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Free To Fail? Foundations Face Few External Performance Pressures

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01/11/2017

Kevin Jennings, executive director of the Arcus Foundation, writes, "Unlike our colleagues in government, business, and civil society, foundation executives face relatively little outside pressure to achieve impact. We are free to fail, with no...

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Brigadier General (Ret.) William T. Bester Joins Jonas Veterans Healthcare Program

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04/02/2012

... give him an unparalleled perspective into veterans' health issues and how best to train nursing faculty and ... Affairs at the Uniformed Services University (USU) of the Health Sciences. Before that, he...

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A Better Starting Point for Foundation Communications

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10/19/2015

... In September, I helped facilitate a session a Philanthropy New York organized by Exponent Philanthropy’s Local Engagement ... or nonprofit asks me is, “Can you get me into the New ...

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Using an Ecosystem Approach to Define Nonprofit Strategy

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10/05/2016

Bonnie Mazza, Associate Director of Nonprofit Strategy & Capacity Building at TCC Group, encourages her nonprofit clients to answer the questions: “Who shares your vision?” “What is your unique role in the ecosystem” “What is your role in...

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Insights from “What Does It Mean to Be Black-Led? - Going Beyond Demographics”

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06/21/2023

While more funders have committed to center and invest in DEI and organizations serving and supporting racial equity, a lack of understanding of what it means to be a Black-led organization has led to practices that are frequently performative,...

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23 Feb 2021

Preview of the Knight Media Forum: Polarization in America - A Webinar Hosted by Media Impact Funders

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

The impact of polarization on American society cannot be overstated. It is increasingly affecting what we do (masks or no masks?), who we listen to (CNN or OANN?), and even how we think (fair or rigged election?). And the division is only deepening.

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Workforce Development

18 Nov 2021

Money, Money, Money – Beyond Philanthropy: What is the Role of Public Dollars? A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, November 18, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... State of Disaster Philanthropy report. This report also examines how much funding addresses long-term recovery, ...

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Disaster Relief

16 Feb 2022

Complexities of the Collective: Balancing Individual and Family Interests - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Wednesday, February 16, 2022 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

In this session, we explore how families navigate the dilemma of building a legacy of impact and cultivating individual philanthropic passions while hearing from the experiences of peer family funders and researchers examining this issue in a study...

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25 Apr 2022

Risk, Reward, and the Reality: What Don't We Know About Intermediaries?

Monday, April 25, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

Join a diverse panel of members working inside intermediaries and private foundations who fund intermediaries to hear about the practices and approaches funders are adopting at this time to support the change we want to see. Learn about the...

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Design Thinking for Advocates: Don’t Knock it Till You Try It

Release Date:

02/23/2016

... it Till You Try It By Salem Tsegaye, Program Associate, New York Community Trust You’ve probably heard of design ... to convince you otherwise. Last summer, the New York...

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Close the Divide Between Education and Work

Release Date:

01/21/2016

... forward to my current role. Through JPMorgan Chase’s New Skills at Work initiative, a $250 million commitment to addressing the skills gap, I was exposed to a whole new way of thinking about career readiness...

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Kresge Foundation, NCB Capital Impact Launch $30 Million Detroit Revitalization Fund

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09/18/2013

With support from MetLife and the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, among others, the fund will provide long-term fixed-rate loans to mixed-use, mixed-income, transit-oriented projects that promote density, diversity, vibrancy and...

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Mellon Foundation Pledges $10 Million to Detroit Institute of Arts to Help with "Grand Bargain"

Release Date:

06/11/2014

... an effort to prevent the sale of art to cover the city 's financial woes. The Mellon Foundation will provide ... built with the support of many private individuals and the city ,” said Mariët Westermann,...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Grantees Of $30 Million Arts Innovation And Management Program

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09/16/2015

... Bloomberg Philanthropies worked with local funders in each city to identify the grantee cohort of small and midsized ... comprise a thriving and robust arts community in each city , provide a total of over 1,...

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NYPD Boss James O’Neill Vacated Guilty Verdict Against Officer Accused Of Using Banned Chokehold: Sources

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08/29/2017

... Sources The secret is out — at least part of it. The city ’s top cop recently overturned a guilty verdict against ... the cop was charged with using a banned chokehold. The city has withheld the name of the cop...

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Rita Allen Foundation Supported Research Details Consequences of Kansas’ Lifetime Property Tax Exemptions on Local School Districts

Release Date:

03/02/2018

... 2017 by MediaShift, an investigation by Flatland (Kansas City public TV station KCPT’s digital magazine) and the ... editor of digital and multimedia content for Kansas City PBS, said the non-profits found...

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