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Bloomberg Philanthropies Deepens Commitment to Moving the World Beyond Coal with Plan to Turbocharge Clean Energy Finance in Global South

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11/07/2022

... up of clean energy supply to enable the transition away from fossil fuels. Today’s announcement will support a two-pronged strategy from Bloomberg Philanthropies to help the world reduce ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Elevating Feminist Leadership and Thought on International Women's Day

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03/08/2023

... for length and clarity. International Women’s Day stems from 20th-century labor movements and struggles for women’s ... shoulders. Then women are, in most cases, excluded from peace processes. Keesha: We know...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Gender Justice

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5 Questions for...Kimberleigh J. Smith, Board President, Paul Rapoport Foundation

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06/28/2013

PhilanTopic’s Laura Cronin talks with Kimberleigh Smith about the Rapoport Foundation’s decision to spend down by 2015, what they’ve learned about the spend down process and how they are helping their grantees navigate a difficult funding...

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5 Questions for...Melissa Bradley, Chief Executive Officer, Tides

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03/11/2013

In this PhilanTopic interview, Tides CEO Melissa Bradley discusses the Twenty-First Century Foundation Powered by Tides partnership, what her organization has learned about the field of impact investing and what philanthropy can do to strengthen its...

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Building a Movement to Advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Philanthropy

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07/25/2013

D5 Coalition Director Kelly Brown talks about their 2013 State of the Work Report and how it can help institutions at all levels of engagement learn more about effective best practices and policies for increasing diversity, equity and inclusion in...

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Which Nonprofits Are Most Ready for Capacity Building?

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07/20/2012

... and Ethics and Excellence in Journalism foundations) and learning some of the most important indicators of ...

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TCC Group

Grants to Individuals: Investing in People and Their Communities

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09/2008

In this GrantCraft guide, grantmakers talk about the rigors and rewards of investing in people. Learn how to design and manage a grants-to-individuals program, including developing a theory of change, using the right funding mechanism, and finding the right people to support.

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Using Competitions and RFPs: Requests for Proposals

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12/2004

... goals, communicate with wider audiences, create a learning community, and find ways to work with those who are ...

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Grants Managers

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When Projects Flounder: Coming to the Rescue When Good Grants Go Astray

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11/2004

What warning signs might alert you that a project is floundering? In this guide, grant makers recount their experiences with troubled projects and tell how they responded - or how they wish they'd responded. With the benefit of hindsight, veterans describe what they learned and offer advice on the most effective and timely way to handle distress signal.

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Building Community Capacity for Participation in Evaluation: Why It Matters and What Works

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01/2013

Engaging community residents in evaluation and learning not only strengthens programs by enabling ...

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Catalyzing Networks for Social Change: A Funder’s Guide

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11/2011

... build the capacity of networks and share what they’re learning with the broader field. Catalyzing Networks for ...

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Jacqueline Jones Named President of Foundation for Child Development

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07/01/2014

... a national leader in the movement for high-quality early learning , has been named president of the Foundation for ... and practice – served as senior adviser on early learning to Arne Duncan, the U.S...

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Sample Job Descriptions: Human Resource Associate / Assistant

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09/2013

The following jobs descriptions for human resources associate and assistant professionals were previously posted on PNY's Jobs Board. We update our sample job description resources as we post new positions on our site.

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Capacity Building Across Borders: Philanthropy New York’s International Grantmakers Network

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02/07/2012

... Group (AGAG) , led the discussion, drawing on key findings from AGAG’s recent study, Making the Right Fit: ... Indirect Funding . Making the Right Fit gathered input from foundation staffs, African-...

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Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice Welcomes Joy Chia as New Executive Director

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07/20/2021

... collective liberation of our movements. Joy joins Astraea from the Open Society Foundations (OSF), where she has most ... where they are comfortable and experiencing the world from where they sit—but I wish...

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Teagle Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million

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05/29/2013

... awarded through the foundation's Larger Vision for Student Learning : Education for Civic and Moral Responsibility ... its most recent initiative, “A Larger Vision for Student Learning : Education for Civic...

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Education

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Lavelle Fund for the Blind Backs Program to Assist Blind and Visually Impaired College Students

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08/17/2015

... to Assist Blind and Visually Impaired College Students Learning Ally, a national nonprofit organization, has ... In partnership with the Lavelle Fund for the Blind, Learning Ally is piloting The College...

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Rockefeller Foundation Survey Reveals Insight into the College Skills Gap

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05/01/2017

... skills they learned in college at work, and 86 percent are learning new skills outside of college. It’s too early to ...

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