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The New York Women's Foundation

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The Business of Philanthropy: “Exit Interviews” with Former and Departing Foundation CEOs

Release Date:

06/30/2011

... Can corporate tools effectively measure success at foundations and nonprofits? This was one of the topics ...

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Insights

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

The Pinkerton Foundation

The Wallace Foundation

JPB and Rockefeller Foundations Contribute to Transformation of Detroit’s Fitzgerald Neighborhood

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04/06/2017

JPB and Rockefeller Foundations Contribute to Transformation of Detroit’s ... Reimagining the Civic Commons grant... JPB and Rockefeller Foundations Contribute to Transformation of Detroit’s ...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Community Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Benchmarking Foundation Administrative Expenses: Update on How Operating Characteristics Affect Spending

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09/2012

This report explores how variations in foundations ' characteristics, activities and giving levels .....

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Weinberg Foundation Sues Over Building Sale, Citing Concern For Reputation

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06/21/2016

The Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation is battling the leader of a Baltimore nonprofit and a New York investor over the sale of a west side building the foundation helped to renovate.

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Community Development

17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks

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01/30/2014

... and the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation are among the 17 foundations who have vowed to divest the fossil fuel stocks ... reported The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Seventeen foundations with nearly $2-billion in...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

The Educational Foundation of America

Ford Foundation Appoints Nishka Chandrasoma as Vice President and General Counsel

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04/04/2019

The Ford Foundation today announced the appointment of Nishka Chandrasoma as its next vice president, secretary, and general counsel of the foundation.

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Announces New Board Chair

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06/02/2017

... Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, today announced that Mr. ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Target, General Mills, McKnight foundations top list of Minnesota grantmakers

Release Date:

10/30/2013

... Foundation and Corporation topped the Minnesota Council on Foundations ' Top 50 Minnesota Grantmakers report for 2012, ... stayed in Minnesota... Target, General Mills, McKnight foundations top list of...

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Health Foundation for Western and Central New York Names New President

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01/25/2017

The Health Foundation for Western and Central New York has recruited a new president from a Manhattan-based foundation.

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AARP, Weinberg Foundations Commit $10.5 Million for Skilled Nursing Care Model

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07/17/2013

... $10 million low-interest credit facility... AARP, Weinberg Foundations Commit $10.5 Million for Skilled Nursing Care ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Health

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Rauschenberg Foundation Appeals Ruling Awarding $24.6 Million to Trustees

Release Date:

08/14/2014

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has appealed a decision by a Florida court to award $24.6 million to three trustees who had administered the artist’s estate.

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Finance & Asset Management

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Governance

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Arts

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

Three Ways Ford Foundation's Shift To Inequality Will Affect Nonprofits Everywhere

Release Date:

05/24/2016

Three nonprofit executives from Forbes Nonprofit Council discuss what Ford Foundation’s public shift to inequality means for the nonprofit world as well as how it will affect their own organizations.

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Economic Security

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

Publication date:

03/2011

... the shortcomings of the tax return form for private foundations and discusses how the 990-PF could be transformed ... 990-PF to Advance the Accountability and Performance of Foundations : A Modest Proposal ...

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Private Foundation

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Public Policy

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The Commonwealth Fund

Brooklyn Museum Receives $5 Million From Leon Levy Foundation

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05/24/2014

The Brooklyn Museum has announced a $5 million gift from the Leon Levy Foundation to create an endowment for the position of museum director.

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Arts

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Warren Buffett Donates $3.17 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Other Charities

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07/11/2017

... for the billionaire’s first wife, and his children’s foundations : the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, Sherwood ...

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NoVo Foundation

Henry Ford III Elected to Ford Foundation's Board of Trustees

Release Date:

02/25/2019

The Ford Foundation has elected Henry Ford III as a board member. He is the great-grandson of Edsel Ford, who created the foundation in 1936. It is the first time in more than 40 years that a Ford family member serves as a trustee.

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William T. Grant Foundation Website Gets New Look

Release Date:

07/01/2014

The William T. Grant Foundation has launched a new website and logo, along with the debut of the blog, "Researchers Digest."

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Children, Youth and Families

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Economic Security

Education

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William T. Grant Foundation

Ten Keys – Ten Years Later: Successful Strategic Planning for Foundation Leaders

Publication date:

09/2014

TCC Group updates their briefing paper,"Ten Keys to Successful Strategic Planning for Nonprofit and Foundation Leaders," originally published in 2004.

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