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08 May 2013

The Trustee Education Institute: An Intensive Seminar for Family Foundation Trustees

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 12:00pm to Friday, May 10, 2013 - 2:00pm

Pew Charitable Trusts Conference Center, 901 E St NW, Washington, DC

The National Center’s Trustee Education Institute provides a comprehensive introduction to all of the key legal, investment, ethical, grantmaking, and family dynamics issues facing family foundation board members. This three day, intensive seminar...

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13 May 2013

As the South Goes: Philanthropy and Social Justice in the U.S. South

Monday, May 13, 2013 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Grantmakers for Southern Progress (formerly the Southern ...

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01 Dec 2011

Don’t Cut Kids: An Update on the Federal Budget and Children

Thursday, December 1, 2011 -

7:30am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

It’s well known that investing in the health and well-being of children now will ... billion out of $3.5 trillion Join Philanthropy New York, Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (GCYF), and NYC ... Focus...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The New York Community Trust, Commissioned A Report on what Cultural Institutions of Color Need to Thrive

Release Date:

02/20/2018

... racial equity," says Eddie Torres, president and CEO of Grantmakers in the Arts on the relevance of this report. .....

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The New York Community Trust

Dorothy Q. Thomas Named Interim CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women

Release Date:

08/22/2013

... as she brings years of experience in the field and a deep understanding of the Foundation's mission and operations. The .....

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Gender Justice

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Surdna Foundation Announces Refined Program Strategies

Release Date:

09/26/2018

The Surdna Foundation announced today refined strategies for its grantmaking programs, intended to reflect the Foundation’s belief that racial justice must underpin social justice.

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Program Recap: Philanthropy New York Hosts its First Next Generation Retreat

Release Date:

10/30/2009

... Tactics for mission-related and socially-responsible investing were shared by Claire Costello, National Foundation ... Lynch. Before parting, participants learned of additional resources to help them on their...

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All Funders

New York City Contract Delays: The Facts

Release Date:

09/06/2018

... contracts; only 6 percent had no delayed contracts. One nonprofit had 26 delayed contracts! • ... $500,000 because of the delays, 119 imposed burdens over $ 1 million, 57 over $2.0 million and 17 over $5...

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SeaChange Capital Partners

COVID-19

... peer funders to limit the number of asks to any single nonprofit organization Converting project-based grants to ... are new to the foundation) Supporting national and local nonprofit sector groups that are...

Family Philanthropy Online Knowledge Center

... Managing conflict and family dynamics in decision-making Understanding the legal and ethical necessities of family ... You can view past webinar recordings and downloadable resources at NCFP's Online...

Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Supports NeuroBioBank for Autism Research

Release Date:

11/18/2015

... efforts to collect vital brain specimens to advance our understanding of ASD and related disorders. Since its ... around the collection and distribution of these precious resources . The ABN initiative is...

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Health

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Teagle Foundation's Connor on Asserting the Value of the Humanities

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04/22/2016

... Then the president asked, “How can we justify putting resources into Ancient Greek 101 where the enrollment is ... Still, I thought, she is right: we do need to improve the understanding of why studying the...

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Education

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The Teagle Foundation

In the Eye of the Storm: How Federal Funding Rescues Arts and Culture in Times of Disaster

Release Date:

09/07/2017

... a responsibility to preserve and protect these invaluable resources . Where collections have been damaged by hurricanes, ...

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Arts

With Support From The Rockefeller Foundation, NRDC Releases Report: What, Where and How Much Food Is Wasted in Cities

Release Date:

10/25/2017

... waste all the water, land, energy, money, labor, and other resources that go into growing, processing, distributing, and ...

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Food Systems

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2019 Soros Arts Fellows

Release Date:

04/25/2019

... States; a series of healing workshops, mental health resources , and performance classes for young immigrant ...

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Arts

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund

Release Date:

03/17/2020

... Response Fund to provide immediate and longer-term resources to vulnerable residents across our borough. We ... to most effectively provide immediate support, with the understanding that the impacts will be...

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Disaster Relief

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Brooklyn Org

Building Trust and Following the Field

Release Date:

02/11/2020

... working on the ground will always have a greater depth and understanding of what their work — and the movements in ... need in terms of staff, strategy, and direction — and understanding that the direction...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation

Do Nothing About Me Without Me: An Action Guide for Engaging Stakeholders

Publication date:

06/2010

... the value of engaging diverse stakeholders, highlights grantmakers who are bringing stakeholders into the center of their work and offers a variety of tools to help grantmakers better engage grantees, community members and ...

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Report

Evaluation in Philanthropy: Perspectives from the Field

Publication date:

12/2009

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations and the Council on Foundations explore how evaluation can help grantmakers learn and improve practices (not just "prove" .....

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Evaluation

Power, Culture, and Difficult Conversations Series - A Recap

... to share with you the presentation recordings, slides, resources , and key takeaways from the sessions below (to access the recordings, slides, and resources , please click on the title links below) . Why .....

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