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14 Jun 2024

Fireside Chat: Diving into Industry Innovations & False Solutions

Friday, June 14, 2024 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... Learn more about frontline-led climate solutions, where resources are needed and their potential impact. Lift up ... and environmental solution with the following questions: How do we think critically about...

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Issue-Based

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Environment and Climate Change

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Community Philanthropy: Using Both Sides of the Brain

Release Date:

09/07/2012

... and Chief Client Services Officer Paul Connolly asked: How can community foundations balance quick responses to ... with carefully measuring outcomes and conserving limited resources ? Community Philanthropy:...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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The Sozosei Foundation Announces New Grants Through its Resilient Communities Programs

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08/15/2021

... Communities Program. While the Sozosei Foundation’ s primary focus is to eliminate the use of jail and prisons ... approaches to food security, the arts, physical and mental health , and social and legal...

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Health

Justice Reform

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Sozosei Foundation

Schott Foundation Names Edgar Villanueva as Senior Vice President

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01/16/2020

... that Edgar Villanueva will become the foundation’ s Senior Vice President of Programs and Advocacy. In making ... to ensure that communities and grassroots organizations have the resources ,...

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MetLife Names Tia Hodges Head of Corporate Giving and Employee Volunteerism and President and CEO of MetLife Foundation

Release Date:

07/13/2021

... MetLife from the Citi Foundation, where she led the U. S . Youth Economic Opportunity portfolio, and philanthropic ... Wisconsin, where she led strategic partnerships and resources to distribute 15 million...

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The State of Philanthropy Tech and Implications for Our Workplace

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03/2023

... of topics relevant to HR and operations administration. How common is it for foundation staff to be back in the ... and tools are others using for remote and grantmaking? How can I leverage peer benchmarking to advocate change ...

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16 Moments of Pride for LGBTQ Philanthropy

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06/30/2014

... opportunity for the LGBTQ community to reflect on just how far we've come in a relatively short period of time. ... Month offers a chance to celebrate the LGBTQ community' s collective contribution...

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Paul Rapoport Foundation, Inc.

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LGBTQ

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Celebrating Black Philanthropy Month and Our Collective History

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08/09/2016

... to deliver hot, home-cooked meals to those who didn’t have the means or had no family to share and pray with them. ... to your favorite institution (Robert Smith!), but that’ s actually part of the beauty of...

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08 Oct 2024

Reimagining Access: Philanthropic Leadership in the Post-Affirmative Action Era

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 320 East 43rd Street

... Recording Over a year has passed since the Supreme Court' s decision to overturn Affirmative Action reversed decades of ... Campaign for Black Male Achievement – initiatives that have actively addressed...

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Children, Youth and Families

Public Policy

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Education

Public Policy

Social Justice

Weinberg Foundation grants emergency funding in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Release Date:

03/02/2022

... grants emergency funding in response to Russia’ s invasion of Ukraine In response to the growing humanitarian ... Following the Russian invasion, hundreds of thousands have already been forced to flee across...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Disaster Relief

Jewish Interests

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$1 Million Gift Donated To The American College To Establish The Sy Sternberg And Fred Sievert Doctoral Fellowship

Release Date:

02/25/2014

... establish a doctoral fellowship named for New York Life' s Sy Sternberg and Fred Sievert, reports KCTV-5. The American ... retired Chairman of the Board and CEO of New York Life Insurance Company, and...

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Former Atlantic Philanthropies CEO LaMarche Questions the Power Philanthropy has over Policy

Release Date:

09/25/2014

... calls into question the sheer power that foundations have on affecting public policy. He cites the tax breaks for ... giving as one of the benefits that philanthropists have been fighting to maintain over...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Egyptian Court Rules for NGO, Allowing it to Receive ‘Foreign’ Funds from Rockefeller

Release Date:

04/20/2016

... court ruled on Tuesday that non-governmental organisations have the right to receive foreign funding, a verdict which ... the NGO a harm to “general peace and security" or to have "negatively...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?

Release Date:

12/09/2016

Hazen Foundation' s Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students? ... to determine the values and priorities a society embraces. How then should we interpret the extraordinary spending...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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Education

Justice Reform

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Names Rafael Maldonado as Vice President and Chief Information Technology Officer

Release Date:

12/14/2021

... role, Maldonado will be a key member of the Foundation’ s leadership team, responsible for the strategic development ... Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is committed to improving health and health...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Gates Foundation Releases New Virtual Reality Game to Highlight Life-Saving Innovations

Release Date:

04/13/2017

... Sight ” on Gates’ personal blog, Gates Notes. But it’ s much more than a game, of course. This is the benefactor ... intervention in its natural habitat, showing how incredible breakthroughs are becoming more...

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Caught Our Attention

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Technology

23 May 2019

Measuring What Matters: Funder Evaluation

Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 9:00am to Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 1:30pm

A new cohort-based intensive Funders often ask grantees to have assessment strategies in place. However, they don’t ... funders to look internally at their foundation’ s values, practices and strategies in service...

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Professional Development

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Workshop

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All Funders

Executive Leadership

HR & Operations Staff

Program Staff

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Evaluation

HR & Operations

26 Mar 2015

Using Social Media to Engage Your Stakeholders in Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts

Thursday, March 26, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:15am

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is defined as using resources wisely and acting responsibly. Social media is a ... CSR messages to well-parsed groups of stakeholders. CSR‘ s core purpose is to give back and...

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Simons Foundation Initiative Provides Support for Early Career Scientists

Release Date:

03/25/2015

... to 70 grants every 2.5 years to promising scientists who have great potential to make unique contributions to their ... to $400,000 per year for direct costs. The awardee’ s institution will be given an...

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