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10 Jan 2012

Reimagining Service and Cities of Service: A Funder’s Guide to Driving Change through Volunteerism

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 -

7:45am to 11:00am

... and they’re doing this with the same financial resources as their counterparts. In an era of reduced ... Cities of Service and Reimagining Service. Reinforce the role of volunteering and service as critical to...

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18 Jul 2012

Corporate Community Involvement Conference

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 7:30am to Friday, July 20, 2012 - 8:45pm

Fairmont Copley Plaza, 138 St. James Ave., Boston MA

... "Corporate Community Involvement Conference." Learn how Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship can accelerate your business and social impact. Discover emerging trends and...

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More Nonprofits Seek to Improve Management Practices

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05/19/2014

... diverse and responsive organizational practices; human resources ; information technology practices; ... and receive tuition scholarships for the Programs in Social Enterprise in Executive Education at Columbia...

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The New York Community Trust

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund

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03/17/2020

... Response Fund to provide immediate and longer-term resources to vulnerable residents across our borough. We ... it will have vastly disproportionate health, economic, and social impacts on communities of color...

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Disaster Relief

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Mellon Foundation Supported New York Historical Society Fellows Announced

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10/21/2015

... their academic careers—provide scholars with material resources and an intellectual community to develop new ... topics that our incoming fellows will tackle—from the role European and African women in...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

7/24/2014 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Philanthropy Program - PPT Presentation

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07/2014

View PowerPoint presentations presented during the program, "Inspiring Action to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Philanthropy."

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Morgan Stanley, TruFund Financial Services and Ford Foundation Announce Launch of $26 Million Impact Developers Fund

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06/22/2020

... Fund. The $26 million fund will provide much needed capital to emerging impact businesses that lack access to adequate affordable capital , including minority and women owned real estate ... quality affordable...

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Community Development

Economic Security

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Estée Lauder Companies and Others Partner for Indonesian Sustainable Palm Project

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05/28/2019

... and competitive in the global market, while increasing the social and economic benefits for farmers. “Most major ...

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The Estée Lauder Companies

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Bold Stories For Big Challenges

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12/17/2013

... Working Narratives, called “Storytelling and Social Change: A Strategy Guide for Grantmakers.” ... strategy. (Also be sure to check out the OSF-funded role -playing game “Cops and Rubbers,” which has a similar...

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Internet to Newspapers: Drop Dead—A Program Recap with Nicholas Lemann and Victor Pickard

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06/12/2009

... with an ongoing account of their doings. An important social good that used to be provided by the market is now ... a problem for public policy. That there’s a legitimate role for the state in guaranteeing a...

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All Funders

16 Aug 2018

Tools to Assess Program Gaps & Needs for the 2018 Voter Mobilization - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Thursday, August 16, 2018 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Election Day 2018 is just weeks away! Please join us for a two part funders-only discussion series that is designed to share intelligence on timely, nonpartisan opportunities for philanthropy to help ensure full and fair participation in the...

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Prudential Foundation Joins Donors Pool $40 Million to Light a Fire Under Pay-for-Success Programs

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05/14/2018

... fund they hope will provide a nudge to a stalled form of social investing. The Community Outcomes Fund was started by ... losses. Kimberlee Cornett, managing director of Kresge’s social -investment practice, is...

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Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2015

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11/2015

Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2015 is the second report from the Foundation Center's Center for Disaster Philanthropy.

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Report

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Disaster Relief

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Giving Away $100 Million: A Peek Behind the Curtain At Macarthur Foundation

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09/27/2017

... solved if they receive this kind of focused attention and resources at scale with need. Conversely, there are some ... is best positioned to provide society’s ‘risk capital ’.” . . . Giving Away $100 Million: A...

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TCC Group Exlpores a New Approach to Capacity Building

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02/03/2015

... seeing. Consider the term "capacity building." In the social sector, it has been lifted up as a panacea and mocked ... and relationships). As a result, people focus on the processes and logistics of...

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Private Philanthropy Cannot Replace the NEH

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05/16/2017

... approach would be neither smart nor productive. NEH’s role in shaping and promoting the preservation, study and ... abolishing the NEH would make access to our cultural resources less equitable, rather than...

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Education

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Urban Farms and Gardens are Critical for a Healthy and Sustainable Food System

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03/31/2015

... down the #dontberudy page on Twitter, which has become the social media hub for urban farming enthusiasts in the last ... of garden wars in New York last month. The poster in huge capital letters read, "...

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Mellon Foundation Appoints Sheree Carter-Galvan as Chief Legal Officer

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01/11/2023

... announced the appointment of Sheree Carter-Galvan to the role of Chief Legal Officer of the Foundation and Secretary ... issues I care most deeply about. I am honored to have this opportunity to support...

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Advancing Racial Equity in Arts and Culture, Part 2

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09/21/2015

... staff and program beneficiaries in decision-making processes ); Changing formal educational requirements and ... speakers, and intersecting arts and culture with social justice issues, like migrant rights;...

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