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Rockefeller-Backed FarmerLink Helps Philippine Planters Milk the Coconut Boom

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05/10/2017

... mobile phone beeped with a warning for the coconut farmer in the southern Philippines to be vigilant against bud rot, a ... discovered some have it," Gonato told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone...

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Four Scientists Named 2017 Simons Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution

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05/12/2017

... Scientists Named 2017 Simons Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution The Simons Foundation has named four scientists as 2017 Simons Early Career Investigators in...

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2017 Macy Faculty Scholars Named

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06/27/2017

... University School of Medicine Each Scholar will engage in activities to enhance their career as an educator, as well ... said Dr. George Thibault, President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation . “These Scholars...

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Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change

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08/21/2017

... with the family’s philanthropic legacy lately, albeit in a different direction. We’ve covered Nathaniel Simons' quiet climate change giving via his Sea Change Foundation , which is one of the nation's...

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He Played the Long Game: David Rockefeller's Philanthropy and Legacy

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08/22/2017

... attention to Rockefeller’s long and varied involvements in philanthropy. It was an odd oversight, given that the last ... grandson of John D. Rockefeller stands as a key figure in the annals of modern civil...

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Are Artists the New Interpreters of Scientific Innovation?

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09/13/2017

... today, we think of the MacDowell Colony, in the woods of New Hampshire, and of the Skowhegan School, in Maine. There’s the Rome Prize fellowship, at the city’s American Academy, and Donald Judd’s Chinati...

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Bloomberg Among Top Donors Who Give Largest Share of Wealth to Charity

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09/19/2017

... the three most generous donors among the 10 richest people in America, according to new analysis by The Chronicle of ... Melinda, have given 22 percent of their wealth to charity in the past 17 years. The...

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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

... most of the construction and operational costs; he brought in Heatherwick Studio (a London specialist in such projects) to design it. Though planned as a public ... manning those bridges. Extraordinary...

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What a Corporate Funder Is Doing to Meet Urgent Humanitarian Needs Through Technology

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09/29/2017

... amounts of material. And all this needs to happen quickly in places where infrastructure may be devastated—such as in Puerto Rico, right now—or distant regions mired in ... improve cost-...

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ComNetworkNY: Leadership and the Art of Communications

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03/08/2018

... and the value they provide through brief presentations in storytelling format to arrive at four unique perspectives ... D'Silva , Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Red Dot Foundation (Safecity) Kim...

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ComNetwork NY

Ford and PBS Partner on Documentary Series

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06/15/2018

... Series On Friday, June 15, 2018, PBS will premiere Ford Foundation funded BREAKING BIG, a 12-episode documentary ... on the road to thriving careers for some notable figures in various fields. The series of 30...

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24 Jul 2018

Advancing Racial Equity for Corporate Success

Tuesday, July 24, 2018 -

10:30am to 12:30pm

... there are enormous inequities that people of color face in health, wealth, employment opportunities, etc. These ... reconceiving products and markets, redefining productivity in the value chain, and...

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Salesforce.org Announces Advancements to the Salesforce.org Education Cloud Platform

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09/20/2018

... entering primary school today will ultimately work in jobs that don't yet exist 2 . Salesforce.org's Education ... to focus on student success, and giving every student the foundation to drive their...

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Philanthropic Leaders Call for Protecting the Independence of Special Counsel Investigation

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11/20/2018

... Special Counsel Investigation It’s astoundingly rare for foundation leaders to make statements about national ... special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Here...

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Commonwealth Fund Launches A New Tool for Comparing ‘Medicare for All’ Plans

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03/15/2019

... Plans The Commonwealth Fund, a non-partisan health care foundation , introduced an interactive tool this week that ... depending on people’s perspective or financial stake in the current health care system. But...

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Salesforce Buys Its Own Philanthropic Unit Salesforce.Org For $300m

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04/16/2019

... independent philanthropic organization Salesforce.org in a $300 million all-cash deal. The deal , announced today, ... with the $300 million going to the Salesforce.com Foundation , an independent nonprofit...

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... fiscal sponsorship of member-driven projects. Jobs in Philanthropy : Our jobs board lists open positions at ... for reports, presentations and other materials. Family Foundation Resources : Family ...

10 May 2012

Strengthening All Families: Spotlight on LGBT Families of Color

Thursday, May 10, 2012 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... laws, social stigma, and race-based discrimination collide in ways that create significant challenges for LGBT families ... Children, Youth & Families and co-sponsored by the Gill Foundation and Funders...

16 Feb 2016

NYS Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia: The State of the Schools

Tuesday, February 16, 2016 -

11:00am to 12:30pm

Commissioner Elia took on this role in July 2015 after a career as a classroom teacher, district ... opportunity. Fred Frelow , Senior Program Officer, Ford Foundation , will moderate the conversation with...

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Peterson: With Primaries Near, Majority Of Voters Want Leaders To Focus On Fiscal Future

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01/26/2016

... To Focus On Fiscal Future The Peter G. Peterson Foundation ’s January Fiscal Confidence Index, a monthly ... say their concern about the national debt has increased in recent years. "As voting and...

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