date:

02/23/2017

... Managing Director Mission Investors Exchange , the leading network of foundations engaged in impact investing, has hired ... strategic direction and growth of the organization and its network , building on its...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Mission Investors Exchange

Surdna Foundation Announces Grant to New Orleans based Ashé Cultural Arts Center

Release Date:

10/19/2023

... to supporting art, culture, imagination, and economic resilience in New Orleans The Surdna Foundation’s ... for the African diaspora in New Orleans and showcases how investments in art and culture strengthen...

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Member News

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Arts

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Surdna Foundation

Exploring the Intersection of Arts and Culture and Other Funding Areas

Release Date:

09/10/2014

... is important for innumerable reasons, but our focus is for funders using art as a tool for another mission area. Many of ... in July -- Art, Technology and Intellectual Property: How Funders Can Help Artists...

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President's Message

PNY News

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

The Rockefeller Foundation

PNY and Other Sector Leaders Respond to Callahan OpEd in NYTimes

Release Date:

06/05/2015

... the general public can see the results of philanthropic investments in their communities, they may not realize, for ... Council of Nonprofits. State and regional associations of funders and nonprofits also...

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Council on Foundations

The Council of New Jersey Grantmakers

National Council of Nonprofit Associations

Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers

Connecticut Council for Philanthropy

Center for Effective Philanthropy

The Philanthropy Roundtable

Engaging Future Philanthropic Leaders: An Innovative Model from WRAG

Release Date:

02/26/2013

... career opportunities in the philanthropic sector at an event hosted by the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers ...

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All Funders

Edgar Villanueva of Schott Foundation Says Less Than .3% of Funding Goes to Native Communities

Release Date:

02/02/2017

... .3% of funding goes to native communities. What are ways funders can be creative in engaging native communities? ...

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After the Q&A

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

23 Sep 2016

Philanthropy 101 - Module 1: Speaking the Same Language

Friday, September 23, 2016 -

8:30am to 11:00am

What is philanthropy and why does it exist? How does it work, and what's the relationship between the nonprofit, private, and public sectors?

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Professional Development

Format

Presentation

Audience

All Funders

New Staff

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

28 Oct 2016

Philanthropy 101 - Module 2: Foundation Governance and Legal Issues

Friday, October 28, 2016 -

8:30am to 11:00am

What makes up the leadership and governance of a foundation? What are the legal dos and don'ts? What role do trustees play? Join us as we review the ethics and legal guidelines of a foundation.

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Professional Development

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Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

18 Nov 2016

Philanthropy 101 - Module 3: Fundamentals of Grantmaking

Friday, November 18, 2016 -

8:30am to 11:00am

What is grantmaking? What are the main components that make up grantmaking in a foundation? What resources, approaches, and tools does a foundation employ to leverage for impact?

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Professional Development

Format

Presentation

Audience

All Funders

New Staff

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

10 Feb 2017

Philanthropy 101 - Module 5: So You're Working for a Foundation... Power & Your New Community

Friday, February 10, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:30am

So you are working for a foundation. While Parts 1 through 4 of this series provided an overview of the history of philanthropy, a foundation's leadership and governance, a high-level overview of grantmaking at foundations, and the philanthropic...

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Professional Development

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Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

08 Sep 2017

Philanthropy 101: Speaking the Same Language

Friday, September 8, 2017 -

8:30am to 11:00am

What is philanthropy and why does it exist? How does it work, and what's the relationship between the nonprofit, private, and public sectors?

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Professional Development

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Audience

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

03 Nov 2017

Philanthropy 101: Foundation Governance and Legal Issues

Friday, November 3, 2017 -

8:30am to 11:00am

What makes up the leadership and governance of a foundation? What are the legal dos and don'ts? What role do trustees play? Join us as we review the ethics and legal guidelines of a foundation.