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29 Jan 2025

Using Philanthropic Assets beyond Grantmaking: Shareholder Engagement as a Tool to Drive Change

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 5:30pm

... environmental and social issues philanthropy seeks to address . As asset owners and investors, foundations have a ... opportunities, including practical tools, strategies and resources to complement the work of...

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Panel

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Finance & Asset Management

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Impact Investing

Environment and Climate Change

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Looming Overhead: The Persistent Debate Over Administrative Costs

Release Date:

10/22/2013

... James R. Knickman President and CEO, New York State Health Foundation It’s weeks later, and I’m still thinking ... ” session, where we talked about the sticky issue of foundation funds supporting nonprofits’...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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15 Mar 2018

Federal Immigration Policy Comes to Main Street: How Local Governments Are Responding to a New Era - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, March 15, 2018 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... an executive order on January 25 to withhold federal funding from cities that adopt such policies. What are ... sphere. This month alone, the Department of Justice sued California over three recently passed...

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Immigration

Public Policy

Community Philanthropy: Using Both Sides of the Brain

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09/07/2012

... I wrote about this issue in my recent article for the Foundation Review, “ The Best of the Humanistic and ... of community dollars and trust, obligated to use those resources as wisely as possible through...

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Wait—What is Venture Philanthropy, Again?

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02/27/2014

What is Venture Philanthropy? Rockefeller Foundation explains in Nonprofit Quarterly. Venture ... local problems. As noted in a blog post on the Rockefeller Foundation website, foundations have been experimenting...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Philanthropists, Lawmakers Behind New Push for College Education in Prison

Release Date:

07/29/2015

... But in recent years, Doris Buffett’s Sunshine Lady Foundation and the Ford Foundation have contributed millions of dollars to programs ... credit. And this year, for the first time, the Kresge ...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Millions Pledged To Harvey Relief As Rebuilding Starts

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... Harvey Relief Fund through the Greater Houston Community Foundation that has raised more than $34 million. Another ...

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Penn Announces $1.28 Million Grant for Digital Archaeological Archive

Release Date:

08/01/2013

The grant from the Leon Levy Foundation to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of ... with $1.28 million in lead support from the Leon Levy Foundation that will provide unprecedented access to the ...

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Arts

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Leon Levy Foundation

Meet the 15 Most Powerful Women in U.S. Philanthropy

Release Date:

03/05/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies CEO Patricia Harris, NoVo Foundation President Jennifer Buffett and Simons Foundation President Marilyn Simons are among those on Inside ... philanthropy, bringing people together to...

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Gender Justice

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Archives of Atlantic Philanthropies Given to Cornell Library

Release Date:

10/26/2015

... Manuscript Collections (RMC). A $4 million grant from the foundation – one of the largest gifts to the library in its ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Bank of America Grant and Volunteers Support Partnership with Eva’s Village

Release Date:

01/25/2017

... of support for programs run by Eva’s Village, helping to address the problems of hunger, homelessness and addiction in ...

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A Green Bond Primer: Overview of a Rapidly Evolving Market

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10/10/2017

Responsible investment means incorporating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into investment decisions to generate sustainable returns and better manage risk.

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Environment and Climate Change

Macquarie Group Announces Winners of the Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award

Release Date:

08/27/2019

... these five winners will each receive $A10 million in funding to deliver their projects that seek to initiate or ...

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Macquarie Group Foundation

Social Justice

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09 Jun 2016

"The Trans List" - A Special Film Sneak Preview

Thursday, June 9, 2016 -

5:00pm to 8:00pm

... deep discrimination and disproportionately high levels of violence . In the face of these challenges, trans people ...

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LGBTQ

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Open Society Pledges Support for African Cultural Heritage Restitution

Release Date:

11/12/2019

... heritage to its rightful home. “The legacy of colonial violence has deep implications for the ways that racism and ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Arts

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How Philanthropy and Nonprofits Responded to the Government Shutdown

Release Date:

10/18/2013

... philanthropic and nonprofit sectors made real efforts to address deeper problems presented by the government ... Start going during the shutdown, the Laura and John Arnold Foundation made a clear statement...

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President's Message

PNY News

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Public Policy

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Bold Stories For Big Challenges

Release Date:

12/17/2013

... the Narrative: Using Storytelling to Expand Your Foundation ’s Impact.” The event was based on a ... work towards, said Maurine Knighton of the Nathan Cummings Foundation , and thus changes the zeitgeist on the...

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12 Sep 2018

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Presentation of the Analysis and Recommendations from the Workforce Agenda Report

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... and CEO, Per Scholas Charles Buice , President, Tiger Foundation Steven Dawson, Senior Advisor, Workforce ... Laurie Dien , Vice President—Programs, The Pinkerton Foundation Yancy Garrido , Senior Program...

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