Nathan Cummings Foundation Issues Request for Proposal (RFP) Seeking Mission-Aligned OCIO

The Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) is requesting proposals from outsourced chief investment officers (OCIOs) to manage its endowment of approximately $450...
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Open Letter to Philanthropy: The Cure to Viral Racism Is Within Our Hands

Nathan Cummings Foundation and 350+ foundations and individuals in philanthropy are standing together to say that anyone who uses this...
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Call To Action: Philanthropy’s Commitment During COVID-19

Nathan Cummings Foundation and 650+ philanthropies have pledged our commitment to nonprofit partners that are responding to the emergent needs...
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Webinar: It’s About Time: A Call to Advance Racial Equity in the Investment Industry

Save the date: On Sept. 10, at 12:30 PM ET, NCF’s Bob Bancroft joins W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Cynthia Muller to...
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Shareholders for Stakeholders: CEOs should safeguard, not silence, engaged investors

Via Impact Alpha: The Business Roundtable’s statement from 181 CEOs committed to pay employees fairly, protect the environment and foster...
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How Philanthropic Collaborations Succeed, and Why They Fail

Via SSIReview: “And Sharon Alpert, president and CEO of the Nathan Cummings Foundation, noted a related challenge: ‘When you have...
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The Dominance of the White Male Critic

“It’s 2019 and we are in the middle of a renaissance in black artistic production. And you are telling me...
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Millennial Rising: A Prominent Family Foundation Has its First Fourth-Generation Board Chair

Via Inside Philanthropy: “Nathan Cummings has a fourth-generation chair of its board of trustees, as Jaimie Mayer, great-granddaughter of the...
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Foundations should invest for impact

Foundations have trillions of dollars in assets but often only leverage 5 per cent towards grant making that advances their...
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Pasado y Presente: Art after the Young Lords, an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Young Lords in New York and the continued power of Latinx Art and Activism

The ​Nathan Cummings Foundation​ (NCF) in partnership with the ​Loisaida Center​, is pleased to announce the opening of Pasado y...
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“Keep It Secret” Policies Enable Cultures Of Harassment And Discrimination

“Thanks to Tarana Burke’s Me Too movement, TIME’S UP and others, it’s no longer possible to ignore the devastating impacts...
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How Can Philanthropy Advance Martin Luther King’s Goals? 13 Leaders Weigh In

Sharon Alpert, CEO, Nathan Cummings Foundation: “Dr. King is remembered as a beacon of unity for the civil-rights movement. But at the...
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