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Freedom Together Foundation

A New Way to Sustain the Campaign: Foundation Center and Open Society Foundations Launch BMAFunders.org

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03/28/2013

... and the private sector, our board lifted the Campaign’ s term limit and provided CBMA staff with much-needed ... Foundation Executives and Grantmakers For Children Youth & Families , but also to nonprofits...

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Century Foundation Fellow in NYTimes OpEd: Strong Unions Equals Strong Democracy

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01/12/2016

... in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association on Monday are any guide, the ruling bloc of conservative justices ... unions. By stripping these unions of key financial resources — their fair share of fees...

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Education

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The Century Foundation

Sunsetting the Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund at Borealis Philanthropy

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10/11/2023

... have in sharing and distributing power? Does REP’ s continued existence provide our partners with unique and necessary resources and/or opportunities needed to meet and grow ... allowing our grantee partners...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Social Justice

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Borealis Philanthropy

Post-Sandy Assistance Needed for Long Term

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05/22/2013

... applauded. The trail of destruction left in Sandy’ s wake demanded immediate relief. However, in a disaster ... the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers looked for resources that would help guide funding...

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Robert Sterling Clark: Supporting Our Grantee Partners in the Era of COVID-19

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03/19/2020

... time is different. There is no ground beneath us. People are scared and sick and dying. My pilates studio closed. Our ... term actions to address the lingering and ongoing impact of COVID-19: · Honor current...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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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

... for corporate operations and policies can have a profound impact on the racial, economic, environmental and social ... opportunities, including practical tools, strategies and resources to complement the work...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Environment and Climate Change

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We Can Build a Better, More Inclusive Tech Workforce

Release Date:

02/06/2015

... Fund in The New York Community Trust New York’ s technology industry is adding jobs at nearly four times the ... New Yorkers, however, the opportunities created by tech are out of reach. And while coding is...

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The New York Community Trust

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Technology

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Announcing the 2019 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Recipients

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08/12/2019

... Andrew Carnegie. The announcement was made at Carnegie’ s ancestral home in Dunfermline, Scotland. Carnegie remains one of the most influential philanthropists in history, having ... Andrew Carnegie, each...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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TCC Group Exlpores a New Approach to Capacity Building

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02/03/2015

... or a set of stakeholders can have a powerful effect on the impact it can achieve. And while situations vary, there are better and worse ways of seeing. Consider the term ... and mocked as a placebo. But the...

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TCC Group

DDCF Announces Inaugural Awardees of Child Well-being Leadership Development Grants

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04/23/2019

... improvements in the well-being of vulnerable children and families in the U. S . “Effective and diverse social sector leadership is ... that unduly burden U. S . communities contending with...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Public Policy

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Doris Duke Foundation

Ford Foundation Study Cites 'Unfairness' as the Leading Factor in Flight from Tech Jobs

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05/01/2017

... the Ford Foundation and the Kapor Center for Social Impact set out to better understand why people leave theoretically cush tech jobs. What are the motivations of "tech leavers"? More than anything...

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Social Justice

Workforce Development

Assessment Released on SeaChange Capital Partners' The New York Pooled PRI Fund

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06/03/2021

... investments with nonprofits that need access to flexible, impact -first loans. While PRIs should be the type of impact investing most attractive to foundations, 52 years after the enabling...

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SeaChange Capital Partners

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26 Oct 2021

Investing in Nonprofit Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Models: What is the True Cost?

Tuesday, October 26, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

A year and a half into the pandemic, funders are continuing to explore ways to better support the ... Lessons from the New York Merger and Collaboration Fund' s nine years of supporting...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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International/Foreign Affairs

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Global Relief Initiative to Help Alleviate the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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04/08/2020

... impacts of the pandemic. This initiative, rooted in SNF’ s philanthropic philosophy of public-private collaboration ... of vaccines and treatments that could have global impact . The pandemic has wide-reaching...

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Science

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09 Nov 2023

Listening and Feedback: Tools to Assess Your Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, November 9, 2023 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... your grantees and other external stakeholders? For all funders , gathering feedback is a helpful practice to ... of your partners and communities you serve. There are a number of tools available to facilitate...

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Family Foundation

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Why Should Your Foundation Continue to Exist?

Release Date:

04/14/2014

by Bruce S . Trachtenberg, Advisor, Communications Network The idea of ... give. We have credibility and influence, and both of those are multipliers.” He notes that the foundation’ s ... term,...

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The Communications Network

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Governance

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Magui Rubalcava Announces Leadership Transition at Borealis Philanthropy

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05/19/2020

... that the timeline is short and amidst a difficult time we are experiencing. The pandemic has changed my personal ... members moving $30 million dollars to the communities we care about. Borealis today...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Borealis Philanthropy

Board Committee Racial Equity Work 2025

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Board & Trustees

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Board of Directors

18 Apr 2019

Through the Eyes of Children - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, April 18, 2019 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... by our government. The impacts of this failed and cruel U. S . policy to deter asylum seekers reverberate in lives of children. Children are being turned away at ports of entry by government ... Marsha Griffin...

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