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Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Remarks on the Effects of Impact Investing

Release Date:

08/17/2015

... or a donor-advised fund*. You are probably concerned about where that money goes: which nonprofit will use it ... kind of difference it will make with the causes you care about . Yet as an investor, how and...

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Impact Investing

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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F.B. Heron Foundation

NoVo Foundation Examines Unequal Funding for Women and Girls of Color

Release Date:

10/23/2015

... Change and Inside Philanthropy are convening a webinar about impact giving for women and girls of color in early ... with NoVo Foundation’s Executive Director Pamela Shifman about the new Grantmakers for Girls...

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NoVo Foundation

14 Jul 2016

Social Movements for Good: Family Philanthropy Fuels Change - Webinar

Thursday, July 14, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... movements are at the core of society -- raising awareness about issues and providing a voice for those that are often ... and voices with like-minded people who want to bring about change. On this webinar,...

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Family Foundation

Board & Trustees

PhilTV This Week: Jan 27, 2017

Release Date:

01/27/2017

... the Classroom Darren Walker of Ford Foundation Speaks Out About Why It's Essential to Partner With Businesses Insights .....

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Opinion: Why Small, Local, Organic Farms Aren’t The Key To Fixing Our Food System

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... Food System The food movement has a problem: It’s right about what’s wrong with our system, but wrong about how to fix it. But what is the “food movement?” I ... food, which make us fat and sick. While we can...

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Food Systems

New York State Health Foundation Awards United Hospital Fund Grant To Study Ways To Improve Discharge Planning

Release Date:

10/25/2017

... and their families to make the best possible decisions about post-acute care through better information and ... and their communication and information preferences about care options, and 2) how staff in up to...

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

Surdna Foundation Announces Over $600,000 in Impact Investing Grants

Release Date:

01/11/2018

... Surdna’s commitment to impact investing is not just about furthering its mission, but it’s also about building and strengthening the field of impact ... its experience and lessons-learned with others thinking...

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Surdna Foundation

F.B. Heron Foundation Is Going 'All In' with 100 percent Impact Investments

Release Date:

02/26/2018

... into impact investments. As of the end of the year, about 60% of Heron's funds were in such vehicles, with the ... hitting 100% by 2017. (Here's a previous post I wrote about going all in). I...

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All Proceeds From the Auction of David and Peggy Rockefeller's Art Collection Will Go to Charity

Release Date:

03/15/2018

... the fire at his farmhouse in upstate New York, reminiscing about his father, the late David Rockefeller. "One of his ... the best scrambled eggs I've ever had.' We used to kid him about it. But...

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11 Jul 2019

Money, Values, and Culture - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, July 11, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... and family foundation staff and trustees only.* Messages about money are part of our lives every day. With increased ... The family table is an important place for discussions about giving and money across...

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Tools & Strategies

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Family Foundation

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Recording: 2025 Financial Series: Reframing Financial Due Diligence

The Program A participatory discussion on revising language, practice, and purpose for a values-aligned and grantee-centered process in a rapidly changing environment As the funding landscape and operating environment undergo rapid change, many...

The Elmezzi Foundation Pledges $3 Million to Help End Generational Poverty in Astoria and Long Island City

Release Date:

09/17/2014

... directly with diverse program providers, including arts education for students, ESL classes for parents, early childhood education , and health and nutrition services for the whole ...

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Community Development

Economic Security

Education

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Capital One to Invest $150 Million to Help Close Digital Skills Gap

Release Date:

03/10/2015

Capital One has announced a five-year initiative aimed at helping low- to moderate-income Americans succeed in an increasingly digital economy.

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Education

Technology

Workforce Development

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Eighteen Cultural Institutions Receive Support from Carnegie Corporation of New York

Release Date:

05/07/2015

... are well-established institutions with distinguished education programs, including museums, libraries, and ... of these organizations' leaders that they have developed education programs to help students...

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Arts

Community Development

Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

United Hospital Fund Releases Report With Observations from New York City’s Partnerships for Early Childhood Development Initiative

Release Date:

07/12/2018

... or developmental needs. The teams reported that adult education and child care were the two most common social ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Health

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United Hospital Fund

Mellon Releases New Publication Celebrating 30 Years of Grantmaking in South Africa

Release Date:

10/22/2018

... to strengthening the arts and humanities, and to higher education more generally,” writes Saleem Badat, program ... director of the Foundation’s International Higher Education and Strategic Projects team (...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Mellon Foundation

Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality Appoints Diahann Billings-Burford as New CEO

Release Date:

10/30/2018

The Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE), which was founded by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross to help bridge the nation’s racial divide, has hired Diahann Billings-Burford as its new CEO.