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02 Apr 2012

How Does History Inform Current Philanthropic Practice?

Monday, April 2, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... Daniel M. Fox , President Emeritus, Milbank Memorial Fund David Morse (Moderator), Senior Fellow with Civic ... Foundation Centennial Research Fellow Olivier Zunz , Commonwealth Professor of History at the...

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11 Dec 2012

How Will Your Foundation’s Story Be Told in 100 Years: Why Archives Matter

Tuesday, December 11, 2012 -

1:45pm to 6:00pm

... Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, The Commonwealth Fund Jane Gorjevsky , Digital Assets Archivist, Columbia ...

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Tools & Strategies

DDCF Creates Doris Duke Physician Scientist Fellowship

Release Date:

03/12/2019

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) today announced the creation of the Doris Duke Physician Scientist Fellowship, an inaugural program which will open for application in April 2019 to clinical investigators currently engaged in subspecialty...

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Building on #MeToo, Foundations Look to Change Workplaces in the U.S. and Around the World

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03/19/2019

... five-year commitment tentatively named the Collaborative Fund for Women's Safety and Dignity. The Ford Foundation, ... and three anonymous foundations are all on board. The fund will be housed at...

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Gender Justice

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Open Society Foundations

NoVo Foundation

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

Unbound Philanthropy

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Ford Releases Investment Returns; More Grant Makers May Be On the Way

Release Date:

10/02/2017

For the first time in several years, the Ford Foundation disclosed the investment performance of its $12.1 billion endowment, saying it generated a return of 7 percent in 2016. By comparison, the median return of more than 5,700 foundations that...

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JPMorgan Chase Gives $350M to Workforce Training, Community Colleges

Release Date:

03/19/2019

Eyes are on community colleges to provide the training panacea for the current skills gap as well as affordable ways for people to refresh or add to their skill sets throughout their lives.

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Economic Security

Education

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A Change is Gonna Come: Supporting Our Partners through Leadership Transitions

Release Date:

09/30/2020

... of a transition, these new leaders are not afforded the resources and support needed to ensure successful ... Cricket Island Foundation decided that we would dedicate resources to leadership transitions, with...

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The Cricket Island Foundation

CEP Study, Commissioned by Mid-Hudson Valley Nonprofits & the Dyson Foundation, Paints Stark Picture for Valley Nonprofits

Release Date:

04/27/2020

... programs and activities. According to a recent survey of 215 nonprofits conducted by the Center for ... specifically to address emerging nonprofit needs but the survey results indicate that the funding gap has...

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Community Development

Disaster Relief

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The Dyson Foundation

11 Feb 2016

National Leadership as Diverse as the U.S. - Philanthropy Can Make It Happen

Thursday, February 11, 2016 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... leveraging impact on the programmatic success foundations care about Why leadership equity is more than just about ...

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Professional Development

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Carol Argento Appointed President and CEO of The Charles Hayden Foundation

Release Date:

09/08/2021

... as the next President and CEO of the Foundation, effective July 15, 2021. She succeeds Mr. Kenneth Merin who served in ... of the Core Mark International Employee Appreciation Fund ; and a member of the...

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Appointments & Transitions

Some Measure of Leadership

Release Date:

04/23/2009

... business executives will volunteer their time and company resources to nonprofit executives; and (3) seek substantial ... Administration. The recent Nonprofit Executive Outlook Survey from Baruch College shows...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names The 2019 Doris Duke Artists

Release Date:

07/09/2019

... Foundation Names The 2019 Doris Duke Artists New York, July 9, 2019 — The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) ...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Toccarra A. H. Thomas Appointed Director of the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans

Release Date:

10/03/2019

... Foundation in New York to further develop artist-centered resources and programming. Thomas will begin her position on ... The Foundation opened the Joan Mitchell Center in 2015 to complement its grant...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Accelerates Fight Against Global Coronavirus Pandemi

Release Date:

03/17/2020

... Bloomberg Philanthropies will partner with the global health organization Vital Strategies on global response efforts, along with the World Health Organization (WHO), to support lower income countries .....

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Council on Foundations Names Vikki N. Spruill President and CEO

Release Date:

04/02/2012

... President and CEO of the Council on Foundations effective July 1, 2012. Spruill is currently the President and CEO of ...

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Appointments & Transitions

06 Jun 2019

POSTPONED: Food Fight: NYC Youth vs. Predatory Marketing

Thursday, June 6, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... program is postponed until further notice.** Traditional health education provides children and youth a simple recipe for good health : stay away from drugs, don’t drink or smoke, and eat ... about healthy food...

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14 Dec 2017

Funders Summit on Justice Reform: The Nation’s Eyes on Rikers

Thursday, December 14, 2017 -

9:00am to 3:30pm

... necessity of seeking community input – and the lack of resources dedicated to the task – to rethink incarceration ... Leticia Peguero , Executive Director, Andrus Family Fund Ana Oliveira (Moderator) ,...

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15 Jun 2016

CFF Annual Gathering

Wednesday, June 15, 2016 -

5:00pm to 7:00pm

... funder” to join us! Whether your focus is on hunger, health , education, food chain workers, youth engagement, ...

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All Funders

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Food Systems

The Atlantic Philanthropies Introduces 2020 Fellows for Racial Equity

Release Date:

08/03/2020

... impactful change. Today – in the wake of the unfolding health and economic crises exacerbated by COVID-19, and the ...

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Member News

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Social Justice

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

PNY and Other Sector Leaders Respond to Callahan OpEd in NYTimes

Release Date:

06/05/2015

... please find a link to our website and one of our core resources Guiding Principles and Effective Practices for ... to GreatNonprofits, and others, there are now numerous resources available to those seeking...