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Is Nonprofit Board Service Worth It? Reflections from a One-Time Skeptic

Release Date:

01/16/2014

... theory. Board service is a great professional and personal growth opportunity. As a board member, you learn what ... have become an important source of professional growth , as well as a valuable boost to the...

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Surdna Foundation

14 Apr 2016

Active Ownership vs. Divestment: When Is It Either-Or? Can My Foundation Do Both Well?

Thursday, April 14, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

An increasing sense of urgency about issues like climate change has upped the pressure on foundations and endowments to take a stand in their investment portfolios. For some, divestment, for example from fossil fuels, is the right choice.

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Luce Foundation Makes $3M in Emergency Grants to Support Communities and Organizations Affected by COVID-19

Release Date:

05/12/2020

$3.1 million in emergency grants from the Luce Foundation provides support to art museums, higher education and research institutions, Native Americans, and other vulnerable communities that have been deeply affected by the pandemic.

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Arts

Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

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Education

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The Henry Luce Foundation

Initiative Launched to Improve Accountability of Climate Change Adaptation Finance

Release Date:

12/12/2012

... by Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute and the World Resources Institute to increase the transparency and ... Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute, and the World Resources Institute with funding...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

What Does It Take to Spend Down Successfully?

Publication date:

08/2015

... they intend to give away all of their philanthropic resources within a specific, limited timeframe and then close ... their grantmaking. But most hope that by exhausting their resources in relatively short order, they will be able to ...

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Report

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Governance

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Supporting Leaders of Color? Insights from “Showing Up to Share Power: A Conversation with Building Movement Project”

Release Date:

05/09/2022

... an internal pipeline of future leaders. Additional Resources : As philanthropy continues to examine its own ... May 19, 2022, 2:00-3:30 PM, ET Register here Further Resources : Making or Taking Space, Building...

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Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

21 Jul 2021

“They're Coming For our Kids”: How the Right's Attacks on Trans & Gender Expansive Youth Erode our Democracy and Threaten Us All - A Webinar Hosted by Groundswell Fund

Wednesday, July 21, 2021 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

This year, a historic number of bills attacking the rights of trans youth are sweeping the U.S., particularly Southern states.

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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LGBTQ

Social Justice

Building Our Equity Muscles

Release Date:

12/08/2021

... conflict-avoidant tendencies and use conflict as a tool of growth and change. Learning requires that I give up the ...

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President's Message

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Janet Robinson is New Chair of Carnegie Corporation Board, Kurt Schmoke is New Vice Chair; The Honorable Ann Claire Williams and John S. Hendricks Join Board

Release Date:

03/01/2012

... include co-founding Minority Legal Education Resources , which has helped more than 4,000 lawyers pass the ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

09 Oct 2014

Mission and Impact Investing: Overcoming Resistance and Getting Started - Webinar

Thursday, October 9, 2014 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Family foundations and family offices are increasingly turning to mission (or impact) investing strategies as a key tool for aligning investments and operations with their mission and objectives. How can you engage your board in a thoughtful...

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Family Foundation

Board & Trustees

For the Success of Boys and Men of Color, A Call to Action

Release Date:

02/14/2014

Open Society Foundations' Kenneth Zimmerman talks about the landscape of philanthropic projects designed to support young men of color and help them reach their full potential.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Public Policy

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Justice Reform

Social Justice

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Open Society Foundations

11 Feb 2016

National Leadership as Diverse as the U.S. - Philanthropy Can Make It Happen

Thursday, February 11, 2016 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Foundations often provide funding to mitigate socio-economic and political inequities experienced by people based on their race, ethnicity, gender, and other minority status.

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Professional Development

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

24 Mar 2016

Legal Series: Best Practices in International Grantmaking

Thursday, March 24, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Do you understand and take advantage of all of the options that are available to you when choosing to make grants around the world? Do you have unwarranted fears? Learn how to navigate the legal and programmatic issues in making grants outside the...