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TED: Exceptional Media and Ideas for Change

Release Date:

05/28/2013

We’re pleased to have Vincent Stehle, the Executive Director of Media Impact Funders, provide a recap of our recent program on the vision that drives TED, its plans for the future and the ways that TED is partnering with foundations.

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Far Rockaway Leaders Look Ahead

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02/12/2013

New York Foundation Executive Director Maria Mottola talks about a ...

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Community Development

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Resilience Begins at Home

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07/30/2013

Rockefeller Foundation Vice President of Global Communications Neill ...

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Disaster Relief

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When LINsanity Comes to Philanthropy

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03/15/2012

... to do with the future of philanthropy? Nathan Cummings Foundation President and CEO Simon Greer talks about how ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Artists at the Center: A New Doris Duke Initiative

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12/24/2012

... Program Director for the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation , talk about an innovative new program designed to ...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Arts

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Evaluation in Philanthropy: Perspectives from the Field

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12/2009

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations and the Council on Foundations explore how evaluation can help grantmakers learn and improve practices (not just "prove" results).

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Smarter Grantmaking in Challenging Economic Times

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05/2009

... and examples that we hope provide some useful insights for foundation leaders. Smarter Grantmaking in Challenging ...

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Executive Leadership

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Lessons learned from Sandy

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01/14/2013

Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin appears on Andrea Mitchell ...

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Breadth, lack of checks distinguish NSA surveillance

Release Date:

06/10/2013

In this video Century Foundation Senior Fellow Barton Gellman discussed his reporting on PRISM, the NSA’ s data collection program that sweeps up information from ...

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Public Policy

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Young Wealthy Donors Bring Taste for Risk, Hands-On Involvement to Philanthropy

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05/19/2013

... Director Sharna Goldseker and Michael Moody, the Frey Foundation Chair for Family Philanthropy at the Dorothy A. ...

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De Blasio unveils 60-person transition team

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11/20/2013

... including Alexa Avilés, Program Officer at the Scherman Foundation ; John Banks, Vice President of Government ... at Con Edison; Peter Madonia, COO of the Rockefeller Foundation ; Ana Oliveira, President and CEO...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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10 Apr 2014

Leading Through Change: Advice from and for Seasoned CEOs and Their Boards

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12:00pm to 1:30pm

How do seasoned family foundation CEOs stay renewed and refreshed in their work? How ... ways to balance the needs of the family with those of the foundation ? How do they know when it is time to move on, and .....

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Wait—What is Venture Philanthropy, Again?

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02/27/2014

What is Venture Philanthropy? Rockefeller Foundation explains in Nonprofit Quarterly. Venture ... local problems. As noted in a blog post on the Rockefeller Foundation website, foundations have been experimenting...

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Community Philanthropy: Using Both Sides of the Brain

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09/07/2012

... I wrote about this issue in my recent article for the Foundation Review, “ The Best of the Humanistic and ... in Community Foundation Giving,” at next [week’ s ] Council on Foundations Fall...

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Russell Pennoyer Joins William T. Grant as Board Chair

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06/17/2015

... Joins William T. Grant as Board Chair William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to announce Russell Pennoyer as the new ... terms, including that as Chair of the Foundation ’ s Finance and...

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Philanthropists, Lawmakers Behind New Push for College Education in Prison

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07/29/2015

... for federal grants. But in recent years, Doris Buffett’ s Sunshine Lady Foundation and the Ford Foundation have contributed millions of dollars to programs ...

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Rockefeller’s Sarah Geisenheimer to Step in for Chen at Fund for Public Schools

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12/03/2015

Rockefeller’ s Sarah Geisenheimer to Step in for Chen at Fund for Public Schools Sarah Geisenheimer, of the Rockefeller Foundation , will replace Iris Chen, executive director of the NYC Department of Education’...

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PhilTV This Week: Jan 27, 2017

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01/27/2017

Funded by Teagle Foundation , Comparative Assessment Project Demonstrates ... Learning Beyond the Classroom Darren Walker of Ford Foundation Speaks Out About Why It' s Essential to Partner...

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The Limits Are Your Freedom

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02/15/2017

... of the New York PhilanthroPost Policy Edition Every foundation has its own unique point of view and voice – ... have to engage in public debate. Did you know your foundation could speak out on Executive Orders...

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