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27 Mar 2013

Your Foundation in Crisis: Will You Be Ready?

Wednesday, March 27, 2013 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

While funders tend to think of our organizations as highly ethical, organizationally conservative and unlikely to face public controversy, foundation crises do frequently arise. How often do we read news about situations like these? A foundation CEO...

20 Nov 2013

Changing the Narrative: Using Storytelling to Expand Your Foundation’s Impact

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Storytelling has been the buzz of social change circles for years. This forward-looking session will explore where the practice of stories-for-change stands, and where it’s heading — for funders in any issue area — by using the new Working...

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Tides Announces Kriss Deiglmeier as New CEO

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01/15/2014

Tides has announced the appointment of Kriss Deiglmeier as its new CEO.

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LaVerne Evans Srinivasan named Program Director for Teaching and Human Capital Management at Carnegie Corporation

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03/25/2014

LaVerne Evans Srinivasan, an expert on employing talent strategies to strengthen urban education, has joined Carnegie Corporation of New York as Program Director for Teaching and Human Capital Management. Srinivasan will oversee the Corporation’s...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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08 Oct 2014

Executive Assistants Network - Important vs. Urgent: Managing Your Workload

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 -

8:15am to 10:30am

Do you often find your to-do list growing faster than you are able to manage? Have you ever felt compelled to answer a non-urgent email late in the evening? Does work-life balance within your organization skew too much toward work - with too little...

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Executive Support Staff

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HR & Operations

14 Nov 2014

The Science of Effective Convenings – Smart Approaches to the Details

Friday, November 14, 2014 -

7:45am to 10:30am

Bring your questions and come prepared to share your own experiences of what worked well and perhaps not so well.

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Professional Development

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All Funders

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HR & Operations

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

The Wallace Foundation Names New Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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12/16/2014

Stacy J. Martin will join Wallace Foundation From New Visions for Public Schools.

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Arts

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A New April 15: Make It a Day of Giving (Efficiently)

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03/15/2010

By Eugene Steuerle (This piece was originally published in The NonProfit Times on March 1, 2010, and is reprinted with permission.) President Barack Obama on January 22 signed into law a provision allowing charitable gifts made...

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07 Oct 2015

Making Board Service More Meaningful

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:15am

Nonprofit organizations face enormous challenges in finding energetic, talented, and qualified board members to help them achieve their missions. According to the 2015 BoardSource Nonprofit Governance Index , 20% of nonprofit CEOs and executive...

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New York State

United Hospital Fund Releases Guide to NY’s Value-Based Medicaid Reimbursement Roadmap

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11/24/2015

United Hospital Fund publishes guide which addresses remaining questions stakeholders need to understand.

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Health

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Surdna Appoints Shuaib Siddiqui, Director, Mission Related Investing

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06/30/2016

Shuaib Siddiqui, an investment professional whose work has focused on addressing global poverty, has been appointed Director, Mission Related Investing.

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PhilTV: "Giving Grants is Not Enough; The Question is 'Did You Make Things Better?'"

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09/30/2016

Darlene Curley, CEO of the Jonas Family Fund and Executive Director of the Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, speaks on the role that philanthropy can play in ensuring America’s healthcare workforce is prepared for the rising demand...

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Public Policy

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Health

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Ford Foundation Building Listed As One Of The 100 Most Important Buildings of the 20th Century

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10/11/2017

Pritzker Prize–winning architect Thom Mayne made it his mission to compile the definitive list, which includes the Ford Foundation, with input from Zaha Hadid, Richard Meier, and others.

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The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Invites Applications for its Eighth Class of Macy Faculty Scholars

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11/09/2017

The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Invites Applications for its Eighth Class of Macy Faculty Scholars The Macy Faculty Scholars Program is designed to identify and nurture the careers of promising educational innovators in medicine and...

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RFPs Etc

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation and Ford Foundation Launch US 2050

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11/29/2017

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation and the Ford Foundation launched US 2050, an initiative that will engage leading scholars to examine and analyze the multiple demographic, socioeconomic, and fiscal trends that will shape the nation at mid-century.

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation

01 Mar 2018

Exploring Career Pathways in STEM - Brown Bag Lunch

Thursday, March 1, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... students. The event will be centered around a chapter from Preparing Informal Science Educators: Perspectives from ...

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Children, Youth and Families

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01 Jun 2018

Overstepping? When Should Foundations Weigh In On Grantee Governance

Friday, June 1, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

"We fund this organization, but I'm worried about their board." You've likely heard this sentiment uttered by a foundation program officer in the past. Maybe you've said it yourself.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gifts Landmark Grant to Stimulate Greece’s Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in the Agricultural Sector

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05/24/2018

The three-year project is spearheaded by Rutgers University¬–New Brunswick in partnership with the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA) and American Farm School (AFS).

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and Open Society Foundations Fund ReImagina Puerto Rico Report

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07/09/2018

ReImagina Puerto Rico calls for a focus on social well-being in all investments, making equity and inclusiveness a priority, ensuring transparency at all levels of policy making, and emphasizing coordination and collaboration. .

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