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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 Foundation This content originally appeared in What ... Communities , copyright 2017, the Federal...

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Six Winners to Receive Help Setting Up Social Impact Bond Projects

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06/12/2013

The Rockefeller Foundation and the Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance ... the Harvard Kennedy School have announced the six winners of a national competition to provide technical assistance to ... Kennedy...

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Science Studies Get a Big Boost

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03/10/2014

The Chronicle of Philanthropy highlighted several foundation efforts to support education in science, ... math, including initiatives from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Leona M. and...

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Wanted: Hartford Change AGEnts with Red Pens

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03/13/2014

The John A. Hartford Foundation is seeking feedback on their Change AGEnts ... first hired at the John A. Hartford Foundation , I gave one of the then-Senior Program Officers a giant cup filled...

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Surdna Launches $18M Program Related Investment Fund

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04/15/2014

Surdna Foundation launched $18 million Program Related Investment (PRI) revolving fund to support its mission of fostering just and sustainable communities in the United ... upfront capital to contractors owned by...

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Investing: Can You Apply Your Values to Create Value?

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05/06/2014

F.B. Heron Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation discussed in Forbes ... to have the unique experience in my professional life of spanning different sectors – much of my career...

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Perpetuity, continued

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04/24/2014

... and Civil Society at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy At a recent panel discussion organized by ... the rationale for perpetual foundations, one member of the audience taking careful notes was...

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Using Outsourcing To Help Alleviate Poverty In Africa and South Asia

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06/19/2014

... Poverty In Africa and South Asia A small number of companies, nonprofits and foundations–-including The Rockefeller Foundation --want to see if the rapidly growing global supply ... “By responsibly and...

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NYPL Wins $500,000 in News Challenge for Internet Access Project

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06/23/2014

... for Internet Access Project New York Public Library is one of the 19 winners in Knight News Challenge, co-sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation , Ford Foundation and the...

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16 Moments of Pride for LGBTQ Philanthropy

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06/30/2014

By Lyle Matthew Kan, Director of Communications and Education, Funders for LGBTQ Issues ... appeared on the Huffington Post here. While the work of the LGBTQ movement is far from done, Pride Month is a ... include...

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NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals

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07/24/2014

NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals Support from the Wallace Foundation is helping NYC partner with several organizations ... for the city's schools. Among the...

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Ford Is Among Funders Exploring How To Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting

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08/28/2014

... Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting The Ford Foundation is among national and local funders exploring how ... justice issues that have surfaced since the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager...

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Atlantic Philanthropies is Down to its Last Billion Dollars

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11/03/2014

... to its Last Billion Dollars The once ultrasecretive foundation funded by Chuck Feeney, who made his fortune as a founder of the Duty Free Shoppers Group, is making good on its promise to give away all ...

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Rauschenberg Fee Dispute Goes to Florida Supreme Court

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03/23/2016

Rauschenberg Fee Dispute Goes to Florida Supreme Court A foundation is asking the state Supreme Court to take up a ... million in fees awarded to trustees who managed the assets of artist Robert Rauschenberg after...

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JPMorgan, Ford and MetLife Support Aspen Institute Initiative on Family Financial Security

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05/16/2016

... The Aspen Institute today launched an ambitious, first- of -its-kind project to shine light on economic forces that severely impact the financial security of American families. The Expanding Prosperity Impact...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Announces Low Vision Research Awardees

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06/13/2016

... (RPB), in partnership with the Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) and Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation (RDPFS), has announced the first grantees in its ... tasks easier for those with...

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Supported by Rockefeller, MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers

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09/26/2016

... Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers As a first- of -its-kind human-digital platform, eKutir Global, a finalist ... category, has reached 70,000 farmers through a network of licensed community agents,...

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Con Edison, Bank of America, Mertz Gilmore, Howard Gilman Support New Programming at Queens Theatre

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03/10/2017

Con Edison, Bank of America, Mertz Gilmore, Howard Gilman Support New ... with support fromSeason Sponsors Con Edison, Bank of America and Delta Air Lines as well as the New York City ... Additional support is...

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Why NoVo is Funding Young Women’s Freedom in California

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05/11/2017

... Funding Young Women’s Freedom in California As the NoVo Foundation gets into its grantmaking from the $90 million in funds established to support young women and girls of color, one of its...

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Gates Commits $20 Million to Women's Groups

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09/21/2017

... $20 Million to Women's Groups The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will give $20 million during the next three years ... said the money will support research, training, and groups of other donors...

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