"Unveiling the Illusion: How DEI Roles Echo the 'Magical Negro’ trope in Philanthropy
Release Date:
03/01/2024
... overdue change. In this journey towards a more equitable world , there's a pivotal moment of realization for those in .....
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Ed Henry to Step Down from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation at Year End
Release Date:
02/12/2020
... of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, with its grant programs in medical research, environment, performing ... staff are well positioned to continue the success of the grant programs and properties as we...
Trinity Church Wall Street Creates COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund
Release Date:
03/18/2020
Trinity is deeply concerned about how the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is affecting our grantees and the communities they serve.
A Practical Guide to New York's Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act
Publication date:
03/2011
Enacted in September 2010, the New York Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (NYPMIFA) makes important changes to the laws concerning the expenditure of charitable endowment funds. It also includes new provisions concerning the prudent management and investment of funds held by charities and the delegation of management and investment responsibilities to outside advisors, along with new protections for donors. This Guide summarizes key provisions of the Act and provides practical guidance in response to frequently asked questions.
Foundation Communications Today: Findings from the Communications Network 2011 Survey of Foundation Communications Professionals
Publication date:
06/2011
... foundation communicators shows that U.S. foundations are making use of all forms of digital communications, especially ...
Ten Ways for Family Foundations to Consider Diversity and Inclusive Practices
Publication date:
02/2010
... and inclusive practices might advance their mission by making their work more effective and more reflective of the ...
How Foundations Use Communications to Advance Their Public Policy Work
Publication date:
05/2010
This study examines how foundations that wish to engage in public policy are using communications to expand the reach and impact of their work. It reveals that communications is at the very center of successful policy engagement for the foundations interviewed, which make use of ten distinctly different strategies to boost their policy engagement. Among the foundations included in the study are The Atlantic Philanthropies, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Simple and Fast City Contracting
Release Date:
07/17/2013
The HHS Accelerator is a new initiative designed to simplify how New York City does business with thousands of nonprofit health and human services providers.
Funding Community Organizing: Social Change Through Civic Participation
Publication date:
11/2008
Grantmakers who fund community organizing say it's the best option when you want to promote civic engagement and support lasting solutions to a community's problems. Yet many funders, concerned about the ability to measure its impact and effectiveness, hesitate to take up community organizing as a strategy. In this guide, funders and organizers discuss what makes community organizing unique and uniquely effective, how to manage grantee relationships over time, understanding the value of process, and the grantmaker's special role in fostering change.
Grantees Report Back: Helpful Reporting and Evaluation Processes
Publication date:
01/2011
Foundations often use grantee reporting and evaluation processes to gauge the effectiveness of their work. At the same time, many funders seek to simplify reporting and evaluation processes for grantees so that these nonprofits can spend more time doing their work. How do grantees experience reporting and evaluation processes? What makes them most helpful? How can foundations improve them?
Lessons from the Field: From Understanding to Impact
Publication date:
12/2010
Three foundations — the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, the Energy Foundation, and the Wilburforce Foundation — seek to make an impact on some of the most complicated challenges we face: civil rights, renewable energy sources, and wildlife protection. This case study provides an in-depth look at how these foundations cultivate an understanding of their fields and then turn that understanding into more effective grantmaking.
Laurie Tisch Illumination Fund Launches $15 Million Healthy Foods Initiative
Release Date:
02/15/2013
... years to healthy food initiatives across New York City – making it one of the largest donors addressing these problems ...
Among Young Inheritors, an Urge to Redistribute
Release Date:
03/25/2013
This article on "trust-fund progressives" includes comments from Bessemer Trust Chief Fiduciary Counsel James L. Kronenberg.
How to Build Strong Ties With Companies
Release Date:
10/08/2013
American Express Foundation President Timothy McClimon and DoSomething,org CEO Nancy Lublin participated in a Chronicle Live Discussion on how nonprofits can make themselves more attractive to a corporate benefactor.
How to Determine If a Charity Is Effective
Release Date:
11/10/2013
Arabella Advisors Principal & Managing Director Bruce Boyd and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors President & CEO Melissa Berman are quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about evaluating charity effectiveness.
New Breed of CEOs Is Poised to Reshape Philanthropy in 2014
Release Date:
01/13/2014
... foundations—including Gates, Ford, and Kellogg—are making way for new leaders in what may be the most ...
Investing for Real and Permanent Good
Release Date:
06/06/2014
Interviewed for a Harvard Business School podcast, Carnegie Corporation of New York's co-Chief Investment Officers Kim Lew and Meredith Jenkins discuss how they got into foundation investing and explain why the field makes sense for parents seeking...
PG&E Donates and Matches Employee Donations to American Red Cross for California Wildfire Relief
Release Date:
09/18/2015
... Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced today that it is making a corporate donation of $250,000 to the American Red ...
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center Brings Hope to Ancient Athens Neighborhood
Release Date:
07/06/2016
... National Opera and National Library, three years in the making , at a cost of 566 million euros, or $623 million. It ...
Ford Is One of 46 Foundations Contributing to Movement That Helps Ex-Cons Turn Their Lives Around
Release Date:
11/14/2016
... Facebook and Target in giving ex-cons a better chance at making something of their lives after prison... Ford Is One ...