Great Power, Great Responsibility: Grantmakers’ Role as Conveners
Publication date:
01/2013
... are finding ways to use the power of convening to benefit their grantees and their communities in countless ways. Grantmakers for ...
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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Selects Genaro Lopez-Rendon as Next President
Release Date:
12/08/2015
... to social movements across the country. “I have always fought for a better world, but now as a new father of two young daughters, I see the world through their eyes and my urgency to realize this vision has...
15
Feb
2024
Advancing Dignity and Justice Through Universal Representation - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Thursday, February 15, 2024 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
... asylum seekers are five times more likely to win their case for asylum if they have legal counsel. Yet there continue to be systemic ... Not having an attorney has also been shown to have...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces the 2023 Sloan Research Fellows
Release Date:
02/15/2023
... the names of the 125 early-career researchers who have been selected to receive a 2023 Sloan Research ... Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. “We are thrilled to support their groundbreaking work and we look forward...
Camilo Mendez Announced as Chief Financial Officer of The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Release Date:
01/28/2020
... the Foundation’s staff and grantees so they could do their best creative work.” In his role at Dodge, Mendez ... and sustainability of the Foundation’s financial resources to ensure future impact. Mendez...
25
May
2022
Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network: Navigating Difficult Conversations. How?
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 -
10:00am to 11:30am
... an administrative support function to senior leadership in their organization. The network meets quarterly and seeks to ... for the purpose of sharing questions, experience and resources among peers in a...
27
Sep
2012
Developing the Next Generation of Nonprofit Talent: New Research Has Actionable Recommendations
Thursday, September 27, 2012 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
... are looking to nonprofits to deliver meaningful returns on their philanthropic investments. Yet foundations consistently ... only as effective as the people who lead them and deliver their services, but many...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards $750,000 Grant to Bard College for "Cultures of Conservation" Curriculum
Release Date:
07/13/2017
... Active Matter” with the goal of creating intellectual resources with which 21st century conservators and art ... of conservators and the kinds of discussions in which their presence will be required. In a...
12
Oct
2017
ESSA: How Much Will it Change School Testing, Equity, Diversity and Discipline Practices?
Thursday, October 12, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
When President Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2015 to replace its ... to think past test scores and focus on other indicators of student success such as diversity, discipline, and...
Ford’s Walker Named to Independent Sector Board
Release Date:
11/18/2014
... President, Ford Foundation Three current board members have been re-elected: Barbara Arnwine, Executive Director, ... and embraced an evidence-based model of integrated student service provision and has...
Mellon Foundation Supported New York Historical Society Fellows Announced
Release Date:
10/21/2015
... fellowships—open to scholars at various times during their academic careers—provide scholars with material resources and an intellectual community to develop new ... will consider proslavery internationalism...
10
Oct
2024
The Youth Mental Health Crisis: A Half-day Convening Focused on How Philanthropy Can Make All the Difference
Thursday, October 10, 2024 -
1:00pm to 5:30pm
... mental well-being of our youth is a critical indicator of their overall health and future success. The COVID-19 ... providers, educators, healthcare systems, government agencies , and funders is complex and...
28
Feb
2014
The Impact Assessment - Moving Towards Greater Impact
Friday, February 28, 2014 -
7:00am to 10:30am
US Trust
... if your grants are making a difference? We all want to have impact—or, in simpler terms, make a real difference. ... Assessment tool to identify opportunities to increase their impact. In small breakout groups...
11
Sep
2014
Generational Transitions: The Never-Ending Story - Webinar
Thursday, September 11, 2014 -
2:30pm to 4:00pm
... to a multi-generational family foundation, you likely have discovered that transitions are not a one-time event; ... and representatives from two family foundations who have developed useful techniques to plan...
On Philanthropy: All Investing is Impact Investing (Rockefeller Brothers Fund, F.B. Heron Foundation)
Release Date:
01/04/2016
... - sitting in foundations and donor-advised funds. Donors have transferred ownership of these funds to separate legal ... donations for the public good. The great majority of those resources are invested for a...
03
Aug
2017
FAN Brown Bag Lunch: The Work Life Juggle
Thursday, August 3, 2017 -
12:30pm to 1:30pm
... hosts a summer brown bag lunch series. Rather than have a set agenda and program, these lunches are forums for ... bag lunch is for new members to share questions/ideas with their FAN peers. All FAN members...
Bloomberg Commits $64 Million to Beyond Coal Campaign
Release Date:
10/12/2017
... the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan, which would have set carbon pollution standards for all power plants. To ... Fund, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Natural Resources Defense Council...
Russell Sage Foundation Funded Research Connects Boosting Testosterone Levels To Men Preferring Luxury Goods
Release Date:
07/05/2018
... Giving men a single dose of testosterone increased their preference for higher-status goods. The study supports ... or five times larger than what has been used before, so we have more evidence than we’ve ever...
11
Oct
2012
"Excuuuse ME!!!" -- Fostering Understanding and Trust in Challenging Conversations
Thursday, October 11, 2012 -
2:30pm to 5:00pm
Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC
Have you ever reached an impasse with colleagues, grantees, a family member or a person on the street? Have you sought a solution that was more satisfying, ... they have recently had that was not...
BofA Charitable Foundation Supports Women's Giving Network Conference; Women Pool Dollars for Innovative Community Transformation
Release Date:
10/19/2015
... is trending in a new direction and women are leading the way . The newest trend, however, is not just about a woman's ... increase community impact. Women make over 60 percent of their families'...