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Disaster Relief 2.0: The Future of Information Sharing in Humanitarian Emergencies

Publication date: 
03/2011
This report analyzes how the humanitarian community and the emerging volunteer and technical communities worked together in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and recommends ways to improve coordination and strengthen collaboration between the humanitarian and technology communities during future emergencies.
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Resource type 
Report
Topic(s) 
Information Technology
Volunteerism
Funding Area 
Disaster Relief
Technology

Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political

Release Date: 
08/08/2013
The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation’s Jenny Rempel shares the details of Community Food Funders’ second annual gathering, where the evening’s keynote speaker, New York University professor Marion Nestle, encouraged attendees to work together to build...
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Insights
Topic(s) 
Governance
Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors
Funding Area 
Food Systems
Related Organizations 
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Using Competitions and RFPs: Requests for Proposals

Publication date: 
12/2004
When does it make sense to hold a grant competition or use an RFP? In addition to looking at management issues to consider along the way, this guide explores how grant makers shape competitions to serve larger strategic goals, communicate with wider audiences, create a learning community, and find ways to work with those who are not selected.
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Report
Audience 
Grants Managers
Topic(s) 
Evaluation
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Cracking the Network Code: Four Principles for Grantmakers

Publication date: 
07/2013
Cracking the Network Code outlines four principles that comprise the network mindset, illustrates the principles with a range of examples of networks that have achieved real results, and offers practical questions and recommendations to help grantmakers achieve the benefits and avoid common pitfalls of working through networks.
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Report
Topic(s) 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Hurricane Sandy Activism Report

Publication date: 
07/2014
Drawing on interviews with its grantee partners involved in Hurricane Sandy recovery work, this report from the North Star Fund presents the largely unacknowledged role that community-based organizations—especially activist groups—played in the immediate aftermath of the storm and includes recommendations and priorities for moving forward with recovery and building long-term resiliency.
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Report
Funding Area 
Disaster Relief
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North Star Fund
10 Feb 2015

The Conference Board's Business - Community Impact Symposium

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 8:00am to Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 5:00pm
... Social Entrepreneurs: The New Frontier The Research – What is it telling us? Impact Moment - Financial Literacy ... ESPN Lauren Mihajlov, Director of Communications, United Health Foundation Dalila Wilson-...

Angel Melendez

... in November of 2015. As the Guest Relations Associate he works under the direction of the Officer Manager to ensure ...

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