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30 Oct 2014

A New Food Economy: What Do We Mean?

Thursday, October 30, 2014 -

2:15pm to 4:30pm

Missed the program? View resources and the live recording here . Part of Can ... Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) Designed for All interested funders . Registration 2:15-2:30 PM Check-in 2:30-4:30 PM ... watching the...

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Panel

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All Funders

Funding Area

Economic Security

Food Systems

Social Justice

30 Oct 2025

Putting Your Money Where Your Mission Is: Philanthropic Strategies for Divestment and Impact Investing - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, October 30, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... seek to support through their grantmaking. Numerous funders have taken up the challenge of revisiting their ... we’ll engage in a discussion with several of those funders , as well as an impact investment firm...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Affinity Groups

All Funders

Corporate Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Immigration

Social Justice

31 May 2023

Demystifying Trust-Based Philanthropy Part 3 of 6 - How Do We Approach Risk and Due Diligence in Trust-Based Philanthropy?

Wednesday, May 31, 2023 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... philanthropy is very nuanced and dynamic. In fact, funders who have embraced this approach are finding that it ... nature of the funder-grantee relationship (e.g., moving from scrutinizing organizations'...

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Rockefeller Foundation and EPIC-Africa Launch the First African Civil Society Organization (CSO) Excellence Awards

Release Date:

10/16/2018

... and Governance, Financial Health and Management, Human Resources and Staff Development, Operations, Communications, ... work that CSOs are doing all across Africa and make the case for ever more support for...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Century Foundation Releases Report on NYC Universal Pre-K

Release Date:

05/13/2015

... How a Focus on Diversity Could Make It Even Better is a study in two parts. The first provides background on how ...

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Member News

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Education

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The Century Foundation

The Philanthropic Closet: LGBTQ People in Philanthropy

... Professionals (DAPP) Survey, a first-of-its-kind pilot study on diversity in philanthropy, conducted in partnership ...

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Report

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

LGBTQ

The Fund for the City of New York Announces Lisette Nieves as President

Release Date:

08/10/2020

... Building Scorecard, Sterling Forest Strategic Planning Initiative , The MDR Tuberculosis Response, Performing Arts ... City Youth Board and the Commission on Four–Year Old Education . Ms. McCormick co-founded...

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Appointments & Transitions

Anthony Shih, MD, Will Step Down as President of United Hospital Fund this Summer

Release Date:

03/02/2022

... of a multi-faceted diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative involving UHF’s board and staff that guides both ... on children’s health. UHF’s COVID-19 commentaries and resources over the past two years have...

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Appointments & Transitions

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United Hospital Fund

18 Apr 2012

Improving Teaching: What’s Evaluation Got to Do with It?

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

... principals, and other observers to use it. City and State education leaders believe use of the framework will improve ... the City faces in implementing the framework. How funders can help surmount those...

"Culture Changes Us" Campaign and Retreat Series Launches with Support from Nathan Cummings Foundation

Release Date:

05/20/2016

... increasingly investing staff time and programmatic resources in projects and initiatives that move people in ...

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Member News

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Communications/Media

Social Justice

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

05 Mar 2013

CEO Interview Series with Clara Miller, The F. B. Heron Foundation

Tuesday, March 5, 2013 -

3:15pm to 7:00pm

... Daren Walker, Ford Foundation Vice President for Education , Creativity and Free Expression. Clara and Darren ... Foundation Darren Walker (Moderator), Vice President, Education , Creativity and Free Expression...

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Issue-Based

20 Nov 2013

Power of Giving Arts Forum: Arts and the Millennial Generation

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 -

7:30am to 10:30am

Con Edison Headquarters

Widespread cuts to arts education over the past decade now mean we have an entire ... concerts, dance performances, or operas. How can we, as funders and providers, encourage today’s 20-somethings to ...

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Issue-Based

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Arts

Ford, J.M.Kaplan, Teagle and David Rockefeller Fund All Working to Bring College Into Prison

Release Date:

10/30/2017

... College Into Prison A small but steadily growing prison education program continues to expand with the help of some ... room for reform in the criminal justice system, with many funders focusing on the...

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Justice Reform

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The Teagle Foundation

The David Rockefeller Fund

The J.M. Kaplan Fund

Milbank Memorial Fund Announces Board and Staff Appointments

Release Date:

11/01/2013

... AIDS, evaluated a national continuous quality improvement initiative in clinics providing care to HIV-infected ... Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research program. Mr. Colmers is Vice...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Milbank Memorial Fund

Mid-Year Moment for Reflection

Release Date:

07/05/2017

... Leaders Breakfast Club, or issue-based working groups like Education Working Group or Funders for Gender Equity, this is a great time to think ...

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President's Message

PNY News

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

New Training Program Takes on Teacher Improvement

Release Date:

06/17/2015

... Program Takes on Teacher Improvement Arthur Levine, an education expert of national renown, began researching ... Now he has a solution: a new graduate school of education aimed at improving the way teachers...

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Member News

Funding Area

Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

The Simons Foundation

23 Feb 2011

International Grantmakers Network Meeting: Common Challenges in the Life Cycle of an International Grant

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 -

11:00am to 2:00pm

... Liz McKeon, Director of the Ford Foundation’s Special Initiative on Urban Poverty in Developing Countries, will ... focusing on areas that present common challenges for funders . Jan Jaffe, Senior Director at...