Want to Create a Movement? Create a Community.
Release Date:
06/10/2015
... throughout their home State of Connecticut. With the success of this multi-voice network they built in their own ...
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PhilTV: When a Community Foundation Takes a Bold Stand, Aligning Mission and Approach Matter
Release Date:
10/27/2015
Will Miller, President of The Wallace Foundation, describes what happened when a community foundation had to choose between prioritizing taking a leadership role in the community or avoiding it for fear of alienating donors who might otherwise...
Using an Ecosystem Approach to Define Nonprofit Strategy
Release Date:
10/05/2016
... which it will ultimately determine its strategic plan’s success , and for which it will be directly accountable. Using ...
Philanthropy's Social Compact In A Changing World
Release Date:
10/09/2019
... partners and other stakeholders to devise effective next steps . Broaden Representation Broaden board representation, ...
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2020
A Balancing Act: Navigating Power in Our Capacity Building Efforts
Thursday, January 16, 2020 -
9:00am to 11:30am
... performance and what is likely in the future What steps funders can take to support organizational capacity as ...
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2020
Advancing Equity through Employee Ownership Models
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... ownerships models connect to a racial equity agenda Next steps in shifting workers from employer cost to employee ...
Patrick Gaspard, Open Society Foundations and Maria Torres Springer, Ford Foundation Named to NYC Fair Recovery Taskforce
Release Date:
04/26/2020
... NEW YORK —Today, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced steps the City is taking to re-start the economy and rebuild ...
Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian Returns to Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees
Release Date:
06/09/2022
... fierce geopolitical tensions. We wish her much continued success as ambassador to Australia.” In recognition of ...
Column from Hartford Foundation: Independence—It’s What Older People Want
Release Date:
12/01/2015
... is an increasingly urgent concern. A person turns sixty- five every eight seconds, and according to Census numbers, the population of people age eighty- five and older, which doubled in the past thirty years,...
Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth
Release Date:
09/30/2016
... on Low-Income Urban Youth (109 pages, PDF), found that in five urban districts participating in Wallace’s $50 million ... Learning Project, third-grade students who attended a five - to six-week summer program...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds First-Ever Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts
Release Date:
12/15/2017
... Institute of Art, or MIA, a $750,000 grant, to fund a five -year project to build empathy in order to affect ... to experience works of art made over the course of some five thousand years, from every corner of...
A New Agenda for a Post–Health Reform Landscape
Release Date:
09/12/2013
Learn about The Commonwealth Fund's new grantmaking and research agenda.
Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”
Release Date:
12/20/2017
In an interview with the Funder’s Forum, Wallace Foundation President Will Miller explains the “unified approach” that underlies the foundation’s initiatives and describes how a focus on continuous improvement fits into this.
Recording: Assessing A Better Contract for New York: Two Year Check-In
Assessing A Better Contract for New York: Two Year Check-In In 2022, Mayor Adams and Comptroller Lander released a joint report with specific recommendations on fixing the city's severe contract processing, registration, and payment delays for...
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Apr
2013
Community Connections: Place-Based Family Philanthropy
Thursday, April 11, 2013 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Webinar
While some families pay particular attention to their legacy of giving, and some ...
How Big Foundations Saved the Detroit Institute of Art
Release Date:
04/24/2015
... earlier request, "Foundations fund the future. They don't pay for the mistakes of the past." But Walker had come from .....
NoVo Foundation Examines Unequal Funding for Women and Girls of Color
Release Date:
10/23/2015
... for social equity, whether we should be doing more to pay attention to women and girls of color. “There’s a ...
Commonwealth Fund Finds Both 'Private Option' and Traditional Medicaid Expansions Improved Access to Care
Release Date:
01/06/2016
Low-income adults in Kentucky and Arkansas, which both expanded Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, were more likely to be insured and less likely to have problems paying medical bills, compared to others in states which did not...
Revson Foundation Supports Steinem Program to Address Underrepresentation of Women In Media & Technology
Release Date:
03/28/2016
The nine-month pilot program, which organizers hope to extend, is funded by a $35,000 grant from the Charles H. Revson Foundation and addresses the underrepresentation of women and minorities in leadership, production and creative roles across all...
Surdna’s Garcia Interviewed in Philanthropy News Digest
Release Date:
05/12/2016
... — the kind that make it possible for young Americans to pay off their student loans, buy a home, raise a ...