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Open Society Foundations Support Smallholder Farmers Facing Climate Risk

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05/13/2020

... Risk NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations are investing in an effort to help smallholder farmers survive severe ... $10 million to the InsuResilience Investment Fund—which in turn invests in...

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Economic Security

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17 Jul 2024

Interested in Working in Philanthropy?

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... group informational interviews to explore career paths in the philanthropic sector , as part of our " Interested in Working at a Foundation " series. This year, we will learn .....

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

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

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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

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Foundation Administrators Network

... foundation’s administration, including operations, human resources , IT, compensation and benefits, and office ... creates a supportive environment to share knowledge and resources , to test complex ideas with...

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

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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...

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The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies and the Foundation Center Partner to Share Knowledge on Foundations Spending Down

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09/23/2013

... its endowment by 2016. Decision makers across the social sector will benefit from the first-hand knowledge and ...

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Citi Lets Viewers Vote With a Click for a Sports Group

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02/09/2014

... gives a boost to sports-related causes. ESTEEM for banks in the wake of the financial crisis is in the doldrums, with Americans rating the reputation of the ... according to a 2013 Reputation Institute study...

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Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires

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06/04/2014

... correct? Not necessarily. Grants are becoming one option in a more complex menu of financial tools for the social sector . Judith Rodin, president of Rockefeller Foundation, is ... for bigger impact long term...

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New York Foundation’s Mottola Questions the Need for Celebrity Speakers at Philanthropic Conferences

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09/19/2014

... is going to be the keynote speaker at the Independent Sector conference in Seattle? I've been on conference planning committees and I ... to give him the spotlight at this particular point in...

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TCC Group Exlpores a New Approach to Capacity Building

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02/03/2015

... ways of seeing. Consider the term "capacity building." In the social sector , it has been lifted up as a panacea and mocked as a .....

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White House Debuts $240 Million in New STEM Commitments

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03/24/2015

White House Debuts $240 Million in New STEM Commitments President Obama debuted more than $240 million in new STEM commitments this week at the fifth annual White House Science Fair. The new private sector...

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Weinberg Foundation Launches Workforce Leadership Academy in Baltimore

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06/08/2015

Weinberg Foundation Launches Workforce Leadership Academy in Baltimore The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, in partnership with the Aspen Institute, has announced the ... by the Annie E. Casey and Abell...

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Google Partners with Rockefeller Foundation to Streamline Nairobi Public Transport

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08/27/2015

... noted that this is despite Kenya's semi-formal transport sector . "Nairobi joins more that 2,800 other cities and ... The upgrade that has taken three years to develop was done in collaboration with...

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The Source Codes of Foundation Culture

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10/2015

... to and impedes efforts to lead productive change in philanthropy. One theme that has arisen time and again is ... of an organization. While culture can be understood in various ways and is hard to pin down, it has a persistent ... bedrock for effective philanthropy, but we have also, as a sector , habitually neglected this important contributor to ...

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Bangladeshi Law Student Receives Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

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04/19/2016

... juniors who show leadership potential and have an interest in government or public sector service. And he’s also one of 30 recipients of the ...

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Rockefeller's Judith Rodin is One of Many Women Making Their Mark in Social-Impact Investing

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07/27/2016

... Judith Rodin is One of Many Women Making Their Mark in Social-Impact Investing When advisers attend industry ... conferences, they can usually expect to be swimming in a sea of white males, given the...

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Jarrett Lucas of Stonewall Community Foundation on Donor- Advised Funds and Philanthropy

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10/28/2016

... Donor- Advised Funds and Philanthropy For the first time in a quarter of a century, The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s ... the nation’s top-grossing charities places a financial- sector “donor-advised fund” at...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation President Says Modern Water Infrastructure Is Critical For NJ's Economic Growth

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11/07/2016

... of organizations and individuals with a vested interest in upgraded water infrastructure is working on a broad range ... unique public-private collaborative that includes private- sector water utilities,...

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