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17 Jul 2024

Interested in Working in Philanthropy?

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... explore career paths in the philanthropic sector, as part of our " Interested in Working at a Foundation " series. This year, we will learn about the field of philanthropy ...

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Environment and Climate Change

23 Jul 2019

Saving the Vaquitas: Screening and Discussion of National Geographic's Sea of Shadows

Tuesday, July 23, 2019 -

3:00pm to 6:00pm

As part of our collaborative film series, please join our partners, ... Navy on their last minute effort to rescue the Earth 039 ; s smallest Whale -- the Vaquita -- from...

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15 Dec 2015

Planning for Refugee Resettlement in the U.S.: What Funders Need to Know - Webinar

Tuesday, December 15, 2015 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

... to the Syrian refugee crisis, it has agreed to increase its refugee resettlement quota from 70,000 annually to 80,000 ... and the volatile political environment may affect U. S . efforts to...

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Immigration

Social Justice

Elton John and Darren Walker on Race, Sexual Identity and Leaving the Past Behind

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12/01/2014

... Race, Sexual Identity and Leaving the Past Behind It’ s hard to imagine two people coming from worlds as different as those of Elton John and Darren Walker. Still, the two found much ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Ford Foundation

Poll: Americans Have Never Been So Sure About Climate Change, Even Republicans

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10/23/2015

... So Sure About Climate Change, Even Republicans Maybe it 039 ; s the pope. Or the freakish year in extreme climate records. ... by the United Nations climate talks and the bright lights of...

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Twenty Cities Advance in Bloomberg Philanthropies' Latin American and Caribbean Mayors Challenge

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06/20/2016

... American and Caribbeancities selected as finalists in its 2016 Mayors Challenge, a competition that encourages ... and have potential to spread. The finalists, hailing from 10 countries, will move forward to...

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Bloomberg Awards $10 Million for Women Coffee Farmers in Africa

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09/23/2016

... grant to the Relationship Coffee Institute to expand its women 039 ; s economic development program in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Announced during the U...

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Gender Justice

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Sarah Williams and Ella Gudwin Share Ideas After 'Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures'

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01/20/2017

Founder-led organizations go through many stages – from idea to execution to scaling impact. And it’ s not always seamless! Philanthropic dollars, staff time, and ... ," Policy Fellow Shiza Pasha interviews...

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Propel Capital

"Demonization" of George Soros Recalls Old Anti-Semitic Conspiracies

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05/16/2017

"Demonization" of George Soros Recalls Old Anti-Semitic Conspiracies In most ... billionaire and Holocaust survivor has spread from Hungary and Moscow across Europe and into the United ... including...

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Open Society Foundations

New Data Shows Retirees Are on the Move, But Young Folks Are a Different Story

Release Date:

09/20/2017

... moving. Or, rather, millennials aren’t. The share of Americans who moved to a different residence last year fell to its lowest point in the past decade, according to new estimates from the...

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Housing and Homelessness

States Team Up To Fight Climate Change

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09/21/2017

States Team Up To Fight Climate Change A group of states adhering to the initial U. S . commitment to the Paris climate accord are on track to ... Trump said he would withdraw from the Paris...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Sustainable Innovation: 5 Questions Every Company Should Ask Itself

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09/25/2017

... early ‘60s called ‘How to Ask a Question’: “Each of man’ s advances was started by a question….Knowing what ... “A human-centered approach to innovation that draws from the designer’ ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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It Didn’t Hit $1 Billion, but Rockefeller Sale Still Set High

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05/14/2018

... considerably shy at nearly $833 million. But the treasures of David and Peggy Rockefeller still set a high for the most ... in 2009. And the vigorous buying this week for everything from a Monet to a money...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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20 Nov 2013

Power of Giving Arts Forum: Arts and the Millennial Generation

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 -

7:30am to 10:30am

Con Edison Headquarters

Widespread cuts to arts education over the past decade now mean we have an entire generation of young people with little exposure to the arts. Fewer ... How can we, as funders and providers, encourage today’...

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Issue-Based

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Arts

Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers

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10/07/2016

Atlantic 039 ; s Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 039 ;Most Generous 039 ; Givers A new ranking by Forbes puts Warren ... generous in terms of...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Rockefeller-Backed FarmerLink Helps Philippine Planters Milk the Coconut Boom

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05/10/2017

... Philippine Planters Milk the Coconut Boom Generosa Gonato 039 ; s mobile phone beeped with a warning for the coconut farmer ... discovered some have it," Gonato told the Thomson Reuters ...

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Food Systems

The Rockefeller Foundation

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Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond

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09/20/2017

... Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond “It’ s permanent until homelessness is solved.” So remarked John ... As we’ve seen, permanence and solvability are front- of -mind for some of...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) Welcomes Marcus F. Walton as President and CEO

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07/16/2019

... Organizations (GEO) announced today the appointment of Marcus F. Walton, a non-profit industry veteran, as its new President and CEO. Throughout his distinguished ... of practitioners and...

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