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Open Society Names Mary Fitzgerald to Lead Information Democracy Work

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06/22/2021

... under attack for their work. “I look forward to working with Mary. Her unusual blend of experience—as a ... moment for media and technology, and I’m excited to be working with Open Society colleagues around...

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Open Society Foundations

Smarter Relationships, Better Results: Making the Most of Grantmakers' Work with Intermediaries

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04/2013

Grantmakers often work with intermediaries to extend their reach and impact. GEO’s digital funders' brief offers insights from intermediaries and examples of grantmaker practices that help or hinder the effectiveness of intermediaries. Readers will find a breakdown of three grantmaker-intermediary relationship models, step-by-step relationship building recommendations, and more.

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Building Community Capacity for Participation in Evaluation: Why It Matters and What Works

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01/2013

Engaging community residents in evaluation and learning not only strengthens programs by enabling grantmakers to make more informed decisions, it also helps ensure evaluation efforts are measuring the right things and builds community capacity to use evaluation data to support sustainable solutions. Explore why it matters and what works through five recommendations.

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Commonwealth Fund: What Might a Medicaid Work Requirement Mean?

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05/31/2017

The Trump administration has made work requirements a hallmark of its Medicaid policy proposals, including the idea in the just-released 2018 HHS budget proposal, and as part of its Medicaid demonstration agenda. The House-passed American Health...

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Health & Human Services

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Andy Warhol Foundation to Exhibit Unseen Work, Increase Focus on Grantmaking

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01/04/2015

The Andy Warhol Foundation distributed more than 14,000 works to be exhibited within the next five years.

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The New York Women’s Foundation and PwC Launch “Radical Generosity at Work”

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03/08/2018

Radical Generosity at Work will engage employees by offering a simple and direct way to become philanthropists that impact communities where they live and work.

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The New York Women's Foundation

How Foundations Use Communications to Advance Their Public Policy Work

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05/2010

This study examines how foundations that wish to engage in public policy are using communications to expand the reach and impact of their work. It reveals that communications is at the very center of successful policy engagement for the foundations interviewed, which make use of ten distinctly different strategies to boost their policy engagement. Among the foundations included in the study are The Atlantic Philanthropies, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Dedicated to Getting Veterans Back to Work

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04/20/2015

Many veterans feel unprepared for the physical and emotional challenges and lack of resources for their transition period.

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

For Teachers Working Through DACA, a Bittersweet Start to the School Year

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09/07/2017

For Teachers Working Through DACA, a Bittersweet Start to the School Year ... feel that same level of hope.” . . . For Teachers Working Through DACA, a Bittersweet Start to the School Year ...

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Century Foundation Study Finds Explosion in the Number of School Districts Working on Integration

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10/14/2016

... Study Finds Explosion in the Number of School Districts Working on Integration A study released Friday by the ... Study Finds Explosion in the Number of School Districts Working on Integration ...

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Pinkerton Foundation, Born of Detective Agency, Prefers to Work Unobserved

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11/17/2016

The Pinkerton Foundation, formed in 1966 by the family that made its fortune in private security, has quietly given more than 300 million dollars to children’s organizations in the city, the New York Times reports.

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Education & Youth

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Duke & Mellon Foundations Sponsor Provocative Dance Work on the Legacy of Confederate Symbolism

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11/19/2015

"Ruptured Silence" is a new media and dance performance that examines contemporary perspectives about the confederate flag, a bygone symbol, and its usage as an intimidation tool.

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Arts, Culture, & Media

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Doris Duke Foundation

Mellon Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation Announces $65 Million Investment in America’s Working Families

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02/25/2020

... Foundation Announces $65 Million Investment in America’s Working Families WASHINGTON, D.C., February 25, 2020 – ... fight on every front to expand opportunity for America’s working families.” There are more...

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NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals

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07/24/2014

NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School ... rates, attendance, and student test scores.... NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School ...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Works to Build a Better South Bronx

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07/10/2015

The foundation is partnering with the New York Restoration Project on community development and health initiatives to improve the quality of life for Bronx residents.

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Doris Duke Foundation

New National Standards for Principals Flow from Wallace Work

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12/10/2015

Eight new standards for supervisors of school principals, covering topics such as instructional leadership and meeting the needs of diverse learners, aim to guide supervisors as they help those principals improve their effectiveness in an evolving...

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Rockefeller Foundation Starts News Site to Spur Resilience Work

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02/15/2017

Rockefeller's new platform, Zilient, wants to expose leaders to solutions that will help cities and countries bounce back from disasters.

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Disaster Relief

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Ford Foundation to Support Ongoing Work of Generation Indigenous Response Fund

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02/21/2019

Native Americans in Philanthropy is proud to announce that it has received a $450,000 grant from Ford Foundation to support the Generation Indigenous Response Fund (#GenIndigenous Fund), a pooled fund housed at The Minneapolis Foundation that...

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Education & Youth

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Ford Foundation

Stonewall Community Foundation: Working Towards a Better Future Since 1990

Release Date:

06/18/2014

Stonewall Community Foundation: Working Towards a Better Future Since 1990 The needs of ... community.... Stonewall Community Foundation: Working Towards a Better Future Since 1990 ...

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LGBTQIA+ Communities

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Stonewall Community Foundation

Partnership with MasterCard Foundation Working to Strengthen Board Governance in Africa

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11/13/2014

Partnership with MasterCard Foundation Working to Strengthen Board Governance in Africa The ... clients.... Partnership with MasterCard Foundation Working to Strengthen Board Governance in Africa ...

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