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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations’ publication explores how learning communities can be powerful tools in creating and shaping peer connections that help expand knowledge, deepen skills and enhance practice.

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Widespread Empathy: 5 Steps to Achieving Greater Impact in Philanthropy

Publication date:

09/2010

This guide builds on GEO’s stakeholder engagement work to look more deeply at how grantmakers can develop a more thorough, gut-level understanding of community needs and the work of grantees.

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Assessing the Impact: General Operating Support Vol. 2

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10/2008

A Grantmakers for Effective Organizations presentation of two approaches in assessing the impact of general operating support grants: one that emphasizes pre-grant assessment and one that relies more on assessment during and after the grant.

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Investing in Leadership Volume 2: Inspiration and Ideas from Philanthropy’s Last Frontier

Publication date:

02/2006

A Grantmakers for Effective Organizations publication that explores a sampling of the leadership development being utilized now in the nonprofit sector. Also contains case studies about leadership development.

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Ariane Cruz

... Movement Support Me/We & Public Policy: A Journey from Foundations on the Hill to NYC to… An Opportunity for Will: ...

19 Feb 2019

True or False Solutions to Climate Change

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report issued in October made clear that “Limiting global ... that respond to the dramatic change called for by the IPCC report ? Some have argued for a carbon...

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Environment and Climate Change

Meet EMpower's New President and CEO, Cynthia Steele

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06/26/2019

... the International Women’s Health Coalition, she oversaw grantmaking and international policy programs, implemented ...

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EMPower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

01 Apr 2020

Service for Impact - A Webinar

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... service opportunities are canceled • share out of resources and ideas Designed for Corporate funders and ...

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Volunteerism

28 Jun 2018

Policy Core Course 2018 - June 28th Sessions

Thursday, June 28, 2018 -

9:00am to 12:15pm

... your work. Philanthropic organizations – whether private foundations , community foundations , public charities, corporate foundations or family foundations – have...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

Social Justice

04 Nov 2019

The Divest/Invest Framework: What Does It Mean for Funders Working in Housing and Homelessness? - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Monday, November 4, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... renters experiencing housing instability. Public resources that are currently invested in policies and laws ... can use the divest/invest framework to think about their grantmaking and to talk about the...

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Housing and Homelessness

New Board Leadership at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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08/22/2013

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has elected Valerie Rockefeller Wayne to chair the RBF Board of Trustees and also elected new trustee Daniel Levy. Ms. Wayne is a middle school special education teacher specializing in adolescents with learning...

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The Century Foundation

09 Apr 2014

Shaping the Nature of Work in the New Economy

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 2:45pm

... big about the nature of work in the new economy. Join us to hear how workers and communities are responding to the ...

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Economic Security

Social Justice

Workforce Development

11 Mar 2015

Young Leaders Breakfast Club: Info Session B - Webinar

Wednesday, March 11, 2015 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... spirit to their work. Mentors serve as facilitators, resources , and coaches for their group. They help to create a ...

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Emerging Leaders

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HR & Operations

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

06 Mar 2015

Young Leaders Breakfast Club: Info Session A - Webinar

Friday, March 6, 2015 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... spirit to their work. Mentors serve as facilitators, resources , and coaches for their group. They help to create a ...

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Emerging Leaders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

28 Mar 2013

Looking at the 990 Part I (March 28) and Part II (April 4)

Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 8:45am to Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 8:45am

Philanthropy New York

The IRS Form 990 is used by funders as a tool to track and scrutinize the finances, governance, and accomplishments of grant applicants and recipients. What information can be gleaned from the form? What has changed within the form since prior years...