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11 Oct 2012

Avoiding Leaky Pipes: Enhancing Donor-Grantee Collaboration

Thursday, October 11, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Webinar

... times, it’s only natural for donors to want their scarce resources to be well spent. In reality, the pipeline that brings resources from donor to grantee is often leaky, limiting the ...

09 Apr 2013

Foundation Administrators Network: Making IT Decisions – Peer Case Studies

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 -

8:45am to 10:30am

The Century Foundation, One Whitehall Street, 15th Fl., NYC

... creates a supportive environment for sharing knowledge and resources , testing ideas with peers, and strengthening ... will convene a peer-to-peer discussion on lessons learned in making technology related...

04 Aug 2010

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Health Care Reform: What Employers Need to Know Now!

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... for foundation administration, including human resources , finance, and operations. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: ... Administrators Network is a resource for those working in foundation administration. The network...

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Network Building

Tonya Woodland Joins the Commonwealth Fund

Release Date:

03/06/2019

... Woodland, M.H.R.M., M.S., joined the Commonwealth Fund in 2019 as Assistant Vice President, Administration. In this ... is responsible for providing overall direction for human resources and...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Commonwealth Fund

19 May 2022

Leadership Transitions Funders Group - An Invitation to a Community of Practice

Thursday, May 19, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... an eye toward the future and what this community could be in the longer-term, we hope to create a space for funders to ... shift towards sharing and/or building power with its nonprofit partners. What will we...

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Network Building

Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

Rockefeller Foundation Releases International Study on Gender Images in Films

Release Date:

01/22/2015

... Foundation Releases International Study on Gender Images in Films What happens when specific groups of people are not seen or heard? The result is a potential default to stereotypical images and ideas (often...

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Communications/Media

Gender Justice

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Peter G. Peterson Foundation CEO Comments On Federal Debt Passing $20 Trillion For First Time

Release Date:

09/12/2017

"Surpassing $20 trillion in debt is the latest indicator of our nation's dire fiscal condition," said Michael A. Peterson, President and CEO of the fiscally conservative Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

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Economic Security

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

How Did Marriage Become a Mark of Privilege?

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... Become a Mark of Privilege? Marriage, which used to be the default way to form a family in the United States, regardless of income or education, has ... so is more tied to socioeconomic status than ever before...

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Gender Justice

Ford Foundation appoints Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye as regional director for West Africa

Release Date:

10/07/2021

... West Africa. Aniagolu-Okoye began the Lagos-based role in September. Aniagolu-Okoye succeeds the late Innocent ... 2013 to 2021 and helped the foundation to build its brand in the region and to establish solid...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Ford Foundation

Research to Prevent Blindness Foundation Honored with Distinguished Service Award by American Academy of Ophthalmology

Release Date:

11/13/2015

... and surgeons who have made significant achievements in various areas of the profession. These range from ... and advocacy. The honorees will be recognized AAO 2015 , the Academy's 119th annual meeting...

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Health

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Research to Prevent Blindness

Russell Sage Foundation Grantees Richard Alba, Justin Gest & Dowell Myers Cited in NYT Article on the Political Implications of Future Population Models

Release Date:

09/06/2018

... Grantees Richard Alba, Justin Gest & Dowell Myers Cited in NYT Article on the Political Implications of Future ... and extraordinarily complex. Two articles that appeared in the opinion section of The...

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Member News

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Census 2020

Civic Engagement

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Russell Sage Foundation

Fewer Rocks & a Traffic Light = Greater Effectiveness & More Success

Release Date:

12/14/2010

... do it? Equally important, how can they identify grantees in trouble earlier? Which due diligence “rocks” should ... not more, yet become more targeted and comprehensive in analyzing prospective and current...

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Insights

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All Funders

Goldman Sachs Announces First Round of Capital Investments and Philanthropic Grants for One Million Black Women Initiative

Release Date:

05/21/2021

... racial equity and economic opportunity by investing in Black women. The One Million Black Women Advisory ... on the scope and impact of the investments and grants. In partnership with Black-women-led...

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Economic Security

Social Justice

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Goldman Sachs

Commonwealth Fund Blasts Digital Data Breaches

Release Date:

04/15/2015

... and doctors – getting rid of bulky and messy paper files , streamlining delivery of care and organizing medical ... A new analysis of government records, published Tuesday in the journal JAMA, found that close...

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Member News

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Health

Technology

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The Commonwealth Fund

Rauschenberg Fee Dispute Goes to Florida Supreme Court

Release Date:

03/23/2016

... Supreme Court to take up a dispute about $24.6 million in fees awarded to trustees who managed the assets of artist Robert Rauschenberg after he died in 2008. The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation filed a notice...

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Arts

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

Difficulties Accessing Medical Records Will Soon Be Outdated, Says Commonwealth Fund

Release Date:

10/21/2016

... records now have patient portals where patients can peer in and see lab results and other information. But patients can’t download their whole medical record in an electronic file, and not all of the...

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Member News

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Student Loan Company Accused of Mismanaging Debt Forgiveness Program

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... has made copious errors, potentially miring many students in debt far longer than they expected, according to Maura ...

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Education

States Sue To Block DACA Termination, Citing Trump's 'Racial Animus'

Release Date:

09/07/2017

... immigrants known as DREAMers. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the Eastern District of New York, was brought by the ... U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said DACA would end in March 2018 unless Congress...

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Immigration

Google Sued by 3 Female Ex-Employees Who Say It Pays Women Less Than Men

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... paying them less than men who do similar jobs. In the suit, which was filed Tuesday in California Superior Court in San Francisco, the plaintiffs say Google knew or should ...

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Gender Justice

Bloomberg Philanthropies: Partnership for Healthy Cities Launches Online Platform to Support City Leaders Responding to COVID-19

Release Date:

04/15/2020

... Response Center includes the latest tools and technical resources geared toward urban challenges, ranging from ... Philanthropies Coronavirus Global Response Initiative , in collaboration with leading global...