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The Goldilocks Approach to Nonprofit Board Size: What Is “Just Right”?

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10/05/2017

The Goldilocks Approach to Nonprofit Board Size: What Is “Just Right”? Among many interesting findings in ... The Goldilocks Approach to Nonprofit Board Size: What Is “Just Right”? ...

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Wallace Foundation Has Been Betting Big on Principals. What's It Learning?

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11/01/2016

Wallace Foundation Has Been Betting Big on Principals. What 's It Learning? With its education funding Wallace ... Wallace Foundation Has Been Betting Big on Principals. What 's It Learning? .....

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Hurricane Irma Relief: Here's What Big Companies Are Donating To The Effort

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09/18/2017

Hurricane Irma Relief: Here's What Big Companies Are Donating To The Effort The damage wrought by Hurricane ... about $160 million. . . Hurricane Irma Relief: Here's What Big Companies...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Bloomberg’s What Works Cities Program Hits 100-City Goal

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01/17/2018

Bloomberg’s What Works Cities Program Hits 100-City Goal When it launched in April 2015, one of the goals of What Works Cities, the cross-sector partnership funded by the ... into the program is rigorous and...

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Community Development

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What We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island Social Impact Bond

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08/10/2015

What We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island Social ... can make a dent in intractable social problems.... What We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island Social ...

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Carnegie Supports New Study on What Keeps Parents Up at Night

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04/21/2016

Carnegie Supports New Study on What Keeps Parents Up at Night A national poll released today ... most need support... Carnegie Supports New Study on What Keeps Parents Up at Night ...

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What It's Like Aboard an NGO Ship Rescuing Hundreds of Migrants in the Mediterranean

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09/08/2017

What It's Like Aboard an NGO Ship Rescuing Hundreds of Migrants in the Mediterranean There are no sirens when the call comes in. No alarms or shouting. ... than 2,400 people have died trying to reach Europe...

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What’s The [Data] Point? 77,651, with the City Housing Commissioner

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09/25/2017

What ’s The [Data] Point? 77,651, with the City Housing ... Q-and-A, which includes several interesting exchanges. . . What ’s The [Data] Point? 77,651, with the City Housing ...

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Housing and Homelessness

Rockefeller Foundation Calls for Us to Eat More of What We Grow

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07/20/2018

Rockefeller Foundation Calls for Us to Eat More of What We Grow Globally, a full one-third of all food produced ... Rockefeller Foundation Calls for Us to Eat More of What We Grow ...

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Food Systems

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15 Apr 2021

What Are Nonprofit Capacity Building Needs in the Post-COVID Era?

Thursday, April 15, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... lessons learned, and to consider how best to prepare for what lays ahead. Explore The impact of the collaborative ... potential benefits to the virtual delivery of services What new capacity building needs may...

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16 Sep 2021

Food for Thought: What Comes Next? A Discussion of How We Prepare for the World

Thursday, September 16, 2021 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... shed light on deep systemic failure and given rise to ( what we all hope to be) a powerful and sustained focus on ... New York members to discuss how the events of 2020 are impacting your institutions,...

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Overbrook Foundation: A Small Family Funder Trying to Cure What Ails Environmentalism

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08/01/2017

Overbrook Foundation: A Small Family Funder Trying to Cure What Ails Environmentalism Sometimes it’s the smaller ... fuel divestment movement. Many of these early adopters are , in fact, working on a meta level,...

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Environment and Climate Change

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25 Apr 2022

Risk, Reward, and the Reality: What Don't We Know About Intermediaries?

Monday, April 25, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... been around for decades. On the surface, intermediaries are entites which stand between one or more foundations and ... and where there is still more exploring to be done. What will you learn? The role(s) that...

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Millions In Grants Have Gone to Teacher Preparation. What's Needed Now?

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09/29/2017

Millions In Grants Have Gone to Teacher Preparation. What 's Needed Now? It is well known that one of the keys to a high-quality education system are excellent teachers. Research has consistently identified...

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20 Apr 2017

What is at Stake in the Global Refugee Crisis? – A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, April 20, 2017 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... around the globe. More than half of recognized refugees are children. The most recently announced U.S. policies have ... impact of the administration’s policies on refugees What role U.S. funders can play,...

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17 Nov 2020

The Impact of Big Tech: What is the Solution? - A Webinar Hosted by Media Impact Funders

Tuesday, November 17, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... all facets of life, impacting us in ways we are only just starting to understand. While these platforms ... interested funders regardless of role in your foundation. What to expect: presentation followed by Q...

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