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Disrupting the Textbook Status Quo

Release Date:

09/05/2014

... strengthen this market in three ways: Philanthropy can support efforts by teachers and school districts to create ... strong materials. Developing guides and open educational resources to help teachers...

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Education

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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Pooled Journalism Funds Could Help Save Local Newspapers

Release Date:

03/24/2021

... troubling development did come with one bright spot. A nonprofit supported by Maryland business executive and ... embrace — pooled funds or giving circles to support local media. Imagine if local philanthropic...

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Communications/Media

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

If We Want to Strengthen Democracy, Let's Start in Our Back Yard

Release Date:

04/14/2021

... Our state and city boards of elections have been at the center of multiple recent scandals, including illegally ... nonprofits, and nurture the talent and imagination of the nonprofit sector. We will ...

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Civic Engagement

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

The New York Community Trust

Ford Foundation

19 May 2022

Leadership Transitions Funders Group - An Invitation to a Community of Practice

Thursday, May 19, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... to learn and collaborate , where possible, to better support nonprofits going through leadership transitions and ... or moments as they arise within the movements/fields we support . Join us for the launch of...

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Network Building

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Breakout Discussion

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

Toward a New Gospel of Wealth

Release Date:

10/01/2015

... First of all, no one in philanthropy has the independent resources to solve our collective problems. In his lifetime, ... to put grantmaking rather than change making at the center of our worldview. For...

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Insights

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Community Development

Economic Security

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

Century Foundation Report Calls for Funding Reform for Community Colleges

Release Date:

05/28/2015

... tend to receive the least amount of public financial support compared to other institutions, yet they are asked to ... of low-income students into the middle class with few resources . A report released by the...

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Member News

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Education

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The Century Foundation

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Works to Preserve Scholarly Latin Texts

Release Date:

08/19/2015

... Latin Library project, which—when complete—will create resources that people of varying levels of interest and ... and launch of this Linked Open Data resource for providing resources and support...

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Member News

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

We are In a Time of New Suns

Release Date:

10/19/2022

... Philanthropy. This piece was originally published by the Center for Effective Philanthropy in August of 2022. The ... climate change as outside the scope of their mission and resources , but still believe that...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Unbound Philanthropy

Essential Skills and Strategies for Program Officers

... Ford Foundation Paige Granger , Grants Officer, Grants Management , The Rockefeller Foundation Alli Jernow, Vice ... professional development experience for newer grantmakers. Resources from PNY’s Fund for 2025...

Rockefeller Foundation's Boltz: Take a Fluid Approach to Build Fresh Water Resilience

Release Date:

08/26/2016

... particularly by those directing investments in water management and infrastructure. We have built up and often ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Disaster Relief

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Prudential Doubles Down On Financial Wellness

Release Date:

05/17/2017

... American workers, and armed employers with new tools and resources to help them to understand and improve the ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Corporate Social Responsibility

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Prudential Foundation

Cuomo Says Penn’s ‘Summer Of Hell’ Was Prevented

Release Date:

08/31/2017

... who got it done and proved that when we have the right resources , management , and cooperation at every level, you can deliver ...

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Sector News

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Community Development

Leading With Race Equity: Building Stronger Culture and Practice

... have begun the journey towards equity, we often need support to navigate the work between our current state of ... designed to help foundation leaders gain the tools and resources to work towards equity...

Fewer Rocks & a Traffic Light = Greater Effectiveness & More Success

Release Date:

12/14/2010

... role. Wellspring first considered “off the shelf” resources , particularly to strengthen its financial due ... the relatively few yellow and red organizations, grants management staff could analyze an...

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Insights

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All Funders

1/20/2015 - The Power of Micro Aggressions and Micro Affirmations Live stream & Presentations

Publication date:

01/2015

View materials and the live stream recording of the program, The Power of Micro Aggressions and Micro Affirmations .

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Audio/Video Recording

Program Presentation

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All Funders

The Sozosei Foundation Reaches a Milestone Awards $4 Million in Grants to Decriminalize Mental Illness

Release Date:

11/01/2021

... In 2021, the Foundation awarded $4 million in grants to 29 nonprofit organizations working to eliminate the ... 988 to work. This grant will help us in our endeavors to support 9-8-8.” Said Jennifer Cox, Ph.D...

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Member News

Funding Area

Health

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Sozosei Foundation

Alliance Building in a Hyper-partisan Environment

Release Date:

02/25/2022

... of our nonpartisan status, private foundations—and the nonprofit advocates we fund—are in a unique position to ... immigration, the Corporation funds the Bipartisan Policy Center , Cato Institute, the Police...

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Insights

Funding Area

Public Policy

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

On The Foundation Freeway: Entering And Exiting Priority Areas With Caution

Release Date:

08/02/2016

... funders, no matter their size, have big dreams and limited resources . I have yet to meet grantmakers—even the largest ... to ensure that consumers have the tools, resources , and support they...

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Insights

Funding Area

Health

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New York Health Foundation

Will Cordery Joins Wellspring's Racial Justice Program

Release Date:

05/04/2017

A Kentucky native, Will brings almost 15 years of experience in advocacy, organizing, fundraising and grantmaking designed to increase justice for low-income communities of color across the country and internationally.

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Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Social Justice

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Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

23 Jul 2020

On Balance: Increasing Payout and Living to Fund Another Day

Thursday, July 23, 2020 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... As Farhad Ebrahimi asks us, “Are we here to support the kind of transformative change that will address ... our own financial holdings in perpetuity, making those resources available to social change work only...