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Inside Philanthropy Covers Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation’s Big Investment in City Parks

Release Date:

10/30/2018

... the foundation has chosen—along with so many other regional funders lately—is to create some impressive parks ... and Detroit and their surrounding regions, and to advance regional trail systems. The idea is...

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13 Apr 2016

Meet the Women and LGBT Activists on the ISIS Frontlines

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 -

11:30am to 1:30pm

... in crisis settings with movement-building and inter -movement alliances to generate social change Next steps ...

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WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces COVID-19 Response Grants to Support Immigrant and Refugee Workers in the U.S.

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05/11/2020

... term, our grantee partners would have the flexibility and resources to meet the deepening needs of the immigrant and ... state, and local levels, and drive lasting change Targeted resources for local...

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A Message from Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham

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04/01/2021

... white people at their expense. I am committed to using the power I hold to be accountable for advancing racial ... practices that laid out how grantmakers should steward resources in the public trust. As we...

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President's Message

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Philanthropy New York

A Letter from Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham

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04/14/2021

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McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund Awarded to Emerging Organizations Challenging Entrenched Inequities

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10/14/2020

... production Hear Word!, and is expanding to reach a broader regional and global audience through new online platforms. ... that celebrates the boldness and impact of individuals using their leadership abilities...

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John P. & Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Investment Policy

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04/2011

Innovative strategies and new investment opportunities can be used to align investment practices with mission objectives to sustain the public good. Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation offers a look at their investment policy which can be used as a template for others.

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Executive Leadership

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

What Philanthropy’s Response to Changes in Washington Means for Civic Engagement

Release Date:

06/15/2017

... Primer — or #PACEprimer, for short. The primer is a tool designed to help philanthropies focus in on the ...

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Best Conference EVER!: #ForumCon18

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07/25/2018

... to make sure the legislature is serving everyone.” Our Regional Association sister organization in Illinois is now ...

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PNY News

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation Welcomes New Board Member: Janice O’Connor

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10/15/2015

... York State Commission for the Blind, where she led seven district offices throughout the state, and managed service ... to assuming the Director title, she had served as the District Manager for Long Island...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Will Distribute $2.5 Million Recovered Through Lawsuits Against Sham Cancer Charities

Release Date:

06/21/2019

... 2015. The suit was the first time that all 50 States, the District of Columbia and the Federal Trade Commission joined ... result of nationwide cooperation between every state, the District of Columbia and the...

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Health

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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The New York Community Trust Welcomes New General Counsel and Chief Investment Officer

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12/01/2020

... clerk to the Honorable Charles S. Haight, Jr. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and was also an associate at Patterson ...

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The New York Community Trust

Learning Together: Collaborative Inquiry among Grantmakers and Grantees

Many grantmakers champion the idea of using evaluation to improve grantee effectiveness or advance ...

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The State of Foundation Performance Assessment: A Survey of Foundation CEOs

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09/2011

Over the past decade foundations have worked to assess their performance in the fields and communities they seek to address. Data-driven forms of measurement have become more widely used to judge the results of programs, as part of a broader range of information used, as CEOs place great importance on assessing their foundations’ effectiveness.

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Open Society Offers New Grants to Spur Charity Collaboration

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04/08/2013

Teams of charities in eight U.S. cities are competing for long-term grants, through the Open Society Foundations' Open Places Initiative, that will be used to help improve opportunities for low-income people and minorities.

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Economic Security

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Open Society Foundations

Inaugural Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows Tackle Problems with Creative Projects

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05/01/2013

Three innovators who will use unique approaches to tackle deeply-rooted social and economic issues were named to the inaugural class of Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows. Fellows have the opportunity to change the world in one year with $100,000,...

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Social Justice

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Reshaping the Business of Social Change

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06/20/2013

... website established itself as an indispensable information tool to help Egypt’s difficult transition to democracy. ...

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All Funders

Day Of The Girl: A Worldwide Reminder That Gender Parity Awaits

Release Date:

10/25/2016

... before their 18th birthday; 62 million girls are not in school ; and 1.1 billion girls and women around the world ... Because we wanted female candidates, the technical schools nationally started including...

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Gender Justice

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PIMCO Foundation

New Tech, Renewed Trust and a Less Lunatic Political Process

Release Date:

10/12/2012

Following our recent program with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on how philanthropy can help U.S. citizens build a better democracy, David Moore, Executive Director of the Participatory Politics Foundation, talks more about their flagship website,...

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