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Ford Releases Investment Returns; More Grant Makers May Be On the Way

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10/02/2017

Ford Releases Investment Returns; More Grant Makers May Be On the Way For ... time in several years, the Ford Foundation disclosed the investment performance of its $12.1 billion endowment , ... will beat indexes...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Move to 100 Percent Mission-Aligned Investing

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03/13/2018

The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced that they will align 100 percent of their nearly half-billion dollar endowment with their mission.

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11 Dec 2018

Impact Investing in the Arts 101: Building Your Funding Tool Box

Tuesday, December 11, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Many philanthropic institutions and individuals are considering impact investing as a tool to complement their grantmaking activities. Despite its increasing popularity, however, institutions that support the arts have been slow to add impact...

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NY Women's Foundation and NoVo Foundation Noted for Investments Supporting Women

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03/29/2016

... and created the Young Women's Initiative. Philanthropic investment has also increased. . . NY Women's Foundation .....

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Invest $30 Million in Arts and Cultural Organizations

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04/03/2015

The program was piloted in New York City and will expand to six additional cities nationwide.

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F.B. Heron Foundation Is Going 'All In' with 100 percent Impact Investments

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02/26/2018

Clara Miller, who has headed the F.B. Heron Foundation for the past three years, wants to take the ultimate impact investing step: to go "all in".

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F.B. Heron Foundation Earmarks Entire Endowment for Social Impact Investments

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10/21/2014

By the end of 2014, 63% of the F.B. Heron Foundation's funds will be moved to social investments, with hopes to reach 100% by 2017.

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14 Jul 2022

Impact Investing: Aligning All Capital for Good - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, July 14, 2022 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

Join us for the monthly Fundamentals of Family Philanthropy webinar series that provides guidance on the core tenets of effective family philanthropy—from motivations and values to governance, grantmaking, and succession.

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MacArthur and Master Card Foundations Invest $24 Million in Secondary Education

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05/06/2014

MacArthur and Master Card Foundations invest $24 million in international secondary education, reports Triple Pundit.

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Ford, Rockefeller and Others Supporting NFF Knowledge-Dissemination Effort on Impact Investing

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04/14/2016

Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is partnering with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on a collaborative effort to examine how results-based funding could revolutionize America's approach to entrenched social issues.

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JP Morgan Chase Investing $40M in Chicago's Underserved Neighborhoods

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09/15/2017

JPMorgan Chase wants to do for Chicago's South and West sides what it has begun to do for Detroit. The nation's biggest bank, and also the largest in Chicago, is committing $40 million over the next three years to help rebuild and re-energize parts...

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Investing in Leadership Volume 2: Inspiration and Ideas from Philanthropy’s Last Frontier

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02/2006

A Grantmakers for Effective Organizations publication that explores a sampling of the leadership development being utilized now in the nonprofit sector. Also contains case studies about leadership development.

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2013 Outlook Uncertain for Small Nonprofits, Brighter for Impact Investing

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12/29/2012

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors President and CEO Melissa Berman shared her thoughts on philanthropic trends for the upcoming year.

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Knight Foundation Invests $3.6 Million in Black Male Engagement Network

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09/22/2013

The project, in partnership with the Open Society Foundations' Campaign for Black Male Achievement and the Heinz Endowments, has worked over the last two years to recognize black male leaders from all walks of life.