Six Recommendations for Shifting Philanthropy Forward
Release Date:
11/28/2016
... you and your organization in any way we can, with every tool we can bring to bear. As details of this transition ...
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New Joint NEH & Mellon Foundation Fellowship Encourages Digital Research in the Humanities
Release Date:
03/01/2016
... are also recognizing the need to reach audiences using new digital media. These digital publication ...
23
Jan
2018
Designing Programs to Maximize Impact - How Behavioral Science Can Help
Tuesday, January 23, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Humans can be quirky. Yet many foundations and nonprofits design interventions that assume humans will act “rationally,” which can undermine program effectiveness.
27
Nov
2018
Achieving Equity: Do We Know Who We’re Serving?
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 -
2:30pm to 5:00pm
For philanthropy to advance equity in all communities, especially low-income communities and communities of color, it needs to be able to understand the demographics of the organizations being funded (and declined), the people being served, and the...
Exploring the Intersection of Arts and Culture and Other Funding Areas
Release Date:
09/10/2014
... for innumerable reasons, but our focus is for funders using art as a tool for another mission area. Many of the programs we will ...
Artist Paul Rucker Has Received Grants from the Mellon Foundation and the Art for Justice Fund to Open a Permanent Museum About the History of Racism in the U.S.
Release Date:
11/15/2022
... Black. Rucker uses the interactive display as a teaching tool about Black Wall Street—the thriving community that ...
Ford Foundation Provides $1.5 Million in Emergency Funding to Puerto Rico
Release Date:
09/27/2022
... flooding left 75 percent of the island’s population without clean water and the entire island without power—and there is no clear timeline as to when ... While basic needs are by definition crucial, we also...
Learn and Let Learn
Publication date:
10/2012
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations’ publication explores how learning communities can be powerful tools in creating and shaping peer connections that help expand knowledge, deepen skills and enhance practice.
27
Nov
2012
Social Impact Bonds: The Brains Behind the Buzz
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 -
7:45am to 11:00pm
... announced a major initiative to reduce inmate recidivism using the social impact bond model. The Rockefeller ... Come hear from the leaders behind this new investment tool and discuss how the model works,...
United Hospital Fund Releases Guide to NY’s Value-Based Medicaid Reimbursement Roadmap
Release Date:
11/24/2015
... and the things still to be decided—proves useful as a tool to the many organizations that are committed to making ...
Surdna Appoints Shuaib Siddiqui, Director, Mission Related Investing
Release Date:
06/30/2016
... what we learn. I hope to demonstrate that that this new tool can help to not only generate social and financial ...
20
Oct
2016
Community Foundation’s Role Among a Family’s Professional Advisors - Webinar
Thursday, October 20, 2016 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Most philanthropic families use multiple vehicles and a range of professional advisors to realize their mission and goals – including partnering with community foundations. How should a community foundation understand its role within that “team” of...
28
Feb
2018
Tackling Implicit Bias and Microbehaviors in Your Philanthropic Practice
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
How well do you know your subconscious? Why does it matter? The mind sciences show us that there are a critical set of unconscious perceptions driving choices and responses in ways that may belie our stated and even consciously believed goals of...
08
Jan
2018
5 Legal Rules Every Foundation Should Know for the 2018 Elections - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Monday, January 8, 2018 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
... and doable within your institution. Let’s be sure we are using all of the tools in our toolbox to be what the field ...
18
May
2018
How Racially Equitable is Your Foundation? Assessing Your Practice
Friday, May 18, 2018 -
9:00am to 12:00pm
Are you a foundation executive interested in holding a mirror up to your policies and practices internally to ensure they’re not racially bias or inequitable? Are you unsure of where to start and how to get a process like this going?
With Support From the Tow Foundation, Soho Rep Gets a Safer Space for Its Dangerous Plays
Release Date:
02/05/2018
After nearly a year and a half in exile, Soho Rep has returned to Walker Street, and is kicking off its 43rd season with a typically startling play, Aleshea Harris’s “Is God Is,” which begins previews Feb. 6.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products (STOP)
Release Date:
03/07/2018
Michael R. Bloomberg and Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced it would provide $20 million in funding to launch Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products (STOP), a new global watchdog that will aggressively monitor deceptive tobacco industry...
With Support From the Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, the Genetic, Environmental, Microbial (Gem) Project Has Reached Its Goal of 5,000 Participants
Release Date:
06/20/2018
... with the goal of developing a clinically useful prediction tool that will allow identification of individuals at risk ...
Jessie Smith Noyes Report Finds Gaps, Opportunities in Impact Investment Field
Release Date:
06/26/2018
... markets, or were built around a multifaceted approach using a combination of strategies, including impact ...
Rockefeller Foundation, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth to Invest $50 Million on Social Impact Data
Release Date:
01/29/2019
... help us inspire a new generation of social sector leaders using data for good,” he added. The will focus on three ...