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PhilTV This Week Jan 20

Release Date:

01/20/2017

Featuring: Milbank Memorial Fund, Open Society Foundations, Mastercard, Ford, Blaustein, Levy and Overbrook Foundations

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Modernizing the 990-PF to Advance the Accountability and Performance of Foundations: A Modest Proposal

Publication date:

03/2011

In this essay, Commonwealth Fund Executive Vice President and COO John E. Craig analyzes the shortcomings of the tax return form for private foundations and discusses how the 990-PF could be transformed into a more effective instrument for promoting accountability and best practices in the foundation sector.

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Workforce Funders Collaborative

... to help them manage dramatic increases in federal funding in 2001, and to build the financial systems of ...

Understanding Muslim America

Release Date:

08/11/2011

Our February 14th members briefing—sponsored by the Daphne Foundation, the New York Foundation, the North Star Fund, the Open Society Foundations, the Proteus Fund, and the Trinity Church Parish Grants Program—provided our members with an...

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

Atlantic Philanthropies to Award €15 Million to Address Child Poverty

Release Date:

08/07/2013

... Pobal, an agency that administers about €300 million in funding for the Government each year, is also in talks with ... Department of Health and Children to potentially match the funding provided by the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $1.3 Million in Support of Jazz, Contemporary Dance, Theatre Fields

Release Date:

10/09/2013

The grants to nine national arts organizations were awarded through DDCF's Fund for National Projects and are designed to strengthen the national infrastructure of the professional nonprofit dance, jazz, presenting and theatre fields and improve...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Building Bigger Bets with Philanthropy

Release Date:

12/02/2013

... disadvantaged youth. She pioneered a coordinated form of funding that to date has engaged 45 co-investors, pledging ...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 10-Fold Increase in Grant Distributions

Release Date:

07/25/2014

Brooklyn Community Foundation fund holders directed over $200,000 in grants—more than 90 percent going to Brooklyn nonprofits—for the first six months of 2014, a 10-fold increase over the same period last year.

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Brooklyn Org

Helmsley Type 1 Diabetes Program Announces $5 Million Request for Proposals

Release Date:

06/03/2015

... through which it will provide up to $5 million in funding over the next two years. The funding will go to innovative solutions that enable the use ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Health

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Leaders From Clark and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Help Create Hands-on Philanthropy Course

Release Date:

07/12/2016

... selecting, and ultimately awarding $25,000 worth of funding to a New York City–based charity. An emphasis is ... small to midsize organizations, and the total $125,000 of funding is provided by Gundlach’s...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Doris Duke Supports Projects That Expand Awareness of Muslim Arts And Culture

Release Date:

10/24/2016

... Four individual organizations and one consortium receive funding to carry out projects that expand awareness of Muslim ... consortium will receive between $125,000-$335,000 each in funding to build knowledge...

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Arts

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Facebook Will Match Harvey Relief Donations Up To $1 Million, Sending to Center for Disaster Philanthropy

Release Date:

08/31/2017

As Tropical Storm Harvey continues to inundate the Texas Gulf Coast, Facebook users have one more reason to donate to relief efforts. Facebook announced Tuesday that it would match the Harvey disaster relief funds raised by its users up to $1...

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New York Invests $69M in Upgrades for Local Water Systems

Release Date:

09/20/2017

... in local water and sewer projects. The state announced the funding on Tuesday. It will support projects in 12 towns, ...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Amy Falls to Board of Trustees

Release Date:

11/01/2013

... She also previously served as Managing Director and Global Fixed Income Strategist for Morgan Stanley, and served ... of the Fixed Income Management Committee and the firm’s Global Asset Allocation Committee...

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The Next Big Idea for the Next Decade: The Resilience Dividend

Release Date:

08/21/2014

... is the rapid, astonishing pace of urbanization. With a global population headed towards 9 billion by mid-century, ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Offers Insight on Employing Millennials

Release Date:

05/08/2015

... Offers Insight on Employing Millennials This week, global professional services firm EY released new findings from a global survey about the work-life challenges today’s ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Workforce Development

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MetLife Foundation and The Wall Street Journal Raise Awareness about Financial Inclusion

Release Date:

09/10/2015

... by ever growing financial flows, more than a third of the global population is still financially excluded. It is an ... by ever growing financial flows, more than a third of the global population is still...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Five Questions for Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation

Release Date:

04/01/2016

... and Peter Buffett that has long worked in the U.S. and Global South, last week announced a $90 million commitment to ... NoVo's ongoing support for girls and young women in the Global South. . . Five...

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Gender Justice

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Rockefeller Foundation Launches Conversation-for-Action Series, Insight Dialogues

Release Date:

04/28/2016

... live event and digital content series focused on sparking global conversations and action around the most pressing ... share highlights and learnings from the dialogues with a global audience. "Convening...

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