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Marketplace IT Glitches: The Sky Is Not Falling

Release Date:

10/03/2013

... will gain access to public coverage — Medicaid and the Children ’s Health Insurance Program — through the ...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Open Society Foundation-funded Report Finds Bias Warps the Way African-American Girls are Treated at School

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11/06/2015

... for African American Girls: A Call to Action for Educational Equity, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. and the National Women’s Law Center ... held by educators and school administrators...

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Education

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Open Society Foundations

03 May 2022

Philanthropy New York's 43rd Annual Meeting - Purpose as Compass

Tuesday, May 3, 2022 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Join fellow Philanthropy New York members for our 43rd Annual Meeting - Purpose as Compass . The meeting will serve as a moment to pause and ask ourselves: What desired social outcome serves as my compass, and how can I hold on to that larger...

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Insights from “Risk, Reward, and the Reality: What Don’t We Know About Intermediaries?”

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06/28/2022

... foundations and nonprofits in re-granting foundation resources and providing important technical assistance and ... in times of both crisis and opportunity Serve as a learning community for funders to gather...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Borealis Philanthropy's Racial Equity in Journalism Fund Moves $4.9 million to BIPOC Newsrooms and Field Building Partners

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10/04/2022

... Magazine Finally, the Fund distributed two research and learning grants to support both the archiving and future of ...

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Communications/Media

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Borealis Philanthropy

29 Jan 2025

Using Philanthropic Assets beyond Grantmaking: Shareholder Engagement as a Tool to Drive Change

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 5:30pm

... opportunities, including practical tools, strategies and resources to complement the work of partners on the ground ...

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Panel

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Finance & Asset Management

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Environment and Climate Change

Open Letter to Grantees from Social Justice Funders

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03/19/2020

As social justice funders, we all focus on the root causes of social, gender, racial, economic and environmental injustices.

Your Foundation in Crisis: Will You Be Ready?

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06/18/2013

Temin and Company CEO Davia Temin recently led our members through an interactive “crisis case” seminar where they could gauge their own reactions and share experiences and feedback with their peers. She talks about that session and the lessons...

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5 Questions for...Kimberleigh J. Smith, Board President, Paul Rapoport Foundation

Release Date:

06/28/2013

PhilanTopic’s Laura Cronin talks with Kimberleigh Smith about the Rapoport Foundation’s decision to spend down by 2015, what they’ve learned about the spend down process and how they are helping their grantees navigate a difficult funding...

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Paul Rapoport Foundation, Inc.

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5 Questions for...Melissa Bradley, Chief Executive Officer, Tides

Release Date:

03/11/2013

In this PhilanTopic interview, Tides CEO Melissa Bradley discusses the Twenty-First Century Foundation Powered by Tides partnership, what her organization has learned about the field of impact investing and what philanthropy can do to strengthen its...

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The Century Foundation

Building a Movement to Advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Philanthropy

Release Date:

07/25/2013

D5 Coalition Director Kelly Brown talks about their 2013 State of the Work Report and how it can help institutions at all levels of engagement learn more about effective best practices and policies for increasing diversity, equity and inclusion in...

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Creating a Conversation About Hunger in America

Release Date:

03/19/2013

Nathan Cummings Foundation Board Chair James K. Cummings shares what he learned from taking the SNAP Challenge—spending a week eating on $5.27 a day, the equivalent of the daily Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program budget (commonly known as...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Foundations as First Responders?

Release Date:

04/18/2013

We’re pleased to have Brooklyn Community Foundation President Marilyn Gelber share the lessons she’s learned about philanthropic response to disaster — lessons that enabled her to serve Brooklyn and its communities well following Hurricane Sandy.

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Disaster Relief

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Brooklyn Org

Grants to Individuals: Investing in People and Their Communities

Publication date:

09/2008

In this GrantCraft guide, grantmakers talk about the rigors and rewards of investing in people. Learn how to design and manage a grants-to-individuals program, including developing a theory of change, using the right funding mechanism, and finding the right people to support.

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Using Competitions and RFPs: Requests for Proposals

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12/2004

... goals, communicate with wider audiences, create a learning community, and find ways to work with those who are ...

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Grants Managers

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Evaluation

When Projects Flounder: Coming to the Rescue When Good Grants Go Astray

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11/2004

What warning signs might alert you that a project is floundering? In this guide, grant makers recount their experiences with troubled projects and tell how they responded - or how they wish they'd responded. With the benefit of hindsight, veterans describe what they learned and offer advice on the most effective and timely way to handle distress signal.

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Grants Managers

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Building Community Capacity for Participation in Evaluation: Why It Matters and What Works

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01/2013

Engaging community residents in evaluation and learning not only strengthens programs by enabling ...

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Catalyzing Networks for Social Change: A Funder’s Guide

Publication date:

11/2011

... build the capacity of networks and share what they’re learning with the broader field. Catalyzing Networks for ...

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5 Questions for…Sheena Wright, President and CEO, United Way of New York City

Release Date:

08/27/2013

In this PhilanTopic interview, United Way of NYC’s President and CEO speaks about her first week on the job — the week Hurricane Sandy made landfall — as well as the lessons learned at UWNYC after Sandy and the role of philanthropy in disaster...

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