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F.B. Heron Foundation

25 Jan 2018

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Thursday, January 25, 2018 (All day) to Friday, February 9, 2018 (All day)

ESS orients new program officers and directors to their role as funders. This three-day intensive course helps philanthropy newcomers build a framework for understanding and implementing ethical and effective grantmaking.

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16 Mar 2015

Food Systems and Movements

Monday, March 16, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... with any questions. In collaboration with Resources Suggested background reading materials: Beyond ...

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The Foundation Center Announces New Staff to Lead Technology, Outreach and International Data Strategies

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02/12/2014

... calls for connecting social sector organizations to the resources they need to thrive, building the global data ... to make the world a better place have the tools and resources they need when they need them...

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Inside the Joan Mitchell Foundation: How a Visual Arts Funder Is Evolving

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11/08/2018

The artist Joan Mitchell passed away in 1992. Recently, her Blueberry set an auction record for $16.625 million at Christie’s New York, while her work at Art Basel collectively sold for approximately $35.5 million. Meanwhile, the Baltimore Museum of...

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Joan Mitchell Foundation

Why Should We Care About Tax Policy?

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06/14/2016

... in the tax code to support those contributed resources . But that is exactly the point—taxes and tax ... actors have greater flexibility and exponentially more resources . Ultimately, though, these are...

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Let's Fight Racial Bias in Voting Through Donor Collaboratives and Litigation

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09/08/2016

... with the voting machines. Ablow: Why is it important to fund voting rights litigation? Mannion : Litigation is ... At NEO Philanthropy there is the State Infrastructure Fund , which is a donor collaborative...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Civic Engagement

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Congress’ Tax Bill Message to Charitable Nonprofits: “We Don’t Care – You’re on Your Own”

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12/21/2017

... on which the public depends. Simultaneously, it will block resources nonprofits need to address existing and growing ...

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National Council of Nonprofits

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Economic Security

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Natasha Lifton Joins The New York Community Trust as Senior Program Officer for Children, Youth, and Families

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03/16/2015

... as the consultant to the Child Care and Early Education Fund , a funders’ collaborative. She has master’s degrees ... Patricia White, who has moved on to direct The Trust’s Fund for Social Policy Education and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Aging

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The New York Community Trust

NY Community Trust Announces Three Staff Promotions to Program Director

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07/28/2016

... Communities program and staffing the NYC Cultural Agenda Fund . Michele comes from Dance/NYC where she served as equity ... at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the Global Fund for Women. Michele has a...

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The New York Community Trust

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Welcomes Lisa Cowan as Vice President of Programs

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01/12/2017

Lisa has been working with community-based organizations for the last 25 years, first as a community health educator and program director at several youth-serving agencies, then as a Senior Consultant at Community Resource Exchange

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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A Creative Approach to Advocacy: How One Foundation Tackles a Complex Issue

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09/07/2017

... of the typical grantmaking rule-book has allowed us to fund and advocate for people and causes in creative ways. ... attention issues, and enable them to access to the kind of resources usually only available...

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Poses Family Foundation

Understanding Risk Tolerance in Grantmaking

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08/10/2015

By applying behavioral economics theory to philanthropy, we can better manage grantmaker tendencies toward loss and risk aversion, and the effects of other decision-making patterns.

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Member Input on Official Statement on Tax Reform that Sustains and Grows Charitable Giving

... deduction is an especially efficient method of directing resources to communities, because for every $1 that the ...

Member Input on Official Statement on Opposition to Eliminating the Estate Tax

... implies that, each year, the nonprofit sector would lose resources equivalent to the total grants currently made by ...

Opposition to Eliminating the Estate Tax

... implies that, each year, the nonprofit sector would lose resources equivalent to the total grants currently made by ...

For Jobseekers: Facts About the Sector

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04/2014

... Staff at Community Foundations: 8.2 Representative Human Resources Data: Benefits, tenure, and promotion Close to ...

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Open Society Foundations Names Kenneth H. Zimmerman as New Director of U.S. Programs

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06/04/2012

... offers a remarkable vehicle to combine vision and resources to further our country’s core principles of ... funding policy to promote more equitable distribution of resources throughout the educational system...

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Human Services

Social Justice

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Open Society Foundations

Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City Collects More than $15 Million from April 11 through September 30

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11/25/2014

Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City Collects More than $15 Million ... from April 11 through September 30 The Mayor’s Fund To Advance New York City raked in more than $15 million ... administration. McCray...

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