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Board Member Spotlight: Erin Cinelli of The Lerner Foundation
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09/04/2015
MPC is lucky to have a dedicated, engaged board. Over the next few months, we'll be welcoming our new board members in Member Spotlights - Board Edition. Read on to meet Erin Cinelli of The Emanuel & Pauline A. Lerner Foundation and find out what she's most excited about for MPC for the coming year.
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Maine Grants Map
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September 2015
The Maine Philanthropy Center Grant data map, made possible through a partnership of MPC, Candid, and the United Philanthropy Forum. The map gives MPC funder members the ability to search and map Maine grants by location, subject area, recipient, foundation, year, and more!
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2016 Philanthropy Partners Conference: Engaging the Many Voices of Maine
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 (All day)
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Board Member Spotlight: Marty Grohman of the Betterment Fund
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09/28/2015
MPC is lucky to have a dedicated, engaged board. Over the next few months, we'll be welcoming our new board members in Member Spotlights - Board Edition. Read on to meet Marty Grohman of the Betterment Fund (and the Maine House of Representatives).
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Hiding in Plain Sight: Implicit Bias Presentation
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October 2015
A burgeoning field of scholarship suggests that unequal racial, gender, and other outcomes may be partially explained by the implicit, or unconscious, bias held by many of us, particularly key decision-makers, such as doctors, teachers, judges, and philanthropists. From the 2015 Funders Forum, the presentation on implicit bias by speakers Johanna Wald and Andrew Grant-Thomas.
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Board Member Spotlight: Joleen Bedard of United Way of Androscoggin County
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11/02/2015
MPC is lucky to have a dedicated, engaged board. Over the next few months, we'll be welcoming our new board members in Member Spotlights - Board Edition. Read on to meet Joleen Bedard of the United Way of Androscoggin County.
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Wendy Wolf announces plans to step down as President and CEO of Maine Health Access Foundation
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10/13/2015
The MeHAF Board of Trustees recently announced that founding President and CEO, Dr. Wendy J. Wolf, plans to step down at the end of 2016 after fifteen years of leading Maine’s largest health foundation.
Planning for Refugee Resettlement in the U.S.: What Funders Need to Know
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 |
2:30pm to 4:00pm
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Snapshot 2015 – The New Corporate DNA: Where Employee Engagement and Social Impact Converge
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December 2015
The third edition in a series of reports developed by America's Charities, the 2015 Snapshot finds that companies are creating new giving models to attract younger employees and to ensure their programs remain relevant and vibrant.
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Measuring the Value of Corporate Philanthropy: Social impact, business benefits, and investor returns
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March 2010
A 2010 research report developed by the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) assessing the current practices and measurement trends in measuring the value of corporate philanthropy, clarifying the demands practitioners face for impact evidence, and identifying promising steps forward for corporate giving professionals.
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Building Employee Engagement through Corporate Giving Programs
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February 2014
JK Group, a leading software and value-added services provider for corporate philanthropy, has released a white paper that addresses the current state of corporate philanthropy and offers employers key insight on how they can build robust giving campaigns that resonate with employees, drive engagement and help the larger community.
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MPC Member Spotlight: Gilda Nardone of New Ventures Maine
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12/30/2015
Read on to meet Gilda Nardone, the Executive Director of New Ventures Maine, a nonprofit dedicated to helping individuals succeed in the Maine economy and achieve economic security for themselves and their families.
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Corporate Funders' Gathering: Employee Engagement
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 |
8:30am to 10:30am
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Tax-free IRA Gift Provision Extended
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01/06/2016
On December 18th, legislation permanently extending the IRA charitable rollover was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama.
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Changing of the Guard on the MPC Board
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01/07/2016
In December, MPC bid farewell to board chair Peter Taylor of the Maine Community Foundation and welcomed new board chair John Shoos of the Sam L. Cohen Foundation!