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The Moment I Lost It

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11/19/2014

... expert – Linda Darling-Hammond – and local peers about the challenges and opportunities of applying the ... is wrong with our system that these immensely important people – and frankly, just a tiny fraction of...

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Education

“Poor” is Washington’s Four Letter Word

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01/21/2015

... State of the Union address last night intending to write about the implications for the philanthropic sector. There ... America aren’t really poor, not like “really poor” people in developing nations or those...

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The William T. Grant, Spencer, and Doris Duke Charitable Foundations Announce Winners of the 2020 Institutional Challenge Grant Competition

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04/16/2020

... that needs to be done in tackling social problems. One powerful approach is for foundations to work together to ... youth-led participatory action research with three peer resource sites to leverage youth...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

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Housing and Homelessness

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Bloomberg Report: 'Data Gap' at City Halls Across the Nation

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03/10/2016

... at City Halls Across the Nation Limited training and resources hamper city efforts to use data-based ... 39 visits to municipalities in 2015—representative of about 40 percent of all midsize U.S. cities. With...

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Community Development

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Can Theology Move the Needle on Environmental Issues? Henry Luce Foundation Thinks So

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01/18/2017

... Henry Luce Foundation Thinks So We've written quite a lot about the Henry Luce Foundation—including its ... goal of the initiative is to establish best practices and resources for those looking to engage...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Sarah Williams and Ella Gudwin Share Ideas After 'Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures'

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01/20/2017

... seamless! Philanthropic dollars, staff time, and end-user resources can be wasted through inefficient and ... of Propel Capital and Ella Gudwin of Vision Spring about the importance of transparency in grantor-...

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Rockefeller Foundation’s Claudia Juech, Associate Vice President & Managing Director, Answers “5 Questions” in PND

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05/10/2017

... both strategy and programs. Recently, PND spoke with Juech about Rockefeller's "scan and search" activities, an approach ... evidence, and ultimately do the most good with the resources it has...

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New York Life Foundation Announces New National Initiative to Help Schools Support Students Who Have Lost a Parent or Loved One

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10/11/2018

... New York Life employees and agents to give presentations about grief in schools and the resources available for educators. Schools then have the ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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29 Sep 2022

From Cautious to Courageous: How Foundations Can Step up Advocacy & Invest in Change (Session 1 of 2)

Thursday, September 29, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... These headline-churning developments come on top of ongoing efforts to undermine climate action, criminalize ... or any of the myriad challenges we face in bringing about a just society, it is critical that...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Shares 2020 Annual Report

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03/17/2021

... became even more important – while the information and resources they were receiving was scarce. The Bloomberg ... protected by comprehensive smoke-free laws, setting a powerful example for the entire world...

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Community Development

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Five Qs for…Douglas Bauer, Executive Director, Clark Foundation

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03/30/2012

... And what can the foundation community do to inform itself about the financial challenges confronting the sector? Doug ... filling some of these gaps. We all know, however, that the resources available to...

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PNY Announces New Racial Equity Working Group

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12/02/2021

... commitment to ensuring that a structure exists to curate resources and support equity work within philanthropy, ... CEIP to a working group structure to align with the ongoing and evolving work required to...

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Borealis Philanthropy Introduces María Alejandra Salazar, the new Program Officer of the Communities Transforming Policing Fund

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04/13/2022

... María Alejandra was director of the Multicultural Resources Program at Northside Community Services (NCR) in ... Budgeting process. María Alejandra Salazar is passionate about supporting justice-centered,...

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Networks & Working Groups

... CEO Peer Networks EARLY AND MID-CAREER PROFESSIONALS: Young Leaders Breakfast Club FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Foundation ... HR & OPERATIONS: Foundation Administrators Network , Human Resources Leadership Group...

Evaluating a Culture

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05/22/2019

... particular point: the Foundation’s culture. Thinking about this recommendation in terms of culture opens a rich ... decisions prior to this relaunch. First, it got specific about mission. Though Howard Gilman...

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The Building Blocks of Demonstrating Impact

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09/09/2013

... the most difficult (and sometimes even emotional) pieces. People may carry personal assumptions about their work, or small differences of opinion on the ... Realistically, what you can measure also depends on...

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Impact Investing

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The Term Impact Investing Needs to Be Better Understood

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02/03/2016

... for nearly a decade. It can mean many things to many people , but for foundation leaders concerned about putting all of their resources to maximum use to serve their organization’s ...

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