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The Commonwealth Fund

Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political

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08/08/2013

... to learn, network, ideate, collaborate and celebrate CFF’ s accomplishments. The second annual CFF gathering included ... practitioners who were engaged to help inform CFF’ s new working groups. The evening’...

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Nobody Needs a ‘Shark Tank’ in Philanthropy

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03/27/2015

... those that need help. And we applaud Mr. Dagres’ s observation that "category-killer" charities — large, ... at worst. This trend didn’t pop up overnight. It’ s the outgrowth of a slow movement to...

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New York Foundation

Playwright, Novelist and Songwriter Suzan-Lori Parks to Receive the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize: JP Morgan Private Bank

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10/15/2015

... City, where she has served since 2008 as the institution’ s first Master Writer Chair. The private ceremony, attended ... will also feature a performance of an excerpt from Parks’ s play Topdog/Underdog...

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

New York Owes Nonprofits More than a Parade

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10/07/2021

... Street fund administered by Nonprofit Finance Fund. VIP’ s loan is part of $6.5 million provided to 12 Trinity Church ... essential services, it should not be philanthropy’ s role to pay city government’...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Welcomes Two New Board Members, Names New Chair

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06/14/2023

... marginalized citizens, I greatly admire the Foundation’ s commitment to those creating a more just and vibrant New ... College of New York. The School, which is the college’ s largest division, is home to the...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis to Step Down at End of 2012

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01/02/2012

... in its drive to improve the performance of the nation’ s healthcare system, plans to step down as the Fund’ s president on December 31, 2012. “Karen Davis is one of ... innovations and experience through the...

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The Commonwealth Fund

26 Apr 2013

Philanthropy New York's 34th Annual Meeting, with Shaun Donovan

Friday, April 26, 2013 -

12:30pm to 6:30pm

... to rebuilding and resiliency. The first hour of the day' s events will have three concurrent member engagement ... Office for International and Philanthropic Innovation, U. S . Dept. of Housing & Urban...

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Beyond Grantmaking: Foundations as Impact Investors

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05/12/2014

... the board to match its investments with the foundation’ s values. The board recruited Imprint Capital, a San ... Service Foundation Executive Director Lani Shaw told us for our new e-book “The Power of Impact...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

How Foundations Can Be the Risk Takers They Want to Be

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06/25/2014

... the last place to go with a bold and risky idea. What’ s behind this disconnect? Foundations are in part to blame. We say, Bring us bold ideas, but we are loath to make a grant that might flop and make...

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Arcus Foundation

Inequality Is the Problem—What’s Our Response?

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07/02/2014

... of those from the top income quartile. Inequality in U. S . education is exceptionally high in comparison with other ... are limited in their capacity to contribute to the U. S . economy. Barriers to college...

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William T. Grant Foundation

For Profound Change in America, Think Local

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01/29/2014

by Kenneth H. Zimmerman Director, U. S . Programs, Open Society Foundations We live in an age ... get our work done. The Great Recession has left many of us searching for jobs or struggling to gain skills that fit...

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Excellence is the Best Strategy

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12/10/2013

... The New York Community Trust Many of New York’ s nonprofit groups are excited about receptive ears in a de ... residential treatment. Children’ s Village impressed us with its management...

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The New Nonprofit: A Model for Innovation Across Sectors

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03/14/2013

... are an even more vibrant and crucial sector of the city’ s workforce, employing 15 percent of the city’ s ... all our lives. Our “nonprofit biotech” model allows us to pursue research other...

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Artists at the Center: A New Doris Duke Initiative

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12/21/2012

... to their field? These questions and more led us to create the Doris Duke Artist Awards, the first of three ... for the short- and long-term development of the artist’ s “voice” and the creative and personal...

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PRIs and Effective Intermediaries

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06/30/2015

... (!), promises to add a lot of value in PRI-making for us . And my confidence in this value was substantially ... by the panel discussion and the Q&A that followed. It’ s a type of vehicle that all medium...

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Altman Foundation

03 Feb 2016

It’s PUBLIC Transit: Funders Look at New Initiatives to Connect NYC’s People & Places

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9:00am to 11:00am

... effort, creative ideas and coordinated strategy. That’ s where you come in! Join us on February 3, 2015 for breakfast and a spirited ... affordable, reliable public transit that works for all of us...

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