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How Foundations Can Be the Risk Takers They Want to Be

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06/25/2014

... to a nonprofit executive director describe to a group of grant makers and nonprofit peers the innovative hires and new ... creativity. Stop counting widgets. The foundation world ’s obsession with quick and...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Darren Walker on the Benefits for Men Who Live With Empathy

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10/31/2018

... of $12 billion and about $600 million in annual grant making . In 2015, two years into his tenure, he made an announcement that shook the philanthropy world . The Ford Foundation would change...

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Gender Justice

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For Grantseekers

... to serve grantmaking organizations, we provide additional resources and services to grantseekers as part of our ... organizational assistance for your nonprofit, explore the resources and recommended sites...

For Jobseekers: Once You Get the Job

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04/2014

... professional development and education. There are numerous resources that we've noted throughout this section of the ... or your needs, there are local, regional, and national resources for you to tap. Nervous about your first site ... Grantmaking is an art. There are best practices, experts, resources , and more information than you can absorb in a .....

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MetLife Foundation Announces Sponsorship of “Multipliers of Prosperity” for a Third Year

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04/05/2017

... in the realm of financial inclusion. According to the World Bank’s Global Findex*, there are over two billion people globally, ... introduces the reader to innovative organizations who are making...

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Economic Security

Rockefeller Foundation to Take Food-Waste Fight to Davos

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01/21/2016

... Foundation to Take Food-Waste Fight to Davos The World Economic Forum suffers from no shortage of lofty goals ... than “reshaping the world ” — and the gathering of global power players still...

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Food Systems

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

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10/25/2021

... support ultimately helped Benetech earn a U.S. government grant to scale Bookshare nationally. Today, Bookshare ... population of blind and visually impaired people in the world . The potential for impact is...

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Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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Chief Of 100 Resilient Cities, A Rockefeller Funded Program, On How Cities Can Tackle Climate Change

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07/25/2017

... the next superstorm. “More and more people around the world are waking up to the fact that something has to be ... Cities Urban Resilience Summit: Cities across the world need to look ahead, as they have an...

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Can Theology Move the Needle on Environmental Issues? Henry Luce Foundation Thinks So

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01/18/2017

... environmental leadership initiative. It’s a three-year grant in partnership with the Interfaith Center for ... and will involve a certification program and nationwide conferences . More seminaries are embracing...

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The Henry Luce Foundation

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PNY's 2024 Audited Financials

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Nancy Feller Joins The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust as General Counsel

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09/03/2012

... Ms. Feller also supervised the Foundation’s Human Resources , Internal Audit and Travel Services departments. ... College. "Nancy brings a wealth of experience in global legal affairs and not-for-profit...

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Ford, OSF and Others Join Forces to Safeguard Internet Liberties

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02/05/2015

... evolved from an obscure Defense Department project to a global communications phenomenon. Now, say a group of ... which includes several heavy hitters from the foundation world including the Ford, Knight,...

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How Philanthropy Can Help Achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals in the U.S.

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07/2016

... Sustainable Development Goals becomes a priority of the world , philanthropy has an opportunity to make an impact. ... examines how U.S. funders can view their work in the global development framework and contribute to the success of ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2016 Jane Jacobs Medal

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10/04/2016

... make cities places of hope and expectation, and influences global understanding and application of Jane Jacobs' ... birth and the impact of her ideas on cities around the world , the award was open this...

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Community Development

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Guardian: Are Gates and Rockefeller Using Their Influence to Set Agenda in Poor States?

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01/19/2016

... their foundations have increasing influence on decision- making and are setting the global health and agriculture agenda in developing countries, ... With assets of more than $360bn (£250bn), the world...

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Rauch Foundation Study Shows Lack of Housing Options in Long Island

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01/09/2015

... Lack of Housing Options in Long Island Long Island is world -renowned for its single-family suburban lifestyle, yet ... recipe of single-family homes on which the region rose to global prominence, but 21st-...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Foundation Honored with Distinguished Service Award by American Academy of Ophthalmology

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11/13/2015

... presiding over that organization's growth in global ophthalmic education. The ICO represents and serves ... associations of ophthalmologists throughout the world . "Dr. Spivey's tireless work has...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

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NY Community Trust Gives More than $800,000 to Bring Technology-Driven Learning to NYC Youth

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09/12/2016

... Learning to NYC Youth Several foundations are pooling resources to make 13 grants, totaling $835,600, to help young ... the arts." Another recipient, Beam Center, will use its grant to train future...

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The New York Community Trust

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Soros Says Attacks Won’t Alter His Charitable and Political Giving

Release Date:

06/11/2018

... by Lake Zurich this week, lamenting the turn much of the world has taken in recent years: “Everything that could go ... embraces. Trump, he said, “is willing to destroy the world .” The European Union, which...

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