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The Goldilocks Approach to Nonprofit Board Size: What Is “Just Right”?

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10/05/2017

Among many interesting findings in BoardSource’s “Leading with Intent: 2017 National Index of Nonprofit Board Practices” report is a simple one on board size. Average board size has steadily declined over the past 20 years, as the chart below shows...

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Capacity Building Begins At Home

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06/04/2009

... the economic downturn precisely because they and their funders previously invested in infrastructure. Too bad there ... about the findings in Drowning in Paperwork, Distracted from Purpose , a report ...

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Michael R. Bloomberg To Convene Heads Of State And CEOs At Inaugural Global Business Forum

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08/22/2017

... and economic growth, and the related societal challenges - from climate change to workplace automation to terrorism - ... convening of major business and government leaders from all regions of the world. It...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

22 May 2012

Doing the Right Thing: “Smart Microfinance” and the Donor’s Role

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 -

8:15am to 10:30am

... banking around the world. Join us as a panel of funders and practitioners discuss the problems, solutions, ... promote a client-centered focus. New responsibilities for funders . New opportunities for...

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13 Jun 2024

Insurance And Mother Nature: How Does Losing Insurance Options Affect Disaster Philanthropy? - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, June 13, 2024 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... the National Flood Insurance Program? What is the role of funders in helping to fill the affordability gap? What will ... assist homeowners and renters and understand the role of funders in helping to...

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New Supporting Organization to Oversee "Grand Bargain" Funds

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07/06/2014

... Bargain" to save the Detroit Institute of Art's collection from the auction block. Set up as a 509(a)(3), or .....

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Arts

Financing the Social Sector

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09/15/2014

... sector really needs is to grow the overall funding pie from its current 2 percent of GDP to 3 percent of GDP. In ... develop more capacity in gaining access to capital. Funders and investors should keep the...

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American Express

New York Times Op-Ed "Good Leaders Make Good Schools" Cites Important Wallace-Commissioned Research Report

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03/13/2018

... at nearly four times the national average, to 77.5 percent from 56.9 percent. The percentage of Chicago students going ... Chicago schools are cramming six years’ worth of education into five...

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Education

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Century Foundation Quoted in Article on School Desegregation Lawsuit

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01/27/2016

... Lawsuit Alex Cruz-Guzman, who came to the United States from Mexico as a teenager, lives in a poor, minority ... Determined to provide his five children with a quality education , he and his wife were able to...

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Education

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Wallace Foundation Commissioned Report Shows How ESSA Supports Social-Emotional Learning

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12/05/2017

... programs that fit ESSA requirements. The report comes from the RAND Corp.’s evidence review of how ESSA supports ... instruction,” Laura Hamilton, associate director of RAND Education , told The 74. “ESSA doesn...

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Education

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The Wallace Foundation

Vic De Luca Will Retire as President of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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03/16/2015

... and dozens of great Board members. I’ve also enjoyed working with hundreds of funder colleagues on various boards, ...

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Jonas Awarded Dean's Medal for Distinguished Service by UPenn

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05/19/2014

... commitment to professional nursing and support of nursing education through the Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholars Program . ... , launched in 2008, is the largest initiative of its kind working to stem the faculty...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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14 Dec 2023

Your Impact Strategy Doesn’t Stop at Your Grantmaking - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, December 14, 2023 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... trustees only.* While grantmaking is often the main tool funders think about in terms of impact, there are many other ... your nonprofit partners and the communities you serve. Funders can leverage their...

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Opioid Crises Takes Center Stage at 13th Annual H.F. Guggenheim Symposium

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02/26/2018

... that she had no idea why she had been invited to the event . Someone knew what they were doing because by the time ... performance taking place on a Broadway stage not far from where she spoke. So, too, Joe...

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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

Social Justice

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Westchester Community Foundation Met $2 Million Goal and has Distributed $861,500 in COVID-19 Grants to Date

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08/03/2020

... “People’s United Bank and our Foundation are working diligently to ensure we remain a strong philanthropic ... “Tomorrow’s cure for the coronavirus will come from science. The remedy for what ails us today is...

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The Westchester Community Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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20 Jul 2021

2021 Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network (PACNET) Summer Meeting

Tuesday, July 20, 2021 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

... challenges as we transition back to a new hybrid model of working . This meeting will focus on connecting you with other ...

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21 Jan 2016

New York Grantmakers in the Arts: A Conversation on Capitalization for the Arts

Thursday, January 21, 2016 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... available to arts and culture groups and how should funders think about matching capital to need? How can funders and nonprofits change their planning, communication, ... CEO, Grantmakers in the Arts Anna...

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