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The Nonprofit Leadership Development Deficit

In more than a decade of research on nonprofit leadership, The Bridgespan Group has observed little change in the No. 1 organizational ... and CEOs: succession planning. In survey after survey of nonprofit leaders succession planning comes out on top. In ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Backs Nonprofit ETF Startup

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08/01/2017

... the profits back to their causes, officials from the group said with a plan to announce the initiative later on ... public. ETFs give investors the ability to buy a basket of stocks or other assets with a...

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Pennsylvania College Consortium Created With $800,000 From Mellon Foundation

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07/03/2014

... by collaborating across campuses. The 10 members of the Pennsylvania Consortium for the Liberal Arts are Bryn ... Ursinus, and Washington & Jefferson Colleges. The group is being supported by a grant from...

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Ford Foundation President Refocuses Grant Outreach

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09/02/2014

... Grant Outreach Darren Walker, who became president of the Ford Foundation in October 2013, says he will restart ... peace and global-security efforts, and increase the amount of money the foundation...

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Social Justice

White House Debuts $240 Million in New STEM Commitments

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03/24/2015

Supporters include the Simons Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Mentioned in Atlantic Article On School Discipline Reform

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06/30/2016

... data we have seen shows a clear and undeniable escalation of violence in New York City schools,” said Jim Walden, an ... suit, which is being backed by the charter-school advocacy group Families for Excellent...

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Mellon Foundation Awards Wilson College $100K to Strengthen Writing Instruction

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07/25/2016

... the Wilson Writing Academy, a comprehensive system of instruction that will shape students' writing skills and ... capacities -- central components of a liberal arts education . The...

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More Than Half of City's 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools: Watchdog

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09/21/2017

More Than Half of City's 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools: Watchdog ... schools, according to a new report from the watchdog group Class Size Matters. Despite the Department of...

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Minorities and Americans Without College Degrees Showed Greatest Gains In Wealth Since 2013, New Data Shows

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09/28/2017

... Americans who were left behind as the country pulled out of the Great Recession — African Americans, Hispanics and ... improvements didn't narrow the inequality gap: The share of U.S. income held by the...

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Economic Security

World Bank Withholds Myanmar Funding, but Some Call for Sanctions

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10/13/2017

... to the “violence, destruction and forced displacement of the Rohingya,” it will delay the release of a $200 million loan planned for Myanmar. The money was ... to Myanmar and has “strengthened” its engagement...

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More Training Needed to Fill New York’s ‘Middle Skill Jobs

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10/13/2017

... paid to the workers in the middle – those who have some education or training beyond high school but have not earned ... workers fill may be overlooked, they are a growing part of the New York economy,...

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Workforce Development

Surdna Foundation’s Cordery: Communities Should Define Their Futures

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08/25/2016

... organization that is not only guided by principles of social justice, and working to address real societal problems, but one that is committed to investing in new ways of building economies,...

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Community Development

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New York Women's Foundation Awarded $11 Million in Grants in 2018

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03/13/2019

... and Allies, which is focused on survivor-led organizations working to strengthen communities affected by sexual abuse, ... recipients included the New Economy Project , which is working toward an economy...

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Gender Justice

The New York Women's Foundation

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No Stories Without Numbers; No Numbers Without Stories

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08/04/2014

By Paul Connolly, Director of Philanthropic Advisory Services, Bessemer Trust As ... it so that half of her funding to a particular nonprofit group went toward providing the direct services...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Selects Twenty-One European Cities to Join New Digital Innovation Program

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01/13/2020

... and deliver better results for residents. The goal of the program is to help European cities deliver high-impact ... of digital transformation, driving 21 st Century ways of working...

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Technology

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Why Should We Care About Tax Policy?

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06/14/2016

... Nonprofit Association), and Rob Collier (Council of Michigan Foundations). Kyle Caldwell, Johnson Center for ... all, if you work in the nonprofit sector you’re likely working for an organization that does not...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Welcomes Participants for Global Trends and Strategic Time Horizons in Philanthropy 2021 Survey

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09/16/2021

... Philanthropy Advisors welcomes the participation of all philanthropies and individual donors from around the ... seeks to engage in philanthropic giving—and how funders think about and approach this topic is a...

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What’s “Best” in Philanthropy: A Debate Recap with Aaron Dorfman and Adam Meyerson

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05/19/2009

... Aaron Dorfman (pictured left), Executive Director of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy ... to Philanthropy New York and its members for hosting the event . It was the most thoughtful and...

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Clinton Foundation Spinoff Reverses on Refiling Tax Forms

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11/06/2015

... Initiative spokeswoman Maura Daley said Wednesday that the group has now decided to refile two years worth of forms with the Internal Revenue Service. . . Clinton ...

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