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25 Apr 2019

Empathy in an Era of Social Division and Toxic Politics - A Food for Thought Conversation

Thursday, April 25, 2019 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... to understand and share the feelings of another, help us sew our country back together? If so, how do we promote ... and is it too late? What role could philanthropy have in advancing empathy in...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropy as Backer of Brains

Release Date:

05/02/2013

The third in a series of Rockefeller Foundation President Judith ... field-builder, drawing from the stories of the Rockefeller Foundation ’s history of creating, defining and advancing ...

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Governance

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Inaugural Bellagio/PopTech Fellows Announced

Release Date:

08/07/2013

The Rockefeller Foundation and PopTech have announced the inaugural ... the lives of poor and vulnerable populations. This August in Bellagio, Italy, the Rockefeller Foundation and PopTech are...

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Economic Security

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The Rockefeller Foundation

The Charitable-Industrial Complex

Release Date:

08/26/2013

An op-ed by Peter Buffett, Co-Chair of the NoVo Foundation . I HAD spent much of my life writing music for ... the very wealthy until what I call the big bang happened in 2006. That year, my father, Warren Buffett...

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NoVo Foundation

The Possible Philanthropic Response to Trayvon Martin

Release Date:

08/19/2013

... from the Open Society Foundations and the Schott Foundation for Public Education are cited in a Nonprofit Quarterly article on the possible ... the Zimmerman jury handed our cause a gift,” Ross writes ...

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Social Justice

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Open Society Foundations

The Schott Foundation for Public Education

B. Altman, a Store From Yesteryear, Still Makes Its Presence Felt in the City

Release Date:

11/28/2013

... New York Times examined the history and work of the Altman Foundation and spoke with its president, Jane B. O'Connell, ... and sister of the last two presidents of the store and the foundation . There was...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Altman Foundation

Who's Been the Biggest Superstar in the Fight for Health Reform?

Release Date:

05/28/2014

Who's Been the Biggest Superstar in the Fight for Health Reform? [Atlantic Philanthropies] A few foundations stand out as heroes in the saga of health reform. Remember when Atlantic ... the Affordable Care...

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Health

Public Policy

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The California Endowment

Private Funding Provides Lifeline For Stem Cell Researchers

Release Date:

07/07/2014

... Cell Researchers Some of the most exciting research in medicine is taking place at the New York Stem Cell Foundation , and almost all its work is being paid for by ... said Susan Solomon, C.E.O. of New York’s...

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The New York Stem Cell Foundation

Former Atlantic Philanthropies CEO LaMarche Questions the Power Philanthropy has over Policy

Release Date:

09/25/2014

... Questions the Power Philanthropy has over Policy In a recent Democracy Journal article, LaMarche calls into ... “large benefactions,” this has led to a decrease in criticism of the philanthropic sector over...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

NYSCF Initiates Collaboration to Advance Neuropathies Research

Release Date:

12/11/2014

... to Advance Neuropathies Research The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute, a non-profit ... Association (CMTA), a patient-led disease foundation with the mission to advance research on...

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Member News

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Health

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The New York Stem Cell Foundation

First Payment Made Toward Detroit's 'Grand Bargain'

Release Date:

12/12/2014

... week as part of the city’s exit from bankruptcy. The Foundation for Detroit’s Future, a nonprofit created ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

RPA Forms Partnership to Combat Poverty in Indonesia

Release Date:

04/14/2015

RPA Forms Partnership to Combat Poverty in Indonesia More than one billion people have been lifted ... a project of the United Nations Development Programme, Foundation Center, and a group of leading foundations...

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Member News

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Community Development

Economic Security

International/Foreign Affairs

Workforce Development

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Rockefeller Cited As Trendsetter in Focusing on Resilience Over Climate Change

Release Date:

03/06/2017

Rockefeller Cited As Trendsetter in Focusing on Resilience Over Climate Change The Rockefeller Foundation has invested more than $500 million in resilience ... and other disasters. Sam Carter, a...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

10 Apr 2025

2025 Financial Series: Reframing Financial Due Diligence

Thursday, April 10, 2025 -

9:30am to 12:30pm

... purpose for a values-aligned and grantee-centered process in a rapidly changing environment As the funding landscape ... Discuss strategies funders have considered or adopted to support their grantees as they...

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Professional Development

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Topic(s)

Finance & Asset Management

Student-Adult Ratio Is Crucial to Getting H.S. Kids Caught Up

Release Date:

12/16/2015

... students who enter high school with low academic skills in basic reading, writing, and math. The panel was moderated ... over the years. Their creation of smaller, themed learning communities within the...

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Insights

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Education

Charles H. Hamilton to Retire from Bessemer Trust

Release Date:

05/01/2013

... at Bessemer Trust , will retire at the end of May 2013. In his role at Bessemer, Hamilton has helped clients develop ... he served for ten years as Executive Director of The Clark Foundation , where he...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Bessemer Trust

The J.M. Kaplan Fund

12 Nov 2013

The Secret Ingredients to Effective Funder Collaboratives & Collective Impact

Tuesday, November 12, 2013 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

Funder collaboratives come in many shapes and sizes. There is no right or wrong way of ... New York Members Briefing sponsored by The Frances Lear Foundation , The Tow Foundation and the New York...

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Issue-Based

Atlantic and Bronfman Philanthropies Among Those Profiled for Spend Down Strategies

Release Date:

10/08/2015

... Huff, that is both reason and reward for a limited-life foundation . Looking back over her 17 years as executive director of the Jaquelin Hume Foundation , she believes the big bets and sharp focus of its .....

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

The Atlantic Philanthropies

11 May 2017

Balancing Family Privacy and Public Trust: Transparency in Family Philanthropy - Webinar

Thursday, May 11, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family foundation staff and trustees only.* While transparency is an important value in principle, what do you do when your foundation ’s privacy...

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Tools & Strategies

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Roundtable Discussion

Webinar/Teleconference

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OSF Leaving Hungary Under Government Pressure

Release Date:

05/15/2018

... said on Tuesday that it had become impossible to work in Hungary, whose prime minister has blamed Mr. Soros for the ... the sake of political gain, using tactics unprecedented in the history of the European...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Open Society Foundations

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