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The North Star Fund is the First Community Foundation to Sign Pledge to Divest from Fossil Fuels

Release Date:

03/13/2014

... first community foundation to sign onto the Divest-Invest Philanthropy initiative's pledge to divest from fossil fuel ... and we're proud to be an early member of the Divest-Invest Philanthropy...

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Environment and Climate Change

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North Star Fund

Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal

Release Date:

06/13/2014

... Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal An article in Inside Philanthropy singles out the Mertz Gilmore Foundation for ... source of global warming pollution. According to Inside Philanthropy , as of May, Mertz...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

On Agenda For New Ms. Foundation Head: Diversity and Safeguarding Reproductive Rights

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07/10/2014

... for Women is to "diversify our grant making and what philanthropy looks like." She also tells the Chronicle Of Philanthropy that safeguarding reproductive rights will be .....

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Gender Justice

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The Source Codes of Foundation Culture

Publication date:

10/2015

... to and impedes efforts to lead productive change in philanthropy . One theme that has arisen time and again is the ... internal culture is an essential bedrock for effective philanthropy , but we have also, as a sector, habitually ...

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Report

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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)

Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders

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04/25/2016

... Mr. Walker and his work with “changing the language of philanthropy , from ‘them’ and ‘they’ to ‘us’ and ... activists includes several specifically cited for their philanthropy , advocacy, and social...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

10 Jun 2016

Leadership Matters: A Breakfast Conversation with Philip Li

Friday, June 10, 2016 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... economic, and political shifts abound, how does philanthropy prepare and support the next generation of ... conversation with Philip Li, the current board chair of Philanthropy New York and newly appointed...

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Leadership Development

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Bloomberg and Rockefeller Are Crowding the Field of Urban Innovation Funding — and Making it More Interesting

Release Date:

02/13/2017

... the past few years, we've written quite a bit at Inside Philanthropy about philanthropic efforts to give cities a .....

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Rockefeller Foundation

Foundation Presidents Defend Donor-Advised Funds—Is That the Best They Can Do?

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... the Council of Foundations, Independent Sector, The Philanthropy Roundtable, and the Columbus Foundation (on ... two law professors, Ray Madoff, director of the Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good at...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

New MIF/Hewlett Foundation Webinars Explore How Funders Can Fight Misinformation

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... like wildfire across the western world, and American philanthropy is at the forefront of the battle to address it. ... in Poynter’s fact-checking initiative, many in philanthropy are seeking to help mitigate...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz to Receive Council on Foundations Distinguished Service Award

Release Date:

11/08/2018

... in 1984, the Distinguished Service Award is known as philanthropy 's highest honor, according to the Council on ... not only have accomplished a great deal in the field of philanthropy , but have done so...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

A Road Less Traveled….

Release Date:

11/01/2011

... and don’t consider time something to be conquered. In philanthropy , it is easy to view ourselves as those who want ... members reflected on how it will impact their pursuit of education when they return to...

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All Funders

26 Apr 2023

Preventing Youth Homelessness Series Webinar: Identifying Student Risks through Project Upstream - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Wednesday, April 26, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... been piloted, achieving priorities for homelessness and education advocates alike. But this evidence-based ... schools and communities Describing how Upstream achieves education advocates’ priorities in...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Housing and Homelessness

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Humanizing Immigration: A Three Part Conversation Recap

... Over the course of three weeks in May 2020, Philanthropy New York held Humanizing Immigration: A ... system. Rini Chakraborty (Senior Program Officer, NEO Philanthropy 's Four Freedoms Fund ) highlighted a...

Understanding Risk Tolerance in Grantmaking

Release Date:

08/10/2015

... and loss aversion, and other behavioral tendencies impact philanthropy , we developed a survey that seeks to put ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Why Cultural Critics of Color Matter

Release Date:

05/15/2018

... example of what pop culture critics of color can do with resources and real estate. The coverage of Coco , another ... myself are working to fortify cultural criticism. Arts philanthropy is guilty of many of...

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Arts

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

18 Feb 2015

Individualized Career Planning

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 -

12:45pm to 5:00pm

... staff? This seems to be one of the hot topics in Human Resources right now. We will learn about a program that one ...

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Professional Development

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Workshop

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HR & Operations Staff

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces Shaheen Kassim-Lakha as Director of Strategic Partnerships

Release Date:

07/03/2019

... funders and national and international partners to unlock resources and shift policies that enable the Hilton ... role will be working to leverage the Hilton Foundation’s resources , flexibility, solutions...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

Open Society Names Yamide Dagnet as Director for Climate Justice

Release Date:

12/07/2021

... as the director of climate negotiations at the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C., focusing on the ... NDC Partnership, providing strategic advice and mobilizing resources from donors and agencies...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Open Society Foundations

The New York Women's Foundation Announces Spring 2023 Grantmaking Efforts with a Focus on Economic Justice, Ending Mass Incarceration and Defending Transgender Rights

Release Date:

03/30/2023

... furthering The Foundation's practice of trust-based philanthropy and strategic early and long-term investment in ... equitable economic systems that redistribute power and resources back to the community...