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20 Sep 2023

Community Food Funders Annual Gathering 2023

Wednesday, September 20, 2023 -

5:00pm to 8:00pm

Community Food Funders (CFF) is excited to be back hosting ... CFF member, just entering the field of food systems change , or a curious bystander. How do you sign up? 5 PM to 8 ... with any questions. In...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Food Systems

05 Jun 2013

Philanthropy Building Age and Ability Friendly Communities

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... turn 65 every 7-8 seconds for the next 18 years. Is your community ready? The Communities for a Lifetime movement ... reinforces the idea that the principles which make a community good to grow old in are the...

11 Apr 2013

Community Connections: Place-Based Family Philanthropy

Thursday, April 11, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Webinar

... sense of place and commitment. Gratitude to a supportive community and a desire to give back mean developing giving ... of their giving and personal involvement to a specific community . This webinar will...

Schott Foundation Introduces the Loving Communities Response Fund

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04/03/2020

... Foundation come from generations of people grounded in community , organized and resilient in the face of structural ... and hunger are included in shaping policies and allocating resources . In response to this...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Westchester Community Foundation Announces Ceo Learning Lab

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12/04/2017

Westchester Community Foundation Announces Ceo Learning Lab Westchester Community Foundation is proud to announce the launch of its ... Learning Lab: 1. Lamont Badru, Community Development...

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The Westchester Community Foundation

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Begins a New Chapter

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02/06/2019

Silicon Valley Community Foundation Begins a New Chapter It’s a new day at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation with new CEO Nicole Taylor a few ... been meeting with staff members, board members, donors and...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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Westchester Community Foundation Names New Chief

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06/01/2015

Westchester Community Foundation Names New Chief The Westchester Community Foundation, which funds nonprofits in the county, ... University. The WCF is a division of The New York Community Trust...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

Environment and Climate Change

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The New York Community Trust

19 May 2022

Leadership Transitions Funders Group - An Invitation to a Community of Practice

Thursday, May 19, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... within. With an eye toward the future and what this community could be in the longer-term, we hope to create a ... the launch of the Leadership Transitions Funders Group's Community of Practice approach...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Banks that Actually Serve Communities, What a Novel Idea

Release Date:

07/08/2014

... sector that all revolved around one common theme: community control. We posited that the problem with finance ... best way to fix that in the future is by having greater community control over finance itself...

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Roosevelt Institute

Why Philanthropy Should Help Strengthen Community Colleges

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04/17/2014

... area is being done in New York City, particularly in its community colleges – institutions that reflect the ... and locally – to higher education and the labor market, community colleges have a tremendous...

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Education

Initiative Launched to Improve Accountability of Climate Change Adaptation Finance

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12/12/2012

... by Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute and the World Resources Institute to increase the transparency and ... launched today in Doha, at the sidelines of the UN Climate Change conference by Oxfam, the...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Cricket Island Foundation: A Case Study of a Small Foundation’s Impact Assessment

... Assessment Read about how a small foundation, with limited resources for assessment and impact evaluation, approached the challenge of evaluating their overall impact. Cricket Island Foundation: A ...

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Report

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The Cricket Island Foundation

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Two Changes in Executive Team at Carnegie Corporation of New York

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02/04/2020

... Trish Callahan joins the foundation as chief human resources officer, bringing more than 25 years of human resources leadership to the role, most recently with The ... Georgia Foundation. Ms. Callahan’s...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

12 Dec 2023

Strategies and Tactics for Changing Hearts and Minds - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 -

2:30pm to 3:30pm

*This program is hosted by our partner, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), ... we relate to one another. Related program: “Narrative Change : Inspiring a Vision and Protecting the Freedoms...

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Immigration

New Release From NY Foundation's 'Engage to Change' Series on Neighbors Together

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09/19/2017

New From NY Foundation's 'Engage to Change ' Series on Neighbors Together Engage to Change comes ... their own lives, the organization, and in the surrounding community . We hosted a...

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Video

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Community Development

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New York Foundation

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Discusses the Difficulties of Evaluation

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03/17/2015

Kelly Fitzsimmons, Chief Program and Strategy Officer, offers tips on how to get the most out of the evaluation process.

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Evaluation

Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Grantees Report Back: Helpful Reporting and Evaluation Processes

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01/2011

Foundations often use grantee reporting and evaluation processes to gauge the effectiveness of their work. At the same time, many funders seek to simplify reporting and evaluation processes for grantees so that these nonprofits can spend more time doing their work. How do grantees experience reporting and evaluation processes? What makes them most helpful? How can foundations improve them?

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State Education Chancellor Defends Teacher and School Evaluations

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11/22/2013

Our Education Funders Research Initiative event was also covered by WNYC, Capital New York, Gotham Schools and the Epoch Times.

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