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Public Policy

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Public Policy

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The Rauch Foundation

NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund Has Issued Over $110 Million in Emergency Funds to New York City-Based Nonprofits

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07/29/2020

... to ensure the continuity of their daily operations and to help counteract lost revenue that challenged their ability to ... “The emergency relief fund that we launched in March to help New York City’s arts and...

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Arts

The New York Community Trust

Disaster Relief

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Doris Duke Foundation

Ford Foundation

Freedom Together Foundation

The Estée Lauder Companies

Mellon Foundation

Charles H. Revson Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

UJA-Federation of New York

Great Power, Great Responsibility: Grantmakers’ Role as Conveners

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01/2013

... digital publication contains a series of ideas to help grantmakers become better at bringing stakeholders ...

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Learn and Let Learn

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10/2012

... tools in creating and shaping peer connections that help expand knowledge, deepen skills and enhance practice. ...

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Do Nothing About Me Without Me: An Action Guide for Engaging Stakeholders

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06/2010

... the center of their work and offers a variety of tools to help grantmakers better engage grantees, community members ...

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Evaluation in Philanthropy: Perspectives from the Field

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12/2009

... the Council on Foundations explore how evaluation can help grantmakers learn and improve practices (not just ...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Evaluation

Benchmarking Foundation Administrative Expenses: Update on How Operating Characteristics Affect Spending

Publication date:

09/2012

... influence charitable administrative expense levels. It can help to inform policy debates and foundation practices. ...

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Benchmarks

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HR & Operations

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $41.5 Million in Grants

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07/20/2013

... go in part to the foundation’s three-year commitment to help address the effects of the prolonged socioeconomic ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Arts

Education

Health

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Mapping: Data visualization tools to convey knowledge and bring your foundation’s work to life

Publication date:

09/2012

Part of the " Moving Strategically Along the Information Highway Series". Jake Garcia of the Foundation Center discussed helping fundations locate and manage data strategically as well as provided tips for managing the flow of information.

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Audio/Video Recording

Working Better Together: Building Nonprofit Collaborative Capacity

Publication date:

09/2013

... nonprofits need to collaborate and how funders can help . Working Better Together: Building Nonprofit ...

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When You Want To Give, Here's How To Vet Your Options

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10/16/2017

What can I do to help disaster victims? How can my donations have the most ...

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Riverside Park Conservancy Receives Grant for Park Management Technology from Booth Ferris Foundation

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08/08/2019

... park management technology. The Booth Ferris grant will help fund the project management software purchase and setup for better management of the park, which will help sustain a real time overview of park...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Booth Ferris Foundation

CEP Study, Commissioned by Mid-Hudson Valley Nonprofits & the Dyson Foundation, Paints Stark Picture for Valley Nonprofits

Release Date:

04/27/2020

... new COVID-19 related grant programs and other funding opportunities designed specifically to address emerging ... needs but the survey results indicate that the funding gap has become so pronounced some...

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Disaster Relief

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The Dyson Foundation

Give Cash a Chance

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02/24/2015

... that’s not counting college. Cash allowances could help with this enormous financial burden. The way the policy ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Century Foundation

Jonas Center for Nursing & Veterans Healthcare Celebrates 10 Years & 1,000 Scholars

Release Date:

02/05/2016

... with innovation – and funding. To date, its $25 million investment has been leveraged by almost $10 million from 40 ...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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Health

Veterans

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National Progressive Advocate Heather McGhee Receives Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Inaugural Fair and Just Fellowship

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05/16/2018

Brooklyn Community Foundation announces the appointment of Heather McGhee, the outgoing president of the public policy organization Demos, as the inaugural recipient of its Fair and Just Fellowship

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Appointments & Transitions

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Brooklyn Org

Surdna Foundation’s Cordery: Communities Should Define Their Futures

Release Date:

08/25/2016

William Codery, program officer of Surdna Foundation’s Strong Local Economies program, advises that "in order to create the ecosystem needed for local communities to thrive economically, socially and culturally, we have to invest in their success at...

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Surdna Foundation

“The City Where America Is Going to Find Herself Again”: A Funders Conversation with Mayor Mitch Landrieu

Release Date:

01/12/2011

... of the government and attract more private sector investment ; assure stable government finances; and create ... to the discussions underway across the city. Programs that help community advocates analyze their...

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All Funders

Six Months Later

Release Date:

05/08/2013

... Associate Lauren Linville shares some of the challenges, opportunities and advice collected from recent calls hosted ...

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