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May 21, 2020/News

Siegel’s Community-Driven Response to COVID-19

With our Chairman’s support, SFE recently executed a series of Community Grants to support organizations doing COVID-19 response work.

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May 12, 2020/Big Ideas

What You Need to Know About Privacy, Personal Data, and COVID-19

SFE grantees are developing resources to help us learn more about maintaining a balance between protecting our privacy and strengthening our collective public health.

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May 5, 2020/Big Ideas

Understanding Our Place in a Changing World

Katy Knight explains how SFE’s questions-first approach will feel more relevant than ever post pandemic.

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April 14, 2020/Research

As the Pandemic Magnifies Misinformation, SFE Grantees Defend Information Integrity

In a time when a clear, objective, and trustworthy media and information landscape is more important than ever, the COVID-19 pandemic is magnifying many troubling and increasingly urgent trends in mis- and disinformation.

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April 2, 2020/From Our Grantees

Cooper Hewitt’s Design-Driven Solutions for Distance Learning

Bringing a whole education system online isn’t just a question of recreating it digitally.

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March 18, 2020/From Our Grantees

COVID-19 Resources from SFE Grantees

Many of SFE’s grantees are adapting to frequently changing conditions, and are finding new ways to make their programs available remotely to keep serving communities everywhere in the face of substantial uncertainty.

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March 4, 2020/News

Event Recap: Insights from Feedback+San Juan Summit

This convening was an important moment to highlight some of the values that we’ve prioritized in our grantmaking work, and to collaborate with other funders on strengthening our collective effectiveness.

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January 13, 2020/News

The Council on Foundations Names Jumee Song to 2020 Career Pathways Cohort

Jumee Song is named to the 2020 Career Pathways cohort, amid a group of 24 industry leaders.

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December 4, 2019/

Managing Mission Creep

All too often, development teams think they have to change their missions and the work of their organizations to fit a funder’s vision. I think everyone would be well-served to remember a few key things.

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September 10, 2019/

How to Host an Effective Convening

Putting the right voices in conversation with one another is just the first step to creating something actionable – and without the right structures in place, a convening can end up producing a lot of noise.

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August 29, 2019/Research

The Changing Nature of Work

In the spring of 2019, Siegel Family Endowment provided support to MIT Work of the Future and the Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative for a discussion of the most pressing issues surrounding the rapidly changing nature of work.

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