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RE.invest Initiative to Partner With Eight Cities to Develop Resilient Stormwater Systems

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05/29/2013

The Rockefeller Foundation -funded initiative is a two-year effort to help municipalities rethink the way they design, plan, implement and finance infrastructure. In the aftermath of the...

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Disaster Relief

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New Commitments Totaling $10.8 Billion Announced During 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Meeting

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09/28/2013

The new commitments included a call to action by the Nike Foundation , in partnership with the NoVo and United Nations foundations, ...

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What’s Strategy Got to Do With It?

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08/27/2013

... philanthropy for the Stanford Social Innovation Review. In a speech to the staff of the Hewlett Foundation , William Schambra of the Hudson Institute issues a ...

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Meet the 15 Most Powerful Women in U.S. Philanthropy

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03/05/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies CEO Patricia Harris, NoVo Foundation President Jennifer Buffett and Simons Foundation ... Inside Philanthropy's list of the 15 most powerful women in U.S...

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Service Through Philanthropy Dr. Starita Boyce Ansari

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04/15/2014

... BlogTalk Radio. Dr. M. Starita Boyce Ansari is a scholar in the field of philanthropy. She has been recognized by Ford Foundation and W. K. Kellogg Foundation for her research in...

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Learning Forward Launches Free, Online Learning Guide to Enrich Principal Preparation Programs

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05/06/2014

... than a decade of research, commissioned by The Wallace Foundation .“ Dallas (May 6, 2014) – Learning Forward, the ... Guide, a free resource of web-based lessons and activities to advance the knowledge and...

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Education

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Instead of Retiring, Many Seek 'Encore' Jobs

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07/07/2014

... Many Workers Seek 'Encore Jobs' A trend first spotted in a MetLife Foundation survey in 2011 seems to be on the rise as millions of Americans are making plans .....

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Rockefeller, Surdna Grantees Named "Champions of Change"

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07/22/2014

... with organizations supported by both the Rockefeller Foundation and the Surdna Foundation were named Tuesday by ... the White House as "Champions of Change" for their efforts to...

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American Households Lost More Than One-Third Of Value Over Past Decade

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07/26/2014

... by more than a third over the past 10 years, according to a study underwritten by the Russell Sage Foundation . The study, conducted as part of the foundation 's Great Recession Initiative...

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Donors to Gay Causes Consider Their Next Steps

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11/03/2014

Donors to Gay Causes Consider Their Next Steps The Arcus Foundation ’s latest effort in support of gay and lesbian issues began with an ominous ...

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Improving Health Care Is Billionaire Peterson’s Next Mission

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11/24/2014

... debt reduction, is now taking aim at some $800 billion in annual waste in the nation’s health-care system. The billionaire’s New York-based Peter G. Peterson Foundation will announce a $200...

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'Everything is Not Fine.' Inside NoVo's Funding Push on Girls and Young Women of Color

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09/02/2015

... girls and women of color, everything is fine,” said NoVo Foundation Executive Director Pamela Shifman, who assumed that role in 2014 after six years as NoVo’s Director of Initiatives ... fine. Here at NoVo, we...

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Meet The Woman Driving Sustainability And Corporate Responsibility At Tiffany & Co.

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01/26/2016

... knowledge of the entire organization. And then adding to the task is the additional job of running a major corporate foundation . For most companies, these demanding ... ended up with two jobs, and how the...

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Russell Sage Report Finds Non-Citizen Latinos Politically Engaged

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06/28/2016

... Engaged Non-citizen Latino immigrants may not be able to vote, but they could still help decide the outcome of the ... scientists, Michael Jones-Correa and James A. McCann, in a report published for the...

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With Surdna and Open Society Support, Equitable Economic Development Fellowship Launches

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06/29/2016

... and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) are convening today in Portland, Oregon to launch the first-ever Equitable Economic Development ... the fellowship, which is generously funded by the Surdna ...

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Rockefeller's Judith Rodin is One of Many Women Making Their Mark in Social-Impact Investing

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07/27/2016

... Judith Rodin is One of Many Women Making Their Mark in Social-Impact Investing When advisers attend industry conferences, they can usually expect to be swimming in a sea of white males, given...

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Ford to Dedicate $1B of Endowment to Mission Related Investments

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04/05/2017

Ford to Dedicate $1B of Endowment to Mission Related Investments Ford Foundation announces that its Board of Trustees has ... allocation of up to $1 billion of its endowment,...

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Rockefeller Supports Food Waste Documentary Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival

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04/20/2017

... and Nari Kye began developing the documentary, they wanted to reach as wide of an audience as possible, they said. A partnership between Zero Point Zero and The Rockefeller Foundation helped make that a...

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