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For Profound Change in America, Think Local

Release Date:

01/29/2014

by Kenneth H. Zimmerman Director, U.S. Programs , Open Society Foundations We live in an age defined by profound changes: New technology has ... jobs for marginalized communities. They will also be working...

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Economic Security

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Open Society Foundations

3/3/2016 - Looking at the 990 (Part I) - Live stream Recording

Publication date:

03/2016

View materials and watch the live stream of "Looking at the 990 (Part I)" below.

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Using Financial Statements Together with IRS Form 990 to Understand Your Potential Grantees

Publication date:

04/2013

Learn how the IRS Form 990 and financial statements can best be used together to interpret the financial status of an organization.

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Finance Staff

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Finance & Asset Management

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Nonprofit Financials

Public Policy

Foundations and Peer Review: Time to Reconsider the Process?

Release Date:

05/02/2017

... Medical Research at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Funders of biomedical research, such as our foundation, have ... a research proposal than to solicit the perspectives of a group of experts in...

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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Doris Duke Foundation

12 Dec 2012

Pushing Back Against Push-outs, Pipelines and Profiling: Grantmaking for Impact Among Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Men & Boys of Color

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 -

8:00am to 11:00am

... boys of color. How do zero-tolerance policies place queer youth in jeopardy? How is homophobia deployed against all men of ... New York Collaborative Program offered in partnership with...

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Issue-Based

18 Jan 2017

Peer Learning: A Key to Successful Capacity Building

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... different grantees, this program will invite a panel of funders to share their approach to capacity building, with a ... Peer learning as one strategy for building capacity in organizations to achieve impact...

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Professional Development

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Panel

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

HR & Operations

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

The Power of Bridging Issue Silos Through Funding Collaboratives

Release Date:

11/13/2019

... Higashi (TH): How do collaboratives, especially those working across intersecting issue areas, help play a bridging role among funders ? What other benefits do you see for funders ? Anita .....

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Unbound Philanthropy

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

08 Dec 2022

Narrative Change and Power-Building Strategy Session - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, December 8, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... about how we live, see, and think about ourselves in the world.” Narrative change involves the creation of a ... can employ to more effectively support the efforts of the immigrant justice movement to build a...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Immigration & Immigrant Communities

Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

A Spotlight on Arts, Capacity Building, Diversity, and Women and Girls

... on several issue areas. We will spotlight several issues in our programming this year--including Arts, Capacity ... July 15th - Art, Technology and Intellectual Property: How Funders Can Help Artists and Arts...

Elmezzi Foundation Increases Funding for Free Queens Programs

Release Date:

07/29/2015

Elmezzi Foundation Increases Funding for Free Queens Programs The Elmezzi Foundation, based in Queens, is expanding its funding of programs in the western part of the borough. A...

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Education & Youth

Community Development & Place Based Initiatives

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Elmezzi Foundation

New Programs Teach Collaboration, Not Finance and Fundraising

Release Date:

05/05/2013

This examination of the “new breed” of leadership programs includes those supported by the American Express ... Foundation and the Nathan Cummings Foundation. New Programs Teach Collaboration, Not Finance and...

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American Express

Bank of America Charitable Foundation

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

UJA-Federation Names New Chief Program Officer

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Member News

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Finance & Asset Management

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Surdna Foundation

Verizon Foundation to Support STEM Programs in 80 Schools

Release Date:

12/05/2014

Verizon Foundation to Support STEM Programs in 80 Schools Verizon will give 80 public schools $20,000 each to stimulate interest in and improve their programs in...

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Education

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Verizon

Weinberg Foundation Hires New Program Director

Release Date:

12/11/2015

... Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, has hired a new program director to ... manage grants to help low-income and vulnerable adults in Israel, in addition...