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09 Dec 2015

Foundation Administrators Network: Employee Handbooks: Requirements and Recommendations

Wednesday, December 9, 2015 -

3:15pm to 5:00pm

The employee handbook isn’t the most popular or exciting read in an organization—until, in a time of need or keen interest, an employee seeks to review office expectations and policies.

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Network Building

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HR & Operations Staff

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HR & Operations

17 Sep 2015

Exploring Communications Strategies for Small-Staffed Foundations

Thursday, September 17, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... New York is partnering with Exponent Philanthropy’ s Local Engagement Group to offer this program to NYC-area ...

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Foundation for a Just Society Supports Report on LGBTQ Organizing in West Africa

Release Date:

03/07/2016

... inclusion of youths' concerns, support for queer women' s sexual and reproductive health, ways to address intimate ... programs, and initiatives that speak to LGBTQ people' s faith and religious...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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LGBTQ

Social Justice

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Foundation for a Just Society

08 Jun 2016

Beyond Reporting: How Data Can Build A Better Future

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

Your grantees work tirelessly to address tough social issues and data science can help them do even more. While many organizations use data to report on past activity, it can actually help build a better future. It enables organizations to expand...

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Professional Development

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Prisoner to Proprietor: Entrepreneurship as a Re-entry Strategy

Release Date:

09/29/2016

... and originally appeared in the AFN Newsletter AFN and it' s members are committed to expanding opportunity and ... that is a key role for our philanthropic sector. In AFN' s just released Strategy...

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Insights

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Justice Reform

Public Policy

How Funders Can Use the Power of Art to Heal in Post-Conflict Settings

Release Date:

11/02/2016

Christina Mallie and Nadia Fazal of Colors of Connection write about the importance of metrics and research on programs that use the arts to heal communities affected by hardship and conflict.

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Arts

09 Jan 2017

David vs. Goliath: How Arizona Advocates Won Victories in the Fight Against Extremism - Webinar

Monday, January 9, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... and winning a ballot initiative to increase the state’ s minimum wage. How was this possible? These victories did ... national attention after the passage of the state’ s “show me your papers law.” Ten...

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14 Nov 2017

New Ways to Think About Evaluation

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... How to calibrate your evaluation approach so that it’ s consistent with your grantmaking philosophy and right-sized ...

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08 Feb 2018

Service for Impact – Strategies to Elevate Your Internal Communications

Thursday, February 8, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... different ways in which you can motivate your company’ s employees to participate in volunteer opportunities, and ...

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How Surdna Foundation Is Using its Grantmaking to Champion Impact Investing

Release Date:

01/18/2018

... helping institutions that want to take the plunge. It’ s the latest move for a foundation that has become a champion for the idea of using an institution’ s assets, not just for grantmaking, but also to make...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Surdna Foundation

18 May 2018

How Racially Equitable is Your Foundation? Assessing Your Practice

Friday, May 18, 2018 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

... issues internally. Join in this workshop aimed at CEO’ s , COO’ s and other organizational administrators who want to think ...

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Tools & Strategies

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With Support From the Tow Foundation, Soho Rep Gets a Safer Space for Its Dangerous Plays

Release Date:

02/05/2018

... building regulations at variance with the company’ s use of the space, resulting in what Sarah Benson, Soho Rep’ s artistic director since 2007, described as a moral ... a legal obligation, too. As Cynthia...

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Arts

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The Tow Foundation

20 Mar 2018

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Meeting and Understanding Your Fiduciary Responsibilities

Tuesday, March 20, 2018 -

9:00am to 10:30am

Offering a retirement plan can be one of the most challenging, yet rewarding, decisions an employer can make. The employees participating in the plan, their beneficiaries, and the employer, all benefit when a retirement plan is in place.

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Professional Development

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HR & Operations Staff

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The New York Women’s Foundation and PwC Launch “Radical Generosity at Work”

Release Date:

03/08/2018

The New York Women’ s Foundation and PwC Launch “Radical Generosity at Work” The New York Women’ s Foundation (The Foundation) , the largest public women’ s fund in the United States, is inviting...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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The Rockefeller Foundation has Announced the Launch of The Communities Thrive Challenge

Release Date:

04/05/2018

... ensuring that their neighborhoods benefit from a region' s economic growth and vibrancy). Up to ten organizations will .....

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Community Development

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25 Apr 2018

Investing in Workplace Financial Wellness: Help for Lower-Income Employees - A Webinar

Wednesday, April 25, 2018 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... contributing to employee satisfaction and an employer’ s bottom line. How can philanthropy support and help ...

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Issue-Based

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Finance & Asset Management

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Economic Security

Workforce Development

Casey Family Programs Played Key Role In Changing Foster Care Forever

Release Date:

04/12/2018

... years after Wyden launched an overhaul of the country’ s foster care system, the bipartisan legislation he had ... Services Act that he had crafted alongside the committee’ s chairman Orrin Hatch, a Utah...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Michael Bloomberg Takes on the Coal Industry

Release Date:

04/12/2018

... His two new partners—Catherine McKenna, Canada’ s minister of environment and climate change, and Claire Perry, the United Kingdom’ s minister of state for energy and clean growth—came along ... a country,...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

New Report From The Redlich Horwitz Foundation: New York Should Use Family First Act As “Tailwind” for Curbing Congregate Care

Release Date:

04/24/2018

... As “Tailwind” for Curbing Congregate Care New York’ s state government was one of the few to openly oppose ... provides “the tailwind needed” to improve New York’ s foster care system, with an eye on placing...

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