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24 Jan 2019

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Program Officers

Thursday, January 24, 2019 (All day) to Friday, February 8, 2019 (All day)

... tools and skills learned to: Discuss philanthropy’s role in the social change ecosystem Identify legal and ethical ... officers Discuss evaluation and learning methods used in philanthropy Recognize variables...

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Professional Development

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23 Jan 2020

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Program Officers

Thursday, January 23, 2020 (All day) to Friday, February 7, 2020 (All day)

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Works to Preserve Scholarly Latin Texts

Release Date:

08/19/2015

... Latin Library project, which—when complete—will create resources that people of varying levels of interest and expertise in Latin can use to find, read, discuss, study, teach, edit ... and launch of this...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Simons Foundation Backs Autism BrainNet and NIH NeuroBioBank Partnership to Advance Autism Research

Release Date:

12/09/2015

... the NIH NeuroBioBank and Autism BrainNet is a key step in developing the necessary resources to understand and treat autism spectrum ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Health

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The Simons Foundation

Design Thinking for Advocates: Don’t Knock it Till You Try It

Release Date:

02/23/2016

... an approach to creating innovative products and services, in commerce and technology, for example. (Surely, you’ve ... ideas to improve arts advocacy, and to increase equity in the City’s cultural ...

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Insights

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Arts

Civic Engagement

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Are Foundation Leaders Using Social Media?

Publication date:

09/2010

This report , which documents the usage of social media tools by ... It also analyzes the perceived usefulness of Web 2.0 in philanthropic work, and highlights the social media activity of two "power users" in the field. Are Foundation Leaders Using Social Media? .....

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Executive Leadership

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Communications

Grow the Craft: "What's the right relationship between philanthropy and government?"

Publication date:

05/2010

In a recent survey, GrantGraft shared reflections from eight ... the Ford Foundation ) and then asked their users to weigh in . This survey report shares the results. Grow the Craft: "What's the right .....

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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The Wallace Foundation

What Makes an Effective Coalition?

Publication date:

03/2011

... by TCC Group's Director of Evaluation Jared Raynor, the report identifies the characteristics of effective coalitions .....

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Evaluation

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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TCC Group

As National Momentum Grows, Advocates’ Voices Ring Out On Capitol Hill

Release Date:

12/19/2012

In this post reprinted from the blog of the National ...

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Insights

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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Community Development

Education

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Philanthropy New York

Communicating for Impact: Strategies for Grantmakers

Publication date:

11/2009

Foundation communications goes far beyond an annual report or the occasional press release about grantees. And ...

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Communications

More Than Money: Making a Difference with Assistance Beyond the Grant

Publication date:

12/2008

... when foundation staff provide assistance beyond the grant in one of two ways do grantees report a substantially more positive experience with their ...

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Evaluation

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The Wallace Foundation

Impact Investing in the Middle East: What Next?

Release Date:

06/06/2013

... Africa) region impact investing cites a recent research report from JP Morgan and the Global Impact Investment ... Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has made recent gains in supporting entrepreneurship at a...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Top Education Official Supports More Teacher Professional Development

Release Date:

10/08/2013

Beth Fertig reports from the Education Funders Research Initiative launch event at Trinity Wall Street for The Times’ SchoolBook blog.

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Education

The Mismeasure of Poverty

Release Date:

09/17/2013

... President Sheldon Danziger talks about the flaws in the ways that the U.S. measures poverty in an op-ed for The New York Times. THE Census Bureau reported yesterday that the poverty rate in...

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Economic Security

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Russell Sage Foundation

Harnessing Collaborative Technologies: Helping Funders Work Together Better

Publication date:

11/2013

This report helps funders learn about the different phases of ... included an extensive literature review on collaboration in philanthropy, detailed analyses of trends from a ...

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Website

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Information Technology

Rebuild by Design: A Post-Sandy Regional Analysis

Publication date:

01/2014

This report provides an overview of both the research findings and ... ideas it contains were developed to address local needs in the region affected by Sandy, but the designers and ...

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Website

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Disaster Relief

Robin Hood Gala Brings in $60-Million for Antipoverty Groups

Release Date:

05/14/2014

... by Bloomberg at the time…. Robin Hood Gala Brings in $60-Million for Antipoverty Groups ...

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Nonprofit Financials

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Social Justice

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Robin Hood Foundation

Ford Joins Foundations In Giving Inside Scoop on Grantee Feedback

Release Date:

05/31/2016

Ford Joins Foundations In Giving Inside Scoop on Grantee Feedback This very ... Center for Effective Philanthropy’s Grantee Perception Report (GPR) to solicit and act on grantee feedback... Ford Joins Foundations...

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TCC Group Publishes New Findings on Foundation Capacity

Release Date:

01/30/2017

TCC Group Publishes New Findings on Foundation Capacity The report shares aggregate results from 54 participating foundations that participated in taking the FCCAT in the spring of 2016. We...

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