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10 Oct 2013

Creative Strategies for Family and Board Education

Thursday, October 10, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Webinar

In the introduction to "Generations of Giving ," the National Center for Family Philanthropy’s ... to them. This webinar will feature examples of family foundations with creative board engagement...

Target Hits $25 Million Goal For School Supply Donations

Release Date:

08/04/2014

Target Corp. announced that it hit its campaign goal to donate $25 million in school supplies to children in need based on purchases made in its stores nationwide from July 13 through Aug. 2.

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Education

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Target Corporation

11 Dec 2020

Philanthropy 101: The Great Debates in Philanthropy

Friday, December 11, 2020 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... So You're Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community November 13 - Foundation Governance and Legal ... the Philanthropy 101 Series virtually in 2020. Foundations outside the New York...

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Professional Development

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Breakout Discussion

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All Funders

New Staff

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Schott's Villanueva Comments on Native Leadership in Institutional Philanthropy

Release Date:

05/27/2016

... influencers in philanthropy. Why are there so few of us working in philanthropy? Who's addressing the issue? And, .....

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Unlocking the Power of Co-Leadership: Part Two of A Candid Conversation with Rebecca Tye and Camaro West, Co-Executive Directors of Peace is Loud

Release Date:

12/08/2023

... needs to ask itself a series of questions, ‘What are the resources that we have to put behind this?’ And, beyond monetary resources , do you have support from the board and support ... value that the...

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Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Small Victories in Affordable Housing? We'll Take it!

Release Date:

01/19/2018

... it! By Patricia Swann, Senior Program Officer, Thriving Communities , New York Community Trust The affordable housing shortage is no longer ... yet, a few victories here in New York City have brought us...

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Housing and Homelessness

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The New York Community Trust

09 Oct 2014

Mission and Impact Investing: Overcoming Resistance and Getting Started - Webinar

Thursday, October 9, 2014 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Family foundations and family offices are increasingly turning to ... to get started with impact investing, and how do family foundations , especially those with limited staff capacity, ... leverage their...

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Family Foundation

Board & Trustees

20 Feb 2019

Activating Philanthropy’s Power for Change: The Role of Self-Assessment and Honest Feedback

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

... change - with humility and attention to privilege. Join us for this interactive discussion with a panel of expert ... Moves in its first year Practical peer insights from foundations who have undertook this...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

18 Feb 2020

Immigration: When Something So Personal Depends on Policymakers

Tuesday, February 18, 2020 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... Munoz , Vice President for Public Interest Technology and Local Initiatives, New America Geri Mannion (Moderator), Program Director, US Democracy & Special Operations Fund, Carnegie ...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Legal Issues

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Children, Youth and Families

Immigration

Public Policy

Social Justice

Major Research Groups Are Given Low Marks on Disclosing Donors

Release Date:

05/06/2014

... by Transparify, a survey funded by the Open Society Foundations . The conservative-leaning Hoover Institution, ... players in Washington such as the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Hudson...

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Open Society Foundations

Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Poor Countries Fight Big Tobacco

Release Date:

03/19/2015

... giants, which have increasingly resorted to suing under international trade agreements to ensure distribution of ...

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Health

International/Foreign Affairs

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

OSF Weighs in on High Cost of Heroin Overdose Treatment Drug

Release Date:

03/25/2015

... $1 per dose, according to Daniel Wolfe, director of the international harm reduction program at the Open Society Foundations .... OSF Weighs in on High Cost of Heroin Overdose ...

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Health

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Open Society Foundations

Carnegie Corporation Seeks Ideas to Reduce Nuclear Risks

Release Date:

09/23/2016

... issue; contain ideas that can be adopted by governments, international organizations, or private industry; and include ...

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RFPs Etc

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Environment and Climate Change

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Skoll, Hilton, Ford, Rockefeller Among Backers of The Guardian’s Nonprofit Arm that Will Support Its Journalism

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... Pulitzer Prize that helped spur the British newspaper’s international expansion, is fully embracing a new moneymaking ... tapping philanthropic organizations — or even corporate foundations and think tanks —...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

It’s Time to Define Our New Normal

Release Date:

12/19/2016

... You cannot normalize this atrocity. You cannot expect us to put it all behind and get back to business. You want ... started a resource page for post-election convenings and resources . Add to it. Challenge it...

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Insights

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Communications/Media

Justice Reform

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Atlantic Philanthropies Final Grant Supports Cornell Tradition

Release Date:

01/10/2017

... during their lifetimes, a philosophy he describes as " giving while living." Atlantic's final investment will create .....

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Education

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

The New Power of the Purse: Younger Women and the Future of Philanthropy

Release Date:

08/25/2017

... it's something of a matriarchy. Sure, most of the biggest foundations are still run by men and male zillionaires get ... for their philanthropy. But women comprise most staff in foundations , half of all...

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Data-Driven Gender Equality

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... credit, and training opportunities. Studies show that giving women more decision-making power over productive ...

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Gender Justice

International/Foreign Affairs

09 Dec 2010

Shareholder Activism: Changing Corporate Behavior

Thursday, December 9, 2010 -

7:30am to 11:00am

... they might decrease the value of your company? Most foundations would probably answer yes to these questions. But while foundations give away billions of dollars to address social ... own significant stakes in...

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Issue-Based

02 Sep 2020

Balancing Purpose, Payout, and Permanence - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Wednesday, September 2, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:15pm

... funders, and an especially complex one for endowed private foundations . The answer of “around 5%” was never universal as foundations sought creative means of ensuring that assets ... other co-signers of the...