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02 Apr 2013

The Art and Science of Advocacy

Tuesday, April 2, 2013 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... facing the entire nonprofit and philanthropic sector. Hear from nonprofit advocates and experts – including the lead ... mission through effective advocacy Current thinking from leading professionals on this...

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Salesforce Commits to Adding 1,000 New Local Jobs

Release Date:

11/30/2018

... Salesforce.org are committed to investing in young people from the classroom to the boardroom. Through its work with ... development work closely with schools to provide the best learning environment for...

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Member News

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Economic Security

Workforce Development

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Salesforce

William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund Names New Executive Director

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... Side in Chicago, Mr. Addams continued, “I benefited from the ‘accident’ of the schools I attended. First an experimental school allowed me to accelerate learning through the sixth grade. Then a more typical...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Education

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William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund

Philanthropy Can Play a Role In Managing Student Debt Crisis

Release Date:

06/27/2016

... are eager to understand the way college debt has gone from being a reasonable risk – a means to an end --to a ... for vulnerable low-income students. Part of what we are learning is the staggering size of the...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

Fitting The Image To The Spirit

Release Date:

06/26/2018

... As a philanthropist and philanthropic practitioner from the African American diaspora, I was initially excited ... excited to know that philanthropy by and for communities from myriad diasporas around the...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Moore Philanthropy

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Headwaters Foundation, and The Whitman Institute Launch the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project

Release Date:

01/22/2020

... organizations that will help seed and build regional learning communities around trust-based philanthropy. Thus ... The Project’s Steering Committee—helmed by leaders from Durfee Foundation, Headwaters...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and AARP Name Recipients of Health Equity Innovations Fund Awards

Release Date:

01/10/2023

... people with low-income, those with disabilities, those from LGBTQ communities, and those who live in isolated rural communities. The 16 winning projects are from : California (3), District of Columbia, Georgia...

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Health

Social Justice

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Navigating Backlash: Lessons for a Thriving Multiracial and Multicultural Workplace

Release Date:

02/10/2025

... improved performance outcomes—and we have evidence from periodic independent assessments of grantmaking impact, ... our next steps. We are leaning into long-held values and learning from past...

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Insights

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Transparency

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

PNY Membership Eligibility Definitions & Dues (2025)

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Board/Committee Materials

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Board & Trustees

PNY Membership Eligibility Definitions & Dues (2025)

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Board & Trustees

Financial Know-How for Nonprofits Online

Release Date:

02/18/2013

... which covers all facets of financial management, from budgeting to oversight to working with a board on ...

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Finance Staff

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Finance & Asset Management

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The Wallace Foundation

Americans' Wait Time To See Doctors Is Longer Than in Many Other Countries

Release Date:

07/05/2014

... a Commonwealth Fund study of wait times for treatment in 11 countries. In contrast, the U.S. fares much better ...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

12 Jul 2018

Making Space at The Table: Welcoming New Voices to Your Family Giving - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, July 12, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... Registration Registration is available until July 11 . Members : To register yourself and/or a colleague at ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Family Foundation

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

The Long Island Community Foundation Awards $610,000 in Grants to 30 Nonprofits

Release Date:

10/14/2021

... to its work to assist our region as it recovers from the pandemic. One-page descriptions of each grant are ... $5,000 to give year-round musical education to students from the Brentwood School District...

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Arts

Children, Youth and Families

Education

Environment and Climate Change

Food Systems

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Long Island Community Foundation

12 Mar 2012

Conversations for Grantmakers: Hydrofracking Plus and Minus

Monday, March 12, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... gas drilling has on community infrastructure. Amy Panek from the Park Foundation and Marilyn Bok from the Community Foundation for the Twin Tiers will also ...

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Issue-Based

Jonas Family Fund Strives to Eliminate Children’s Blindness

Release Date:

01/10/2017

... do something.” The money to pay for the effort will come from the Barbara and Donald Jonas Family Fund along with matching funds from Columbia Ophthalmology to support the effort. The ...

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Member News

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Health

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

New Research Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds New Biomarker for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Release Date:

01/29/2019

... Biomarker for Age-Related Macular Degeneration Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department ... and Visual Sciences , along with collaborators from the University of Iowa, have...

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Health

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Research to Prevent Blindness

Target, General Mills, McKnight foundations top list of Minnesota grantmakers

Release Date:

10/30/2013

... on Foundations' Top 50 Minnesota Grantmakers report for 2012 , reported the Star Tribune. The Target Foundation and Corporation topped Minnesota’s grant making list for 2012 , donating $147 million...