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Canada Wants a New NAFTA to Include Gender and Indigenous Rights

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08/31/2017

... days before heading into the first round of negotiations over the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Liberal ... both gender and indigenous rights, and addressing climate change . Those “progressive...

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Gender Justice

Giving Could Plunge $13 Billion Under Tax Plan, Nonprofit Leader Says

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09/28/2017

... fewer taxpayers would itemize their tax returns. That change could reduce the value of the charitable deduction as ...

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The David Rockefeller Fund

Germany Provides One Example for Ending the Cycle of Homelessness to Prison

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04/18/2017

... John Jay College of Criminal Justice/David Rockefeller Fund Fellow Steven attended the February 28 program “ ... set of issues regarding its homeless population, it has long dismantled any laws that...

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Insights

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Housing and Homelessness

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Phillip Brian Harper Named New Program Director for Higher Learning At The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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08/27/2020

... on issues surrounding higher education, particularly in the humanities and liberal arts. Critically, Harper will ... for the Foundation that is focused specifically on social justice and equity. In...

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Jay Geneske Named New Media Director at Rockefeller Foundation

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03/01/2013

... the Rockefeller Foundation's first New Media Director in December 2012. He will devise and implement an online ... the needs of poor or vulnerable people in a time of rapid change ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Katherine Bleich Joins American Express as Corporate Philanthropy Intern

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07/02/2012

... , supporting their philanthropic initiatives as an intern. In addition to her role there, Bleich is a second-year Master ... passion for philanthropy as a driver of systemic change , she has volunteered and...

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Penny Abeywardena Joins the de Blasio Administration as the Head of the Office of International Affairs

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09/16/2014

... International Affairs Commissioner Tuesday. She will be in charge of dealing with the diplomatic community for City ... author in the book “Women in the Global Economy: Leading Social...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Gender Justice

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Clinton Global Initiative

Ford Foundation Asks if Capitalism Can be Made to Work Better for Society

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10/02/2014

... if Capitalism Can be Made to Work Better for Society In the Ford Forum, the inaugural issue of what appears to be ... system, Walker asks, “How do we support efforts to change a system in...

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How She Leads: Paula Luff, Hess Corporation

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11/06/2014

... seven years ago as its first Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility, Paula Luff has seen the global company ... company to a pure exploration and production company. In 2013, Hess began to shed its...

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New York Community Trust to Collaborate with NCRP's Philamplify to Assess Community Foundations

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09/09/2015

... with NCRP's Philamplify to Assess Community Foundations In preparation, we’ve spent the past ten months adapting our methodology and strategic, social justice criteria to assess community foundations, .....

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The New York Community Trust

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5 Questions for. . .Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation

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10/15/2015

... and contain it. As we have come to understand more fully in the decade since, Katrina also exposed a number of ... of institutional racism and racist attitudes. The social and economic costs of de-...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Loren Harris as Vice President of Programs

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04/19/2016

... barriers to equality and creating economic opportunity and social inclusion, will join the Foundation as Vice President ... support NCF’s efforts to address inequality and climate change ... Nathan Cummings...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Environment and Climate Change

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Nathan Cummings Announces Increased Payout to Respond to ‘Extraordinary Times’

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05/03/2017

... has explicitly named a commitment to democratic values and social justice, supporting the most vulnerable, respecting ... People are responding to these extraordinary times in extraordinary ways. The...

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Nonhuman Rights Project, Supported by Novo and Arcus Foundations, Is Featured in Documentary

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06/06/2017

... Supported by Novo and Arcus Foundations, Is Featured in Documentary Steven Wise is an attorney for animals, ... to win court judgments for a handful of intelligent and social animals who, they allege, are...

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Animal Welfare

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Group Moves Toward Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact

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08/14/2017

... As more investors seek to use their capital as a tool for social change , a group of asset managers and nonprofit leaders is ... world of philanthropy to share ideas and push advancements in...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Names Nicole Taylor as President and CEO

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11/14/2018

... innovative philanthropic solutions to challenging problems in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, and helps connect ... place to work and a powerful partner to those working for social change...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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Weinberg Foundation Partners with Major Donors in Groundbreaking $25M National Initiative to Increase Mobility from Poverty

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02/04/2019

Weinberg Foundation Partners with Major Donors in Groundbreaking $25M National Initiative to Increase ... of poverty, and to promote dynamic leaders who will aim to change the national conversation around ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Community Development

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Mandy Van Deven Joins the Nathan Cummings Foundation as Director of Communications

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09/10/2019

... as its Director of Communications on October 1, 2019. In this role, Mandy will be a key member of the programmatic ... excellent collaborator, and fierce believer in social justice. Her deep...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Tobias Rees Selected as a Rockefeller Foundation Resident to Study the Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Humanity

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09/30/2019

... Supporting Rees’ groundbreaking work on the ways in which contemporary technology is challenging and changing ... Reid Hoffman Professor of Humanities at the New School for Social Research and is a Fellow of...

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