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Philanthropy

2019 Course Book: Seminar on Strategy for AEF Leaders

Review the Course Book of the fourth edition of the groundbreaking professional development program for artist-endowed foundation leaders, presented by AEFI and hosted by the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, Joan Mitchell Foundation Inc., Dedalus Foundation Inc., The Easton Foundation Inc., The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation, and the Nancy Graves Foundation Inc.

BY Artist-Endowed Foundations Initiative/AEFI

Publication

12 hours ago
Civic Action

Five Lessons for Changemakers

Listen to your body, show up for your community, and more advice from weavers.

BY Sophia Rivera-Silverstein, & 1 more

Blog Post

3 days ago
Employment and Jobs

Fitzpayne and Speicher: "Automation is rewiring the future — the time for action is now"

Alastair Fitzpayne, Executive Director of the Future of Work Initiative, and Joe Speicher, Executive Director of the Autodesk Foundation, authored an op-ed first published in The Hill.

BY Alastair Fitzpayne & 1 more

Blog Post

4 days ago
Around the Institute

Day 3 of #WeaveThePeople

Attendees worked to grow real solutions for a national crisis.

BY Shaylyn Romney Garrett

Blog Post

4 days ago
Family Finances

Statement on Rule to Rescind ATR Requirements

If passed, this rule will rescind mandatory underwriting provisions set by the CFPB in November of 2017 governing these small dollar high-cost loans.

BY Ida Rademacher & 1 more

Blog Post

4 days ago
Colleges and Universities

Rewriting the Single Story

Aspen Institute President and CEO Dan Porterfield delivered the keynote address during the 2019 Georgetown University Phi Beta Kappa Initiat

BY Dan Porterfield

Of Interest

5 days ago
Around the Institute

Day 2 of #WeaveThePeople

Learn how weavers build honest, deep relationships.

BY Elizabeth Weissberg

Blog Post

5 days ago
Around the Institute

Day 1 of #WeaveThePeople

Weavers shared stories of adversity and resilience on the event's first day.

BY Emily Esfahani Smith

Blog Post

6 days ago
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