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Sample disaster preparedness and recovery plans for foundations.
To answer the basic question of how many active family foundations are planning to spend down or exist in perpetuity (or have not yet made a decision), and to examine foundations’ motivations and decision-making, the Foundation Center, in collaboration with the Council on Foundations and with additional assistance from the Association of Small Foundations, launched a study of family foundations in 2008. This report presents the full range of study findings, which are based on survey responses from 1,074 family foundations.
On this webinar, Mayor Baraka presented an update from the City, non-profit leaders, shared what they are seeing on the ground, and funding colleagues discussed the philanthropic response in Newark.
Speakers:
Mayor Ras J. Baraka
Vicky Hernandez, Executive Director, Ironbound Community Corporation
Amina Bey, Executive Director, Newark Emergency Services for Families
Irene Cooper-Basch, Executive Officer, Victoria Foundation
Catherine Wilson, President and CEO, United Way of Greater Newark
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On this webinar, funders were briefed on how the CARES Act can help nonprofit organizations during COVID-19, heard an update on testing and public health needs from the city, and were informed on the response and greatest needs in Newark hospitals.
Speakers:
Brandon McKoy, President, New Jersey Policy Perspective
Dr. Shereef Elnahol, President and CEO, University Hospital
Dr. Mark Wade, Director, City of Newark Department of Health and Community Wellness
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On this webinar, Newark funders discussed the childcare practice and policy during COVID-19 and heard front line observations on matters of mental health and domestic violence.
Speakers:
Ceil Zalkind, President and CEO, Advocates for Children of New Jersey
Beverly Lynn, CEO, Programs for Parents
Maria Ortiz, Executive Director, Student Life, Newark Board of Education
LaKeesha Eure, Director, Shani Baraka Women’s Resource Center and Chair, Newark Anti-Violence Coalition
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Join Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) for a conversation with Norma on visionary strategy, collective practice, and what leaps we need to make in a time of maximum fear.
In her book, When No Thing Works: A Zen and Indigenous Perspective on Resilience, Shared Purpose, and Leadership in the Timeplace of Collapse, Zen master and Indigenous Hawaiian leader Norma Wong describes this time as an era of collective acceleration, where the swiftly moving current, fed and shaped by human actions, sweeps us toward ever uncertain futures. In her book and in her work, Norma invites us not only to imagine, but to live into, a story beyond crisis and collapse.
Registration:
There is no cost for this webinar.
You will need to log in or create an account on GCIR's website to register for this program.
The Grantmaker Salary and Benefits (GSB) Report is the philanthropic sector's leading source of comprehensive data on U.S. foundation staff, helping organizations of all sizes craft budgets, recruit and retain talent, and set personnel policies. The 2024 GSB Report features salary data for 11,380 full-time staff across 1,006 grantmaking organizations. It includes benchmarking data for 38 distinct positions, staff tenure insights such as departure and turnover rates, demographic information, and more.
If you participated in the 2024 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Survey, you can access the Council on Foundations’ benchmarking tool on Benchmark Central to run salary, benefits, and demographics comparisons by asset size, grants, geographic location, and grantmaker type.
Members of the Council on Foundations can access the report for free; nonmember price is $549.