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With Help From Rockefeller Brothers, Ploughshares Pushes Better Ties with Iran

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06/18/2014

... Few peace and security groups are better positioned to help reduce tensions between Iran and the U.S. and its allies than the Ploughshares Fund , which has been investing heavily this year in...

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Arabella Advisors Report Finds Divestments from Fossil Fuels Top $5.2 Trillion

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12/13/2016

... representing $5.2 trillion in assets have committed to — and in some cases already started — divesting from fossil fuel companies, according to a report released on Monday. That’s a huge sum of money .....

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 10-Fold Increase in Grant Distributions

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07/25/2014

... in Grant Distributions Brooklyn Community Foundation fund holders directed over $200,000 in grants—more than 90 percent going to Brooklyn nonprofits—for the first six months of 2014, a ... committed or pledged...

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Facebook Will Match Harvey Relief Donations Up To $1 Million, Sending to Center for Disaster Philanthropy

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08/31/2017

Facebook Will Match Harvey Relief Donations Up To $1 Million, Sending to Center for Disaster Philanthropy As Tropical Storm Harvey ... it would match the Harvey disaster relief funds raised by its...

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Third Wave is Blazing New Trails for Gender Justice

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09/08/2017

Third Wave is Blazing New Trails for Gender Justice To support nonprofits that reflect the communities they ... serve, Third Wave has recently launched the Own Our Power Fund and will be announcing their first...

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Philanthropy Should Support Frontline Workers During Pandemic and Beyond - from Arabella Advisors

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03/27/2020

... relief workers, and other frontline workers who chose to take the risks necessary to save lives during a ... be asked to give up daily wages, time with friends and family ,...

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Bank of America and Habitat for Humanity Launch Second Global Build

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10/06/2015

... with Habitat for Humanity International, is launching its second Global Build, taking place in eight countries ... volunteers will build in partnership with a local Habitat family . The projects taking place...

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Philanthropist David Rockefeller Dies at 101

Release Date:

03/20/2017

... , the banker and philanthropist with the fabled family name who controlled Chase Manhattan bank for more than ... morning at his home in Pocantico Hills, N.Y. He was 101. A family spokesman, Fraser P. Seitel,...

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Insights from “Risk, Reward, and the Reality: What Don’t We Know About Intermediaries?”

Release Date:

06/28/2022

... important technical assistance and hands-on support to grantees. Although they have been around for decades, ... ’s Adey Fisseha, and Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies ’ Brook Kelly-Green...

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Dana K. Bezerra Named President of Heron Foundation

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11/20/2017

... capital when possible, and cultivating opportunities to deploy the full range of Heron’s “toolbox” ... organizations over the last two decades, including the Board of Capital Impact Partners, the steering...

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The Long Haul: Lessons from Charitable Responses to Previous Disasters

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09/05/2017

The Long Haul: Lessons from Charitable Responses to Previous Disasters by Michael Seltzer, Distinguished ... In addition, the foundation has chosen to pool its resources with others by seeding...

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NYC losing small hospitals as money woes mount

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08/06/2013

... York quotes James Tallon, President of the United Hospital Fund . There was a time when the neighborhood hospital was a ... life. But for a growing number of city residents, the trip to have an appendix taken...

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William T. Grant Foundation Awards $1.7 Million for Research to Benefit Youth

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08/03/2013

... are in support of researchers and organizations working to understand and improve the environments in which youth ... their time. The William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to announce funding for seven...

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Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Launches Research on Genes That Cause Autism

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04/25/2016

... national online research program on autism, believed to be the largest ever conducted in the United States, ... generating an enormous amount of data for researchers to learn more about genes that can cause...

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U.S. States, Rockefellers Clash With U.S. House Panel on Exxon Climate Probes

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06/27/2016

... of Massachusetts and investment funds of the Rockefeller family on Friday told a Congressional committee it lacked powers to oversee those probes. The pushback is the latest chapter ... attorneys general who...

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NY Life Foundation Supports Social- Emotional Learning In Middle Schools

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10/05/2016

... ExpandED Schools, a New York City nonprofit dedicated to closing the learning gap, has received a $1 million, ... from the New York Life Foundation. The funding will help to strengthen social-emotional...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Supports Group to Register Dominican-American Political Power

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10/06/2016

Carnegie Corporation of New York Supports Group to Register Dominican-American Political Power Dominican ... York, with a population of more than 673,000, according to the 2014 American Community Survey. That...

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11/25/2014 - Understanding the President's Executive Actions on Immigration - Presentation

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11/2014

View presentation from the program, "Understanding the President's Executive Actions on Immigration."

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Rockefeller Foundation Awards $3.8 Million for IT Jobs in Ghana

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03/26/2014

... Rockefeller Foundation has announced a $3.8 million grant to the Ghanaian government in support of its job creation efforts in the field of information and ... Digital Jobs Africa initiative, the grant will...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards Grants Totaling $20 Million

Release Date:

06/26/2014

... of New York Awards Grants Totaling $20 Million At its quarterly meeting on June 12, Carnegie Corporation of New ... totaling $20,017,000. Grants were made as part of its national and international programs and...