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Sustainable Business Model Innovation

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... not provocative to state the importance of innovation in creating business value from your sustainability efforts. ... the most potent results. It wasn’t the game-changing products , but a combination of...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Climate-Smart Agriculture Urgently Needed in Africa

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09/05/2017

Climate-Smart Agriculture Urgently Needed in Africa Africa contributes only 4 per cent of global ... of the 10 most affected countries by climate change are in Africa, warns a major agricultural research for .....

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Environment and Climate Change

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Businesses Donate Over $157 Million to Harvey Relief Efforts

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09/05/2017

... The storm is expected to leave behind billions of dollars in damages. Companies have pledged more than $157 million to ... or more so far. Walmart has pledged up to $20 million in cash, products...

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Smashing the Stigma: Deputy Mayor Richard Buery On ThriveNYC and Treating Mental Health

Release Date:

09/08/2017

... estimated to cost $850 million over four years. One in 5 New Yorkers in any given year will experience mental illness. One in 5 New Yorkers, and all those New Yorkers have family ...

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Health

How Much Did These 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise?

Release Date:

09/11/2017

... to climate change. The new paper, published last week in the journal Climatic Change, builds on earlier research ... of historical greenhouse gas emissions came from the products and operations of just 90...

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Fund the People Toolkit

Publication date:

09/2017

... funders, nonprofits, and others to maximize investments in the nonprofit workforce. Nonprofit people are nonprofit ... areas to help funders and nonprofit organizations invest in the nonprofit workforce as a strategy for improving the ... Case Making: making cogent arguments for investing in nonprofit talent How-To Guides: baking talent-investment ...

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Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

HR & Operations

A Start-Up Slump Is a Drag on the Economy. Big Business May Be to Blame.

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... Economists say the answer, to some degree, can be found in a start-up slump — a decline in the creation of new businesses — and a growing ... behind it. A total of 414,000 businesses were formed in...

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Sustainable Innovation: 5 Questions Every Company Should Ask Itself

Release Date:

09/25/2017

... Innovation: 5 Questions Every Company Should Ask Itself In his book ‘The Way to Design,” Steve Vassalo quotes John Arnold, who taught a course at Stanford in the early ‘60s called ‘How to Ask a Question’: .....

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New Index to Help Investors Gauge Food Diversity

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... Food Diversity An EU-funded index measuring biodiversity in food production is expected to be launched next year, ... food systems more resilient to climate change. Investing in food species such as drought-...

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Food Systems

New MIF/Hewlett Foundation Webinars Explore How Funders Can Fight Misinformation

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... Knight Foundations’ collaboration with Democracy Fund in support of CUNY’s News Integrity Initiative, to Craig Newmark and others’ investment in Poynter’s fact-checking initiative, many in...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Want To Engage Millennials? Try Corporate Social Responsibility

Release Date:

09/28/2017

... Responsibility Millennials are becoming even more engaged in philanthropic causes in 2017 than they were in late 2016, according to Phase 1 of the Millennial Impact ...

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What Business Can Learn From Buddhism

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... such as those of Buddhism. The fourth largest religion in the world has been focused on attaining a higher meaning ... – since the sixth century. Organisations, especially in the non-profit and charity sector...

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General Motors Is Going All Electric

Release Date:

10/03/2017

... to move away from gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles. In recent months, Volvo, Aston Martin, and Jaguar Land Rover ...

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Environment and Climate Change

Laura Landy, CEO and President of The Rippel Foundation Joins Grantmakers In Health Board of Directors

Release Date:

12/01/2017

... and President of The Rippel Foundation Joins Grantmakers In Health Board of Directors Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is pleased to announce that Laura Landy has ... to its board of directors. Her three-year terms...

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Health

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Grantmakers in Health

Fannie E. Rippel Foundation

Rockefeller Focuses on Skills Gap in India

Release Date:

12/08/2017

Rockefeller Focuses on Skills Gap in India The Nudge Foundation, which is backed by Infosys ... its operations across India. Currently operating only in Karnataka, the firm will use the funds for capacity .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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Workforce Development

The Howard Gilman Foundation, Time Warner Foundation, and Others Fund LCT3 Season Programming Featuring Pass Over

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07/06/2018

The LCT3 season program is supported by generous grants from The Howard Gilman Foundation, Time Warner Foundation, and others.

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Arts

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Time Warner

Howard Gilman Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation Adds Two Staff, Promotes One

Release Date:

07/27/2017

... team as Manager of Donor Services. Andrea has worked in fund development for the past 8 years, primarily ...

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ASPCA Shares Tips to Keep Pets Safe During COVID-19 Pandemic

Release Date:

03/17/2020

... health crisis and encouraging pet owners to include pets in their emergency plans. According to the Centers for ... Prepare a kit with essential supplies to have on hand in the event of an emergency. Your...

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ASPCA

23 Mar 2017

Financial Series - Using Financial Statements Together with IRS Form 990 to Understand Your Potential Grantees

Thursday, March 23, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... Intro to Financial Statements March 2 – What to Look for in a Nonprofit’s Financial Statement March 9 – Looking at ... and reporting. If you do not already have experience in the basic terminology of nonprofit...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Nonprofit Financials

09 Mar 2017

Financial Series - Looking at the 990 Part I (March 9) and Part II (March 16)

Thursday, March 9, 2017 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... Intro to Financial Statements March 2 – What to Look for in a Nonprofit’s Financial Statement March 9 – Looking at ... will automatically be registered for both sessions in this two-part series. Due to the...