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Making Change Not Grants: Combining the 3 Roles of the Arcus Foundation for Impact

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06/02/2015

... of research, pursuing policy change, leveraging new resources —in order to advance the change we seek to make in ... oil plantations in Africa or the need to better understand how culture change can influence...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Animal Welfare

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Arcus Foundation

Building a Movement to Advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Philanthropy

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07/25/2013

... first major D5 publication in 2011. Once a year, we show how this movement is unfolding and share the lessons learned ... by continuing to raise awareness and providing tools and resources for people who are...

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The Effective Exit: Managing the End of a Funding Relationship

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05/2013

... and overcome the tensions that so often arise. Learn how to use the end of a funding relationship to boost a ... support, and even multiply the value of the foundation’s investment . The Effective Exit: Managing the End of a Funding ...

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New Tech, Renewed Trust and a Less Lunatic Political Process

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10/12/2012

Following our recent program with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on how philanthropy can help U.S. citizens build a better ...

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

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06/30/2011

How has the increasing influence of business techniques ...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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The Pinkerton Foundation

The Wallace Foundation

Grantmaking With a Racial Equity Lens: Using a Racial Equity Analysis

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11/2007

A focus on racial equity can increase your effectiveness at every stage of the grantmaking ... and candid advice from grantmakers, this guide explores how a racial equity lens can help you scan your field or ...

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Leadership Development

Lessons from the Field: Becoming Strategic: The Evolution of the Flinn Foundation

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03/2009

... approach to maximize a foundation’s impact. It describes how Flinn’s leaders narrowed the Foundation’s focus and ...

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As Use of Libraries Grows, Government Support Has Eroded

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01/08/2013

... study funded by the Charles H. Revson Foundation. To see how New York City’s library systems stack up next to other ...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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Arts

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Opening Up: Demystifying Funder Transparency

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01/2014

"Opening Up: Demystifying Funder Transparency" explores how transparency can strengthen credibility, improve grantee relationships, facilitate greater collaboration, increase public trust, reduce duplication of effort, and .....

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Carl F. Nathan Joins Rita Allen Foundation Board of Directors

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02/06/2023

... resistance—seeking to better understand and improve how the immune system kills antigen by focusing on M. ... citizens appreciate what science is and isn’t and how it can be a force for good. Helping...

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05 Jan 2017

Resistance and Resilience Strategy of the Climate Movement - Webinar

Thursday, January 5, 2017 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... friendly policy landscape to an antagonistic one? How do we create real solutions, and keep up hope, in the face of this new status quo? How can funders best support this work at this moment? ...

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Social Justice

14 Oct 2021

Flood, Famine and Fire: Building a Climate Justice Analysis in Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, October 14, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... change is a major contributing factor. Equally evident is how climate change will continue to have disproportionate ... for its impacts through a climate justice lens. Explore How funders can help address...

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31 Jan 2024

Strategic Responses to Forced Displacement - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... to PNY members.* 2023 marked the largest single-year increase in the number of people forcibly displaced worldwide ... forces and systems that lead to forced displacement? How are groups responding to these...

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Immigration

07 Jun 2016

Peace and Security Funding Index: An Analysis of Global Foundation Grantmaking

Tuesday, June 7, 2016 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

The Peace and Security Funders Group is a network of sixty-three funders – foundations and individual philanthropists – who make grants in the peace and security sector.

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Economic Security

04 Apr 2018

Private Funders Meeting with Dr. Mitchell Katz

Wednesday, April 4, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Please join Philanthropy New York’s Health Working Group for a special funders meeting with Dr. Mitchell Katz , the new President of NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H) at Philanthropy New York on Wednesday, April 4 th from 9:00 am...

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The Limits Are Your Freedom

Release Date:

02/15/2017

... view and voice – however humble or bold – on the way resources should be used to make the world better. Private ... attempted to strategize for this new era, to use their resources and their voices in the ways...

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17 Apr 2020

COVID-19 Weekly PNY Member Webinars - Managing Fears & Answering Questions around Endowments

Friday, April 17, 2020 -

2:30pm to 3:30pm

... tied to the volatile financial markets. We will hear from investment professionals along with foundation executives to help members answer related questions around how to responsibly manage their endowments...

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Appointments & Transitions

Open Society Foundations Names Kenneth H. Zimmerman as New Director of U.S. Programs

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06/04/2012

... offers a remarkable vehicle to combine vision and resources to further our country’s core principles of ... lead our U.S. work.” “Ken is someone who knows how to leverage the assets of private philanthropy and...

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Human Services

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Open Society Foundations

17 Nov 2010

If Not Superman, Who? Confronting Systemic Inequity in Education

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 -

7:30am to 11:00am

... students different access to educational opportunity, resources , and effective teaching – differential access ... be addressed are: Which strategies will make a difference? How can foundations begin to...

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