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Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association Receives an Outstanding Rating for its Community Reinvestment Initiatives
Release Date:
10/28/2015
... positive impact in part because it was responsive to community development needs. Both of the Firm’ s national bank subsidiaries – the Morgan Stanley Private ... local housing agencies in rehabilitating and...
New Humanities in Place Program at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards More Than $15 Million to Organizations Doing Place-Based Work
Release Date:
09/30/2021
... Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards More Than $15 Million to Organizations Doing Place-Based Work NEW YORK, NY, ... 19 projects and organizations through the Foundation’ s newly established Humanities in Place...
Don’t Forget the Small Guys
Release Date:
07/19/2010
... the current recession, several grantmakers have decided to fund larger and more-established nonprofits, rather than ... should embrace a culture of risk-taking, and that at some point in their existence, even...
Reflections from Jeffrey R. Solomon
Release Date:
05/21/2010
... Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies , has travelled to a dozen states, talking to numerous audiences seriously interested in philanthropy. ... these audiences have provided him with key reflections on...
Can Feedback Fuel Change at Foundations?
Publication date:
05/2011
When foundations make a commitment to getting consistent feedback from their grantees that is ... to driving change as a result of the GPR, based on CEP’ s experience delivering results to some 200 foundations. Can Feedback Fuel Change at Foundations? ...
Lessons from the Field: From Understanding to Impact
Publication date:
12/2010
... Energy Foundation, and the Wilburforce Foundation — seek to make an impact on some of the most complicated challenges we face: civil ... grantmaking. Lessons from the Field: From Understanding to Impact ...
Sequestering the Sector
Release Date:
02/28/2013
... could mean for the nonprofit sector. Sequestration used to be about protection: Valuable property was sequestered by a court to protect it during a dispute; some nuns, monks, and other...
World Bank Looks to Leverage Partnerships With Foundations
Release Date:
06/02/2013
The World Bank is looking to increase the number of such partnerships — which include ... climate change. Around the table: representatives of some of the world’ s top philanthropic foundations...
How to Build Strong Ties With Companies
Release Date:
10/08/2013
... on how nonprofits can make themselves more attractive to a corporate benefactor. Getting companies to provide more than money is a daunting task for charities But some nonprofits have done...
Updated: Government Shutdown: What It Means for Nonprofits
Release Date:
10/01/2013
... in on the government shutdown during Independent Sector’ s annual conference. Big swaths of the federal government have closed shop because Congress failed to reach a deal to keep the money...
A New Guide Helps Foundations Become More Transparent
Publication date:
04/2014
Foundations seeking to meet demands for greater transparency have some help in the form of a new guide. “Opening Up: ... and timely way,” says Jen Bokoff, GrantCraft’ s director.. . A New Guide Helps Foundations Become More ...
A Short Guide to Impact Investing
Publication date:
02/2015
This guide is intended to help bring newcomers into the game. We hope it helps high ... net worth individuals, family offices and others to know some of the questions, if not the answers, to determine what’ s right for them and what to do next to move toward ...
Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Suggests New Way of Preventing Diabetes-Associated Blindness
Release Date:
05/26/2015
... cause proliferative diabetic retinopathy, which can lead to permanent blindness. New therapies targeting a protein called VEGF have shown some success delaying the development of proliferative ... increase the...
What Does It Take to Spend Down Successfully?
Publication date:
08/2015
... are opting for a spend-down strategy - meaning they intend to give away all of their philanthropic resources within a specific, limited timeframe and then close their doors. Some want to "give while living" and be personally involved in their .....
Sloan Foundation Contributes to Study on 'Superbugs'
Release Date:
09/07/2016
Sloan Foundation Contributes to Study on 'Superbugs' Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, known as "superbugs," pose a major public health threat. Some officials have even warned of a post-antibiotic...
Columbus Statue May Get An ‘Explanation’ Plaque
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... getting an asterisk. Facing mounting criticism of his plan to remove some of the city’ s monuments — possibly including the Christopher Columbus ...
Your Foundation in Crisis: Will You Be Ready?
Release Date:
06/18/2013
Temin and Company CEO Davia Temin recently led our members through an interactive “crisis case” seminar where they could gauge their own reactions and share experiences and feedback with their peers. She talks about that session and the lessons...
5 Questions for...Kimberleigh J. Smith, Board President, Paul Rapoport Foundation
Release Date:
06/28/2013
PhilanTopic’ s Laura Cronin talks with Kimberleigh Smith about the Rapoport Foundation’ s decision to spend down by 2015, what they’ve learned about the spend ...
5 Questions for...Melissa Bradley, Chief Executive Officer, Tides
Release Date:
03/11/2013
... the field of impact investing and what philanthropy can do to strengthen its support of human rights and racial justice. ...