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23 Jun 2021

A New Frontier - Racial Equity in the Asset Management Industry Today

Wednesday, June 23, 2021 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... have been touched by what commentators have referred to as a “racial reckoning.” While many industries and ... taken strides to address entrenched racism and inequity in their functions, the asset management...

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The Pocantico Center at The Rockefeller Brothers Fund Announces Summer Performance Series to Support Artists and Honor Local Frontline Communities Impacted by the Pandemic

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06/07/2021

... Fund announced its summer performance series, to be held in -person at Pocantico in accordance with New York State ... marks the first reopening of the Pocantico campus after a 15-month...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Bloomberg Launches Corporate and Philanthropic Effort to Support Successful Climate Progress at COP26

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09/01/2021

... (COP26). Designed to catalyze additional climate actions from public, private, and civil society actors around the ... and educational efforts over the next eight weeks in the lead up to November. In...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Dear Fellow Funders: No More Statements on Racial Equity Please (Until You Publish “The Receipts”)

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09/23/2021

... Floyd, the philanthropic sector has increasingly engaged in what some have described as a “racial reckoning.” This process of reflecting on ... with a vague commitment to increase...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Arbor Rising

Ford Foundation appoints Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye as regional director for West Africa

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10/07/2021

... West Africa. Aniagolu-Okoye began the Lagos-based role in September. Aniagolu-Okoye succeeds the late Innocent Chukwuma who served as regional director from 2013 to 2021 and helped the foundation to build its...

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Ford Foundation doubles investment for trans organizations, makes sweeping commitments to support LGBTQ+ communities

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06/02/2022

... LGBTQ+ rights. Ford is also doubling its annual investment in trans communities, committing to at least $10 million over ... brutality and exclusion. The only way to transform from a culture...

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Gender Justice

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JPMorgan Chase Commits $30 Million to Support Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Students

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06/16/2022

... Advancing Black Pathways (ABP) initiative which launched in 2019 to chart clearer pathways toward economic success and ... Partnerships Over the past two years, the firm has grown from an initial three HBCU...

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The Rockefeller Foundation and WFP Launch Initiative To Strengthen School Meals for Millions of Children

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01/18/2023

... – The United Nations World Food Programme welcomes a US$ 10.7 million grant from The Rockefeller Foundation to help vulnerable children ... to nutritious food through school feeding programmes in...

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Children, Youth and Families

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14 Mar 2025

Seeding Power: Food Justice Leadership & Movement Building - An Event Hosted by Community Food Funders

Friday, March 14, 2025 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... next cohort of our Seeding Power Fellowship ! Following a comprehensive redesign and successful pilot of the new ... join us online for a funder-only luncheon to hear from recent alumni and...

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03 Jun 2025

Making Reporting Work: Aligning Grantmaking with Learning & Change - Part 3 of a Three-Part Series

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

** This is Part 3 of a Three-Part Series, in partnership with Northern California Grantmakers** Watch the Recording Change starts from within. But where do you begin? This final session will ...

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22 Apr 2025

Protecting New York City’s Immigrant Small Business Ecosystem - An Event Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 -

10:30am to 12:00pm

... rates than non-immigrants. One study , co-authored by a Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist, found that ... are about 80 percent more likely to found a firm.” In fact, in...

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How We're Addressing the Overhead Fiction

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11/24/2015

This Insights piece is a portion of the message that Darren Walker sent to supporters detailing the ... Forward blueprint, the foundation 039 ;s plan for changes in its culture...

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Some Measure of Leadership

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04/23/2009

... the nonprofit and philanthropic sector, just as they did in 2006, when they established the Center for Economic Opportunity. The Mayor made a speech at New York University, in which he...

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Why U.S. Foundations Should Take the Global Sustainable Development Goals Seriously

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06/21/2016

... N. Hilton Foundation Reprinted with permission from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy ... business pioneer and philanthropist Conrad N. Hilton had a philosophy that guided him through his...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Vivian Tseng of The William T. Grant Foundation on Meeting this Moment (Part II): Unpacking Anti-Asian Racism

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03/31/2021

... II): Unpacking Anti-Asian Racism “Our ultimate objective in learning about anything is to try to create and develop a more just society.” — Yuri Kochiyama A year ago, on ... when he saw me,...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Social Justice

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Digital Badges: What They Are and Why Funders Should Pay Attention (Part 1)

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06/13/2014

... Program Associate for the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund in The New York Community Trust . Technology has transformed traditional modes of learning—creating a vast online universe of...

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