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Brooklyn Community Foundation and the Power of Participatory Grantmaking

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12/12/2017

Brooklyn Community Foundation and the Power of Participatory Grantmaking While the BCF's board retains ... the Brooklyn Community Foundation as president and CEO in 2013 , Cecilia Clarke...

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It Didn’t Hit $1 Billion, but Rockefeller Sale Still Set High

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05/14/2018

... considerably shy at nearly $833 million. But the treasures of David and Peggy Rockefeller still set a high for the most ... at auction, surpassing the $443 million total (revised in 2013 ) for...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz to Receive Council on Foundations Distinguished Service Award

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11/08/2018

... announced that it will honor Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, with its 2018 Distinguished Service Award. First presented in 1984, the Distinguished Service Award is known as .....

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Wallace Foundation Study Shows Significant Progress In Building Stronger Principal Pipelines

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10/31/2016

Wallace Foundation Study Shows Significant Progress In Building Stronger Principal Pipelines WASHINGTON, D.C. ... principal pipelines, according to a new independent study of The Wallace Foundation's...

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Scanning the Landscape 2.0: Finding Out What's Going on in Your Field

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04/2012

GrantCraft talked with funders working in the U.S., Europe and internationally about when, why and ... the landscape for new ideas and new directions. An update of their 2004 publication, with 15 new interviews, Scan 2.0 is filled with examples of scans ...

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In Lieu of Money, Toyota Donates Efficiency to New York Charity

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08/28/2013

... It leans heavily, as other charities do, on the generosity of businesses, including Target, Bank of America, Delta Air Lines and the New York Yankees. Toyota ... was also a donor. But then Toyota had a...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Investment Policy

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04/2011

Innovative strategies and new investment opportunities can be used to align investment practices with mission objectives to sustain the public good. Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation offers a look at their investment policy which can be used as a template for others.

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $4.5 Million for Conservation Scholars Program

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09/20/2013

The University of Washington, Northern Arizona University and the University ... provide undergraduates with opportunities to participate in mentored research activities in conservation biology...

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The Mismeasure of Poverty

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09/17/2013

... President Sheldon Danziger talks about the flaws in the ways that the U.S. measures poverty in an op-ed for ... in America held stable between 2011 and 2012, at about 15...

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UJA-Federation Report Explores Ways to Cut NYC Poverty Rate

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03/11/2015

... to Cut NYC Poverty Rate Commissioned by the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Catholic Charities of the ... the report, How Much Could Policy Changes Reduce Poverty in New York City...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Jerome Foundation Helps Woman Filmmaker Get to Tribeca 2016

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04/15/2016

... was raised by her Israeli father and American mother in a Pennsylvania coal town, where she now runs an organic ... farm. Her film, "AWOL," about a young woman in search of...

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Says Political Behavior Is Predicted by Past Political Behavior

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11/30/2016

... Behavior Is Predicted by Past Political Behavior Today, 15 percent of the population is over 65; in 2050, 22 percent will be. The number of white senior ...

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Civic Engagement

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Jewish Council Honors UJA-Federation Of New York Centennial

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03/22/2017

Jewish Council Honors UJA-Federation Of New York Centennial The Westchester Jewish Council (WJC) ... 19 outstanding community volunteers and UJA-Federation of New York at the 2017 Julian Y. Bernstein Distinguished...

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Patient Voices: Childhood Cancer

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... Voices: Childhood Cancer Cancer is the leading cause of disease-related death among children ages 15 and younger. Approximately 10,000 new cases are diagnosed ... of the central nervous...

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College and Career Readiness: Are We Measuring What Matters?

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06/11/2013

... Vice President, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation In today’s global economy, students must be well prepared for the demands of college and the workplace. Entering college ill-prepared ... are important for...

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Top 8 Ways Philanthropy Can Make Space at the Table for Immigrant Women Leaders

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05/19/2016

... it’s thankfully becoming common knowledge that investing in women leaders is smart, just and strategic, women’s ... challenges are still often buried under the weight of the “bigger” issue we are trying to...

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The Next Five Years: Three Reasons We Must Adapt

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05/01/2018

... Director, Open Road Alliance. This article was the final in a four-part series originally published in GrantCraft on February 28, 2018. When is an ... age, size, or some other acquired wisdom that moves it out...

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Philanthropy Can Help Bridge the Gap Between the Idea of Disability Rights and the Reality

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11/05/2021

Philanthropy Can Help Bridge the Gap Between the Idea of Disability Rights and the Reality By: Sam Gill, President ... for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 1 in 1,200 people in...

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