04
Mar
2025
Service for Impact - Winter Meeting
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 -
9:30am to 11:00am
... and challenges, brainstorm on solutions, and explore new opportunities to make a difference in society while ...
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14
Jan
2025
Trends in Family Philanthropy 2025 Report: Exploring the Main Findings - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP
Tuesday, January 14, 2025 -
2:00pm to 3:15pm
... coming to the fore How philanthropies are learning about new ideas and approaches The changes in family dynamics, ...
17
Jul
2025
Flash Floods: What Funders Need to Know - A Webinar Hosted by CDP
Thursday, July 17, 2025 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
... flooding around the country, including in North Carolina, New Mexico, Illinois, Kentucky, and, of course, Texas. A ...
Exchanges, Exchanges Everywhere: Understanding the Role of Private Exchanges
Release Date:
02/06/2014
... buying coverage for their employees. However, a new crop of for-profit private exchanges has arisen recently ... are offering. The exchange buzz has also created some new business opportunities for would-be...
Schott Foundation Welcomes Sharon J. Lettman-Hicks and Miren Uriarte to the Board of Directors
Release Date:
02/26/2016
... The Schott Foundation announced the addition of two new members to the Board of Directors: Sharon J. ... that strengthen the progressive movement and give power to new ideas and policies. Her efforts to bridge...
04
Nov
2015
Dear Board...Are You Reading This?
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 -
8:45am to 11:00am
... the COO’s office, the Communications Department? Can new technologies and communications platforms provide new opportunities in board communications? Presenter Eric ...
24
Jun
2015
Learning the Way: DACA, Educational Attainment and Philanthropy - Webinar
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
... can help unlock DACA’s long-term benefits—including new jobs, increased earnings, higher-skilled workers, ...
CEP Study, Commissioned by Mid-Hudson Valley Nonprofits & the Dyson Foundation, Paints Stark Picture for Valley Nonprofits
Release Date:
04/27/2020
... other philanthropic foundations have responded by creating new COVID-19 related grant programs and other funding ... findings from the CEP survey include: 60% have added new services or projects to focus on a...
Why Are Foundations Often Absent From Major Policy Shifts?
Release Date:
08/13/2009
... agenda and develop—not just capture temporarily—human resources and talent to address that agenda. Fear of ...
Understanding Risk Tolerance in Grantmaking
Release Date:
08/10/2015
By applying behavioral economics theory to philanthropy, we can better manage grantmaker tendencies toward loss and risk aversion, and the effects of other decision-making patterns.
Three Easy Questions to Get Past the ‘Reflexive No’
Release Date:
02/18/2016
... dollars by increasing the effectiveness and reach of their resources – wanting to make a bigger impact within ... get “trapped inside the box” when considering new proposals, looking through the narrow lens of...
We Can’t Force Philanthropy to Talk About Power Dynamics, Can We?
Release Date:
11/05/2015
... chapter. In a recent program hosted by Philanthropy New York ( “Power Play – Slay the Elephant in the Room!” ... dynamic between a long-time foundation trustee and a new program associate,...
Ford Foundation Appoints Achmat Dangor to Lead Its South Africa Office
Release Date:
04/01/2013
... marginalized and underrepresented. Dangor will begin his new position in July 2013. He was selected after a broad ...
Ford Foundation Appoints Noha El-Mikawy to Lead Its Middle East and North Africa Office
Release Date:
01/02/2012
... and access to higher education. El-Mikawy will begin her new position in March 2012. She was selected after a broad ...
Milbank Memorial Fund Announces Board and Staff Appointments
Release Date:
11/01/2013
... elected Paul D. Cleary and John M. Colmers to serve as new directors of the organization. Christopher F. Koller , ...
05
Mar
2014
Economies of Inclusion: Building Strong Local Businesses and Communities
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 -
2:15pm to 5:00pm
Philanthropy New York
... the wake of the recent financial crisis, the need for new economic models has been widely acknowledged. Yet reform ...
Ford Foundation Appoints Ursula Burns to Board of Trustees
Release Date:
02/20/2015
... work as a member of the board.” A native New Yorker, she was raised by a single mother in the city’s ...
08
Oct
2015
Community Connections: Engaging Diverse Stakeholders in Your Grantmaking - Webinar
Thursday, October 8, 2015 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
... Organizations, who will present findings from GEO’s new study, Learning Together: Actionable Approaches for ...
The Mastercard Foundation Research Shows How African Youth Navigate Risk To Survive
Release Date:
10/30/2015
... particularly mobile phones. Although this provides new opportunities, it also presents costs. Information about ...
Grant Foundation Shifts Research Focus, Invites Studies that Improve Use of Research
Release Date:
12/17/2015
... is responsive to the concerns of decision makers. A New Direction Understanding the problem of research use is ...