A New Funder Embrace for Workforce Development
Release Date:
04/18/2013
... staggering job losses that followed the economic downturn, many funders considered the best ways to address rampant ...
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Responding to the Challenge of Strengthening Grantee Boards
Release Date:
06/07/2010
... board of directors can exert over an organization, many funders are not certain about how to address the topic ...
Communications During a Disaster: Five Lessons Learned
Release Date:
11/13/2012
Like many New Yorkers, Philanthropy New York’s staff learned ...
Five Borough Farm: Supporting Urban Agriculture in New York City
Release Date:
11/08/2012
... more than 700 existing sites (there are nearly 3 times as many farms and gardens in the city as there are Starbucks ...
Proactive Support Pays Off: The American Art Renewal Fund
Release Date:
04/11/2012
When it became clear that the economic downturn was forcing many museums to concentrate on basic operations instead of ...
To Frack or Not To Frack in New York: Observations from a Donor Briefing
Release Date:
08/16/2012
... has become a contentious topic across the country, and many eyes are trained on New York, where Governor Cuomo and ...
Funding Community Organizing: Social Change Through Civic Participation
Publication date:
11/2008
... support lasting solutions to a community's problems. Yet many funders, concerned about the ability to measure its .....
Grantees Report Back: Helpful Reporting and Evaluation Processes
Publication date:
01/2011
... gauge the effectiveness of their work. At the same time, many funders seek to simplify reporting and evaluation ...
2013 Outlook Uncertain for Small Nonprofits, Brighter for Impact Investing
Release Date:
12/29/2012
... nonprofits can look forward to robust donations, while many others will continue to worry about where the next ...
Art Groups Fear Losing a Mayor, and His Money
Release Date:
07/01/2013
... of a two-year grant program from Bloomberg Philanthropies, many artists and art-supporting organizations have grown ...
It’s Time to Cut Through the Hype of Impact Investing
Release Date:
08/19/2013
... uncertain financial markets, and staggering need, many government, business, and nonprofit leaders are eagerly ...
Underwater Mortgages, Drowning Cities, and Rogue Financiers
Release Date:
08/06/2013
... Calif., will be the first of what will ultimately be many cities to begin taking bold steps to reverse their ...
Ford Foundation Awards $6 Million to Strengthen International Human Rights Movement
Release Date:
09/20/2013
... to seven leading human rights organizations operating in many countries and international forums. The Ford Foundation ...
Dodge Foundation President Weighs in on NJ Sewer System Challenges
Release Date:
03/13/2015
... from hundreds of sewer systems that spew raw sewage into many waterways, including the Hudson, Passaic, and Delaware ...
New Training Program Takes on Teacher Improvement
Release Date:
06/17/2015
... in teacher training programs a decade ago and found many were outdated and ineffective. Now he has a solution: ...
Open Society Foundations Public Health Division Director Writes Op-Ed on Health Financing in the Post-Aid Era
Release Date:
07/22/2016
... global goals to end the epidemic. This concern is one of many that have surfaced in the “post-aid” era, which ...
Avila Kilmurray, Global Fund for Community Foundations, Talks About Philanthropy Outside North America
Release Date:
06/08/2015
... Talks About Philanthropy Outside North America In many ways, it's been a bit of a hidden story, what's going on .....
The Goldilocks Approach to Nonprofit Board Size: What Is “Just Right”?
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... to Nonprofit Board Size: What Is “Just Right”? Among many interesting findings in BoardSource’s “Leading with ...
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2018
Tackling Implicit Bias and Microbehaviors in Your Philanthropic Practice
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9:00am to 11:00am
How well do you know your subconscious? Why does it matter? The mind sciences show us that there ... and even consciously believed goals of racial equity. Why is this the case? The unconscious messages we receive...
Darren Walker on the Benefits for Men Who Live With Empathy
Release Date:
10/31/2018
... strengthened his commitment to creating a more just world, why you shouldn’t need to look to your personal connections with girls or women to be a feminist, and why the journey toward progress is not a...