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How Mission-Aligned Investments Helped the Patricia Kind Family Foundation Expand Its Reach

Tuesday, January 22, 2019
... the  Patricia Kind Family Foundation  (PKFF) has worked to alleviate poverty in the Greater Philadelphia area. Although PKFF’s ... endowment. And for her, this was a problem. “Why should foundations, which are set up to do good, use only 5% of their assets to ...
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Impact/Mission Investing

Foundation/Funder Membership Application

... or, if you prefer, download a PDF form and email/mail it to us with your dues payment. Depending on the type of entity you ... IRS determination letter or list of recent grants—in order to process your membership. If you have questions or need help completing ...
05Apr2018

Working to Increase Graduation Rates at Community Colleges: The Role for the K-12 System

Thursday, April 5, 2018
7:45am - 10:00am
Where: 
Philadelphia, PA
... Approximately, 6.2 million students are enrolled in two-year community colleges. This enrollment figure represents 36 percent of all ... students in the United States. According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, the six-year...
28Feb2017

Out of School (OST) Community Collaborations for Collective Impact and Positive Youth Development

Tuesday, February 28, 2017
8:30am - 10:00am
Philadelphia, PA
... programming for children and youth has grown in response to the needs of working families. Out-of-school programs encompass a wide array ...

No Time for Complacency: Preparing Foundations for a More Turbulent Future

No Time for Complacency
Published: 
04/2019
Leaders in every sector are struggling to plan for a future in which social, digital, political and economic forces ... S. and James L. Knight Foundation, examine the ability of foundations to detect and respond to early signals of threats and opportunities. They surveyed 93 leaders from a wide range of foundations and corporate charities to compare their findings to best practices ...
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Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking
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Leadership, Culture and Community

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation names new CEO

Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Dr. Richard Besser to succeed Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD as head of the $10B foundation ... nation’s largest charitable foundation devoted exclusively to health and health care. Dr. Besser will succeed Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, ... Health in America. “Richard Besser is a superb choice to lead RWJF into the next stage of our work,” said Roger Fine, chairman of ...
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Health CarePublic Policy
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Leadership, Culture and Community

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