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"If someone reports being humble, are they accurately describing their virtue or would only an arrogant narcissist self-report excelling at humility?" (worth a read!) #philanthropy makes research into big ideas possible
According to grantee @drvantongeren, humility involves knowing yourself, checking yourself, and going beyond yourself. Learn more: bit.ly/3cwD1Mu
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Proud to sponsor (and glad for in-person gathering) #ExponentConference22 #philanthropy
Will you meet us at the #ExponentConference22 in Minneapolis? This event is our chance to pause, take a breath, and look around. To listen to what is possible and has already been done. To rethink what and how we are working. Register for the conference > bit.ly/3I3dqFY
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GMA seeks a Program Officer focused on #health. Your referrals welcomed! #philanthropy #hiring bit.ly/3Rfmoni
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How can funders help? #PuertoRico #fiona
Join us today (9/22) at 2 pm ET for a webinar about Hurricane Fiona feat. @HispanicFed’s Charlotte Gossett Navarro, @BeHIPGive’s Laura Lemus and our now Regine A. Webster. Register: bit.ly/3ScGuyQ #CDP4Recovery #philanthropy
Join our team! GMA seeks a Program Officer focused on #health. Your referrals welcomed! #philanthropy #hiring bit.ly/3Rfmoni
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Using organizational budget size as a proxy indicator in #grantmaking can reinforce funding inequities and lead to lost opportunity - How to avoid?! Thanks for sharing this, @exponentphil bit.ly/3rGYW82
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Great perspective for funders in this @exponentphil report!
What grantmaking strategies are lean funders using? How are foundations managing their investments? Get information and data like this on our 2022 #FOMR. Download it here >> t.ly/5nRZ
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ONLY a few more days to nominate a Massachusetts-based artist, curator or arts administrator for @NEFA_Boston's Newell Flather Award....
Do you know a Massachusetts-based artist, curator, or arts administrator committed to community building in their public art practice and/or curation? Nominate them for @NEFA_Boston’s Newell Flather Award for Leadership in Public Art by February 28: nefa.org/NewellFlatherAward
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Trustees of the Stearns Foundation see their own #board composition as essential to #grantmaking -
[New #BLOG] The Anna B. Stearns Charitable Foundation recently expanded its #equity and #inclusion focus to include race and culture for both #grantmaking and board composition. Read how their focus on #diversity led to more impact >> t.ly/51G1
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The Sociological Initiatives Foundation supports social change through community-engaged research, which helps community members "develop critical awareness of their own collective challenges by reflecting on their lived experiences."
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Lost in the shuffle or central to the struggle? Prentice Zinn @GMAFoundations discusses pedagogy in participatory action research in the Winter 2022 issue of ASA’s Footnotes. bit.ly/3sIXkKn
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Do you know a Massachusetts-based artist, curator, or arts administrator committed to community building in their public art practice and/or curation? Nominate them for @NEFA_Boston’s Newell Flather Award for Leadership in Public Art by February 28: nefa.org/NewellFlatherAward

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Learn tips for successful succession planning in your family foundation from our president @MaryPhillipsGMA at the next @familygiving webinar on 12/9! ncfp.org/event/succession-pl…
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Family foundation decisions can overlap with family interests, @MaryPhillipsGMA offers a useful framework via @familygiving
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GMA Foundations retweeted
.@familygiving will host its monthly Fundamentals of Family Philanthropy webinar series on Dec. 9. This installation will provide guidance on the core tenets of effective family philanthropy—from motivations to governance, grantmaking, and succession. unitedphilforum.org/events/s…

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Is your foundation board looking to add community voices? Here's the story of one board that has. bit.ly/2TUDPRH #communityvoices #philanthropy @exponentphil
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The Parker Foundation’s journey to diversify its board brings with it an intensified focus on grantmaking to organizations led by People of Color and those that benefit immigrant communities and communities of color. #grantmaking #Diversity @Philanthropy exponentphilanthropy.org/blo…
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#SocialJustice requires #disabilityinclusion - Learn more!
34 foundations and philanthropy serving organizations have committed to taking collective action to dismantle structural ableism and move toward equity. Join us in this work by signing on to the #DisabilityInclusionPledge. disabilityphilanthropy.org/d…
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Thank you @RedCanarySong
We appreciate the overwhelming support we have gotten overnight, and understand that many people are looking to us in this moment. Please read our response on the 8 lives lost in Atlanta. Chinese and Korean translations of this statement are available docs.google.com/document/d/1…