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Turning the Tide: (Re)Claiming Belonging & Power for People of Color in Philanthropy Before experiencing it firsthand, philanthropy is commonly perceived as a space primarily dedicated to charitable giving and volunteerism, albeit with...

Marc Krupanski and Paul Ranogajec Joins Open Society Foundations

Release Date:

01/01/2013

... sector reform as well as for the Center for Constitutional Rights (New York, USA), where he worked on civilian oversight ...

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Open Society Foundations

10 Jan 2013

The First Year: How to Hire, Inspire and Empower a New Family Foundation CEO

Thursday, January 10, 2013 -

11:00am to 1:00pm

Webinar

Hiring a new CEO is one of the most important transitions that any family foundation must go through. The role of a family foundation chief executive is unique—running a philanthropic enterprise in partnership with a family. This webinar, based on...

19 Jul 2010

College-Ready or Not? Preparing High School Students for Success

Monday, July 19, 2010 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, NYC

A Philanthropy Connects program presented by the Donors’ Education Collaborative (DEC) and the Public Education Grantmakers Network (PEGNET). WHO SHOULD ATTEND : This session is for all funders who are interested...

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Issue-Based

11 Feb 2014

Promoting the Common Good: Standing Up for 501(c)(4)'s

Tuesday, February 11, 2014 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York

... have allowed people with shared policy concerns — civil rights , the environment, gun control and myriad others — to ...

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Vision and Purpose for Long-Life Foundations

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03/12/2014

Letter from President Ronna Brown: Foundation leaders need to be able to clearly articulate a vision and purpose for long-life foundations and forestall tax and regulatory changes that could compromise their ability to affect social change.

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

07 Oct 2015

Making Board Service More Meaningful

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:15am

Nonprofit organizations face enormous challenges in finding energetic, talented, and qualified board members to help them achieve their missions. According to the 2015 BoardSource Nonprofit Governance Index , 20% of nonprofit CEOs and executive...

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Ned Wight, UU Veatch Program Executive Director, Plans to Retire in July 2016

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03/02/2016

Ned Wight, who has served as Executive Director of the Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock for nearly a decade, will retire in July 2016.

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Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock

22 Jun 2016

National Teleconference for Funders: Response to Orlando Shooting

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

People across the country continue to grieve over the tremendous loss of life that occurred on June 12, when a gunman attacked an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, leaving 49 dead and more than 50 injured, nearly all LGBTQ, Latino/a, and young.

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Social Justice

Prisoner to Proprietor: Entrepreneurship as a Re-entry Strategy

Release Date:

09/29/2016

Joseph A. Antolin, Executive Director of the Asset Funders Network, highlights a strategy that works with the formerly incarcerated to become entrepreneurs.

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Peterson Center on Healthcare Names Jay Want, MD as New Executive Director

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06/28/2017

The Peterson Center on Healthcare has named healthcare leader Jay Want, MD as its new Executive Director. Dr. Want will lead the Center’s expanding portfolio of initiatives and grants to identify high-performance models of healthcare, validate their...

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Andrew W. Mellon Supports Fellowship Program Diversifying the Intellectual Leadership of Scholarly Publishing

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06/29/2017

The American academic and cultural heritage communities are not keeping up with societal needs for diversity, equity, and inclusion. The University Press Diversity Fellowship Program, an initiative designed to diversify the acquisitions departments...

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Stavros Niarchos & Leon Levy Foundations Supported Research Finds Common Cerebral White Matter Abnormalities in Children with Autistic Traits

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09/06/2017

Researchers in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine found structural abnormalities in the brain's white matter match up consistently with the severity of autistic symptoms not only in children with autism...

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Markle Foundation's Rework America Task Force Is Bridging The Tech Skill Gap

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10/23/2017

A recent report by the National Bureau of Economic Research estimates that hundreds of thousands of employees have been replaced by technology or robotics in the past 20 years. And an Oxford University study says 47% of American jobs could be at...

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Surdna Foundation's Board Announces Phillip Henderson’s Departure

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11/14/2017

Peter Benedict II, Surdna Foundation Board Chair reflects on Phillip Henderson's leadership and announces his departure.

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Surdna Foundation

13 Feb 2018

Learning from the #MeToo Moment: Building an Anti-Harassment Practice in Your Foundation

Tuesday, February 13, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

If 98 percent of organizations in the United States have a harassment and discrimination policy, why does sexual harassment and discrimination continue to be such a persistent and devastating problem in the American workplace?

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Professional Development

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HR & Operations

18 May 2018

How Racially Equitable is Your Foundation? Assessing Your Practice

Friday, May 18, 2018 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

Are you a foundation executive interested in holding a mirror up to your policies and practices internally to ensure they’re not racially bias or inequitable? Are you unsure of where to start and how to get a process like this going?

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25 Apr 2018

Walking the Talk: Put Values-Based Grantmaking Into Your Practice

Wednesday, April 25, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Do your grantmaking practices reflect your values? All grantmakers have values, whether they are stated explicitly or revealed implicitly through grantmaker practices, which inform and guide the foundation’s view of the world.