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Scanning the Landscape

Publication date:

04/2004

... only when planning a new program or contemplating a shift in strategy. Using learning networks, grant makers are ... makers how they build networks to discover the unexpected in their fields and communities: Scanning the Landscape ...

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Can Feedback Fuel Change at Foundations?

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05/2011

... comparative, they can make substantive changes that result in different—and better—grantee experiences. Foundations that use the Grantee Perception Report (GPR) more than once are ... changes that are benefiting the organizations they fund. In addition to describing the data, the report identifies ...

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Big Banks Are Too Stingy, Says Watchdog

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01/03/2013

... largest banks have used their charity to deflect criticism in the wake of the financial crisis, their actual ...

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In New Brand of Philanthropy, Nonprofits Invest in For-Profits

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12/11/2012

This article on the rise of impact investing in the foundation world mentions two recent projects funded ... When the W. K. Kellogg Foundation set aside $100 million in 2007 to invest in...

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Beyond the Renovation: The Other Exciting Changes at The New York Public Library

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06/03/2013

... projects that will support the thousands of patrons who use the NYPL every day. Beyond the Renovation: The Other ...

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President, Again, Attacks Charitable Deduction

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04/11/2013

... Obama’s federal budget proposal includes a reduction in the deduction for charitable gifts for the fifth year in a row. But, during an interview last night on Fox News, ... the budget was “dead on arrival”...

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Nonprofit Community Health Clinics Receive $1.9 Million in Grants From Hartford Foundation

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05/27/2013

... $1.94 million to five non-profit community health clinics in the WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho) ... Nonprofit Community Health Clinics Receive $1.9 Million in Grants From Hartford...

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Peter Buffett Takes to Twitter to Advance Critique of Philanthropy

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09/19/2013

In this episode of the Social Good podcast, the NoVo ...

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Carnegie UK Trust Announces 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals of Philanthropy Honorees

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09/24/2013

... of New York President Vartan Gregorian is also quoted in this article.) The recipients of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, the award which recognises those who use their private wealth for public good, were...

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New Trees and Community Gardens Sprout from ConEd Blackout Settlement

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05/22/2014

... [North Star Fund] Years after a blackout wiped out power in swaths of western Queens, money from a settlement with Con Edison has been used to turn over a new, green leaf in the neighborhoods affected by it —...

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Ford Joins Foundations In Giving Inside Scoop on Grantee Feedback

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05/31/2016

Ford Joins Foundations In Giving Inside Scoop on Grantee Feedback This very ... and act on grantee feedback... Ford Joins Foundations In Giving Inside Scoop on Grantee Feedback ...

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Commonwealth Fund Finds Insurers Selling More of Their Individual Health Plans in ACA Marketplaces

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06/02/2016

... Insurers Selling More of Their Individual Health Plans in ACA Marketplaces The new health insurance exchanges are ... Insurers Selling More of Their Individual Health Plans in ACA Marketplaces ...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust's Rural Healthcare Program Gives $400K to Community Hospital

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04/12/2017

Pender Community Hospital has received a $400,000 grant to be used to purchase a new CT scanner.

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MetLife Foundation Launches $200 Million Campaign for Financial Inclusion

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10/28/2013

... to bring financial services to low-income communities in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the ... to bring financial services to low-income communities in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the...

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A Nonprofit Lender Revives the Hopes of Subprime Borrowers

Release Date:

02/25/2014

... Assistance Corporation of America has received $10 billion in funding from Bank of America to make mortgage loans on its ...

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Carnegie "Opportunity by Design" Schools To Help Immigrant Students

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07/17/2014

... Help Immigrant Students Two new high schools will open in 2015 in Prince George’s County, Md., as part of Carnegie ...

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J.M. Kaplan Fund Launches Innovation Prize, Seeks Applicants

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01/29/2015

... the J.M. Kaplan Fund, a New York-based family foundation. In 2015 up to ten Prizes will be awarded to U.S.-based ... the Prize seeks to support inter-disciplinary innovation in the fields of cultural heritage...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces First Cohort of Incubator Project

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06/29/2015

... to take advantage of one year of free co-working space in BCF’s new headquarters at 1000 Dean Street, as well as a ...

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United Hospital Fund Explores the Struggles of Family Caregiving

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07/31/2015

... Fund, a non-profit research and philanthropy organization in New York. “For those who provide long-term care for ... been well documented,” Levine, who wasn’t involved in the study, said by email.... United...

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Artist Catherine Opie Elected to Warhol Foundation Board

Release Date:

12/15/2015

... and arts leader will greatly assist the Foundation in imaginatively carrying out Andy Warhol’ s wish to ... including a mid - career survey at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and solo exhibitions at the...

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