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BofA, Rockefeller Noted for Adding Profit Incentives to Nonprofit Work

Release Date:

11/06/2015

Impact investing—using private funds to achieve social benefits along with financial returns—has been growing over the past five years, and the Pay for Success approach shows promise.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Bank of America [Corporate]

18 Apr 2019

Impact Investing: Dipping Your Toes or Going All In- A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, April 18, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Experts predict that the impact investing market will be worth more than $300 billion by 2020. Impact investing – which seeks a specific environmental, social or governance return above and beyond a strictly financial return – can be a particularly...

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Talking Politics

Release Date:

02/06/2018

... 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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Is Nonprofit Board Service Worth It? Reflections from a One-Time Skeptic

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01/16/2014

... retooling the business model and transitioning to new leadership. It was the board, which I chaired, that was ... I was asked if I was interested in joining the board of a new foundation being formed in...

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Governance

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Surdna Foundation

Arcus Foundation Shares Findings from the Grantee Perception Report Administered by the Center for Effective Philanthropy

Release Date:

10/26/2021

... factors, the most pressing needs affecting their work, and new ideas created from communities most affected. Grantees ... that Arcus staff are appropriately responsive to them. New grantees across both...

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Consultant & Vendor Lists: Strategy Consultants & Facilitators

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07/2023

This list was submitted by Philanthropy New York members and may not be distributed. Inclusion on ... this list does not imply an endorsement from Philanthropy New York. Strategy Consultants & Facilitators 1:1 Advisory ... and Coach Recommending Organization: North Star Fund Slope Resources www.sloperesources.com Joe Brown, (908) 928-0916 Re ...

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10 Feb 2015

The Conference Board's Business - Community Impact Symposium

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 8:00am to Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 5:00pm

... Out Snapshot Detroit Collective Impact Impact Moment – Veterans Creating Good Products that Help Feed the World Social Entrepreneurs: The New Frontier The Research – What is it telling us? Impact ... see the...

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The Perpetuity Debate

Release Date:

04/29/2014

... which projects are funded. In just 25 years, the number of new polio cases has decreased from 350,000 annually to less ... and family offices, as well as serving the government of New York City in the Bureau...

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The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

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Philanthropy Must Lead With Its Heart

Release Date:

02/19/2015

... commoditized to buy and sell. This has led us to a new way to think about our role: alchemy. In a world in which ... be frayed, the solution is not to sew faster but to find new material. Like Dorothy in the “...

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Germany Provides One Example for Ending the Cycle of Homelessness to Prison

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04/18/2017

... the homelessness to incarceration cycle. At Philanthropy New York’s Prison is the Most Unaffordable Housing program, ... of many of the existing housing re-entry programs in New York usually lead people to...

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The David Rockefeller Fund

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Housing and Homelessness

Justice Reform

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How Foundations Can Make a Difference After Puerto Rico’s Latest Natural Disaster

Release Date:

02/26/2020

... of Philanthropy on February 13, 2020. Soon after the New Year, Puerto Ricans woke up to a new reality: The earth had shaken so hard it pushed most of ...

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6/4/2015 - AGIO IT Security Awareness Seminar - Recording

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06/2015

View the recording of our June 4 Seminar on IT Security Awareness, presented by Bart McDonough, Chief Executive Officer, AGIO.

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Bloomberg Funds Road Safety in World Cities

Release Date:

09/29/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies will distribute $125 million over the next five years to reduce traffic deaths and injuries in 10 cities in low- and middle-income countries.

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Sessions As Attorney General Means Criminal-Justice Reform Is Dead

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12/15/2016

For manifold reasons of background and ideology (and maybe some score-settling for the scuttling of his nomination 30 years ago as a federal judge), Jeff Sessions as attorney general is a nightmare come to life for people who care about the...

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Justice Reform

Supported by Rockefeller, $10 Million Water Window Challenge Announces Winners

Release Date:

03/17/2017

... able to demonstrate real impact will be considered for rapid scaling, with the goal of benefiting as many people as ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

NYSHealth Foundation Hosts A Conversation With Sean Cavanaugh on the Future of Medicare

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03/31/2017

On March 28, 2017, NYSHealth hosted a conversation with Sean Cavanaugh, one of the nation's leading experts on Medicare, to discuss what is in store for Medicare in this rapidly changing health care landscape.

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Health

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Helmsley Trust Awards $5 Million for Study of Crohn's Disease in Asia

Release Date:

04/03/2017

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has announced grants totaling $5.2 million to the Australasian Gastro Intestinal Research Foundation and the Chinese University of Hong Kong to study environmental factors that influence the...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Health

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How Nonprofit Programs Scale Up: Findings from the Wallace Foundation

Release Date:

10/06/2017

Sometimes, when one reads the phrase “getting to scale,” it feels a little bit like the nonprofit equivalent of reaching for the Holy Grail.

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Surdna Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, Prudential, Among Foundations Leading the Way in Impact Investing and Racial Equity

Release Date:

02/26/2019

It has been inspiring to be part of the rapidly growing impact investing movement over the last several years, as foundations and their partners have committed more of their assets to social and environmental change. In the midst of this growth,...

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