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2012
Engaging Stakeholders for Impact: Involving Grantees and Others in Your Grantmaking
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 -
12:00pm to 3:00pm
... To solve complex community problems, grantmakers must work more closely with their grantees, community leaders and other ... of the problem, create new and better solutions and build more effective...
John A. Hartford Foundation’s Corinne H. Rieder honored by American Geriatrics Society with the David H. Solomon Memorial Public Service Award
Release Date:
05/20/2014
... new evidence-based models that deliver better, more cost-effective health care. The following is the text of ... helpful links to specific programs for those interested in more information. John A. Hartford...
Investment in Light Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy
Release Date:
06/17/2014
... can create jobs, stimulate local economies and foster more equitable and resilient communities. In a post on the ... success by any measure: Since work on the Green Line began more than five years ago,...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Joins Impact Investment Efforts
Release Date:
06/25/2014
... investments. The foundation's commitment was one of more than 20 new private sector pledges to drive more than $1.5 billion into impact investments that .....
Americans' Wait Time To See Doctors Is Longer Than in Many Other Countries
Release Date:
07/05/2014
... in Many Other Countries Many Americans wait six days or more to see a doctor when they are sick and need care, ... when it comes to wait times for appointments that are more financially lucrative for hospitals...
Wealthy Should Be Encouraged To Start Giving Sooner
Release Date:
07/18/2014
... prevent today’s urgent problems from becoming larger, more entrenched, and more expensive challenges later," according to Christopher G. .....
New Komen Head Says Organization's Mission is To Save Lives
Release Date:
07/18/2014
... officer last June, said that to make the most of its more limited funds and work more efficiently toward finding a cure, Komen will ...
Rockefeller Foundation Partners with HUD for National Disaster Resilience Competition
Release Date:
09/18/2014
... the impacts of climate change and support investments in more resilient infrastructure. Given the complexity of the ... multi-faceted approach that is required to build toward a more resilient future. The...
Peter G. Peterson Foundation's Confidence Index Finds that National Debt is Top Priority for Voters
Release Date:
09/30/2014
... is 41 (100 is neutral), indicating Americans want to see more action from their leaders in Washington as they head to ... must focus on -- 85% of voters want Washington to spend more time addressing the nation...
Bank of America Among Organizations Supporting Giving Tuesday
Release Date:
10/16/2014
... online giving increased 90% for 3,800 nonprofits– more than $19.2 million–compared to 2012, according to ... November 18 through January 10, Bank of America donated $2 more , up to a total match of $1,500,000...
Fund for Shared Insight Announces First Round of Grants Totaling $5.26 Million
Release Date:
11/21/2014
... to support nonprofits working to collect feedback and be more effective today announced its first round of grants. ... to give away at least $5-million to $6-million a year, or more if additional grant makers...
F.B. Heron and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Lauded for Granting Unrestricted Funding
Release Date:
02/03/2015
... but are sometimes using outdated practices that are often more grounded in an inside-out, funder-centric point of view ... and systems we seek to change. We need to become far more outside in, driven by...
Casey Family Programs and the President's Advisory Council Work to Improve Financial Capability for Young People
Release Date:
03/09/2015
... many ways opportunity begins with financial literacy. The more young people understand their financial choices, the more likely they are to manage their money effectively, save ...
Wallace Foundation Launches 'Building New Audiences for Sustainability' Initiative
Release Date:
04/16/2015
... 50s, and therefore DID have the benefit of arts education. More immediate culprits, to my mind, are social change, the ... left of it. Looking at ways to solve the problem is a more productive approach; and...
Verizon Foundation to Match Employee Contributions to Nepal Relief Efforts
Release Date:
04/28/2015
... earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday, claiming more than 3,000 lives, injuring more than 7,000, leaving many unaccounted for and razing ...
Long Island Community Foundation Supports Treatment for Military Veterans and Their Families
Release Date:
05/19/2015
... work to increase awareness of the M-FIT program to reach more veterans and their family members, expand partnerships ... with mental health needs in the military. Of the more than 700,000 veterans nationally,...
Survey Shows Afterschool Participation Grows but Unmet Demand Nears 20 Million Children
Release Date:
07/07/2015
... up parks and playgrounds, and by participating in many more activities that prepare them for college, career and ... enrolled in an afterschool program, there are two more who are not – and whose parents would...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funding Spurs Federal Synthetic Biology Research
Release Date:
09/17/2015
... for example, increased from near zero in 2010 to more than $100 million in 2014 – more than three times the amount spent by the National ...
JPB Foundation-Funded Research Examines Children’s Menu Choices
Release Date:
11/04/2015
... April 2012 have continued to choose the healthier options more than two years later. In a previous study published ... menu. The team then followed up to measure outcomes more than one and two years later. The...