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Community Revitalization Works Better When A "Quarterback" Is In Charge

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07/22/2014

... "community quarterback" model can be an effective approach to revitalizing troubled neighborhoods, write Nancy O. Andrews, president and CEO of the Low Income Investment Fund , and Brandee McHale, COO...

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Community Development

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Three Named Winners For Best Green Business Ideas In Western Balkans

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07/31/2014

... Ideas In Western Balkans The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has announced the 2014 winners of the Philanthropy for Green Ideas competition, a program it co-sponsors to encourage business ideas that will contribute...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Foundation Partners with HUD for National Disaster Resilience Competition

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09/18/2014

... Disaster Resilience Competition makes $1 billion available to communities that have been struck by natural disasters in ... competition promotes risk assessment and planning and will fund the implementation of...

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Ford Foundation Invests in Environmental Philanthropy

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12/15/2014

... history and was one of 41 scholars nationally to earn a 2014 Rockefeller Archive Center Grant. This allowed him to spend a portion of this past summer at the Rockefeller ... was a leader in environmental...

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OMB Uniform Guidance Could Help Prevent Nonprofit Banckrupcies

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03/13/2015

$0.88 of Every $1 for Programs: That’s Nothing to Brag About! The New York nonprofit sector was shaken ... of reduced government reimbursement rates, which fail to cover the cost of running programs and providing...

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Human Services

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs the National Dance Project

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04/13/2015

... NEFA launched the National Dance Project in 1996 to encourage the creation of new dance work to share with audiences in communities throughout the U.S. ... reached over 3.6 million audience members and funds...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names Second Class of Doris Duke Impact Award Recipients

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06/16/2015

... (DDCF) announced today the second group of individuals to receive Doris Duke Impact Awards. The award is part of the ... 2011 as a special 10-year initiative of the foundation to empower, invest in and...

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A Decade After Katrina, Can Philanthropy Make Black Lives Matter?

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08/28/2015

... blacks in America and how far the nation still must go to end them. On August 4, we celebrated the 50th ... Supreme Court. Some grant makers, like the North Star Fund , the Liberty Hill Fund ,...

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Civic Engagement

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The World Has Pledged To Divest $2.6 Trillion From Fossil Fuels

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09/22/2015

The World Has Pledged To Divest $2.6 Trillion From Fossil Fuels The amount of money the world has pledged to divest from fossil fuels now exceeds $2.6 trillion, a ... including the United Nations, the Rockefeller...

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Rockefeller Foundation, J.P. Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs Noted As Supporters of Impact Investing

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11/17/2015

... of the venture capital industry ushered a new approach to funding the private sector, impact investing is attempted to harness the finance industry to bring social improvements. Ideally,...

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Hilton, Tow, Surdna and Edna McConnell Clark Noted as Important Funders for Foster Youth

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01/08/2016

... for homelessness, arrest and incarceration, and failure to graduate from college. The process can go well when ... ways. Let’s look at some of the funders who are working to support this process and give kids...

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Children, Youth and Families

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NYS Health Foundation Releases Report on Uninsured Immigrants & Insurance Coverage

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02/01/2016

... for coverage. Without coverage, many will continue to turn to emergency rooms and public hospitals. However, the ACA ... Trust, the Altman Foundation, and the United Hospital Fund , this...

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New York Health Foundation

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Citi Foundation Gives $20M to Accelerate Economic Opportunity in Six U.S. Cities

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05/18/2016

Citi Foundation Gives $20M to Accelerate Economic Opportunity in Six U.S. Cities The ... as inaugural recipients of the Community Progress Makers Fund , a $20 million grant initiative to support...

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NY Community Trust Announces Three Staff Promotions to Program Director

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07/28/2016

The New York Community Trust is proud to announce three staff promotions to Program Director : ... Communities program and staffing the NYC Cultural Agenda Fund . Michele comes from Dance/NYC...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative

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08/26/2016

... they need — most of it made freely available — to tackle the complex leadership and management challenges ... create on-demand programming for participating cities, fund new research on innovations in city...

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Education

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Supported by Surdna and NY Community Trust, Study Shows How Arts and Culture Improve Health, Safety and Well-being in NYC

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03/10/2017

... communities with fewer creative resources, according to a groundbreaking study by the School of Social Policy & ... Yorkers. The study was funded by the NYC Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community...

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Phil TV This Week March 24

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03/24/2017

... Some Of New York's Wealthiest Tell the State Government To Raise Their Taxes Ford Foundation President Darren Walker ... Worth Fighting For Atlantic Philanthropies, Commonwealth Fund and Other Foundations...

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The Bank of America Charitable Foundation-A Leader in the Growth of Community Development Financial Institutions

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04/04/2017

... most recent gift is another $3.8 million in grant money to fund Local Initiatives Support Corporation's ... Centers in 21 urban areas, with additional support going to rural investment...

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Supported by NY Community Trust, New Research Ties Arts to Well-Being

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04/19/2017

Supported by NY Community Trust, New Research Ties Arts to Well-Being Neighbors performing in a local theater form ... gathering places. Dance studios give city kids a chance to challenge themselves. We’ve long...

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