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Build Up Advisory Group Shares Podcast - Leveraging Systems for Sustainability and Opportunity with Jim Shelton

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06/09/2021

Build Up Advisory Group Shares Podcast - Leveraging Systems for Sustainability and Opportunity with Jim Shelton This week on the Nonprofit Build Up, we’re talking Jim Shelton . Jim is the Chief Impact and Investment Officer at Blue...

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Burke Foundation and New Jersey Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics Launch Alliance to Promote Maternal Health and Child Development

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01/05/2023

Burke Foundation and New Jersey Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics Launch Alliance to Promote Maternal Health and Child Development The Burke Foundation is partnering with the New Jersey Chapter, American Academy of...

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Gender Justice

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Centering Disability Justice

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02/06/2019

... alternative-text descriptions, and changes in our human resources practices. We detail these and other efforts in a ... At the staff level, we’ve begun to support learning and resources that enable funder...

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Disabilities

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

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01/16/2014

Surdna Foundation President Phillip Henderson, who currently serves on three nonprofit boards, reflects on what his experiences have shown him about the importance of board service.

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14 Sep 2017

Time of Opportunity: Best Practices in Summer Learning (Part 2)

Thursday, September 14, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

This program is the second part of a two-part series. The first part was a site visit to a model summer learning program at PS 48 in Jamaica, Queens. Research has demonstrated that summer learning loss is one of the most significant causes of the...

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29 Nov 2017

The Changing Nature of Work and Income: How Philanthropy Can Respond to and Support Low Income Families - Webinar

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Income volatility undermines every investment in education, public health, and economic development, chipping away at what would otherwise be positive returns.

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Tools & Strategies

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Economic Security

22 May 2018

Education and Homelessness - Working Together for Students Experiencing Homelessness (Part 1 of 2) - A Webinar

Tuesday, May 22, 2018 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Across the country, student homelessness is rising. Despite increasing numbers, these students – as well as the school liaisons and state coordinators who support them – report that student homelessness remains an invisible and extremely disruptive...

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Housing and Homelessness

11 Jun 2018

Education and Homelessness - Working Together for Students Experiencing Homelessness (Part 2) - A Webinar

Monday, June 11, 2018 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

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24 Oct 2019

Big Impact for Little Kids: the Health & Wealth Connection - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Thursday, October 24, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Children aged 3-17 have many needs to reach their full potential. Two important ingredients, research shows, are children’s overall health and financial well-being.

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08 Jan 2020

Investing in the Future of Our Community: A Case Study on Funders’ Motivations for Supporting CSAs - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Wednesday, January 8, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Children’s Savings Accounts (CSAs) are important assets for the future of our communities. Philanthropy plays an essential role in the growth and success of CSAs across the country. Yet, we know relatively little as to why investing in CSAs appeals...

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Philanthropy in Haiti: Don’t Miss Out on the Opportunity

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01/22/2010

... institutions continue to commit large amounts of resources over time. For example, access to clean drinking ... One idea that has emerged for foundations and donors is a collaborative funding model much like...

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16 Oct 2013

CEO Interview Series with Earl Lewis, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 -

3:45pm to 6:00pm

It’s a new era at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This year the venerable $5.3 billion New York-based foundation chose as only its sixth president an esteemed scholar of African American studies, Earl Lewis, to lead its efforts to advance higher...

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24 Apr 2012

Foundation Assets as Social Change Agents: Sustainable Investing for the Public Benefit

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:00am

When it comes to foundation assets, the continuity of public benefit and the underlying “practice what you preach” approach are all too often left out of conversations between financial advisors and their clients. Yet, contributing to the public...

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Jonathan E. Gold Elected to Board of Directors of FJC – A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds

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08/05/2016

A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds announced today that Jonathan E. Gold of New York, a prominent investment manager, has been elected to its Board of Directors.

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Prisoner to Proprietor: Entrepreneurship as a Re-entry Strategy

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09/29/2016

Joseph A. Antolin, Executive Director of the Asset Funders Network, highlights a strategy that works with the formerly incarcerated to become entrepreneurs.

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Justice Reform

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New Report From the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Probes Tech Use Among Young Kids in Silicon Valley

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03/06/2018

... Valley Even in Silicon Valley, the epicenter of online innovation , families with young children are experiencing a ...

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James Rothkopf Elected to Board of Directors of FJC – A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds

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03/12/2018

A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds announced that James (Jim) Rothkopf of Stamford, CT, a prominent finance executive, has been elected to its Board of Directors. FJC manages one of the nation’s largest Donor Advised Funds, as well as Fiscal...

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Block Museum of Art “Pop América, 1965 – 1975” Exhibition Made Possible by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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06/20/2019

The Block Museum of Art announces its exhibition schedule for 2019 – 2020. Four major shows, highlighting the diversity of global modernisms, will present a mid-20th century view of art as it is entwined with culture and politics around the globe.

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