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Rockefeller Foundation Appears Set to End 100 Resilient Cities Program

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04/01/2019

... plans, Bloomberg reports. Launched in 2013 as an independent entity, the largest privately funded ... plans to close the 100RC offices and dismiss its staff of nearly a hundred people as...

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A Toxic Chemical in Marine Ecosystems Turns Out to Play a Beneficial Role, Study Funded by Ford Foundation Finds

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07/22/2019

... Role, Study Funded by Ford Foundation Finds Advocates of healthy eating often extol the benefits of adding ... "free radical" molecules in the body that can age cells as a response...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Science

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New York Foundation Releases: What Happens When Communities Organize Through a Crisis?

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06/17/2020

... The New York Foundation has always believed in the power of New Yorkers to speak out—to identify what’s not ... city is at its best when its energy is fueled by our sense of purpose and collective power. We...

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01 Dec 2020

Interested in Working in Philanthropy?

Tuesday, December 1, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:15pm

... to explore career paths in the philanthropic sector, as part of our " Interested in Working at a Foundation " series. This ... the competencies foundations may value in potential new hires...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

28 Mar 2025

AI and Its Impact on Workforce Development: The Need for Urgency and Action

Friday, March 28, 2025 -

8:30am to 12:30pm

Civic Hall; 124 E 14th St New York, NY 10003

... Development: The Need for Urgency and Action. A series of panel discussions will bring together leaders from the ... to discuss the following topics: The shifting landscape of in-demand skills and occupations...

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How One Foundation Became The First (Trust-Based) Follower

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01/06/2021

... Became The First (Trust-Based) Follower By: Philip Li, President & CEO, The Robert Sterling Clark Foundation. This ... it today, and you can read the original here . As president ...

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Don’t Forget the Small Guys

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07/09/2010

... comes to taking chances, especially during the recession. As Bill Somerville states in his book Grassroots ... Management from Antioch University Los Angeles. He is also Vice President...

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Rules and Rituals: How to Drive Change

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07/06/2017

Rules and Rituals: How to Drive Change By Zia Khan, Vice President , Initiatives and Strategy, The Rockefeller ... initiatives around the globe, and based on my former life as a private-sector...

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Insights from “A Fireside Chat on the ‘True Costs’ of Nonprofits”

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08/03/2022

... Cohen , CEO of Doc Wayne Youth Services, Katie Tetrault , Vice President of Finance and Grants Management at The Annie E. ... level involves supporting or investing in an...

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Purpose as a Compass: Grant Reporting - What is the Purpose? Linking Values, Vision, and Practice 

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04/25/2023

Purpose as a Compass: Grant Reporting - What is the Purpose? Linking Values, Vision, and Practice By: Rachel Kimber, Vice President , Grants Management, Smile Train and Blanch Vance, ...

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Why Are Foundations Often Absent From Major Policy Shifts?

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08/13/2009

... than debate the extent to which my assertion is true— as the saying goes, all generalizations, including this one, ... explained through a foundation chain from officer to president to board. Trust. In...

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Children, Youth and Families

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All Funders

14 Sep 2017

Time of Opportunity: Best Practices in Summer Learning (Part 2)

Thursday, September 14, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

This program is the second part of a two-part series. The first part was a site visit to a ... Officer, The Wallace Foundation Saskia Traill, Senior Vice President of Policy and...

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Member Input on Official Statements on Indirect Costs

... when the government rate did not cover the full costs of delivering services. The key area unfunded for many such ... be paid for their indirect costs, again, often referred to as overhead or administrative...

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds "Innovation Team" in Syracuse

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03/12/2015

... Maxwell has been named the municipality’s director of policy and innovation. He’ll oversee a team of four in the city’s new Office of Innovation . Syracuse is one of 12...

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Community Development

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A Creative Approach to Advocacy: How One Foundation Tackles a Complex Issue, Part Two

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11/08/2017

... series on funding creatively. It features the work of the Poses Family Foundation, a family foundation that advocates on behalf of people with disabilities. As funders, we invest in impact...

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Disabilities

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Autism at Work: How the Simons Foundation is Expanding Efforts of Inclusion in the Workplace

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03/10/2020

... at Work: How the Simons Foundation is Expanding Efforts of Inclusion in the Workplace Contributed by the Simons ... believes that people with autism have the same ability as others to perform in many different...

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