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Is Nonprofit Board Service Worth It? Reflections from a One-Time Skeptic

Release Date:

01/16/2014

... really just window dressing. Wasn’t a board member’ s job simply lending his or her name to the organization’ s ... retooling the business model and transitioning to new leadership. It was...

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Governance

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Surdna Foundation

Making Reporting Work: Aligning Grantmaking with Learning & Change - Part 3 of a Three-Part Series

** This is Part 3 of a Three-Part Series, in partnership with Northern California Grantmakers** Change starts from within. But where do you begin? This final session will equip philanthropy professionals with practical tools to...

Team Working on Suicide Prevention Wins Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge

Release Date:

06/12/2014

... a mission critical issue with a team of the financial firm' s top performing professionals. The suicide prevention group .....

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Health

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Morgan Stanley

Bloomberg Takes Public Innovation Initiative to Europe

Release Date:

06/13/2014

... “I believe cities are the solutions to most of mankind’ s problems,” Bloomberg told representatives from 21 ... million) from his philanthropic foundation. “It’ s about whether the garbage gets picked up and...

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Economic Security

Education

Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

25 Aug 2015

Peace, Conflict, and the Scale of the Climate Risk Landscape - Webinar

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 -

1:15pm to 2:45pm

The opening webinar to the Global Climate Security series will examine the security implications of climate risk to provide a context for the subsequent place-based and sector-based webinars to follow. This webinar will address climate risk and...

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All Funders

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Economic Security

Environment and Climate Change

Oct 22 White House Conference on Criminal Justice Reform with Funders to be Live-Streamed

Release Date:

10/22/2015

... The focus of the discussion will be how to make America’ s law enforcement, courts and correctional practices more ... House will be live-streamed with The Marshall Project’ s media partner, Yahoo, beginning...

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Justice Reform

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The Tow Foundation

Addressing Poverty Through Digital And Financial Literacy (Capital One)

Release Date:

01/07/2016

... The Great Recession delivered a body blow to our country’ s financial equilibrium, and only after years of painfully ... make financially responsible decisions and managing one’ s credit and debt are skills...

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Economic Security

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Capital One [Corporate]

Peterson Foundation Says Obama Budget Doesn’t Address Unsustainable Debt

Release Date:

02/09/2016

... commented today following the release of President Obama' s budget for fiscal year 2017: "Although President Obama’ s budget keeps the debt from rising as a share of the economy ... unsustainable...

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Economic Security

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Mellon Foundation and Digital Preservation Coalition Sponsor Formation of Task Force for Email Archives

Release Date:

11/03/2016

... Christopher Prom, assistant university archivist/Andrew S . G. Turyn Endowed Professor at the University of Illinois ... of email thus cannot rely on a single, comprehensive solution , but on the coupling and...

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Technology

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Mellon Foundation

18 Jan 2017

Homeownership and the Racial Wealth Gap – Webinar

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... future minority homebuyers for success A review of today’ s housing policy landsape Promising strategies which can ...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Public Policy

Funding Area

Community Development

Public Policy

Report Highlights 20 Urban Resilience Strategies In The Rockefeller Foundation-Supported Resilient Cities Network

Release Date:

01/25/2017

While cities committed to building resilience are actively working to boost their capacity to survive, adapt to, and grow despite chronic stresses and acute shocks, service providers and private-sector investors are needed to bridge the gap in...

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Member News

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Community Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

The 2017 National Center for Responsive Philanthropy Impact Awards Winners Announced

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... 2017 NCRP Impact Awardees have been announced. This year’ s awards are special because of the challenging environment ... funder of the reproductive justice movement in the U. S ., is being honored for its...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

How Nonprofit Programs Scale Up: Findings From The Wallace Foundation

Release Date:

10/03/2017

... to Scale: The Elusive Goal.” The Wallace Foundation’ s latest report, “Strategies to Scale Up Social Programs: ... the preface of the Wallace report echoes Rockefeller’ s title, declaring, “Scaling what works...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Wallace Foundation

Tax Bill Glitch Endangers Future of Newman’s Own Foundation

Release Date:

01/03/2018

Tax Bill Glitch Endangers Future of Newman’ s Own Foundation The Westport-based Newman’ s Own Foundation was on the verge of securing a provision in ... other causes. The foundation had been seeking a permanent...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Newman's Own Foundation

Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Move to 100 Percent Mission-Aligned Investing

Release Date:

03/13/2018

The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced that they will align 100 percent of their nearly half-billion dollar endowment with their mission.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Pfizer Foundation Continues Support of Local Organizations through 2018 Global Health Innovation Grants

Release Date:

04/12/2018

... expand their unique approaches to tackling some of today’ s most complex healthcare challenges – from addressing ... populations. Seventeen organizations in this year’ s cohort received GHIG grants last year...

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Health

International/Foreign Affairs

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Pfizer

National Security Expert Sally Donnelly Joins Rockefeller Brothers Fund as Senior Fellow

Release Date:

04/12/2018

... fellow. Ms. Donnelly will bring extensive experience in U. S . national security affairs to support the Fund’ s work by monitoring and interpreting developments in the ... strengthening relationships with key...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Support From JPMorgan Chase and Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Aids Launch of Hudson County Workforce Leadership Academy

Release Date:

04/19/2019

Hudson County Community College (HCCC) announced today that it will be sponsoring a Workforce Leadership Academy, a program designed to develop a local network of workforce development leaders to collaborate on solutions to common challenges.

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Member News

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Workforce Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

14 May 2020

Funder Collaboration: Leveraging Partnerships for Outsized Impact - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, May 14, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

In this webinar, hear how funders and intermediary organizations can best work alongside one another to drive impact, discuss the benefits and challenges of effective collaboration, and hear examples from a range of philanthropic partners that have...