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What Does It Take to Spend Down Successfully?

Publication date:

08/2015

Increasing numbers of grantmakers are opting for a spend-down strategy - meaning they intend to give away all of their philanthropic resources within a specific, limited timeframe and then close ... their grantmaking. But most hope that by exhausting their resources in relatively short order, they will be able to ...

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Report

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Governance

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

4 Organizations Team On Mapping Tool For U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

Release Date:

09/20/2017

In a collaborative partnership, Global Impact, Blackbaud, the Council on Foundations and the Foundation Center have developed and launched a resource to support organizations in aligning and tracking charitable giving to the United Nations (U.N.)...

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Sector News

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International/Foreign Affairs

Sarah Chiles of Redlich Horwitz Foundation: On Foster Care Advocacy, Strong Defense Is Best Offense

Release Date:

04/18/2017

... Offense How do you see advocacy as a tool for achieving your foundation's mission and what has your foundation done differently in the new political .....

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After the Q&A

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Children, Youth and Families

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Redlich Horwitz Foundation

Insight on Participatory Grantmaking: Camille Emeagwali, New York Women’s Foundation

Release Date:

11/12/2018

... the New York Women's Foundation answers: How do you ensure your grantmaking committee is broadly representative of the .....

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Member News

Video

Funding Area

Gender Justice

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Women's Foundation

12 Feb 2020

Prose for Program Officers: A Workshop in Writing for Philanthropic Audiences

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

*Program is currently at capacity* Are your board reports and grant summaries hitting the mark, or ... find it "forbiddingly hard" to write more clearly? Improve your communications...

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Professional Development

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Workshop

Audience

Program Staff

Topic(s)

Communications

12 Jan 2023

Philanthropic Purpose, Motivations, and Values - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, January 12, 2023 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... and family foundation staff and trustees only.* For your philanthropy to be meaningful and effective, it is important to define, refine, and periodically revisit your philanthropic purpose: to understand...

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Professional Development

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Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

Family Foundation

Private Foundation

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

28 Jan 2026

Grantmaking Equity Hour - Staying Embodied Through Change

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

Are you or your colleagues searching for ways to dive deeper into ... staff, Grantmaking Equity Hour: Deepening Your Practice . Our January 2026 session will dive into ... by conversation...

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Network Building

Format

Breakout Discussion

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

Philanthropic Consultants/Advisors

Program Staff

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Talking Politics

Release Date:

02/06/2018

... that might not be the case between foundations and grantees . There continues, even now, to be an unmet demand for more talking politics, as both funders and grantees reassess what it takes to be effective in...

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Insights

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Center for Effective Philanthropy

Rockefeller Foundation Partners with HUD for National Disaster Resilience Competition

Release Date:

09/18/2014

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will award $1 billion to help communities that have been devastated by natural disasters.

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Member News

Funding Area

Disaster Relief

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The Rockefeller Foundation

JP Morgan Chase Launches 'New Skills For Youth'; Invests $75M to Build Tomorrow’s Economy

Release Date:

01/19/2016

... Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium, we are launching a multi-million dollar competition for states ...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

Five More Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute’s Global Initiative on Autonomous Vehicles

Release Date:

01/31/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute announced today that five cities have joined its global initiative to help city leaders plan and prepare for the emergence of autonomous vehicles.

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Member News

Funding Area

Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Salesforce.org Announces Advancements to the Salesforce.org Education Cloud Platform

Release Date:

09/20/2018

... education institutions aren't only serving students who are on traditional pathways. Student demographics are shifting, with three-quarters of students classified as ... high school diploma. Higher...

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Member News

Funding Area

Education

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Salesforce

Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”

Release Date:

12/20/2017

... youth development and the arts), works with selected grantees to test strategies that could answer them, and then ... to inform policy and practice. The aim is not only to help grantees , but also, by...

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Member News

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Wallace Foundation

Warhol Foundation Condemns CAH Grant Requirement As a Flagrant Attack on Free Speech

Release Date:

11/08/2018

... requirement gives CAH the right to terminate funding to grantees who produce work that is “lewd, lascivious, ... CAH emailed the requirement in a proposed amendment to grantees who had already been notified of...

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Member News

Funding Area

Arts

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

About Us

... grantmaking organizations that develops forward-thinking guidance and programming to address the unique challenges of ... challenge and advance their knowledge and practices. We are a convener and a connector...

Kristen M. Ruff

... organizations. PNY develops forward-thinking guidance , programming and advocacy to address the unique ...

UJA Federation Charities Scramble to Address FEGS Closure

Release Date:

03/16/2015

... to Address FEGS Closure When Federation and Employment Guidance Services announced a month ago that it planned to ... according to Jewish Week, more than 100 different programs are still without a future...