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It’s Time Responsible Business Became Business as Usual

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03/22/2016

... effort to promote transparency and accountability in resource -rich countries. While participation is voluntary, ... distribution of the benefits associated with natural resource endowments. Dodd-Frank also...

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Fund for 2025 Supporters

This page is a list of all of the member organizations and individuals who supported the Fund for 2025.

The Perpetuity Debate

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04/29/2014

John Hoover of The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies has a different perspective about perpetuity. He writes that spending down is a healthy issue for donors and Boards to consider, but there are significant points of clarification to think...

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Behind the Curtain: How Do Philanthropic Advisors Influence Foundation Strategy?

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10/23/2014

TCC Group Director of Philanthropy, Chris Cardona, offers takeaways from the PNY program, "Interested in Philanthropic Advising?"

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Mayor de Blasio Can Make Lasting Change with Nonprofit Living Wages and Career Opportunities

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12/16/2014

Jennifer Jones-Austin and James Parrott explore how the City of New York can address low social service sector wages.

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Compensating for Your Philanthropic Blind Spots

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01/09/2014

Bessemer Trust's Caroline Woodruff talks about a recent gathering where her colleagues discussed how to balance data-driven and intuitive approaches — the “head” and the “heart” — when it comes to philanthropy.

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Your Foundation in Crisis: Will You Be Ready?

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06/18/2013

by Davia Temin, CEO, Temin and Company Crisis is turning into the “new normal” for most organizations and corporations in this post-recession era. And foundations are as vulnerable and prone to crisis as public companies and...

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Seven Things Foundations Can Do to Shape Public Debate in the NYC Election Season

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02/21/2012

By Laura Wolff, Senior Program Officer, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation The upcoming New York City campaign season is the first one in more than a decade—and only the second since 1973—where there is no incumbent candidate for...

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Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing

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06/25/2009

At ACBP, our President has a top ten list that quotes Tom Peters. One item is, “Try easier, not harder.” As a foundation that invests in the next generation and is not afraid to take risks, we (with our partners) take innovative ideas and create...

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Philanthropy Must Lead With Its Heart

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02/19/2015

NoVo Co-Presidents, Jennifer and Peter Buffett, discuss the importance of love in the philanthropic sector.

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Ford’s Walker Says ‘Unusual Coalition’ Won’t Be Last of its Kind

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02/20/2015

Ford Foundation President, Darren Walker, explains the organization's involvement in the Coalition for Public Safety.

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Co-Chief Investment Officer of Carnegie Corporation of NY Meredith Jenkins Goes to Trinity Wall Street

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01/19/2016

Meredith Jenkins of Carnegie Corporation of New York stepping down to lead the investment team at Trinity Church Wall Street.

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Schott Foundation Welcomes Sharon J. Lettman-Hicks and Miren Uriarte to the Board of Directors

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02/26/2016

The Schott Foundation announced the addition of two new members to its Board of Directors: Sharon J. Lettman-Hicks and Miren Uriarte.

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This Is How to Put Neighborhoods at the Center of Grantmaking

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03/04/2016

Prachi Patankar, Senior Program Officer at Brooklyn Community Foundation, speaks on the challenges and successes of participatory grantmaking.

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We Made a Comprehensive Investment in Board Service, and This Is What Happened

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04/20/2017

Eric Eckholdt of Credit Suisse Americas Foundation writes, "Since the inception of our Board Service Program, we have trained a total of more than 1,100 employees and placed more than 125. While there was a significant number of employees who...

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Small Victories in Affordable Housing? We'll Take it!

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01/19/2018

Patricia Swann, Senior Program Officer, Thriving Communities, New York Community Trust celebrates a few victories in tenant protection laws.

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Gun Violence, Advocacy, and Leadership

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04/05/2018

Christopher F. Koller, President, Milbank Memorial Fund writes " The far greater impact of advocates like my sister and the articulate students now speaking up is to create space for previously impossible legislative and campaign discussions."

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Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, CEO of Edwin Gould Foundation, Announced in New Class of Leaders for Pahara-Aspen Fellowship

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01/22/2020

he Pahara Institute, together with the Aspen Institute, announced today the Spring 2020 cohort of the highly selective Pahara-Aspen Education Fellowship. These 24 individuals join the Pahara community of leaders, which is designed to support and...

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Humanizing Immigration: The Role of COVID-19

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06/17/2020

Immigrants are among those on the frontlines of the pandemic response. They are also disproportionately suffering from the resulting economic hardship.