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Free To Fail? Foundations Face Few External Performance Pressures

Release Date:

01/11/2017

... in the world, only about one out of every eight of us feel we actually are making such a difference. What’s behind ... been called by The Bridgespan Group? I think it is because we are squandering the biggest...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Arcus Foundation

Innovative Finance and the Search for the Next Big Idea

Release Date:

10/17/2014

... Foundation launched its impact investing work in 2007, we ’ve invested nearly $50 million to build the necessary ... exciting ideas being surfaced within innovative finance, we launched a Twitter campaign at...

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Insights

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Communications/Media

Technology

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Come Help Me Be Less Racist

Release Date:

10/21/2015

... Come Help Me Be Less Racist As the song says, “ We ’re All a Little Bit Racist.” And sexist. And ... coding in our brains that makes us think and act the way we do, no matter how much we...

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PNY News

In The Battle For Trans Equality In North Carolina, This Teen Is On The Front Lines

Release Date:

09/28/2017

... based in Asheville that serves as a resource for LGBTQ youth. The group, which hosts regular support sessions ... in 2016 that prevented local governments from passing LGBTQ anti-discrimination policies and...

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Gender Justice

Ford Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies Join Governments and Private Funders to Announce Historic Pledge at COP26 in support of Indigenous Peoples and local communities

Release Date:

11/01/2021

... today at a high-level World Leaders Summit at COP26. “ We are demonstrating our commitment today by announcing an ... says a statement released today by the donors. “ We call on other donors to significantly...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

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Ford Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Amida Care Fund at Stonewall Community Foundation Announces 2021 Grant Awards for HIV/AIDS Initiatives at NYC Community Organizations

Release Date:

12/09/2021

... based on their outstanding work to address HIV/AIDS in LGBTQ communities throughout New York City. Amida Care, the ... said Doug Wirth, President and CEO of Amida Care. “ We can’t end the HIV epidemic in New...

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Member News

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Health

LGBTQ

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Stonewall Community Foundation

United Nations Foundation Board of Directors Names Kathy Calvin Next President and CEO

Release Date:

12/03/2012

... decades.” The Foundation connects people, ideas and resources with the United Nations to help solve key global ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies Name David Morse Chief Communications Officer

Release Date:

12/11/2013

... member for the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources ; Director of the President’s Task Force on the ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Communications

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Diahann Billings-Burford Named Executive Director, Corporate Responsibility at Time Warner Inc.

Release Date:

03/12/2014

... company-wide college internship program, the programs and resources they provide to stimulate and support employee ...

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Appointments & Transitions

12 May 2015

Funding General Operating Support

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 -

2:15pm to 4:00pm

Consider issues of support, strategy and accountability in the fields of community organizing, community development, advocacy, the environment, and the arts.

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Livestream

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Arts

Environment and Climate Change

Social Justice

Location

New York City

Pay Attention to Brownsville

Release Date:

06/15/2016

... of countless programmatic interests to connect their resources to efforts that lead to better health for a variety ...

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PNY News

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Health

Nathan Cummings Foundation Names Artealia Gilliard as its First Director of Communications

Release Date:

03/23/2017

In this role, Gilliard will be a key member of the leadership team supporting the Foundation and the work of NCF grantees and Fellows to advance innovative and visionary solutions to the two most challenging problems of our time – the climate crisis...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

08 Dec 2020

A New Chapter in the Fight for Immigrant Justice - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, December 8, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:15pm

Join GCIR and leading organizations for a discussion on the key immigration priorities, strategies, and needs heading into 2021 and how philanthropy can build on investments in recent years to promote success in the first 100 days of the Biden...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Immigration

Public Policy

28 May 2025

Foundational Advocacy Workshop w/ Bolder Advocacy - A Workshop Hosted by United Philanthropy Forum and Alliance for Justice

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 -

12:30pm to 2:00pm

... foundation members with: Customized advocacy tools and resources Legal expertise to navigate complex advocacy and ...

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Tools & Strategies

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13 Apr 2016

Meet the Women and LGBT Activists on the ISIS Frontlines

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 -

11:30am to 1:30pm

In early April, more than a dozen local women’s organizations will convene in Iraq to share strategies to confront ISIS occupation, sectarian conflict and pervasive gender-based violence, including systematic sexual slavery.

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International/Foreign Affairs

Gender Justice

Lauren Hadi Joins the Schott Foundation as Senior Vice President of Advancement

Release Date:

12/16/2020

... work with our philanthropic partners to channel more resources to the education justice movement and our ... to Read expanded its work from nine countries in Asia and Africa to 18, including expansion to the...

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

2/26/2015 - What to Look for in a Nonprofit's Financial Statement - Recording & PowerPoint Presentation

Publication date:

02/2015

View materials and the recording of the program, "What to Look for in a Nonprofit's Financial Statement."

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Centering Racial Equity for Generational Impact

Release Date:

06/24/2021

... high-quality and generative relationships with grantees. We have learned that simply knowing better is not enough ... uncertainty, and racial reckoning. Does enough evidence exist currently to arrive at a...

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Insights

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Centering Disability Justice

Release Date:

02/06/2019

... an “intersectional view of inequality.” Since then, we have been on an institution-wide journey— we ’ve focused ... alternative-text descriptions, and changes in our human resources practices...