A Long Overdue Guide for New Philanthropic Organizations
Release Date:
04/17/2019
... Private foundations have a unique opportunity to enact change . To do so, you must have a willingness to take risks ...
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Marissa Tirona Named Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees' New President
Release Date:
11/02/2020
... partners in the field, and other PSOs to mobilize funder resources on the most pressing issues facing immigrants, ...
07
Nov
2024
Building A Coaching Practice With Your Teams: Purpose, Strategies, and Insights
Thursday, November 7, 2024 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
... in their organizations Discuss key considerations, change management strategies, and the role of HR and ... for foundation administration, including human resources and operations. What to expect: presentation...
Travelers’ Philanthropy: A Growing Trend in Development Assistance
Release Date:
07/02/2009
... For foundation and corporate donors, philanthropy need not solely be a desk job. Both work and leisure travel ... for communities in the Global South—can leverage more resources to augment their grant dollars...
The Power of Giving Caregivers Extra Hands for Their Research
Release Date:
05/17/2018
... in the first year, ranging from $33,000 to $54,000 each. Not surprisingly, women received 79 percent of the awards. ... time in their careers. Some were able to obtain follow-on funding for their projects...
Ending Whack-a-Mole Philanthropy
Release Date:
10/08/2020
... was exacerbated. This dynamic is common, and not just in emergency contexts. Too often in philanthropy ... this whack-a-mole approach may come from good intentions not fully thought through. For example, the...
07
Jan
2014
Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 7:00am to Friday, January 10, 2014 - 6:00pm
... of the work, such as identifying key factors in making funding decisions, and expectations and core tensions of your ... • Legal and Ethical Issues • Making Sound Funding Decisions • Communicating ...
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Dec
2018
Whose Democracy?: Midterm Field Notes to Guide Funders Through 2020 and Beyond
Thursday, December 13, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:30am
... be thinking about for 2020 and learn how to make our funding more relevant through innovative funding practices that support our democracy. Explore The ... Co-Founder, Mijente Rashad Robinson , President,...
16
Jan
2020
A Balancing Act: Navigating Power in Our Capacity Building Efforts
Thursday, January 16, 2020 -
9:00am to 11:30am
As funders, we are committed to funding programs as well as strengthening the organizations ... support and multi-year commitments as well as additional funding for capacity building work such as strategic or .....
Robert Sterling Clark: Supporting Our Grantee Partners in the Era of COVID-19
Release Date:
03/19/2020
... impact of COVID-19: · Honor current funding commitments to our grantees. We want to reassure ... and allow you to focus on serving your communities, and not on us. The "Plus One" year pushes grant...
Open Society Foundations Will Give More Than $130 Million to Aid People Hardest Hit by COVID-19 Pandemic
Release Date:
04/16/2020
... face both public health and economic disaster. Our funding centers on those who are most at-risk, including ... workers who are the heart of our societies. Today, we must change direction and ask ourselves:...
Mellon Announces $125 Million "Creatives Rebuild New York" Initiative to Reactivate the State's Creative Economy and Provide Artists with the Critical Support They Need
Release Date:
06/03/2021
... with financial need. Under its employment program, funding will be provided for 300 artists to be employed in ... researchers, and nonprofit leaders; details about the funding process will be released on...
The New York Women’s Foundation Announces Spring Grantmaking Efforts with Renewed Focus on Abortion Access and Expansion of Reproductive Justice Portfolio
Release Date:
06/16/2022
... New York residents seeking care elsewhere. NYAAF provides funding directly to clinics on behalf of the people they ... for women and gender-expansive people and a force for change . The Foundation's...
Navigating Backlash: Lessons for a Thriving Multiracial and Multicultural Workplace
Release Date:
02/10/2025
... people, and challenges progress made in the feminist era not limited to the current assault on reproductive rights. At ... take steps to further demonstrate the value of DEI work not only to social justice but...
How Foundations Can Grapple With the Reality That Their Wealth Was Accumulated Unjustly
Release Date:
12/05/2019
... and have made the decision to increase spending to move resources into the hands of communities. For Hazen, that ... the full endowment by 2024 to help build a movement for change centered on the experiences...
Andrea Ritchie, Soros Justice Fellow and Co-author Talks About “Say Her Name”
Release Date:
05/10/2016
... criminal justice working group. She gave a PHIL Talk that not only "said their names" and told their stories, but ... dollars behind in her rent,” said Ritchie. “If her story had become iconic in the...
Amid Global Crises, UNGA Will Show Development Community Rising To The Challenges
Release Date:
09/18/2017
... might make on Twitter or to the press — could be the big story coming out of UNGA. But whatever he might say — and ... I see a different narrative forming this week. It's the story of the global...
Ford Foundation Appoints Elizabeth Knup to Lead Its China Office
Release Date:
06/03/2013
... between China and the rest of the world in the education, not -for-profit and business sectors. The early part of her ... when we see many new opportunities for advancing social change — to ensure all members...
Laura Callanan Joins the Foundation Center as Visiting Fellow
Release Date:
04/01/2013
... Center’s work, the partnership with Laura could not be better timed," said Bradford K. Smith, President of ... demands, and Laura’s expertise can help us deliver the resources that foundations and...
United Nations Foundation Board of Directors Names Kathy Calvin Next President and CEO
Release Date:
12/03/2012
... through innovative partnerships at a global scale. I could not have made a better choice than Tim Wirth as our first ... decades.” The Foundation connects people, ideas and resources with the United Nations to...