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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Executive Transitions: Grantmakers and Nonprofit Leadership Change

Publication date:

03/2006

... helping and intruding? What interventions work? And how can a grantmaker play a constructive role? Learn how grantmakers take up the transition challenge, engage with ...

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Learning Together: Collaborative Inquiry among Grantmakers and Grantees

... grantee effectiveness or advance a field of practice. It' s a worthy endeavor, but how can you make it happen in the real world? This guide ... grapple with common challenges. A mini-case study shows how collaborative inquiry was used to support growth in a new .....

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Evaluation

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Founder and CEO of Viso Strategies Corporation Paula Luff Says CSR Improves Operations

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04/18/2016

... based in New York. "For me, corporate responsibility is how companies operate," she says. "It’ s about how they identify and manage their social and environmental .....

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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New Report in Wallace Series on Building Arts Audiences Looks at Successful Jewish Museum

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06/23/2016

... Jewish Museum A new report, "Converting Family into Fans: How the Contemporary Jewish Museum Expanded its Reach," shows how the museum secured a nearly nine-fold increase in family ... and helped...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Arts

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The Wallace Foundation

Patient Voices: Childhood Cancer

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09/15/2017

... of them leukemia or cancers of the central nervous system. How is treating cancer in children different from treating it in adults? How do children cope with a disease they can hardly ...

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Brenda Henry-Sanchez Joins the Foundation Center as Director of Research for Special Projects

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07/01/2013

... where she worked to create new opportunities for better health for society' s most vulnerable members. "Brenda offers a unique blend of ... said Lawrence T. McGill, the Foundation Center'...

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Kathleen Regan To Join Commonwealth Fund As Executive Vice President and COO

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07/09/2014

... COO Kathleen Regan will become The Commonwealth Fund’ s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer on ... transition. Regan has three decades of experience in health care–related investment banking,...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes New Program Officer, Anupreet Sidhu, Ph. D

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02/02/2023

... as a program officer, overseeing the Foundation’ s grantmaking on the use of research evidence. In her role, Dr. Sidhu will be a key member of the Foundation’ s senior program team, which sets our research...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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10 Jul 2014

Funder Briefing on the Lessons from Hurricane Sandy

Thursday, July 10, 2014 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... North Star Fund published: " From The Edge Of Disaster: How Activists and Insiders Can Use the Lessons of Hurricane ... of Hurricane Sandy. Together we'll review the report' s recommendations...

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14 Apr 2016

Active Ownership vs. Divestment: When Is It Either-Or? Can My Foundation Do Both Well?

Thursday, April 14, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Impact Investing Tools Are Right for Your Foundation’ s Mission? An increasing sense of urgency about issues like ... they hold in their investment portfolios. Explore: Why and how foundations have...

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02 Nov 2016

End the Sexual-Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline

Wednesday, November 2, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... here: For example, The New York City Young Women’ s Initiative is bringing together foundation, government, ... responses of girls — especially girls of color — who have been sexually and physically abused,...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Children, Youth and Families

27 Sep 2018

Financial Coaching in the Workplace: An Investment Worth Making

Thursday, September 27, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... To address this issue, several nonprofit organizations have partnered with employers to provide financial coaching ... release a brief Supporting Employee Financial Stability: How Philanthropy Catalyzes...

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18 Apr 2019

Parole Hearing and Revocation Reforms - A Justice Reform Working Group Funders Briefing

Thursday, April 18, 2019 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... returning home to their communities, incarcerated people have to navigate an opaque parole hearing process followed by many onerous conditions of parole, if and once it’ s granted. In 2018, advocates focused...

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Justice Reform

04 Mar 2020

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... of working-age people with disabilities in New York City have incomes below the federal poverty level, more than twice ... and leaders from the business community. Explore how philanthropy can help more New...

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Disabilities

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07 Apr 2022

Legal Series - Making Grants to Individuals

Thursday, April 7, 2022 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... to individuals can be a critical component of a funder’ s toolkit, as private foundations and public charities consider how to best meet their strategic goals. Supporting individuals can have...

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Professional Development

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Brooklyn Accelerator

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02/06/2015

... information, idea exchange, and gathering of philanthropic resources across the borough. “The idea for the Brooklyn ... local nonprofits. Nonprofits are always seeking more resources , donors, and board members...

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

Bloomberg Philanthropies Names Atlanta and Seattle First Winners American Cities Climate Challenge

Release Date:

09/21/2018

... into a two-year acceleration program with powerful new resources and access to cutting-edge support to help them ... or beat – their near-term carbon reduction goals. These resources include a philanthropy-...

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Environment and Climate Change

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"Culture Changes Us" Campaign and Retreat Series Launches with Support from Nathan Cummings Foundation

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05/20/2016

... to dramatically accelerate the social justice sector’ s understanding and use of culture change strategy design. ... increasingly investing staff time and programmatic resources in projects and initiatives...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Ford Foundation Appoints Cara Mertes to Lead JustFilms

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06/03/2013

... after eight years at the foundation. During Bagwell’ s tenure, JustFilms launched as a five-year, $50 million ... “This program’ s remarkable impact can be measured by how complex issues such...

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