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04 Nov 2015

Dear Board...Are You Reading This?

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... boards of all sizes and shapes. Explore: How do you get board members engaged and keep them engaged? How ... package information to get them to actually learn about what you want them to know to fulfill their...

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Is Grantmaking Getting Smarter? A National Study of Philanthropic Practice

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03/2012

... some of the key shifts in grantmaking since 2008 and what they mean for supporting nonprofit resilience. Is ...

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Evaluation

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TCC Group

Executive Transitions: Grantmakers and Nonprofit Leadership Change

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03/2006

... Where is the fine line between helping and intruding? What interventions work? And how can a grantmaker play a ...

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Funding Community Organizing: Social Change Through Civic Participation

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11/2008

... a strategy. In this guide, funders and organizers discuss what makes community organizing unique and uniquely ...

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Our Guides to Knowledge: Celebrating 'I Love My Librarian Award' Winners

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12/19/2012

... Award. Almost everyone's life has been enriched by what they learned in a library. But libraries would not be .....

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Arts

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The Transformative Power of Philanthropy

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05/09/2013

... I’ve been contributing a series of posts about what we’ve learned about strategic philanthropy over the ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Underwater Mortgages, Drowning Cities, and Rogue Financiers

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08/06/2013

... week, the city of Richmond, Calif., will be the first of what will ultimately be many cities to begin taking bold ...

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Public Policy

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The Century Foundation

02 Apr 2014

Grantee Executive Transitions – When and How to Engage as Funders

Wednesday, April 2, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... But let’s be real: leadership matters. So what happens when the leadership at a grantee institution ... top is big and often scary for a grantee. Knowing how and what to support can be confusing for a...

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Simplify: A New Data-Sharing Process for Funders & Grantees

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01/2014

What makes a nonprofit successful? Specifics vary, but one ...

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Website

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Information Technology

Guide to Collaborative Philanthropy

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10/2016

... group, notes template, and detailed description of what support we provide in which circumstances . Based on ...

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Bessemer Trust's Paul Connolly Wants Better Advice for Wealthy Donors

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01/04/2017

... 2016 election just weeks behind us, it is still uncertain what the Trump administration’s influence on philanthropy ...

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Sarah Eagle Heart of Native American Philanthropies Clarifies Debate Around Labels for Indigenous Communities

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02/02/2017

... first nations? Are you Native American? American Indian? What 's the right label? Sarah Eagle Heart of Native American .....

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After the Q&A

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Native Americans in Philanthropy

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Avila Kilmurray, Global Fund for Community Foundations, Talks About Philanthropy Outside North America

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06/08/2015

... America In many ways, it's been a bit of a hidden story, what 's going on in the global south, and indeed in Eastern .....

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Whitney Biennial Artists Take A Hard Look At America, And Find Ways To Connect

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03/23/2017

... creativity and sometimes a reflection of our culture. What moods and themes did curators find when putting together ...

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Caught Our Attention

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McConnell Says Wife Won't Resign From Bloomberg Over Coal Policy Stance

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08/14/2014

... the foundation saying, "She's not going to resign. They do a lot of good things. They do some things she does not approve of, and she doesn't .....

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Global Companies Like Johnson & Johnson and Goldman Sachs Join Climate Change Efforts

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09/23/2015

... have already reached the 100 percent target; others do not expect to do so for several decades, but they are typically setting ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation)

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02/22/2016

... Blue Smoke, has recently embraced this cause, pledging to do away with tipping at his restaurants, as a means to combat ... that paying workers well is not only the right thing to do , but is also good for...

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