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Mellon and the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund Announce Letras Boricuas - A New Fellowship Aimed at Supporting Puerto Rican Writers Across Genres

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05/12/2021

... in Puerto Rico and from across the diaspora in the United States . Created to help nurture the continuation of Puerto ... some of today’s most celebrated writers, yet there are few dedicated platforms for the...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Building long-term partnerships with nonprofits to scale impact: Lessons from sustained funding relationships

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10/25/2021

... vision and mission are important, they are not everything. What are the elements of a strong and sustainable ... for impact is huge, but programs that work in the United...

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Why Bring People Together In Person?

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08/13/2013

... tools would make in-person convenings irrelevant. There are certainly many problems that can be most effectively ... that is appropriate to the type of convening that you plan . A “convening” is typically a...

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PNY Member Journeys - Equitable Grantmaking Practices to Support Movement Building at the New York Foundation

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01/18/2024

... for learning and for being in community with folks who are navigating the same questions around power and how to ... I will say this has been an ongoing practice – a lot of what we're doing...

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Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Remarks on the Effects of Impact Investing

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08/17/2015

... of appreciated stock, or a donor-advised fund*. You are probably concerned about where that money goes: which nonprofit will use it well, and what kind of difference it will make with the causes you care .....

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08 Mar 2019

Applied Finance Part 1 of 2: Grantee Financial Resilience for Nonprofits - A Framework

Friday, March 8, 2019 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

... sessions, they will not be offered via remote access. What does it take for a nonprofit to move from surviving to ... of an organization? Financially resilient grantees are able to successfully navigate...

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16 Jan 2020

A Balancing Act: Navigating Power in Our Capacity Building Efforts

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9:00am to 11:30am

As funders, we are committed to funding programs as well as strengthening ... organizational strengthening through our practices? What indicators of progress can we look for to understand if ... more resiliency?...

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Urging the U.S. Senate to Pass the America Gives More Act

... as soon as possible. The bill has four key provisions that are important to the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors: The ... make the IRA charitable rollover permanent law. It would simplify the private...

27 Mar 2014

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Evaluating the Onboarding Process

Thursday, March 27, 2014 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... HR and operations professionals to share knowledge and resources , to test complex ideas with peers about ... The Samuel Bronfman Foundation Maria Nielsen, Human Resources Director, The Atlantic Philanthropies...

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Issue Guide: Capping the Charitable Deduction

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08/2013

Philanthropy New York's public policy issue guide on the Obama Administration's proposed percentage cap for charitable deductions.

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A Short Guide to Impact Investing

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02/2015

... some of the questions, if not the answers, to determine what ’s right for them and what to do next to move toward meaningful, measurable impact. ...

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Case Foundation

03 Apr 2024

IRA 201: Tax Implications on Environmental Grantmaking Seminar

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... our clean energy policy and combating climate change. So what exactly is different about this moment and what implications does the IRA have on environmental ... development, and developing a robust clean...

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30 Mar 2016

The IRS Form 990 as a Tool for Understanding Organizational Capacity

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... grantmakers to understand their grantees’ financial health and how it connects to overall organizational ... grantee’s IRS Form 990, preferably one with which you are familiar, from a grantee organization that...

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How COVID-19 Sent Women’s Workforce Progress Backward: Congress’ $64.5 Billion Mistake - Report from The Century Foundation

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10/29/2020

... 1 In August, CNN ran the headline, “Working mothers are quitting to take care of their kids, and the US job ... report aims to give quantified answers to two questions: What might be the impact of the pandemic...

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United Hospital Fund Names 2019 Patricia S. Levinson Fellow

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04/03/2019

... New York Community Trust to advance UHF’s work improving health care for vulnerable populations. Ms. Kothari joined ... managing projects to measure and improve the quality of health care. She recently co-...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Emergency Grants to Prison Education Programs as COVID Crisis Continues

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08/06/2020

... experiment with virtual classrooms, retain key staff, and plan for 2020–21 instruction. “The Mellon Foundation ... and equitable society. Millions of our fellow human beings are incarcerated in US prisons, and...

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Strengthening our Framework to Maximize Impact

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06/01/2022

... parts of the system itself — for example, the United States spends $80 billion on prisons and another $115 billion ... knowing that harm reduction and access to restorative resources are key...

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Flexible Funding Is the New Kid on the Block

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03/04/2020

... fact that some of the largest philanthropies in the United States have decided to increase their general support awards ... technology, rent, and people (salaries and other human resources costs), you know,...

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Free To Fail? Foundations Face Few External Performance Pressures

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01/11/2017

... only about one out of every eight of us feel we actually are making such a difference. What ’s behind this “aspiration gap,” as it has been ... It is a hypothesis that can only be tested by executing a ...

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