Finding the Right Balance: Thoughts on Advocacy and Direct Service Funding from Ashley Blanchard
Release Date:
07/09/2010
... that best matches their goals and achieves the greatest impact . We are pleased to have the session’s moderator, ...
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The Sky Really is Falling…Now What? A New Working Group for Funders
Release Date:
04/03/2012
On the heels of a new Foundation Center report on the impact of the 2008 financial crisis on the field of social ...
Lessons from the Field: Becoming Strategic: The Evolution of the Flinn Foundation
Publication date:
03/2009
... taking a strategic approach to maximize a foundation’s impact . It describes how Flinn’s leaders narrowed the ...
More Than Money: Making a Difference with Assistance Beyond the Grant
Publication date:
12/2008
... to contribute ‘beyond the money’ has little beneficial impact on grantees. More than Money: Making a Difference with ...
In New Brand of Philanthropy, Nonprofits Invest in For-Profits
Release Date:
12/11/2012
This article on the rise of impact investing in the foundation world mentions two recent ...
Goldman Sachs, Pritzker Group to Invest $7 Million in Utah School District
Release Date:
08/14/2013
... Salt Lake City's Granite School District through a social impact bond. An unusual partnership involving Goldman Sachs, .....
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2013
-- Postponed-- Keeping Risk Above Water: Investing in Adaptation Infrastructure and Emergency Response
Thursday, February 7, 2013 -
11:00am to 1:00pm
Webinar
... to $30 billion more in lost business, with an overall impact on the economy for the fourth quarter of 2012 near .6 ... to disasters such as those experienced in 2012. Such impact investments not only hold the...
TCC Group President and CEO Richard Mittenthal Featured in Profile Magazine
Release Date:
07/06/2015
... agencies, to streamline operations and deepen social impact .... TCC Group President and CEO Richard Mittenthal ...
Aetna Foundation: Closing the Health Divide, One Community at a Time
Release Date:
12/16/2015
... indicator of your life expectancy, and has a greater impact on your health, than genetics. For example, look at ... lived in the early 1920s. Geography has such a profound impact on health because it...
Founder and CEO of Viso Strategies Corporation Paula Luff Says CSR Improves Operations
Release Date:
04/18/2016
"For me, corporate responsibility is how companies operate," she says. "It’s about how they identify and manage their social and environmental risks and footprint."
Wallace Report Connects the Dots of Data Use in Afterschool Systems
Release Date:
05/31/2016
... But how can educators ensure that these systems have the impact their cities need? One way is to use data to help ...
Jessie Smith Noyes Announces Open Call for Investment Advisors to Lead Next Evolution of Social Justice Investing
Release Date:
10/12/2016
... a pioneer in the field of sustainable, responsible and impact investing for social justice today announced an open ...
Russell Sage Foundation's Journal of the Social Sciences Connects Research and Policy to Improve Educational Equity
Release Date:
11/09/2016
... Better communication about how educational research can impact public policy may improve educational equity, ...
Watch Grant Oliphant, President of The Heinz Endowments and Former Board Chair of The Communications Network, Give A Rousing Keynote Address At ComNet17
Release Date:
10/25/2017
Grant Oliphant, president of The Heinz Endowments and former Board Chair of The Communications Network, gave a rousing, inspirational, and impactful keynote address at ComNet17, urging social sector communicators to use their voices and speak up for...
Ford Foundation Appoints Roy Swan to Lead Mission Investments Portfolio
Release Date:
12/05/2017
... investments (PRIs), which Ford pioneered in the impact investing field. A well-respected investment and ... with a passion for using finance to achieve social impact , Swan will begin his new position on...
Ford Foundation’s Hilary Pennington Joins Plenary Panel at The Exchange: 2018
Release Date:
07/09/2018
... a New Era of Cross-Sector Collaboration from Social Impact Exchange on Vimeo . Ford Foundation’s Hilary ...
Guardian's 6th Annual Workplace Benefits Study Finds Student Loan Debt Growth Fastest Among Boomers
Release Date:
04/17/2019
... strain of student loan debt — and it’s having a major impact on their overall well-being. While much of the ... savings or Social Security payments to pay off the debt. Impact on well-being While many baby...
Philanthropy New York Members Reflect on 2020
Release Date:
06/04/2021
In advance of the Annual Meeting, we asked a few Philanthropy New York members to reflect on this past year - on how the pandemic and racial justice uprisings changed the conversation in philanthropy, impacted their practices, or challenged their...
Beyond the Bubble
Release Date:
01/22/2020
... to make an effort to do so. Convenings are not rare in philanthropic spaces. More grantmakers are trying to discover ...
Keeping in Touch, Building Trust
Release Date:
03/10/2021
... there were problems, I would be connected to the people or resources that could support me. Today, I am a program ... dance, cooking, yoga, and more. We also learn from our philanthropic colleagues. Keeping...