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Using Competitions and RFPs: Requests for Proposals

Publication date:

12/2004

When does it make sense to hold a grant competition or use an RFP? In addition to looking at management issues to consider along the way, this guide explores how grant makers shape competitions to serve larger strategic goals, communicate with wider audiences, create a learning community, and find ways to work with those who are not selected.

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Grants Managers

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Evaluation

Cracking the Network Code: Four Principles for Grantmakers

Publication date:

07/2013

... achieve the benefits and avoid common pitfalls of working through networks. Cracking the Network Code: Four ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Smarter Philanthropy for Greater Impact

Publication date:

03/2014

... Social Innovation Review includes eleven perspectives on “scaling what works”—what it means, what it takes to ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Ford Foundation Appoints John Irons as Director of Inclusive Economies

Release Date:

05/19/2016

... Global Markets. An economist by training, Irons led work on U.S. employment, including employment in a green economy, and a project on state and metropolitan innovation in partnership with the ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director Discusses How African Cities Need Urgent Back-Up Plans

Release Date:

01/17/2017

As Africa’s economies grow, the risks of rapid urbanisation, unemployment and climate change are expected to increase in tandem.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Taking the Evaluation Leap: Lessons from Urban Alliance’s Six-Year Randomized Controlled Trial

Release Date:

10/16/2017

It’s a familiar conversation. When asked how they know their model works, a nonprofit or foundation will tell you a story. They’ll say that seventeen-year-old Darren turned his life around after going through their program, and eighteen-year-old...

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Sector News

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United Hospital Fund Names 2019 Patricia S. Levinson Fellow

Release Date:

04/03/2019

... collaborates with the New York State Department of Health on quality measurement and monitoring issues. She also worked on UHF’s Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship project and will soon be working...

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09 Nov 2012

Organizing Philanthropy's Response to Sandy -- Philanthropy New York’s Teleconference Series

Friday, November 9, 2012 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

... short- and long-term. This series of teleconferences, held on Fridays at 2 PM, is designed to let funders share early decisions about recovery funding and ... . Designed for All interested funders...

31 Jan 2013

Knowledge Management: Strategies for making sector knowledge more accessible

Thursday, January 31, 2013 -

11:00am to 1:00pm

Webinar

... staff navigate the information highway by focusing on key strategies and useful data sources for funders . In addition to providing tips for managing the flow ... Foundation Center Designed for All interested...

Weinberg Foundation Matching Grant Initiaitive Raises More than $9 Million for Workforce Development

Release Date:

08/20/2015

... in the United States, in partnership with the Jewish Funders Network, announced today $9.3 million in total ... this 1:1 match program seeks to increase the number of funders , as well as the amount of grant...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Workforce Development

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UU Veatch's Molly Schultz Hafid joins NCRP's Board of Directors

Release Date:

09/25/2015

... of a recently published article in Foundation Review on how eliminating budgets can improve due diligence and ... of grants. Additionally, she plays a leadership role in Funders for Justice, a coalition of...

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Community Development

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Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock

20 Sep 2016

New York Grantmakers in the Arts - Fall Meeting

Tuesday, September 20, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Arts and Culture funders , come together to discuss what we see as the pressing ... in the Arts (NYGIA) meetings. Designed for All interested funders in the arts and NYGIA members. Registration 8:45 - ...

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Arts

Robin Hood Issues Call for Applications for New Grant-Ready Insights and Training Project (GRIT)

Release Date:

08/10/2016

... area that seek help securing grants from sophisticated funders . GRIT applications, which can be found at www.robinhood.org/grit , are due on August 11. The program will run from October 6 to November .....

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RFPs Etc

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Collective Impact Without Borders

Release Date:

08/29/2017

... Impact Without Borders Since publishing our first article on collective impact—a structured, cross-sector approach ... different sectors. Recently, FSG has been asked to advise on a growing number of efforts...

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Bloomberg and Gates Back A $225 Million Effort to Save 100 Million Lives Over Five Years

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... receive nearly as much attention from global health funders as high-profile dread diseases like malaria, ... lives. The question now is whether more global health funders will turn their attention to helping...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Health

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Angel Melendez

Angel Melendez joined Philanthropy New York in November of 2015. As the Guest Service Assistant, he works under the direction of the Officer Manager to ensure that Philanthropy New York’s members, guests, and employees receive exceptional, courteous...

Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2013 Jane Jacobs Medal

Release Date:

10/14/2013

The Medal is awarded annually to individuals whose work creates new ways of seeing and understanding New York City.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Community Development

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Cultivating Nonprofit Leadership: A (Missed?) Philanthropic Opportunity

Publication date:

03/2015

The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy has released the second report in their "Smashing Silos in Philanthropy" series.

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Leadership Development

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Ford Foundation Launches 'Art of Change' Fellowship Program

Release Date:

04/10/2015

The initiative is designed to explore the roles art and culture play in illuminating and addressing urgent issues of equity, opportunity, and justice.

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Arts