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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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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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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

Economic Security

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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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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Technology

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Backs Inclusive Innovation in a “Transitioning” Region

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03/30/2018

Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Backs Inclusive Innovation in a “Transitioning” Region The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. ... with in southeast Michigan and western New York—a region long plagued by post-...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

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Community Development

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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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14 Jun 2018

Policy Core Course 2018 - June 14th Sessions

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9:00am to 12:45pm

... Policy Core Course consists of four sessions delivered over two half-days, offering training to foundation trustees ... – have considerable legal rights to exercise their voice in public policy discussions,...

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How Should Philanthropies Respond to Emergencies?

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05/13/2014

... bailing out Detroit, does the funding commit them to a long -term engagement or is it a one-time rescue mission? Ford Foundation discussed in The Atlantic. Earlier this year, several foundations ... view this...

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The Value of Rigorous Evaluation

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06/02/2014

... funding and policymaking are gaining momentum in philanthropy and government, a study by the Center for Effective Philanthropy suggests that we still have a long way to go. Seventy-one percent of the nonprofit...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ford and Luce Foundations Support Scholars Bringing Fresh Eyes to Well-worn Topics in SE Asia

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11/23/2015

... Support Scholars Bringing Fresh Eyes to Well-worn Topics in Southeast Asia When it comes to writing about the long -contentious issue of hydropower dams in Cambodia, there is little ground...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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DNAinfo Highlights Senior Profiles Supported by New York Community Trust

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02/04/2016

... soda and wheeling around on a motorized tricycle covered in roosters and adorned with a banner hailing his Puerto ... hernia and heart problems, is the subject of a year- long project called Exceeding...

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The New York Community Trust

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Aging

Health

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NY Women's Foundation and NoVo Foundation Noted for Investments Supporting Women

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03/29/2016

... "The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything ... vote to protections against sex discrimination, including in employment; from equal...

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