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Max Marmor Announces Retirement from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation

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03/06/2023

... (New York, March 6, 2023) — Max C. Marmor, President of The Samuel H. Kress Foundation since 2007, announced today ... career as an art librarian with deep roots in the history of European...

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Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing

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06/25/2009

... then develop programs into vibrant charities. One of those is Birthright Israel International , an ... did not obtain proceeds from a loan. In the event of default , payment could be...

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Rockefeller Supports Training Workshops on Impact Investing in Ghana and South Africa

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03/03/2017

... much growth over the last decade, through a combination of strategic grant making and industry development ... this is new terrain for evaluators, there are several resources on both impact investing and...

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Give Generously—You Can’t Help It!

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12/18/2009

... Glickman Chief Executive Officer FJC – A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds For those of you who read blogs about philanthropy and charity (you’re reading this, aren’t ...

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A Glass Half Full: Japan’s Disaster Response at One Year

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03/27/2012

... massive 3/11 disaster, talking about the recovery of the Tōhoku region is a “glass half full, glass half ... of globalization has been the invaluable role of overseas philanthropy...

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Responding to Haitian Devastation, At Home

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08/16/2010

... has lately fallen off many people’s radar, for lots of reasons: six months is a long time in today’s world; ... the earthquake, many organizations—some with little history of working with...

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Don’t Say “When Did You Stop Caring About Children?” and Other Guidance for Child Advocates

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09/23/2010

... and Company As state budget deficits and competition for resources mount, child advocacy groups and their funders ... services and structures designed to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and youth...

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Uprooting Racism to Advance Health Equity

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01/04/2022

... appeared on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Blog . In 1966 our nation’s great civil rights ... years of structural racism have deprived Black families of ...

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Rauschenberg Foundation Appeals Ruling Awarding $24.6 Million to Trustees

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08/14/2014

... filed on Wednesday in Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal, reflected “the foundation’s commitment to ... protecting Robert Rauschenberg’s legacy and the ability of the foundation to do its work.” The...

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Well Application Challenges Fracking Ban

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07/14/2015

... state’s fracking ban. The Snyder Farm Group, made up of five landowners from Barton, N.Y., near the Pennsylvania ... company Tioga Energy Partners to collect gas from 53 acres of land collectively owned by the...

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New York Charity With Large Stake in China’s HNA Group Rethinks Tax Status

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10/02/2017

... which HNA this summer said would own nearly 30% of its shares, “has not yet determined whether or not it ... status under any potentially applicable provision of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code,” according to a...

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Center for Effective Philanthropy

Benchmarking Foundation Governance

... board, what are its members’ most common areas of expertise? How common is it for an original donor — or a ... board members involved in grantmaking? There are lots of questions out there about foundation governance. Yet there ... and practice. In surveying foundation CEOs as part of a larger benchmarking study, CEP worked closely with ...

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Membership Snapshot 4-10-25

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25 Feb 2019

Census Jobs: How Do You Mobilize a Temporary Workforce of Half a Million People in Less Than Two Years?

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3:00pm to 5:00pm

The 2020 Census Funders Group is an ad hoc group of regional philanthropic leaders working in partnership with ... Census count. How Do You Mobilize a Temporary Workforce of Half a Million People in Less Than Two...

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Practical Plans for Strengthening Nonprofits: The Human Services Data Project

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04/20/2010

Philanthropy New York’s Philanthropy Connects Committee ... designed to strengthen the City’s nonprofit sector. One of these projects would incorporate a data vault that would ... are pleased to...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Bold Stories For Big Challenges

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12/17/2013

... Managing Director, Working Narratives Conscription of child soldiers. Mass incarceration. Environmental ... huge challenges? That’s the question that a group of about 60 Philanthropy New York...

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The Overbrook Foundation

What's the Secret to Responsive Grantmaking?

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01/28/2020

... Program Officer, Howard Gilman Foundation At the risk of sounding so uncool, it’s always been a guilty pleasure of mine to log onto Guidestar and read through 990s—the ... losing sleep over their organization’...

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