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Chapter 2: Foundation Governance and Legal Issues

Take a dive into what is a 501(c)3. Identify to whom philanthropy is accountable, understand foundation board responsibilities, and review key legal and ethical issues in grantmaking through scenarios and guiding principles.

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Partnering for Change: Learning Together to Make a Bigger Impact

Release Date:

02/20/2014

... volunteer programs and build relationships with their communities . Corporations and community-based organizations ... their programs to collectively make a bigger impact in our communities . Corporations are...

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Insights

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All Funders

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Volunteerism

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Community Development

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Philanthropy New York

26 Feb 2013

Health Care Reform’s Impact on Women and Families: Are Funders Ready to Make the Most of 2013?

Tuesday, February 26, 2013 -

7:45am to 11:00am

... support. Throughout the debates, we all heard politicians speak on how “Obamacare” and “the fiscal cliff” would ... ACA and supporting this in an inclusive manner Supporting communities around health A...

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Network Building

Amy Berman, of the Hartford Foundation, to Be Honored with Grantmakers In Health's Terrance Keenan Award

Release Date:

12/14/2015

... articles published in Health Affairs and the Washington Post . Before joining the foundation, Ms. Berman served as ...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Health

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TCC Group Welcomes Melinda Fine as the Director of Philanthropy and Strategic Partnerships

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09/15/2015

... outcomes for youth, women and girls, families, and communities . Prior to joining TCC, Melinda served as the ... directed NEO's education portfolio as well as its Communities for Public Education Reform (...

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TCC Group

Anthony Salgado

... in the PNY community and connected to relevant programs, resources , and services that PNY offers. He supports the ... database, to ensure members are connected to programs, resources , and networks. He serves...

Tonya Woodland Joins the Commonwealth Fund

Release Date:

03/06/2019

... is responsible for providing overall direction for human resources and building management as well as helping to ... 2011-2016 she was an HR Strategist with the TMW Human Resources . From 2006-2009, she was the...

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The Commonwealth Fund

JPMorgan Chase Puts Funding Towards New York Workforce Development

Release Date:

10/31/2017

... two new programs targeting workers and small businesses in Brooklyn and the Bronx. Global Philanthropy is granting $250,000 to the nonprofit Brooklyn Workforce Innovations to help train low-skilled New Yorkers...

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J.P. Morgan Private Bank Philanthropy

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Workforce Development

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Organizations Building an Inclusive Conservation Movement

Release Date:

04/13/2021

... Charitable Foundation. “Each grantee is lifting up their communities and addressing important conservation challenges ... forestry practices and connect them to government resources . Native Movement in...

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Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Food Systems

Social Justice

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Doris Duke Foundation

Donzelina Barroso Named as Director, Global Philanthropy, for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Release Date:

09/28/2016

... and implemented educational funding for disadvantaged communities , helped develop and launch an arts center, and ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Report From Century Foundation: English Learners and School Choice: Helping Charter Schools Serve Multilingual Families

Release Date:

04/30/2019

... history. Over twelve million school-aged U.S. children speak a non-English language at home—about one-quarter of ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

Immigration

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The Century Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Two Esteemed Leaders to Board of Trustees

Release Date:

11/21/2019

... Foundation works to lift up the most vulnerable people in communities around the world, their deep global development ... which are core areas of the Foundation’s work. I know I speak for the entire Board in...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Open Society Foundations Support Smallholder Farmers Facing Climate Risk

Release Date:

05/13/2020

... investment speaks to the moment by supporting vulnerable communities that are already disproportionally at risk... ...

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Economic Security

Food Systems

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Open Society Foundations

Margaret Hoover Joins the Board of The Markle Foundation

Release Date:

03/31/2021

... perspective to Markle’s work. She examines issues and communities from a deeply thoughtful perspective,” said ...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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The New York Women’s Foundation and PwC Launch “Radical Generosity at Work”

Release Date:

03/08/2018

... and direct way to become philanthropists that impact communities where they live and work. Funds raised through the initiative will underwrite local workforce development, a proven way to help expand .....

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