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How Foundations Can Be the Risk Takers They Want to Be

Release Date:

06/25/2014

... offered his last piece of advice to the nonprofit leaders in the room. "Whatever you do," he began, "do not put ideas like these in your foundation grant proposals. Find another way to pay .....

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Arcus Foundation

Behind the Curtain: How Do Philanthropic Advisors Influence Foundation Strategy?

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10/23/2014

... successful. There's one we didn't get to address in as much depth as we would have liked: the role of philanthropic advisors in shaping funders' strategies. Given that in a...

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TCC Group

From India to Africa: A Quest to Learn about Reducing Food Loss

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01/15/2015

... (FAO) estimates that up to a third of food grown in developing countries is lost before it reaches consumers. ... to the World Bank , more than 60 percent of people in India and across Africa rely on...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Philanthropy Must Lead With Its Heart

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02/19/2015

... The NoVo Foundation This post originally appeared in the Chronicle of Philanthropy . We are struck by a ... the concept of love is almost never discussed in our sector. In the race for...

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Ford’s Walker Says ‘Unusual Coalition’ Won’t Be Last of its Kind

Release Date:

02/20/2015

... Legal scholar Michelle Alexander powerfully makes the case in her authoritative book, The New Jim Crow . As she ... and increasingly women – for nonviolent crimes have set in motion a vicious cycle that...

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Justice Reform

Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

NYC's Action on School Discipline Moves Closer to Just Education

Release Date:

07/30/2015

... Human Capital Development, The Atlantic Philanthropies In recent years, thousands of New York City school children ... and increasing the likelihood they will get caught up in the justice system. Even one...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Co-Chief Investment Officer of Carnegie Corporation of NY Meredith Jenkins Goes to Trinity Wall Street

Release Date:

01/19/2016

... Wall Street. She will create and lead the church’s first in -house investment team, shepherding the institution’s endowment and real estate portfolio in order to advance Trinity’s global ministries, which .....

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Trinity Wall Street

Schott Foundation Welcomes Sharon J. Lettman-Hicks and Miren Uriarte to the Board of Directors

Release Date:

02/26/2016

... on challenges and seeks to develop and foster leadership in others. In January 2014, President Barack Obama named her to the ... on Educational Excellence for African Americans. In October...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Boutiques for the People

Release Date:

09/27/2016

... “high-touch” – programs that cannot be scaled up in their full form. It's certainly understandable that ... with the features of high quality boutiques, but, in fact, such programs can be found in...

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The Teagle Foundation

Free To Fail? Foundations Face Few External Performance Pressures

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01/11/2017

... by the Center for Effective Philanthropy and is the sixth in a series of eight essays from foundation CEOs reflecting ... commissioned by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in conjunction with its 50th...

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Arcus Foundation

Do You See Yourself In the First Nations Struggle?

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03/02/2017

Do You See Yourself In the First Nations Struggle? By Patricia Eng, Vice ... York Women’s Foundation The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not ... Can Do Now Edgar...

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Where Walls Exist, the Arts Provide a Doorway

Release Date:

03/27/2017

... York University to discuss the role of arts and culture in addressing Islamophobia, theater artist Cristal Chanelle ... to be,” an infinite process of repetition and revision in an effort to move toward...

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Doris Duke Foundation

“El Negro Bembón”: Puerto Rico’s Invisibility Crisis Before and After Hurricane Maria

Release Date:

11/01/2017

... killed the man because he has big lips—“un bembón” in Spanish. The lyrics also allude to lynchings and the ... are either completely visible and, therefore, vulnerable in ways that do not reflect our humanity...

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Andrus Family Fund

A Creative Approach to Advocacy: How One Foundation Tackles a Complex Issue, Part Two

Release Date:

11/08/2017

... and Erica Brody, Program Officer This post is the second in a two-part series on funding creatively. It features the ... behalf of people with disabilities. As funders, we invest in impact. Yet, like so many...

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Poses Family Foundation

Talking Politics

Release Date:

02/06/2018

... 1, 2018. It’s said that you shouldn’t talk politics in polite company. Does anyone still say that in 2018? I know I haven’t followed that rule in my personal life over the last year. It seems...

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Center for Effective Philanthropy

The Issues We’re Taking to the Hill

Release Date:

02/21/2018

... Public Policy & Communications Last month, I wrote in this column about Philanthropy New York’s 2018 Policy ... toward Foundations on the Hill , the annual advocacy event in which regional associations and...

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PNY News

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Public Policy

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Philanthropy New York

Listening for Bits of Truth in DC

Release Date:

03/22/2018

Listening for Bits of Truth in DC By Michael Hamill Remaley, Senior Vice President, ... you know that the artifice of political exchange presented in the now classic HBO television series “Veep” captures ... by...

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PNY News

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Public Policy

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Philanthropy New York

Best Conference EVER!: #ForumCon18

Release Date:

07/25/2018

... – and I say that as a person who has been working in philanthropy for more than 25 years, so I have attended a ... it to their agenda. This conference truly centered race in a way that needs to happen with...

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

You Can't Hack Trust

Release Date:

06/17/2019

... and family philanthropy is no different. While we live in an age of disruption, instantaneous global communication ... and means, I’m expected to hold very intimate knowledge in the strictest confidence...

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Moore Philanthropy

27 Jun 2024

Service for Impact: Creating Volunteer Opportunities that Advance Social Impact Strategies

Thursday, June 27, 2024 -

9:30am to 11:00am

The  Service for Impact  working group, rooted in the principles of Reimagining Service, provides a unique ... and explore new opportunities to make a difference in society while supporting business objectives...