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Does Funder Risk Aversion Stifle Innovation?

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09/12/2013

... conceives of it — we are pretty terrible at letting groups dissolve or encouraging mergers — but many ... fails more often than it pans out. This is a board-level issue whereby more foundation leaders need to...

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

16 Mar 2011

Foundations on the Hill

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 -

8:30am to 12:30pm

L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Wash DC.

... on the Hill, foundation trustees, executives and staff, working with their regional association, schedule meetings on ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Is Addressing 'Silent Killer' - Drowning Deaths

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05/15/2017

... reduce drowning deaths—another seemingly mundane health issue , but one that claims a huge toll. It’s estimated ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Launch a Writing Fellowship Focused on Mass Incarceration through Art for Justice Fund

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04/06/2018

Last November, the Art for Justice Fund, launched by collector Agnes Gund with the Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors to address issues related to mass incarceration, announced its first round of grant recipients.

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation

12 May 2022

TAP is Back: The Historic Restoration of Financial Aid for Students Pursuing College in Prison

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1:00pm to 2:00pm

... by Q&A. Recording In Collaboration with Justice Reform Working Group The Justice Fund at New York Women's Foundation .....

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United Hospital Fund Launches Task Force to Bridge Quality and Equity in Health Care

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07/20/2022

Initiative Includes New York City Leaders in Health Care Quality and Equity

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

25 Jan 2024

Brooklyn’s Baddest: The Lasting Impact of Police Misconduct & Wrongful Convictions

Thursday, January 25, 2024 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... Project Recording Co-Sponsored By Justice Reform Working Group Media Impact Funders ABFE Brooklyn’s Baddest: ...

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17 Oct 2011

Environmental Justice in NYC: Successful Advocacy for Sustainable Policy Change

Monday, October 17, 2011 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... organizations and of alliances among very local groups , bigger citywide groups , and national groups . It is a story of government responding to citizen ...

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Gap CEO: Giving Young People Their First Jobs is A Double Bottom Line Investment For Companies

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03/28/2016

... who can vouch for a candidate, assess what someone can do based on demonstrations of what he or she has produced in the ...

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Gap Foundation

11 Aug 2016

Family Philanthropy and Media Perceptions - Webinar

Thursday, August 11, 2016 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... need to set up an account with NCFP. The account will be based on your professional email address and a password of ...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Welcomes Lavastian Glenn, Director, Racial and Economic Justice

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10/04/2018

... her new role, she joins the Foundation’s leadership team working to advance solutions to the two most challenging ... leading racial and economic justice through community- based problem solving and...

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Responding to Crisis/Opportunity: The F.B. Heron Foundation’s Opportunity Fund

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04/29/2010

... in 2004 our Board approved an allocation methodology based on a five-year rolling average of the net value of ... at a special October meting and adopted a contingency plan based on three scenarios (bad, worse...

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For Jobseekers: What is a foundation?

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04/2014

... receive funding primarily from a racial/ethnic, identity- based , or religious community, but their grantmaking programs ...

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2/10/1016 - "Put Your Foundation on the Impact Investing Map" - Live Stream Recording & PPT Presentation

View materials and recording of the program "Put Your Foundation on the Impact Investing Map."

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Post Election: Can Philanthropy Move The Conversation On Gun Safety?

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11/03/2016

Documentaries can be one of the most powerful forms of communication and over the years, we have shown films that cover the gamut of issues and have ranged from lighthearted to serious.

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Arts Funders Create Fund in The New York Community Trust to Advance Cultural Policy and Equity in New York City

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11/03/2014

... to join. The Fund was established to ensure cultural groups , large and small, in neighborhoods across the five ... and historic preservation. “The goal is to bring these groups closer together and inspire arts...

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The New York Community Trust Awards nearly $1 Million 15 NYC for Emergency Planning, DACA Advocacy, and Know-Your-Rights Trainings

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... Trust recently announced $974,000 in grants to 15 groups to help New York City's immigrants understand their ... to work and go to school without fear of deportation. Groups also will train immigrants to...

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The Business of Philanthropy: “Exit Interviews” with Former and Departing Foundation CEOs

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06/30/2011

... data mining—is a critical part of the process. For a CEO working with a board steeped in business, a key element of ...

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A Recipe for Managing in Difficult Times

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05/14/2009

By Hildy J. Simmons While sorting through some office files recently, I came across a speech I gave in December 1990 at the annual meeting of the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee (NPCC). In looking it over, I...

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