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Ford’s Walker Weighs in on New Rules Allowing Pension Funds to Invest with Conscience

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10/22/2015

... Walker Weighs in on New Rules Allowing Pension Funds to Invest with Conscience "Today’s announcement from the Department of Labor to allow pension funds to consider the full-range of...

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Surdna-Funded Report Suggests Better Language, New Approaches to Community Wealth Building

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11/11/2015

... Report Suggests Better Language, New Approaches to Community Wealth Building When it comes to economic development, what images and feelings come to ... Building Community Wealth” (funded by...

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Community Development

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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 cities or governments to protect against the...

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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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

... Heights. The students, aged 12-17, were challenged to design and create an app in 24 hours under the instruction ... presentations took place on Sunday morning. It was moving to see these Brooklyn youth come...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Technology

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Con Edison (Corporate)

Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)

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01/11/2016

... the best care. The late Senator Ted Kennedy succumbed to this disease in just over a year. But scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a key to how these tumor cells proliferate so quickly --and ways...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Health

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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 ... Budget Office says the federal deficit is set to jump 24 percent, to $...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Economic Security

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

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01/22/2016

... 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 seeks to boost attendance rates and test scores by targeting .....

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Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps

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02/22/2016

... healthcare related-apps reviewed by researchers appeared to be useful for their potential for patient engagement while also offering high quality and safety, according to an issue brief published by New York...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Health

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Mayor's Fund Hires New Director of Development

Release Date:

03/15/2016

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

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Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities: Analysis Method Using Data-Driven Mapping

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03/29/2016

... In Norfolk, Virginia, an East Coast city that's home to the world's largest naval station and important seaports, ... city, its region and the nation would suffer in damages to national assets and...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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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 ... of how one young couple, Norwegian diplomat Mona Juul ( to be played by Jennifer Ehle)...

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Arts

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

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04/25/2016

... Convention on Climate Change, delivered a global agreement to limit future global warming to under 2° C above pre-industrial levels. The formal ... for being over-reliant on fossil fuel, and the Rockefeller...

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PhilTV: Funder Advocacy Is Powerful in Conversation on NP Sector Sustainability

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05/24/2016

... toward changing harmful funding practices that contributed to its, and others’ demise. Nonprofit and foundation leaders are now actively working on issues such as ... said Doug Bauer, executive director of The...

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Rockefeller and Nonprofits Fight Food Waste With Feast

Release Date:

05/09/2016

... in a landfill. Together with Feedback, The Rockefeller Foundation , City Harvest, NRDC, Sustainable ... America, GrowNYC and other partners, GRACE is proud to cohost Feeding the 5000 NYC, an event designed...

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Food Systems

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

Release Date:

05/11/2016

... by the New York Community Trust, the Charles H. Revson Foundation and the Fund for Investigative Journalism... ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Housing and Homelessness

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Casey Family Programs Evaluates Housing’s Role in Child Welfare Services

Release Date:

05/24/2016

... facing a number of destabilizing factors that can lead to homelessness, open cases with child welfare agencies and ... care placements. Officially known as “Partnerships to Demonstrate the Effectiveness of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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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 ... . The ALA will select up to 10 librarians. Each honoree will receive a $5,000 cash .....

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Education

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Rockefeller Family Fund Leads Summit To Oppose Pipelines In Georgia

Release Date:

06/17/2016

Rockefeller Family Fund Leads Summit To Oppose Pipelines In Georgia Anti-pipeline activists from across the country met in Atlanta this week to talk strategy. The summit brought together two groups that ... Those...

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

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07/08/2016

Young Journalist Responds to Darren Walker's NY Times Op-Ed on Unpaid Internships ... a Privilege." The op-ed was by Darren Walker of the Ford Foundation , and it discussed what he called "America’s...

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