A Nobel Peace Prize Nomination for the National Priorities Project
Release Date:
02/28/2014
The National Priorities Project, a Rockefeller Brothers Fund grantee, has been nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Release Date:
02/12/2014
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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Names Four Renowned Leaders in Global Service, Academia, and Management to its Board of Directors
Release Date:
01/15/2014
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Release Date:
01/15/2014
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Vali Nasr Becomes Opinion Contributor for The New York Times
Release Date:
10/17/2013
The New York Times has announced the addition of Vali Nasr, a Rockefeller Brothers Fund trustee, to its roster of opinion contributors.
How Philanthropy and Nonprofits Responded to the Government Shutdown
Release Date:
10/18/2013
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2011
New York's Diverse Muslim Community: Building Civic Engagement and Responsive Social Services - Learning Tour
Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 8:00am
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The events of September 11, 2001 had a profound effect on all New Yorkers who still recall a deep sense of loss and dislocation. Also vivid ten years later are memories of coming together. People across the city formed strong networks of mutual...
Funders Launch National Conversation on A ‘Common Purpose’
Release Date:
10/01/2013
At Independent Sector’s annual conference, Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, revealed that RBF and six other major foundations — including the Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the Carnegie...
Updated: Government Shutdown: What It Means for Nonprofits
Release Date:
10/01/2013
Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Diana Aviv, President of Independent Sector, weighed in on the government shutdown during Independent Sector’s annual conference.
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2011
The Assault on Fair Courts: Why the Politicization of the Judiciary Is Harming Our Justice System and Democracy as a Whole
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 -
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A Philanthropy New York Members Briefing, sponsored by Open Society Foundations - U.S. Programs, Transparency & Integrity Fund , Carnegie Corporation of New York , and Rockefeller Brothers Fund . WHO SHOULD ATTEND : Funders...
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The American Economy, Manufacturing, and Sustainability
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Emerging from the dark grey smoke of political paralysis, chronic unemployment, increasing poverty and embarrassing wealth distribution are some new promising and hopeful themes—manufacturing growth, millions of unfilled good jobs, green...
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2011
Seventh Generation Leading: Making the Case for Native Youth Leadership and Organizing
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 -
8:30am to 11:00am
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Opening a Second Front Against the Dropout Epidemic
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A Philanthropy New York Members Briefing sponsored by Common Cents , Parish of Trinity Church/Trinity Wall Street , and Rockefeller Brothers Fund . WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Funders concerned with P-12 education, social...
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2011
Are Current Immigration Enforcement Policies Good for New York?
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
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2012
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Thursday, May 31, 2012 -
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Small Nonprofit Newsroom Wins Pulitzer for Reporting
Release Date:
04/16/2013
InsideClimate News, a five-year-old nonprofit environmental journalism outlet supported in part by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for its investigation of a pipeline oil spill in Michigan.
Critics of State’s Campaign Finance Laws Seek Philanthropists’ Help
Release Date:
01/24/2013
Representatives from the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Open Society Foundations attended a meeting organized by the Piper Fund to enlist support for changing New York’s campaign finance laws.
The Case for Higher Taxes
Release Date:
12/13/2012
A blog post by Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz and Rev. Larry Snyder of Catholic Charities USA.
The NonProfit Times 2013 Power and Influence Top 50
Release Date:
08/20/2013
PNY members Kathy Calvin, CEO of the United Nations Foundation; Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund; American Express Foundation President Tim McClimon; Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin; and Laysha Ward, President...