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Surdna Foundation Announces Over $600,000 in Impact Investing Grants

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01/11/2018

... others thinking about impact investing, and demonstrate how foundations can invest to achieve positive social, ... of impact investing by supporting organizations that are advancing the industry and increasing...

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Student Debt and Social Justice: Five Things You Should Know

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09/10/2014

... Student debt is not just about young people. A new nationally representative survey by the Federal Reserve ... compared with 16 percent for whites. 2. It’s not just how much debt you have that matters. Yes,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Ford Foundation

29 Apr 2020

Financial Stewardship in Troubled Times: Managing Endowments and Spending Policies - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Wednesday, April 29, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... their endowments and long-term philanthropic investments. How can donors and foundations balance the desire to meet the ... questions related to foundation financial health, such as: How can funders frame...

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Family Foundation

Russell Pennoyer Joins William T. Grant as Board Chair

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06/17/2015

... Foundation is pleased to announce Russell Pennoyer as the new Chair of the Board of Trustees. Pennoyer succeeds Henry ... placement agent, where he was a partner and ultimately president . Pennoyer is also a...

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Education

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ASPCA & Lil BUB’s Philanthropy Isn’t Just Fluff

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10/29/2014

... more competitive , democratic , and enterprising . But how about adorable? Enter Lil BUB. Lil BUB is a ... the ASPCA Grants Department sees additional “work” as new opportunities to use philanthropy to help...

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Animal Welfare

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Sloan Foundation Contributes to Study on 'Superbugs'

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09/07/2016

... have even warned of a post-antibiotic -- and sicker -- era . To better understand the problem, researchers have been ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Health

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Salesforce Buys Its Own Philanthropic Unit Salesforce.Org For $300m

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04/16/2019

... cash philanthropically. Meanwhile, Salesforce.org Chief Executive Officer Rob Acker will head up a new nonprofit and educational business vertical at Salesforce ... company’s Customer Success Platform. In...

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Technology

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Lessons Learned from a Journey to Impact Investing

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03/13/2017

... from a Journey to Impact Investing by Phillip Henderson, president of the Surdna Foundation Re-posted with permission ... understanding mission related investing (MRI) and how it differs from PRI, assessing...

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Talking Politics

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02/06/2018

Talking Politics By Kevin Bolduc vice president , assessment and advisory services, at CEP. This ... environment. Twenty-four funders opted to include those new questions in their surveys, so the information I’m...

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Center for Effective Philanthropy

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18 Apr 2019

Through the Eyes of Children - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, April 18, 2019 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... harmful ways by CBP and ICE; and struggling to settle into new lives in America. This Monthly Immigration Policy Call will delve deeper into how children are experiencing new policies and...

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Immigration

Nathan Cummings Foundation Names Ernest Tollerson Interim CEO

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07/31/2014

... including a three-year term as board chair, comes to his new post from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, ... at newspapers including the Philadelphia Inquirer and New York Newsday, where he was the...

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Seeking Just & Sustainable Communities: Surdna Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $14 Million

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07/26/2017

Surdna Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $14 Million The New York City-based Surdna Foundation has announced ... residents through economic inclusion strategies; the New York Women's Foundation, which will...

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Bloomberg and WHO Present Report on Global Road Safety

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10/20/2015

... road deaths. Last year, we expanded this work with a new focus on cities in developing countries – where ... impact of changes three years in to the WHO’s Decade of Action on Road Safety and to highlight where...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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09 May 2013

Over the River and Through the Woods: Geographic Dispersion in Family Philanthropy

Thursday, May 9, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

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... once evolved naturally from living in close proximity? How can family members whose lives have taken different paths ... by a mission derived from and embraced by the family? How are families balancing the...

Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational

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10/10/2017

... 2017 Nobel prize in economics for his influential work on how human nature affects markets. Thaler won the $1.1-million ... choices that maximized their outcomes. But Thaler showed how very human traits, such...

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Sector News

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Economic Security

02 Nov 2021

HERO Act and Other Compliance Considerations Amidst the Pandemic – A Roundtable Discussion

Tuesday, November 2, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:00am

As organizations begin transitioning to a new hybrid environment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, questions come up frequently about how to stay compliant, what trainings are required, and how...

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