How Foundations Use Communications to Advance Their Public Policy Work
Publication date:
05/2010
... policy are using communications to expand the reach and impact of their work. It reveals that communications is at ...
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From Katrina to the “Next Sandy”: Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Recovery for Older Adults
Release Date:
04/03/2013
... Pine served as moderator for our recent program on the impact of disasters, like Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, on ...
Finding the Right Balance: Thoughts on Advocacy and Direct Service Funding from Ashley Blanchard
Release Date:
07/09/2010
... that best matches their goals and achieves the greatest impact . We are pleased to have the session’s moderator, ...
The Sky Really is Falling…Now What? A New Working Group for Funders
Release Date:
04/03/2012
On the heels of a new Foundation Center report on the impact of the 2008 financial crisis on the field of social ...
Funding Community Organizing: Social Change Through Civic Participation
Publication date:
11/2008
... many funders, concerned about the ability to measure its impact and effectiveness, hesitate to take up community ...
Lessons from the Field: Becoming Strategic: The Evolution of the Flinn Foundation
Publication date:
03/2009
... taking a strategic approach to maximize a foundation’s impact . It describes how Flinn’s leaders narrowed the ...
More Than Money: Making a Difference with Assistance Beyond the Grant
Publication date:
12/2008
... to contribute ‘beyond the money’ has little beneficial impact on grantees. More than Money: Making a Difference with ...
In New Brand of Philanthropy, Nonprofits Invest in For-Profits
Release Date:
12/11/2012
This article on the rise of impact investing in the foundation world mentions two recent ...
4 Foundations Recognized for Aiding the Needy and Minorities
Release Date:
03/26/2013
... Committee for Responsive Philanthropy’s inaugural Impact Awards for creativity and leadership in giving. Four ...
Goldman Sachs, Pritzker Group to Invest $7 Million in Utah School District
Release Date:
08/14/2013
... Salt Lake City's Granite School District through a social impact bond. An unusual partnership involving Goldman Sachs, .....
07
Feb
2013
-- Postponed-- Keeping Risk Above Water: Investing in Adaptation Infrastructure and Emergency Response
Thursday, February 7, 2013 -
11:00am to 1:00pm
Webinar
... to $30 billion more in lost business, with an overall impact on the economy for the fourth quarter of 2012 near .6 ... to disasters such as those experienced in 2012. Such impact investments not only hold the...
TCC Group President and CEO Richard Mittenthal Featured in Profile Magazine
Release Date:
07/06/2015
... agencies, to streamline operations and deepen social impact .... TCC Group President and CEO Richard Mittenthal ...
Aetna Foundation: Closing the Health Divide, One Community at a Time
Release Date:
12/16/2015
... indicator of your life expectancy, and has a greater impact on your health, than genetics. For example, look at ... lived in the early 1920s. Geography has such a profound impact on health because it...
Founder and CEO of Viso Strategies Corporation Paula Luff Says CSR Improves Operations
Release Date:
04/18/2016
"For me, corporate responsibility is how companies operate," she says. "It’s about how they identify and manage their social and environmental risks and footprint."
Wallace Report Connects the Dots of Data Use in Afterschool Systems
Release Date:
05/31/2016
... But how can educators ensure that these systems have the impact their cities need? One way is to use data to help ...
Jessie Smith Noyes Announces Open Call for Investment Advisors to Lead Next Evolution of Social Justice Investing
Release Date:
10/12/2016
... a pioneer in the field of sustainable, responsible and impact investing for social justice today announced an open ...
Russell Sage Foundation's Journal of the Social Sciences Connects Research and Policy to Improve Educational Equity
Release Date:
11/09/2016
... Better communication about how educational research can impact public policy may improve educational equity, ...
09
Mar
2017
Secret Film Screening & Funder Discussion of Sundance Award-Winning Documentary
Thursday, March 9, 2017 -
4:30pm to 7:00pm
... Change Series. We invite you to join co-sponsors, Media Impact Funders and the Environmental Grantmakers ... with the filmmaker and the production company's impact director about strategies for shifting...
Watch Grant Oliphant, President of The Heinz Endowments and Former Board Chair of The Communications Network, Give A Rousing Keynote Address At ComNet17
Release Date:
10/25/2017
Grant Oliphant, president of The Heinz Endowments and former Board Chair of The Communications Network, gave a rousing, inspirational, and impactful keynote address at ComNet17, urging social sector communicators to use their voices and speak up for...
Ford Foundation Appoints Roy Swan to Lead Mission Investments Portfolio
Release Date:
12/05/2017
... investments (PRIs), which Ford pioneered in the impact investing field. A well-respected investment and ... with a passion for using finance to achieve social impact , Swan will begin his new position on...