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Boards as an Accountability Mechanism

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06/2014

This paper examines board functioning in relation to both legal and broader conceptions of ... and empirical evidence from over 5,100 nonprofits in the Urban Institute National Survey of Nonprofit Governance . It discusses areas of board ...

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Board & Trustees

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Governance

Foundations Join Together to Create New Philanthropy Feedback Opportunities

Release Date:

09/04/2014

... Shared Insight will award one-to three-year grants to nonprofit organizations that seek new ways to get feedback ...

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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

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Legal Issues

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Communications/Media

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Ford Foundation

Freedom Together Foundation

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Rita Allen Foundation

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Bank of America Among Organizations Supporting Giving Tuesday

Release Date:

10/16/2014

... million–compared to 2012, according to Blackbaud, a nonprofit technology provider and partner of #GivingTuesday. ...

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Fund for Shared Insight Announces First Round of Grants Totaling $5.26 Million

Release Date:

11/21/2014

... has awarded 13 organizations a total of $5.26-million in 14 separate grants of one to three years, designed "to ... for the group. The Fund for Shared Insight, created in July, is a collaboration among...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Studies Impact of Volunteerism

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03/06/2015

... schools, according to the results of a study by MDRC, a nonprofit , nonpartisan education and social policy research ... through one-on-one tutoring to struggling readers in low-income communities. The study...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Education

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

UJA Federation Charities Scramble to Address FEGS Closure

Release Date:

03/16/2015

... planned to close amid a $20 million revenue shortfall, the nonprofit world was shocked. But the ruinous series of ... decisions that wrecked FEGS—a health and human services nonprofit that has long been one of...

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Dyson Foundation Backs Service Week in the Mid-Hudson Region

Release Date:

05/15/2015

Dyson Foundation Backs Service Week in the Mid-Hudson Region Omega’s annual Service Week is ... a range of social, economic, or environmental issues in the Mid-Hudson Valley region. The Women Serving Women .....

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Community Development & Place Based Initiatives

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The Dyson Foundation

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants $4.1 Million to 41 Theater Programs

Release Date:

07/06/2015

... out-sized influence of the city’s small and mid-sized nonprofit theater organizations on the development and ... Mellon Foundation program officer Susan Feder said in a statement. “They develop and produce a...

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Arts, Culture, & Media

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Mellon Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Resident-Led Grantmaking Program in Crown Heights

Release Date:

08/03/2015

... Foundation Launches Resident-Led Grantmaking Program in Crown Heights On Friday, the Foundation and its Crown ... within communities—emerged as a key finding in the Foundation’s 2014 boroughwide community...

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Community Development & Place Based Initiatives

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Housing and Homelessness

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Brooklyn Org

Morgan Stanley Launches Perspectives in Philanthropy, Vol. 13, 'The Advancement of Women and Girls'

Release Date:

08/26/2015

Morgan Stanley Launches Perspectives in Philanthropy, Vol. 13, 'The Advancement of Women and ... announced the release of its latest issue of Perspectives in Philanthropy, Vol. 13, “The Advancement of Women...

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Women & Girls

Citi Foundation Gives $20M to Accelerate Economic Opportunity in Six U.S. Cities

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05/18/2016

... Foundation Gives $20M to Accelerate Economic Opportunity in Six U.S. Cities The Citi Foundation announced today that 40 nonprofit organizations have been selected as inaugural ... initiative to support...

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NYS Health Launches Challenge Calling for NY Residents to Submit Ideas to Create Healthier Communities

Release Date:

06/10/2016

... to Submit Ideas to Create Healthier Communities One nonprofit is asking residents in neighborhoods across New York City and New York State to ... ideas that will bring change right to their backyards. ...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health & Human Services

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Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings

Release Date:

09/29/2016

... visitors wince: A memorial to black lynching victims. The nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative has announced it is building a memorial in the state capital of Montgomery devoted to 4,075 blacks its research...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Arts, Culture, & Media

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PhilTV This Week: Feb. 3, 2017

Release Date:

02/07/2017

... the Word About HIV Prevention For African-American Women Nonprofit Shouldn't Mean Nonviable in New York The Search is On for PNY’s Next Public Policy .....

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JPMorgan Chase’s Investment in Detroit to Reach $150 Million

Release Date:

05/11/2017

JPMorgan Chase’s Investment in Detroit to Reach $150 Million JPMorgan Chase & Co. today ... due to strong collaboration between civic, business, and nonprofit leadership, as well as improving economic...

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Community Development & Place Based Initiatives

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Workforce Development

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Morgan Stanley Lights Up Times Square for the New York Women’s Foundation

Release Date:

07/20/2017

... is giving New Yorkers and tourists something to look up to in Times Square. Thanks to Morgan Stanley’s Lights on Broadway campaign, which builds public awareness of nonprofit organizations, The Foundation is...

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At Google, She Oversees $100 Million in Giving. She Thinks Companies Should Do More.

Release Date:

08/28/2017

At Google, She Oversees $100 Million in Giving. She Thinks Companies Should Do More. As president ... giant gives about $100 million to charity each year; in 2016, $50 million went to organizations and programs...

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Opinion: Small Charities Should Lead by Example in Paid Parental Leave

Release Date:

08/29/2017

Opinion: Small Charities Should Lead by Example in Paid Parental Leave Excitement. Nervousness. Joy. Fear. ... juggle my job as CEO of Challah for Hunger, a Philadelphia nonprofit , and my new role as mother. This...

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Raising Money from the Modern Family

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... Susan Sachs Fleishman is the type of supporter many a nonprofit would love to draw into their ranks. In addition to her extensive volunteer work spanning nearly ... she donates about $8,000 annually, mostly to...

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