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Mark Zuckerman Named New President of The Century Foundation

Release Date:

02/24/2015

... Council, leading teams on key initiatives, including reducing student debt, increasing accountability at for-profit educational institutions, reducing workplace discrimination, increasing wages for home ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Children, Youth and Families

International/Foreign Affairs

Social Justice

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The Century Foundation

Come Help Me Be Less Racist

Release Date:

10/21/2015

While the vast majority of those working in philanthropy are committed to ameliorating the effects of our unjust history, we are nonetheless subject to implicit bias in our lives and in our work. But even though implicit bias operates at a...

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PNY News

Food Funders Working Group

... New Jersey, and Connecticut. We provide information, resources , and networking opportunities for funders to invest ... CFF also aggregates and disseminates information and resources to its members, provides a...

The Value of Rigorous Evaluation

Release Date:

06/02/2014

... program assessment or evaluation. Unless we invest more resources in our capacity to measure the performance and ... undertake rigorous evaluation. It can be costly, diverting resources from the direct...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Palette Fund Helps Launch TRUTH Campaign to Spur Storytelling Movement for Trans Youth

Release Date:

08/05/2015

... three years ago, my wife and I had a hard time finding resources around trans issues and instead saw a lot of stigma ... from the Palette Fund, will roll out more videos and resources over the coming months,...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

LGBTQ

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The Palette Fund

Cheryl Dorsey of Echoing Green and Family Van Shares Ideas After 'Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures'

Release Date:

01/18/2017

... seamless! Philanthropic dollars, staff time, and end-user resources can be wasted through inefficient and ... funders can navigate upcoming policy changes and channel resources into advocacy. Cheryl Dorsey of...

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After the Q&A

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Supported by Surdna and NY Community Trust, Study Shows How Arts and Culture Improve Health, Safety and Well-being in NYC

Release Date:

03/10/2017

... in New York City neighborhoods with many cultural resources are healthier, better educated, and safer ... those in similar communities with fewer creative resources , according to a groundbreaking study by the...

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Member News

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Arts

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Surdna Foundation

The New York Community Trust

Aetna Supports Projects Using Big Data to Get At-Risk Kids the Services They Need

Release Date:

05/11/2017

... core of this problem are resource allocation challenges. Resources are always scarce, no matter how well a economy is ...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

Health

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Aetna Foundation

Leon Levy Foundation Funds Civil War Brooklyn Historical Research via the BAM Online Archive

Release Date:

08/14/2017

... always a cause for celebration when new archival history resources go online — especially for the enthusiastic ...

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Member News

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Arts

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Leon Levy Foundation

Russel Sage Foundation Study Reveals Increased SNAP Benefits Can Move Families to Food Security

Release Date:

03/09/2018

... then measured the resource gap--the difference between the resources a household has and what they would need to be food ...

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Member News

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Food Systems

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Russell Sage Foundation

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces 2018 Core Support for National Arts Service Organizations

Release Date:

04/17/2018

... by maintaining important networks for advocacy and sharing resources . “These arts service organizations represent ... address short term needs and dedicate more organizational resources to longer-term projects...

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Member News

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Moody's Seeks to Open Doors to a Better Future

Release Date:

04/26/2018

... empowering people around the world with the information, resources and confidence they need to create a better future ... nonprofits to help provide Reshape Tomorrow programs and resources in business...

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Member News

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Community Development

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Moody's Corporation

The Moody's Foundation

Challenges and Opportunities with Organizational Structure

Publication date:

05/2013

At this Foundation Administrator's Network meeting, organization development consultant Martha Sherman will lead a conversation on challenges and opportunities related to organizational structure. Members identified the top challenges FAN members face. Sherman offered advice, based on her 20+ years of experience in organizational development, and members can broke out into small groups to discuss specific challenges in more depth, understand some of the different hats our colleagues wear, and connect with those who can continue to serve as a resource after the meeting.

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Program Presentation

PNY Core: Impact Investing Series

... can have a social impact using all of their financial resources . Participants hear from insights of philanthropic ...

Key Facts on Mission Investing

Publication date:

10/2011

... assets— are extending the public benefit of their resources . The report also offers perspective from Stephen ...

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Report

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Finance & Asset Management

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Learn Foundation Law

Publication date:

04/2012

The legal staff at the David and Lucile Packard, Bill & Melinda Gates, William and Flora Hewlett, and Gordon and Betty Moore foundations have developed this free, first-of-its-kind online resource, which covers the basic legal rules around what staff are allowed to fund and engage in at a private foundation, including how lobbying laws apply to private foundations, who and what they can legally fund, the types of grants private foundations are allowed to provide and how to fund projects when advocacy and lobbying are involved.

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Audience

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Nourishing Strong Communities: Thoughts on Food Policy from Karen Karp

Release Date:

03/15/2010

... have one of the presenters, Karen Karp, President of Karp Resources , share her thoughts with us. Nourishing Strong ...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Community Development

Food Systems

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Philanthropy New York

Donor Collaborations: Size Matters Less Than You Think

Release Date:

05/24/2013

... shared multiyear vision around which donors pool talent, resources , and decision making,” but I fear that it leaves ...

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Member News

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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SeaChange Capital Partners

07 Mar 2011

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Workplace Flexibility

Monday, March 7, 2011 -

9:30am to 12:30pm

... for foundation administration, including human resources , finance, and operations. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ... In addition, FAN member Gail Pesyna, VP for Human Resources and Program Management at the Alfred P...