Assessing the How of Grantmaking
Publication date:
04/2014
... guide helps funders measure the effectiveness of current practices by assessing five core questions every grantmaker ...
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Grants Awarded To Improve Usefulness Of Research, To Support Junior Researchers of Color
Release Date:
07/23/2014
The William T. Grant Foundation has made $1.6 million in grants to improve the usefulness of research, $634,000 to support connections between education research and practice, and $205,000 to enhance the mentoring relationships of three foundation...
ASPCA Honored as Finalist for North American Employee Engagement Awards
Release Date:
05/08/2015
Other finalists include Ford, MetLife, Caesars, Sony Pictures, Tata Consulting and Maritz.
Atlantic Philanthropies Advocating an End to the Death Penalty
Release Date:
07/20/2016
The Atlantic Philanthropies and its network of partners are using advocacy and communications to end capital punishment in the United States once and for all.
Arabella Advisors Founder Comments on Innovations to Reduce Food Waste
Release Date:
07/21/2016
Entire companies have formed around the notion of using ugly produce.
Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (TFN) Announces Applications for 2017 Class
Release Date:
10/27/2016
... program will offer coaching, tools, knowledge, and best practices to professionals in philanthropy that can enhance ...
Johnson & Johnson Vision and American Academy of Optometry Foundation Announce 2017 Scholarship Recipients
Release Date:
11/03/2017
Johnson & Johnson Vision in collaboration with the American Academy of Optometry Foundation (AAOF) has announced the 2017 J. Pat Cummings Scholarship recipients.
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Dec
2020
On BIPOC Leadership Transitions – It Takes a Village
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
... a woman of color Perspectives as incoming leaders of color Practices that help or hinder leadership transitions Defining best practices for philanthropy in supporting emerging leaders of ... executives and...
27
Jun
2024
COO Roundtable - June 2024
Thursday, June 27, 2024 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
... of their foundations. Members share knowledge and best practices in an effort to enhance their professional ...
01
Apr
2026
Rethinking Risks in Philanthropy: Myths, Misconceptions, and Where Funders Should Focus - A Webinar Hosted by Foundant
Wednesday, April 1, 2026 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
... Which common misconceptions about risk are shaping funding practices and what a clearer risk management framework can ... ways funders can help nonprofits strengthen their own risk practices Engaging in...
12
Jul
2017
ComNetworkNY: Coffee Klatch With Your Philanthropic Peers
Wednesday, July 12, 2017 -
8:30am to 10:00am
... affiliation and business mailing address to register. ( no fee) Please email register@philanthropynewyork.org with ...
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Apr
2016
Learning from LA - Is Our Sister City Supporting Nonprofits Better?
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 -
1:30pm to 3:30pm
... extraordinarily effective in advocating for policies and practices that increase nonprofit sustainability. Most ... with Clark Foundation Executive Director and PNY Public Policy Committee Co-Chair Doug Bauer...
Making Reporting Work: Aligning Grantmaking with Learning & Change - Part 2 of a Three-Part Series
... will dive into five years of data collection on reporting practices , examining emerging trends and practical pathways ... will have the opportunity to reflect on their own practices , identify key barriers, and...
NPCC Now Accepting Applications for the 2019 Nonprofit Excellence Awards
Release Date:
04/02/2019
... for organizations to assess nonprofit management practices through NPCC’s newly-revised Key Areas of ... receive a full 360-degree assessment of their management practices , along with insightful feedback from...
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May
2021
What's the Role for International Grantmakers in Decolonizing Philanthropy?
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
... mean by “decolonizing philanthropy” and philanthropic practices that are rooted in colonization and the ... justice uprisings Ways funders have started adopting practices that decolonize their grantmaking,...
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Jun
2015
Nailing It: Building A National Movement of Nail Salon Workers
Thursday, June 25, 2015 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
... gain respiratory infections and miscarriages. While recent public attention has focused on NYC leading to new rules ... please log in and click the Register Now link above. ( no fee) Guests of Organizers:...
How Collaboration Can Spur Innovation and Spread Good Ideas (Part II)
... spreading this work.” Scaling up is tough, and there’s no simple strategy for making it work. But when nonprofits ...
A Consequential Myth
Release Date:
04/09/2019
Race is a fictive idea that holds real-life consequences. As a black man, who has a six-foot-and-three-inch-tall presence, I am intimately familiar with the tangibility of the myth. Although many anthropologist and geneticists have disproved any...
Katherine Bleich Joins American Express as Corporate Philanthropy Intern
Release Date:
07/02/2012
... to her role there, Bleich is a second-year Master of Public Administration candidate at NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service, specializing in international public and nonprofit management...
Ford Foundation Works to Promote Government Action on Income Equality
Release Date:
11/18/2014
... in the United States has become a hot topic in the public conversation, but public opinion polls show that it’s not an urgent issue for ... Foundation sought to create a message that would build public...