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Initiative Launched to Improve Accountability of Climate Change Adaptation Finance

Release Date:

12/12/2012

... by Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute and the World Resources Institute to increase the transparency and ... Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute, and the World Resources Institute with funding...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

New York State Health Foundation Releases New Reports on the Potential of Accountable Care

Release Date:

04/10/2015

In New York, 27 provider organizations are now participating in Medicare's Pioneer ACO program.

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New York Health Foundation

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What Does It Take to Spend Down Successfully?

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08/2015

... they intend to give away all of their philanthropic resources within a specific, limited timeframe and then close ... their grantmaking. But most hope that by exhausting their resources in relatively short order, they will be able to ...

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Governance

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International/Foreign Affairs

4 Organizations Team On Mapping Tool For U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

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09/20/2017

In a collaborative partnership, Global Impact, Blackbaud, the Council on Foundations and the Foundation Center have developed and launched a resource to support organizations in aligning and tracking charitable giving to the United Nations (U.N.)...

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Fear, Hope, and Hunger: Inside the Crisis at the Southern Border

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10/03/2019

... and to recalibrate our democracy and our values. Since 2012 , Tides has facilitated more than $30 million in grants ... I choose to stand up for the dignity of every human being regardless of immigration status...

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Children, Youth and Families

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International/Foreign Affairs

Immigration

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Tides

We Made a Comprehensive Investment in Board Service, and This Is What Happened

Release Date:

04/20/2017

... 101” sessions meant to inform and inspire ahead of being placed on a board. We used different means for this ... and the executive director/board chair relationship, as well as connecting our employees who...

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Credit Suisse Americas Foundation

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You Can't Hack Trust

Release Date:

06/17/2019

... but to grantee partners, individuals, and communities, as well as drawing on my own intuition and lived experience. And ... decision making. What successes and failures (as well as how you managed and learned...

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Moore Philanthropy

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Commits Funding for Ukrainian Emergency Relief

Release Date:

05/17/2022

... that defend artists’ rights to free expression as well as those that protect artists facing threats to their ... creative practice when possible. Fortifying the work and well - being of...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Arts

Disaster Relief

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

To Achieve Equity, We Must Accurately Measure Need

Release Date:

10/06/2022

... equity, and after doing so for 100 years we know all too well that a shared understanding of what it costs to live in ... and opportunity, which are inextricably linked to social well - being...

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Economic Security

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Breaking Down Barriers: Meet the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation's "Open Call" Grantees

Release Date:

10/25/2023

... in New Jersey. Through their work, they advocate for the resources to address housing and homelessness, for changes to ... that limit opportunities for developers of color to access resources , and for the...

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Arts

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Housing and Homelessness

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25 Sep 2013

Using Advocacy to Support Mission: What Your Foundation Can and Can’t Do, Can and Can’t Fund

Wednesday, September 25, 2013 -

8:45am to 10:30am

True or false: It’s permissible for your foundation to advocate for specific public policy or legal issues Your foundation cannot fund nonprofits that advocate or lobby A 501 (h) election allows your foundation to take a stance on...

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Seven Bridges Brings The Simons Foundation’s Genome Diversity Project Dataset to the Cloud

Release Date:

04/12/2017

Seven Bridges, the biomedical data analysis company, today announced that it has made the Simons Genome Diversity Project (SGDP) dataset available for analysis by researchers via the Seven Bridges Platform.

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Science

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The Simons Foundation

23 Jun 2022

On-Time and In-Full: Partnering with the City on Nonprofit Contracting

Thursday, June 23, 2022 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Join us for a discussion on the concrete action plans risen from the City’s Joint Task Force to Get Nonprofits Paid On Time. Bring your burning questions, recent observations, and grantee feedback to share with City officials.

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All Funders

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Public Policy

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Public Policy

Leadership Development

... intensive training for grantmakers, and investing resources in a diverse next generation of philanthropic ... commitment to and investment in leadership development, as well as special convenings of our CEO...

Data Capacity as a Step Toward Nonprofit Sustainability

Release Date:

02/14/2018

... business model for the current era of scarce public resources . Initially, we hoped that our grantees – among ... organizations in New York City - might find new resources to support social innovation in the...

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The New York Community Trust

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The Scherman Foundation

How Foundations Can Grapple With the Reality That Their Wealth Was Accumulated Unjustly

Release Date:

12/05/2019

... and have made the decision to increase spending to move resources into the hands of communities. For Hazen, that ... this question: Who has the power to make decisions about resources ? If we are serious about...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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A Message from the Funders Census Initiative

Release Date:

04/01/2020

... is in full swing, self-responses are coming in (and being reported) daily, and despite the impact of COVID-19 on ... power and more than $1.5 trillion per year in federal resources , further marginalizing the...

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Funders' Committee for Civic Participation

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Census 2020

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The New York Community Trust

The Bauman Foundation

Long Island Community Foundation

On The Foundation Freeway: Entering And Exiting Priority Areas With Caution

Release Date:

08/02/2016

... funders, no matter their size, have big dreams and limited resources . I have yet to meet grantmakers—even the largest ... New Yorkers continued to shrink, and given our limited resources , we could have more...

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