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09 Dec 2015

How to Win Friends and Influence Philanthropy

Wednesday, December 9, 2015 -

8:15am to 10:30am

A special event presented by the Young Leaders Breakfast Club and open ... actually look like in different contexts? Join us for an interactive workshop hosted by the Young Leaders Breakfast Club to develop skills...

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Network Building

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All Funders

Emerging Leaders

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HR & Operations

Leadership Development

15 Jun 2016

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Effective Methods of Giving and Receiving Feedback

Wednesday, June 15, 2016 -

8:45am to 10:45am

... Michael Melcher, Partner, Next Step Partners Designed for Members of FAN , as well as prospective FAN members who have a responsibility for foundation administration, including human resources and ... 8:30-8:...

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Network Building

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Workshop

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All Funders

HR & Operations Staff

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HR & Operations

Revisiting Attica Shows How New York State Failed to Fulfill Promises

Release Date:

08/26/2016

... earlier. While the retaking of Attica was the bloodiest event in a decade of civic upheaval, it spurred landmark ...

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Justice Reform

What Makes for an Effective Program Officer?

Release Date:

12/08/2016

What Makes for an Effective Program Officer? By Kristen Ruff, Vice ... of the learning series, Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers: “ What Skills and Qualities Make for an...

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PNY News

Hilton Foundation Follows a Familiar—and Promising—Playbook in Tackling a Debilitating Disease

Release Date:

08/29/2017

... longtime former CEO of the foundation—was an MS sufferer for most of her adult life. This personal backstory explains ... the Hilton Foundation came to devote funding to a search for an MS cure, as well as...

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Member News

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Health

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

Iceberg That Broke Off Antarctica Was 4 Times the Size of Manhattan

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... Ice Center confirmed to CBS News. The iceberg break, an event known as calving, involved a chunk measuring close to ... within the West Antarctic Ice Sheet , accounting for about 20 percent of the ice sheet...

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Sector News

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Environment and Climate Change

The Samuel H. Kress Foundation Is Seeking Applications For Its Conservation Grants Program

Release Date:

11/01/2017

The Samuel H. Kress Foundation is seeking applications for its Conservation Grants Program to support the ... technical and scientific studies. Grants are also awarded for activities that permit conservators and...

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RFPs Etc

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Arts

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Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Simons Foundation Funded Research Finds That Neural ‘Tug-Of-War’ May Explain Fragile X Learning Issues

Release Date:

01/24/2018

... says André Fenton, a professor in the Center for Neural Science at New York University and senior author ... focuses on the hippocampus—the part of the brain crucial for memory, especially about space, which...

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Member News

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Health

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The Simons Foundation

17 Jan 2019

Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network (PACNET): Quarterly Meeting

Thursday, January 17, 2019 -

8:30am to 10:30am

We have reached our max capacity for this event . Registration is now closed. This program is ... address the professional development and networking needs for individuals serving in an...

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Network Building

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Workshop

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Executive Support Staff

HR & Operations Staff

Mellon Foundation Grant Helps Capture History, 280 Characters at a Time

Release Date:

03/31/2019

... preserve social media posts as a means to document history for the ages—and to empower social activists to take ... Edward Summers, lead developer at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities at...

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Member News

Funding Area

Social Justice

Technology

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Mellon Foundation

One Size Does Not Fit All: Managing Remote Teams During COVID-19 - Webinar Recording

Publication date:

05/2020

... must adapt. This webinar discusses tips and tools for supporting your people, reducing isolation and building ...

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Audio/Video Recording

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Disaster Relief

05 Nov 2020

On Balancing Purpose and Payout - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP and Forefront

Thursday, November 5, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:00am

The National Center for Family Philanthropy limits attendance to private and ... webinar. This conversation will focus on recent calls for foundations to increase the percentage of assets they pay ... a community...

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Tools & Strategies

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

Family Foundation

Topic(s)

Finance & Asset Management

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Can Flexible Funding Become Our New Normal?

Release Date:

07/15/2020

... Citi Foundation While there is a growing belief among funders in the value of general operating support (GOS) and ... effort to contribute to the conversation and to encourage funders across the philanthropic...

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Insights

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All Funders

Program Staff

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Citi Foundation

12 Jan 2012

Family Philanthropy: Finding Common Ground, Valuing Different Views

Thursday, January 12, 2012 -

11:00am to 1:30pm

... Philanthropy series, presented with the National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP). Presenters Bobbi Hapgood, ... Christopher Renner, Founder and CEO, The Prentice Group Tony Macklin, Executive Director,...

Schendler & Haynes: Finally, ski resorts wake up to warming

Release Date:

09/05/2013

... Collective, announced a partnership with the advocacy group Protect Our Winters. Its mission is to create the ... will to stop climate change and preserve winter recreation for future generations.... Schendler...

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Member News

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Carnegie Corporation Offers July 4th Salute To Immigrants Who Make America Strong

Release Date:

07/02/2014

... Who Make America Strong This Fourth of July, as it has for every year since 2006, the Carnegie Corporation of New ... to make our nation vibrant and strong. To honor a group of distinguished immigrants and...

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Member News

Funding Area

Immigration

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Open Society Foundations Contributes $4 Million to Aid in the Fight Against Ebola

Release Date:

09/16/2014

... an international aid organization. Six leaders of the group are scheduled to arrive in Liberia on Tuesday evening to lay the groundwork for a new push against the virulent disease in rural areas of ... to...

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Member News

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Health

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Open Society Foundations

Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Launches Program to Support Community Development in Underserved U.S. Regions

Release Date:

10/23/2014

... (DBAF) and the Bank’s Community Development Finance Group (CDFG). The Program will deploy the Bank’s philanthropic resources for community development through high-performing nonprofit ...

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Member News

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Community Development

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Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

Deutsche Bank (Corporate)

MasterCard Foundation to Help Address Water Sanitation in East Africa with Micro-Credit Program

Release Date:

10/27/2014

180,000 people in Kenya and Uganda have benefited from the five-year loan initiative.

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Member News

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Accepting Grant Proposals to Strengthen Performing Arts

Release Date:

10/30/2014

... to Strengthen Performing Arts Through its Fund for National Projects, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation ... performing arts, as well as those that improve conditions for the national community of performing...

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Member News

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

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