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A Letter from Ronna Brown

Release Date:

05/28/2020

... groups and networks to share real-time information, pool resources and coordinate work. More than 100 of you took part ... Immigration. Hosting critical conversations by webinar is giving us...

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President's Message

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

4 Organizations Team On Mapping Tool For U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

Release Date:

09/20/2017

... Development Goals In a collaborative partnership, Global Impact, Blackbaud, the Council on Foundations and the Foundation Center have developed and ... support organizations in aligning and tracking charitable...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Gifts From Buffett Include $150 Million For NoVo Foundation

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07/15/2014

... Foundation Warren Buffett topped his previous personal giving record by donating $2.8 billion to several foundations earlier this week, including $150 million to the ... So far Buffett has given $23 billion as...

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NoVo Foundation

How Foundations Use Communications to Advance Their Public Policy Work

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05/2010

This study examines how foundations that wish to engage in public policy are using communications to expand the reach and impact of their work. It reveals that ... at the very center of successful policy engagement for the foundations interviewed, which make use of ten distinctly ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Ford Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Pinkerton Foundation Publishes New Paper for Workforce Practitioners and Funders

Release Date:

02/23/2017

The Pinkerton Foundation has published Steven Dawson’s fourth Pinkerton Paper in his Job Quality Series, this one on Social Enterprise: Proceed, with Caution.

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Workforce Development

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The Pinkerton Foundation

Insight on Participatory Grantmaking: Camille Emeagwali, New York Women’s Foundation

Release Date:

11/12/2018

... representative of the population you’re hoping to reach ? Insight on Participatory Grantmaking: Camille ...

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Video

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Gender Justice

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Women's Foundation

United Hospital Fund and New York State Health Foundation Release New Report: Difficult Decisions About Post-Acute Care and Why They Matter

Release Date:

11/19/2018

... centers, in nursing homes, at home, or in their communities . Yet too often, patients and their families do ...

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

New York Health Foundation

With Support from the Wallace Foundation Ailey's 60th Anniversary New York City Center Season Opens Wednesday 11/28

Release Date:

11/21/2018

... for over three decades, especially its educational and community programs. The Honorary Chairs for the evening are ...

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The Wallace Foundation

Family Values: Behind Arcus Foundation's Gift for Racial Justice

Release Date:

01/24/2017

... realize how deeply family background influences people's giving . Read through the letters of the Giving Pledge members, for example, and you'll see that many ... works to push forward ideals learned...

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Gender Justice

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Arcus Foundation

Kaberi Banerjee Murthy joins Meyer as new Director of Program Strategy

Release Date:

11/19/2018

... civic affairs, health and community development at the local , regional and national level. Kaberi has extensive ... advocacy as the highest value use of philanthropic resources and reputation...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Brooklyn Org

William T. Grant Foundation Announces Three New Rapid Response Research Grants to Combat Youth Inequality Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Release Date:

10/22/2020

... by the COVID-19 Pandemic The William T. Grant and Spencer Foundations today announced three new Rapid Response Research ... impact the lives of young people. All told, the two foundations have joined to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

JPMorgan Chase Joins Second Chance Efforts to Reduce Obstacles to Employment

Release Date:

10/21/2019

... supporting their reentry into the workforce, community and local economies. The firm today lays out a new public policy agenda, invests more in communities and enhances its own hiring...

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Community Development

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The Case for Using a Social Justice Lens in Grantmaking

Release Date:

09/18/2012

... their relationships with one another and with the communities they’re meant to serve—contribute to ... studied is broad and might include, for example, the local school system, the church, the military,...

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All Funders

A Glass Half Full: Japan’s Disaster Response at One Year

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03/27/2012

... is surely an underestimate, and the overall amount of local giving is probably several billion dollars higher. And ... a bleak future; and efforts to rebuild, revitalize local ...

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07 Oct 2013

Transition Town NYC: Priceless Prosperity With Market Rate Returns

Monday, October 7, 2013 -

8:30am to 11:30am

Surdna Foundation, 330 Madison Avenue, NYC

... economic visionaries together to discuss investing in local economies. Sustainability at a local level is becoming ... issue, and helps to create more self-reliant and joyful communities ...

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Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children's Mental Health Announces Five Winners of the Inaugural Innovation Awards

Release Date:

10/06/2021

... The finalists chosen are addressing a diverse set of communities , geographies, and needs through their ... literacy programming, education, therapy scholarships and resources to help Black girls and women lead...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Doris Duke Foundation Announces New Doris Duke Artists at Awards’ 10th Anniversary Show; Ups Prize to $550K Each

Release Date:

02/14/2023

... “What a decade of this award has revealed to us is that if you trust extraordinary artists like the ones ...

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Producers and Speakers: Money and Power in Post-Election America

... access and opportunity for all low-income people and communities of color. Prior to PolicyLink’s founding in ... used by the BBB system nationwide for reviews of local and national charities. Before BBB, Ronna...

Pinkerton Foundation, Born of Detective Agency, Prefers to Work Unobserved

Release Date:

11/17/2016

The Pinkerton Foundation, formed in 1966 by the family that made its fortune in private security, has quietly given more than 300 million dollars to children’s organizations in the city, the New York Times reports.