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We Need More Steel Pans in Policy

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05/30/2024

... politically, many in Little Caribbean are confined to dollar vans and steel pans. So when I, a proud ... last February, it felt unreal. I've taken many trips to Washington D.C., but this visit in February...

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17 Sep 2024

Performance Reviews for Changemakers: Can We Do Better?

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2:30pm to 4:00pm

The Foundation Administrators Network (FAN) is a Philanthropy ... quarterly meetings on a broad range of topics relevant to HR and operations administration. A performance review can ... to the...

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Making Lunch Free Was Just the Beginning

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12/10/2019

... By David Sandman, President and CEO, New York State Health Foundation . This article was originally published by Medium ... year in 2017. It was a hard won policy change thanks to the efforts and leadership of...

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Barbara Picower Is Back In Business As One Of The Nation's Top Philanthropists

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09/09/2014

... one of the nation’s top philanthropists, heading a new foundation with more than $2 billion in assets. Operating ... most exclusive office towers, Picower has set up The JPB Foundation , which is now one of the...

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Trinity Wall Street Appoints Rev. Canon Benjamin Musoke-Lubega As Director Of Faith In Action

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06/03/2013

... Musoke-Lubega, Ugandan by birth, will be the first African to fill this role. “Trinity Wall Street is a partner to so many here in New York and around the world. I am ... oversight of a grants program that is...

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Responding to Coronavirus with National Paid Sick Leave

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03/13/2020

Responding to Coronavirus with National Paid Sick Leave With confirmed ... for Public Health Emergencies and Personal Family Care Act to address both the immediate and the ongoing need for paid ... address the...

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New York Life Launches $1 Billion Impact Investment Initiative to Address Racial Wealth Gap and Appoints Martin King as Head of Impact Investments

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05/06/2021

... York Life Launches $1 Billion Impact Investment Initiative to Address Racial Wealth Gap and Appoints Martin King as Head ... a $1 billion impact investment initiative with the aim to address the racial wealth...

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Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing

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06/25/2009

... Peters . One item is, “Try easier, not harder.” As a foundation that invests in the next generation and is not afraid to take risks, we (with our partners) take innovative ideas ... educational experience. Its...

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18 Jun 2018

No Place Like Home: Responding to the Unique Needs of Homeless Children and Their Families

Monday, June 18, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... example, New York City’s homeless children struggle to get to school with over half of homeless students missing 20 or ... homeless children and their families are in shelters built to house...

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Building Our Equity Muscles

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12/08/2021

... in my late 30’s when challenged by a group of colleagues to run the Brooklyn Half Marathon. At the time, I couldn’t ... we began scoping action steps, Race Forward encouraged us to pick up a...

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25 Apr 2012

Power to the People: Participatory Budgeting as a New Model of Civic Engagement in NYC

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... over real money. Community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. The process has the ... that allowed residents to allocate approximately $6 million of local budgets...

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Trinity Church Wall Street Appoints Managing Director of Leadership Development and Managing Director of Mission Real Estate Development

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07/29/2019

... of Global Admissions and Strategic Initiatives. Prior to joining Schwarzman Scholars, Mr. Garris served in senior leadership roles at the Rockefeller Foundation ’s Bellagio Conference and Research Center...

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Investing in our Mission: A Five-Year Case Study of Fossil Fuel Divestment at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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05/11/2020

... 6.71 percent annually. When the RBF, a philanthropic foundation founded by the grandsons of oil titan John D. Rockefeller, announced its decision to divest in September 2014, the move was considered largely...

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Economic Recovery Through Racial Equity: Thoughts from Maya Wiley

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01/07/2010

... the Center for Social Inclusion on current strategies to increase the equitable impacts of government stimulus ... programs—these are just some of the opportunities before us . Thanks to...

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It’s Time to Define Our New Normal

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12/19/2016

It’s Time to Define Our New Normal By Donita Volkwijn, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors When I went to work on Nov. 9, I experienced a fear that I had never felt ... You cannot normalize this atrocity. You cannot...

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Germany Provides One Example for Ending the Cycle of Homelessness to Prison

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04/18/2017

... Provides One Example for Ending the Cycle of Homelessness to Prison By Steven Pacheco, inaugural John Jay College of ... input in the Q&A portion of the program. We asked him to share some more of his...

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At Rockefeller Forum, Companies Commit to Simplify Food Date Labels Worldwide by 2020, Reducing Food Waste

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09/21/2017

At Rockefeller Forum, Companies Commit to Simplify Food Date Labels Worldwide by 2020, Reducing Food ... believe simplified and consistent date labelling will help us get one step closer to...

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