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Foundations and Peer Review: Time to Reconsider the Process?

Release Date:

05/02/2017

... research grants, only about 16 percent of black applicants do . This difference remains after adjusting for educational ... previous research awards and publication record. So, what can be done to reduce the...

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Doris Duke Foundation

Saying Yes/Saying No: Strengthening Your Decision-Giving Skills

Publication date:

06/2004

... than they can recommend for funding. Decision making about what to fund is challenging and so is decision giving to hopeful applicants. How do you say Yes, or No, so that grant applicants understand ...

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Report

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Evaluation

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Foundation Assets Are Climbing, but Grants Are Still Competitive

Publication date:

03/2014

... downturn, and that’s putting a damper on their giving. What it’s not doing though: crimping ambitious new ...

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Article

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Evaluation

Sarah Chiles of Redlich Horwitz Foundation: On Foster Care Advocacy, Strong Defense Is Best Offense

Release Date:

04/18/2017

... Foster Care Advocacy, Strong Defense Is Best Offense How do you see advocacy as a tool for achieving your foundation's mission and what has your foundation done differently in the new .....

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After the Q&A

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Children, Youth and Families

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Redlich Horwitz Foundation

Patient Voices: Childhood Cancer

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... in children different from treating it in adults? How do children cope with a disease they can hardly understand? And what happens to a family after losing a child to cancer? ...

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Sector News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Health

Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington and Martín Abregú as Program Vice Presidents

Release Date:

09/05/2013

... as a thinker, a mentor and a doer will add tremendous value to our work. “Regarding Martín, it’s a pleasure ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

17 Nov 2010

If Not Superman, Who? Confronting Systemic Inequity in Education

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 -

7:30am to 11:00am

... students different access to educational opportunity, resources , and effective teaching – differential access ... a difference? How can foundations begin to implement them? What are the challenges and rewards...

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Issue-Based

Community Philanthropy: Using Both Sides of the Brain

Release Date:

09/07/2012

... for Community Foundations in New Orleans, is this: What ’s the role of “strategy” in community philanthropy ... much of a good thing for your donors and your communities? Do you tie your hands and limit your...

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Insights

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All Funders

Let's Fight Racial Bias in Voting Through Donor Collaboratives and Litigation

Release Date:

09/08/2016

... can support voting rights litigation. Gail Ablow: What are some of the biggest voting rights challenges we are ... going very quickly, with very few barriers to entry. You do not have to develop in-house...

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Insights

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Civic Engagement

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

The New York Women's Foundation Announces Spring 2023 Grantmaking Efforts with a Focus on Economic Justice, Ending Mass Incarceration and Defending Transgender Rights

Release Date:

03/30/2023

... equitable economic systems that redistribute power and resources back to the community. The Justice Fund is entering ...

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The New York Women's Foundation

Bank of America Charitable Foundation Announces Five Projects for 2016 Green Neighborhoods Program

Release Date:

10/12/2016

... The AGN grant program provides funding and educational resources to developers of affordable housing who are ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Housing and Homelessness

Environment and Climate Change

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

27 Jul 2016

Beyond the Feel Good Factor: The Corporate and Philanthropic Benefits of Building a Skills-Based Volunteer Program

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... compare to more traditional hands-on activities How do employees in both corporate and philanthropic functions benefit from skills-based volunteering What are some successful models of skills-based volunteer...

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Professional Development

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Panel

Audience

Corporate Funders

Topic(s)

Volunteerism

08 Dec 2016

Food as a Community-Building Tool

Thursday, December 8, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... relationship between food, culture, and society that we do not often think about as we make our daily meal choices ... to engage the residents of a place to build community? What happens when food is used as a...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

Funding Area

Food Systems

15 Sep 2020

FAN Brown Bag Lunch: Best Practices for Hiring and Onboarding Remotely

Tuesday, September 15, 2020 -

12:30pm to 2:00pm

... for foundation administration, including human resources and operations. What to expect: presentation followed by full group ... space at network meetings is very important. Please do not...

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Network Building

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Presentation

Roundtable Discussion

Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

HR & Operations Staff

Three Actions Philanthropic Funders Can Take to Advance Equity for Immigrant and Refugee Workers

Release Date:

07/30/2020

... provides worker-centered organizations with flexible resources to pivot, experiment, and share their work with ... and we hope that worker-driven solutions can attract more resources —especially in this moment...

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Insights

Funding Area

Immigration

Workforce Development

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

Give Generously—You Can’t Help It!

Release Date:

12/18/2009

... a pet—especially dogs, fish, and reptiles (cats seem to do their own things in their own ways and full disclosure: I ... months ago, Science Daily published a study about what most primatologists believe to be...

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Insights

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All Funders

Philanthropy New York’s Adventure Series: Version Red Hook

Release Date:

07/28/2011

... located in the heart of the community known as Added Value . Marvy, an Echoing Green Fellow, also received a grant ... stages in 2001, which helped in the development of Added Value . Added Value...

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Insights

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All Funders

Leading With Race Equity: Building Stronger Culture and Practice

... designed to help foundation leaders gain the tools and resources to work towards equity internally and externally. ... shared learning and shared strategy in this work. What are the prerequisites for...

Citi Foundation Selects The Opportunity Network for Grant to Expand Programs That Prepare New York City’s Youth for Careers

Release Date:

10/25/2017

... In partnership with America’s Promise Alliance, 15 nonprofit organizations across the U.S. will further expand ... through the process. With this grant we will be able to do more and do it...

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Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

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Citi Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation Leverages Federal Spending for Disaster Relief

Release Date:

12/04/2014

... Army Corps of Engineers are very mature organizations, and what they can do is very tightly controlled by laws and appropriations from ... of effort to do things differently. Rockefeller asks...

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Member News

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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