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Executive Transitions: Grantmakers and Nonprofit Leadership Change

Publication date:

03/2006

Even for seasoned funders, supporting leadership transitions can be a tricky business. Where is the fine line between helping and intruding? What interventions work? And how can a grantmaker play a constructive role? Learn how grantmakers take up the transition challenge, engage with boards, support new CEOs, and help grantees use the moment to go in promising new directions.

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Critics of State’s Campaign Finance Laws Seek Philanthropists’ Help

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01/24/2013

Representatives from the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Open Society Foundations attended a meeting organized by the Piper Fund to enlist support for changing New York’s campaign finance laws.

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Red Cross gives $1.25M grant to Brooklyn Community Foundation

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05/30/2013

The grant from the American Red Cross in Greater New York will support long-term recovery efforts for people affected by Superstorm Sandy.

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American Red Cross of Greater New York

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Art Groups Fear Losing a Mayor, and His Money

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07/01/2013

With less than six months remaining in Michael Bloomberg’s tenure as mayor, and the recent end of a two-year grant program from Bloomberg Philanthropies, many artists and art-supporting organizations have grown concerned.

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Arts

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Sixteen Scientists Named 2014 Simons Investigators

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07/25/2014

The Simons Foundation has selected 16 scientists as the Simons Investigators in 2014 to support their studies in mathematics, theoretical physics, theoretical computer science and the mathematical modeling of living systems.

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Education

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Guide to Collaborative Philanthropy

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10/2016

This guide will not only support collaborative philanthropy at San Diego Grantmakers and in our work with you to coordinate statewide, but will contribute to the field nationally.

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Behind the Curtain: How Do Philanthropic Advisors Influence Foundation Strategy?

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10/23/2014

... it. Many of us get into philanthropic advising because we care passionately about certain issues, or want to see the ...

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New Tech, Renewed Trust and a Less Lunatic Political Process

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10/12/2012

... by public policy decisions on transportation, health care , immigration and every imaginable issue. As Chris ...

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The Grantmaking Formula for the New Normal

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03/25/2013

An op-ed by Douglas Bauer, Executive Director of the Clark Foundation.

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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One year after Sandy, are we prepared for another superstorm?

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10/31/2013

Philanthropy New York's Superstorm Sandy work was cited in a CNN op-ed by Lori Bertman, Board Chair of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy.

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One year after Sandy, are we prepared for another superstorm?

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10/31/2013

Philanthropy New York's Superstorm Sandy work was cited in a CNN op-ed by Lori Bertman, Board Chair of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy.

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Fidelity Charitable Reports Record Results in First Three Quarters in 2013

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10/26/2013

PND reported that Fidelity Charitable has announced record results through the first three quarters of 2013.

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Turning Brooklyn Cachet Into Cash

Release Date:

03/10/2014

The Brooklyn Community Foundation and its President, Cecilia Clarke, were profiled by The Wall Street Journal.

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Community Development

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Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science

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03/15/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies and Simons Foundation profiled in New York Times article on billionaires privatizing American science research.

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The New York Times Company

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Science

Technology

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

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Opportunity International and The MasterCard Foundation Plan To Help 7M Out of Poverty With $22.7M Partnership

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03/25/2014

Opportunity International andThe MasterCard Foundation plan to help 7 million out of poverty with $22.7 million partnership, reports Forbes.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Economic Security

Flood-Resistant Neighborhood Would Be 80 Years in the Making

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05/22/2014

[Rockefeller Foundation] Study Predicts Building in East River Could Pay for Itself and Then Some

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Environment and Climate Change

The Rockefeller Foundation

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Unions, Reform Groups Gird for California-Inspired Lawsuit

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06/17/2014

n the wake of last week's Vergara v. California ruling, New York’s teachers unions and education reform groups are preparing to battle over expected legal action seeking to change the state’s tenure laws and possibly many other teacher protections.

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On Agenda For New Ms. Foundation Head: Diversity and Safeguarding Reproductive Rights

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07/10/2014

Among the goals Teresa Younger has set for herself as the new chief executive of the Ms. Foundation for Women is to "diversify our grant making and what philanthropy looks like."

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