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2018 Richard Rockefeller Fellows Bring Chinese Philanthropy Insights to the U.S

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03/28/2018

... Oma Lee and Danxi Shen , young professionals in China’s growing philanthropic sector, as our 2018 Richard Rockefeller Fellows. Bringing expertise in Chinese charity law, private foundation grantmaking, and...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Ford Foundation Launches Arts in a Changing America With Webcast

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10/23/2015

Ford Foundation Launches Arts in a Changing America With Webcast The Ford ... of the Arts in a Changing America (ArtChangeUS) launch event . ArtChangeUS is a new national five-year project ... to...

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Arts

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Jerome Foundation

Excellence is the Best Strategy

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12/10/2013

... York’s nonprofit groups are excited about receptive ears in a de Blasio administration that campaigned on promises of ... and vegetables. In response, the staff trained elderly and youth...

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The New York Community Trust

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2022 Soros Equality Fellows

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11/09/2022

... the 2022 cohort of Soros Equality Fellows. The diverse group of fellows include documentary filmmakers, professors, ... organizers, policy advocates, journalists, and authors. Working across the United States...

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Arcus Foundation Releases Social Justice Program Strategy Evaluation Report: 2021

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01/23/2023

... strategies for grantmaking to movements and organizations working toward LGBTQ rights in East and Southern Africa, the Caribbean, Central America, ... grantees; our ongoing engagement with grantees, colleague...

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LGBTQ

Social Justice

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The Surdna Foundation Discusses Good Governance in New CEP Report

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05/02/2017

The Surdna Foundation Discusses Good Governance in New CEP Report CEP’s advisory services team and the ... Board Engagement — explores the practices these funders have used to maintain family involvement, engage...

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Grant Foundation Shifts Research Focus, Invites Studies that Improve Use of Research

Release Date:

12/17/2015

... considerable distance between the research we support and youth outcomes. The stakes of omitting or misusing research ... for youth . And the information needs of decision makers working on...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

Stavros Niarchos Foundation grant supports civic engagement at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago

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06/22/2023

... supports civic engagement at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago Building further on its extensive commitment to ... convening and inspire civic participation, the Democracy in Action Lab (DIAL). The...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Civic Engagement

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The Post-Bloomberg Plunge

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04/10/2014

As Mayor Michael Bloomberg's money goes global, NYC nonprofits miss their biggest patron. No other leader of ... the billionaire, ranked as the world’s 13th richest man in 2013, donated north of $263 million...

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26 Feb 2015

What to Look for in a Nonprofit’s Financial Statement

Thursday, February 26, 2015 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

... Explore Financial statements with an accountant eminent in the nonprofit sector The basics of reading and ... Kristin Mance, CPA, Senior, Not-for-Profit Services Group , EisnerAmper LLP Candice Meth, CPA,...

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New Staff

28 Feb 2019

On Nonprofit Leadership Transitions - A Roundtable Discussion

Thursday, February 28, 2019 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... a breakfast conversation about leadership transitions in nonprofit organizations. The idea for this meeting ... racial leadership gap . Designed for All interested funders who are decision-makers in...

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Tools & Strategies

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Roundtable Discussion

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Governance

Leadership Development

Bessemer Trust Among Experts Tapped by NYTimes for Piece on Social Change Major Gifts

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05/16/2016

... through. Instead, according to research by the Bridgespan Group , a philanthropic consultant, they tend to fall back on ... their biggest bets. Those may be worthy recipients but, in the eyes of some in...

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The Spend-Out/Perpetuity Distraction…and the Merger Option

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02/08/2010

... Fellow, Philanthropy New York There is renewed interest in the issue of lifespan for foundations (spend-out versus ... just as there are good reasons for foundations to continue in existence. These are usually...

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Schott Foundation's Jackson Declares "Our Nation Can No Longer Neglect Marginalized Students"

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04/26/2017

... community experiences, and rates of development. Yet in each system they encounter— education , community, health—they have their various parts ... of which create systemic barriers to their academic and...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Education

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Here’s What Carmen Fariña’s Top Deputies Have on Their Plates This School Year

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09/21/2017

... of key advisors tasked with executing her vision — a group that has stayed put during Fariña’s tenure. As ... fourth school year kicks off, here’s what her core group of deputies have been working...

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Education

14 Mar 2013

Adding Nonfamily Trustees and Community Voices to Your Family Foundation Board

Thursday, March 14, 2013 -

2:30pm to 3:30pm

Webinar

... decision, what questions and challenges they addressed in the process of adding non-family trustees and what ... The Weaver Foundation Designed for All interested funders . Adding Nonfamily Trustees and...

19 Oct 2010

Leaders in a New Era: A Conversation on Leadership Development and Race

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 -

8:30am to 11:00am

MEMBERS: Please log in to register yourself or a colleague online by clicking on ... Committee. WHO SHOULD ATTEND: CEOs, trustees, and other funders interested in creating and increasing diverse...

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Issue-Based

19 Oct 2015

Learning From Transformational Women Leaders: Leymah Gbowee & Sophia Bracy Harris

Monday, October 19, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... grassroots women into a force for peace and equity in their respective communities. Each woman’s blend of ... civil, human rights and social justice movements in the U.S. and Liberia What the next generation...

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Gender Justice

12 Sep 2019

Always in Season - Documentary Film Screening and Conversation with Filmmaker Jacqueline Olive

Thursday, September 12, 2019 -

5:30pm to 9:00pm

In partnership with Ford Foundation’s Just Films, we invite ... and discussion of the Sundance award-winning film Always in Season . In 2014, Lennon Lacy, an African American teen, ... ,...

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