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15 Jun 2020

Advocacy 101: Legal Boundaries and Opportunities

Monday, June 15, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... and Opportunity June 23 - Exploring Your Foundation’ s Role in Advocacy: From Board to Boots on the Ground * ... and Opportunities is a prerequisite for those who are new to philanthropic policy advocacy. The...

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All Funders

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06 Jun 2023

Policy Core - Walking the Walk: Leveraging Philanthropic Power for a Thriving Nonprofit Ecosystem

Tuesday, June 6, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... * Advocacy 101 is a prerequisite for those who are new to philanthropic policy advocacy. The second and third ... The legal boundaries and opportunities for philanthropy’ s engagement in public policy and...

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Social Justice

"Be the Change" an Interview with Arabella Advisors' Eric Kessler

Release Date:

11/21/2017

... with Arabella Advisors' Eric Kessler Eric Kessler’ s family built and operated one of the country’ s most ... benefits—college scholarships for workers’ kids, day care , several weeks of...

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Arabella Advisors

Funded by Teagle Foundation, Comparative Assessment Project Demonstrates Enduring Power of a Core Curriculum

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01/26/2017

... members, students and alumni at various stages of their lives , the project has gathered a wealth of evidence showing ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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The Teagle Foundation

School Systems Prepare for Puerto Rican Students

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10/03/2017

... to identify which schools have space and which resources will be needed. Puerto Rican schools have been ... us has experienced before,” Julia Keleher, Puerto Rico’ s education secretary, told staff members in...

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Education

19 Nov 2015

Education Reform in Newark: Lessons for Philanthropy

Thursday, November 19, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... when Mark Zuckerberg joined Newark Mayor Cory Booker and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on the stage of “The ... unprecedented gift of $100 million to transform Newark’ s public schools, the studio...

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The Value of Rigorous Evaluation

Release Date:

06/02/2014

... program assessment or evaluation. Unless we invest more resources in our capacity to measure the performance and ... that they are making a real difference in people’ s lives ? And how can we...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Aetna Supports Projects Using Big Data to Get At-Risk Kids the Services They Need

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05/11/2017

... delivery underscores the fact that public health in the U. S . still has much room for improvement. These disparities are ... core of this problem are resource allocation challenges. Resources are always scarce...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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Aetna Foundation

Gates Foundation Pledges $220 Million for Women, Children, Adolescents

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09/22/2017

... in support of efforts to empower women and save the lives of thirty-eight million women, children, and ... include a $200 million pledge to the World Bank' s Global Financing Facility Trust Fund in...

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Appointments & Transitions

Kevin Anderson Joins Media Development Loan Fund

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04/02/2012

... the first online journalist for the BBC outside of the U. S ., based in the BBC' s flagship Washington bureau. He joined The Guardian in 2006 ... Editor at the newspaper, helping identify and implement...

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Communications

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Media Development Investment Fund

NYC Among First Group of Cities Chosen for Rockefeller Resiliency Challenge

Release Date:

12/11/2013

... including former president Bill Clinton, will receive resources to help them build their resilience in order to ... quickly from them. Each city will receive membership in a new network which will provide...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Community Development

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13 Nov 2014

Avoiding Avoidance: Addressing and Managing Conflict - Webinar

Thursday, November 13, 2014 -

11:00am to 1:30pm

... bad. Conflict will always occur in an organization that' s growing, evolving, and changing. What makes it good or bad or a positive or negative experience is how it' s managed. On this webinar, we’ll...

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Family Foundation

Arabella Launches Special Consulting Practice on Food Philanthropy

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12/04/2015

... Philanthropic consultants Arabella Advisors is launching a new practice area, titled "Good Food." According to an ... nutritional needs Smarter, more sustainable use of our resources through a system...

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Food Systems

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Arabella Advisors

Alliance for Charitable Reform Hosts Annual Summit for Leaders

Release Date:

04/11/2017

... guide to keeping in contact with your lawmakers with resources to help - was unveiled at the Summit. If you missed ... In addition to the webinar, the panel discussion on "A New IRS and the Tax-Exempt...

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Caught Our Attention

SVdP-USA Launches Disaster Services Corporation

Release Date:

10/05/2017

... in recent weeks in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U. S . Virgin Islands. The corporation, which will remain under ... its south-central region encompassing Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arkansas, and...

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With Support From The Rockefeller Foundation, NRDC Releases Report: What, Where and How Much Food Is Wasted in Cities

Release Date:

10/25/2017

... largest component of what we send to landfills in the U. S ., representing nearly 22% of disposed municipal solid ... waste all the water, land, energy, money, labor, and other resources that go into growing,...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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Bloomberg Philanthropies' 2018 U.S. Mayors Challenge Entry Helps Homeless Store Their Vital Documents Digitally

Release Date:

04/19/2018

Bloomberg Philanthropies' 2018 U. S . Mayors Challenge Entry Helps Homeless Store Their Vital ... the option to store their vital documents digitally using new blockchain technology. The effort will be...

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