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17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks

Release Date:

01/30/2014

The Educational Foundation of America and the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation are among ... in their endowments and invest at least five percent of their assets in clean-energy companies, reported The Chronicle...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

The Educational Foundation of America

10 Apr 2014

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

Thursday, April 10, 2014 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... How do experienced CEOs find ways to balance the needs of the family with those of the foundation? How do they know when it is time to move ... Seasoned CEO: A Guide for Family Foundation Leaders.” A ...

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Family Foundation

Executive Leadership

Turning Brooklyn Cachet Into Cash

Release Date:

03/10/2014

... in both affluence and cultural cachet, neighborhood-based philanthropy would rise, too. But that never really happened ... really soared. With superstorm Sandy serving as a kind of catalyst for the borough—and...

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

The Wall Street Journal

Science Studies Get a Big Boost

Release Date:

03/10/2014

The Chronicle of Philanthropy highlighted several foundation efforts to ... math, including initiatives from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable ...

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Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

The North Star Fund is the First Community Foundation to Sign Pledge to Divest from Fossil Fuels

Release Date:

03/13/2014

... first community foundation to sign onto the Divest-Invest Philanthropy initiative's pledge to divest from fossil fuel ... three decades ago, and we're proud to be an early member of the Divest-Invest...

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Environment and Climate Change

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North Star Fund

Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal

Release Date:

06/13/2014

... Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal An article in Inside Philanthropy singles out the Mertz Gilmore Foundation for ... past 20 years, especially its efforts to reduce the use of coal, the country’s biggest source...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

On Agenda For New Ms. Foundation Head: Diversity and Safeguarding Reproductive Rights

Release Date:

07/10/2014

... Younger has set for herself as the new chief executive of the Ms. Foundation for Women is to "diversify our grant making and what philanthropy looks like." She also tells the Chronicle Of...

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Gender Justice

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Donors Education Collaborative Awards $995,000 For Education Reform

Release Date:

08/04/2014

... York City public schools, and whose contributors are all Philanthropy New York members, announced $995,000 in grants ...

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Education

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Catherine & Joseph Aresty Foundation

Booth Ferris Foundation

The Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

Ford Foundation

The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation, Inc.

Fordham Street Foundation

The New York Community Trust

NoVo Foundation

The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Trinity Church Philanthropies

Arcus and Ford Named as Top Funders who Champion Marriage Equality

Release Date:

10/07/2014

... Marriage Equality It's always hard to pinpoint the role of philanthropy in bringing about big changes in society and, to ... But, wow, if ever there was a great case study of focused and...

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LGBTQ

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Ford Foundation

Arcus Foundation

The Source Codes of Foundation Culture

Publication date:

10/2015

... to and impedes efforts to lead productive change in philanthropy . One theme that has arisen time and again is the importance of creating and nurturing an organizational culture that ... is the personality, behaviors and underlying assumptions of an organization. While culture can be understood in ...

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Report

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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)

Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders

Release Date:

04/25/2016

Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders Darren Walker’s moves to steer the ... and inclusion won him a spot on Time magazine's 2016 list of the world’s most influential people. A brief...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

10 Jun 2016

Leadership Matters: A Breakfast Conversation with Philip Li

Friday, June 10, 2016 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... are all trying to bottle that secret sauce, the right mix of basic ingredients spiced up in individual formulas. ... economic, and political shifts abound, how does philanthropy prepare and support the next...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students

Release Date:

11/23/2016

... Stand Behind At-Risk Students When you hear about philanthropy 's role in K-12 education these days, so often ... on in K-12 philanthropy , with nonprofits raising lots of money for...

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Education

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Bloomberg and Rockefeller Are Crowding the Field of Urban Innovation Funding — and Making it More Interesting

Release Date:

02/13/2017

Bloomberg and Rockefeller Are Crowding the Field of Urban Innovation Funding — and Making it More ... the past few years, we've written quite a bit at Inside Philanthropy about philanthropic efforts to give...

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Rockefeller Foundation

Foundation Presidents Defend Donor-Advised Funds—Is That the Best They Can Do?

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... That the Best They Can Do? Earlier this month, a coalition of philanthropic trade associations—namely, the Council of Foundations, Independent Sector, The Philanthropy Roundtable, and the...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

New MIF/Hewlett Foundation Webinars Explore How Funders Can Fight Misinformation

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... like wildfire across the western world, and American philanthropy is at the forefront of the battle to address it. From the recent prototype fund ... collaboration with Democracy Fund in support of...

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Sector News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

01 Nov 2017

Navigating Uncertain Terrain and International Barriers to Giving

Wednesday, November 1, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... laws and regulations in many areas that are unwelcoming to philanthropy and civil society. At the same time, however, ... International Center for Not-for-Profit Law , the Index of Philanthropic Freedom at the...

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All Funders

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International/Foreign Affairs

Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz to Receive Council on Foundations Distinguished Service Award

Release Date:

11/08/2018

... announced that it will honor Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, with its 2018 Distinguished ... in 1984, the Distinguished Service Award is known as philanthropy 's highest honor,...

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Beyond the 990: Effective Nonprofit Financial Data Analysis - WEBINAR

Publication date:

04/2012

In this webinar, financial experts from the Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) provided instruction on what to look for when reviewing nonprofit financials—imparting five steps for assessing financial health.