How Much Did These 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise?
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... of historical greenhouse gas emissions came from the products and operations of just 90 companies—mostly fossil ...
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Fund the People Toolkit
Publication date:
09/2017
Fund the People created this toolkit to provide practical guidance, promising practices, and illustrative data to help funders, nonprofits, and others to maximize investments in the nonprofit workforce. Nonprofit people are nonprofit programs. Given this reality, supporting the nonprofit workforce is an effective strategy for increasing performance, impact, and sustainability. The toolkit features six content areas to help funders and nonprofit organizations invest in the nonprofit workforce as a strategy for improving the impact and sustainability of the organizations: Case Making: making...
A Start-Up Slump Is a Drag on the Economy. Big Business May Be to Blame.
Release Date:
09/21/2017
Unemployment has fallen, and the stock market has soared. So why has the economic expansion since the recession been so tame, with sluggish productivity and, at least until recently, anemic wage growth?
Sustainable Innovation: 5 Questions Every Company Should Ask Itself
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... than the eventual answers.” When it comes to new products and services, this design-based approach is ...
New Index to Help Investors Gauge Food Diversity
Release Date:
09/26/2017
An EU-funded index measuring biodiversity in food production is expected to be launched next year, giving investors a benchmark for assessing how companies and governments are making food systems more resilient to climate change.
New MIF/Hewlett Foundation Webinars Explore How Funders Can Fight Misinformation
Release Date:
09/27/2017
Media Impact Funders are planning a three-part webinar series: The Future of Truth: Can Philanthropy Help Mitigate Misinformation?
Want To Engage Millennials? Try Corporate Social Responsibility
Release Date:
09/28/2017
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 Report. At the same time, employers continue to search for ways to engage millennials to...
What Business Can Learn From Buddhism
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Millennials, we are told, have a different attitude to work than their elders. They want to work for organisations committed to values and ethics, where there is a higher purpose than simply making a profit.
General Motors Is Going All Electric
Release Date:
10/03/2017
After more than a century peddling vehicles that pollute the atmosphere, General Motors is ending its relationship with gasoline and diesel.
Laura Landy, CEO and President of The Rippel Foundation Joins Grantmakers In Health Board of Directors
Release Date:
12/01/2017
Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is pleased to announce that Laura Landy has been elected to its board of directors. Her three-year terms begin in April 2018.
Rockefeller Focuses on Skills Gap in India
Release Date:
12/08/2017
The Nudge Foundation, which is backed by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, Tata Trusts and other industry heavyweights, has received a grant worth $250,000 (Rs 1.6 crore) from The Rockefeller Foundation to expand its operations across India.
The Howard Gilman Foundation, Time Warner Foundation, and Others Fund LCT3 Season Programming Featuring Pass Over
Release Date:
07/06/2018
The LCT3 season program is supported by generous grants from The Howard Gilman Foundation, Time Warner Foundation, and others.
Three Easy Questions to Get Past the ‘Reflexive No’
Release Date:
02/18/2016
Susan Olivo of Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation says that the starting point for more inclusive philanthropy is simply to reframe your thinking.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Adds Two Staff, Promotes One
Release Date:
07/27/2017
The Brooklyn Community Foundation is pleased to welcome two new members to the Foundation's team - Andrea MacDonald as manager of donor services and Chelsea Smith as a program officer, as well as announce the promotion of LIane Stegmaier.
ASPCA Shares Tips to Keep Pets Safe During COVID-19 Pandemic
Release Date:
03/17/2020
Pet owners encouraged to include pets in preparedness plans.
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
Experienced grantmakers often use two financial documents to review potential and current grantees: financial statements and IRS Form 990. But how do the two documents differ and how can they best be used together to interpret the financial status...
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
The IRS Form 990 is used by funders as a tool to track and scrutinize the finances, governance and accomplishments of grant applicants and recipients. The form creates a level playing field for an otherwise diverse sector. What information can be...
02
Mar
2017
Financial Series - What to Look for in a Nonprofit’s Financial Statement
Thursday, March 2, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Learn how to analyze and evaluate nonprofit financial statements and know what questions to raise for further analysis. Walk through a set of sample financial statements, focusing on definitions and relationships of numbers. What are some “red flags...
30
Mar
2017
Financial Series - The IRS Form 990 as a Tool for Understanding Organizational Capacity
Thursday, March 30, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Nonprofit organizations face increasing challenges in today’s operating environment. In order to better understand the realities facing nonprofits and make sound funding decisions, grantmakers must have a firm grasp of the story told by the numbers...
15
Feb
2017
Financial Series: Intro to Financial Statements
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:30am
In this Primer to the Financial Series, participants will get a peek into how a grantee assembles the financial statements and the stories they tell. It is a broad overview for all newcomers who must work with nonprofit organizations’ financial...