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"Resilience" Bonds Could Help in Climate Disaster, Rockefeller Report Says

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12/10/2015

... with climate change-related disasters, according to a report funded by the Rockefeller Foundation . A traditional catastrophe bond is issued by ... costs. But the bonds do not help to lessen...

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Con Edison Among Backers of 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn

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12/16/2015

Con Edison Among Backers of 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn ... Heights. The students, aged 12-17, were challenged to design and create an app in 24 hours under the instruction ... Muslim...

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24 Mar 2016

Legal Series: Best Practices in International Grantmaking

Thursday, March 24, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... the recording and materials here. This program is a part of a four-part Legal Programs Series from our 2016 PNY Core Curriculum : February 17 – Making Grants to Individuals March 24 – Best Practices in...

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Peterson Quoted on Congress Not Cutting Government Deficits

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01/21/2016

... that trend towards less and less borrowing suddenly came to an end. Congress overwhelmingly passed a federal budget ... year's $439 billion deficit. . . Michael Peterson, CEO of the anti-debt Peter G...

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As Blizzard Looms, Morgan Stanley-supported 'Operation Warm' Gives NYC Children Free Coats

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01/22/2016

... new winter jackets paid for by private donors. The bulk of the coats will go to 32 elementary schools that are part of the city’s “community school” initiative, which ...

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Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities

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02/04/2016

Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities The University of Pennsylvania has announced a $5.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support...

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Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/23/2016

... the most obese country in the world. In a purported effort to combat the problem, the country implemented a ... claim, is working. A 2015 working paper by University of Chicago Prof. Jeffrey Grogger found that...

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Mayor's Fund Hires New Director of Development

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03/15/2016

Mayor's Fund Hires New Director of Development The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City announced that Joy Shigaki will be joining the organization as its new Director of Development...

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Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results

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03/28/2016

Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive ... When former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his foundation was awarding $5 million to...

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The New York Community Trust Gives $5.4M to 45 Nonprofits Across the City and Nation

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04/12/2016

The New York Community Trust Gives $5.4M to 45 Nonprofits Across the City and Nation Forty-five ... news: The New York Community Trust, the city’s community foundation , has approved $5.4 million in grants for...

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Doris Duke Funds Lincoln Center Theater's OSLO Cast

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04/21/2016

... Production Initiative grant from The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation . A darkly comic epic, Oslo tells the true, but until now, untold story of how one young couple, Norwegian diplomat Mona Juul ( to...

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Rockefeller Divestment in Fossil Fuels Leads Landmark Climate Accord Approved at U.N.

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04/25/2016

... Climate Accord Approved at U.N. The 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), under the United Nations Framework ... Convention on Climate Change, delivered a global agreement to limit future global warming ...

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Carnegie, Helmsley Support Teacher Leadership Projects

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05/03/2016

... Support Teacher Leadership Projects The U.S. Department of Education is collaborating with ASCD and the National ... Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) to provide direct support to...

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Rockefeller and Nonprofits Fight Food Waste With Feast

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05/09/2016

... Fight Food Waste With Feast On Tuesday May 10, thousands of New Yorkers will feast on food that would have ordinarily ... in a landfill. Together with Feedback, The Rockefeller Foundation , City Harvest, NRDC,...

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Housing News Coverage Supported by Revson and New York Community Trust Wins Honors

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05/11/2016

... New York Press Club has recognized City Limits' coverage of housing issues and its investigation into the use of forced medication at a city hospital. A team ... by the New York Community Trust, the...

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Carnegie Sponsors Search for Nation's Favorite Librarians for 2016 I Love My Librarian Award

Release Date:

06/17/2016

... The American Library Association (ALA) invites the public to nominate their favorite librarians for its prestigious ... Librarian Award. The award recognizes the public service of exceptional public, school,...

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Rockefeller Family Fund Leads Summit To Oppose Pipelines In Georgia

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06/17/2016

Rockefeller Family Fund Leads Summit To Oppose Pipelines In Georgia Anti-pipeline activists from ... happen. “This unusual alliance, there has been a lot of talk about that,” said Tonya Bonitatibus, the executive...

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Young Journalist Responds to Darren Walker's NY Times Op-Ed on Unpaid Internships

Release Date:

07/08/2016

Young Journalist Responds to Darren Walker's NY Times Op-Ed on Unpaid Internships ... "Are Not a Privilege." The op-ed was by Darren Walker of the Ford Foundation , and it discussed...

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Rockefeller Fund Takes First Green Stake in Pivot From Oil

Release Date:

07/28/2016

... in Pivot From Oil The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the foundation divesting from the fossil-fuel industry it helped ... direct stake in a renewable energy company in a move meant to bolster the fight against...

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Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum

Release Date:

09/28/2016

Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum The ... five-and-a-half year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to advance the museum’s new contemporary art...

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