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Nourishing Strong Communities: Thoughts on Food Policy from Karen Karp

Release Date:

03/15/2010

... to improve the food system. This program was the second in a series of briefings focusing on food policies and practices in New York City and the role nonprofits and funders can play in...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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Community Development

Food Systems

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Building Bigger Bets with Philanthropy

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12/02/2013

... the foundation is aggregating funds to scale what works. In 2005, Nancy Roob became president of the Edna McConnell ... Clark Foundation (EMCF). She has since played a major role in developing and implementing...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Conservative Publications Accuse OSF of 'Bankrolling' Ferguson Protests

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03/30/2015

... from Soros’s private foundation link donations and funding for groups in Washington, D.C., and New York which were bussed into the ...

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Social Justice

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Leaders From Clark and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Help Create Hands-on Philanthropy Course

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07/12/2016

... Advisors Help Create Hands-on Philanthropy Course In Effective Philanthropy in Urban Communities, students are ... selecting, and ultimately awarding $25,000 worth of funding to a New York...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Community Development

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The Clark Foundation

Kaberi Banerjee Murthy of Brooklyn Community Foundation: On Immigration and Justice Reform Advocacy

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04/18/2017

... including the Immigrant Rights Fund and advocating for the closing of Rikers Island, both of which will affect many residents in Brooklyn. Kaberi Banerjee Murthy of Brooklyn Community ...

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Immigration

Justice Reform

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Brooklyn Org

Open Society Foundations Support Smallholder Farmers Facing Climate Risk

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05/13/2020

... Risk NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations are investing in an effort to help smallholder farmers survive severe ... in companies that offer affordable insurance products for smallholders and...

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Economic Security

Food Systems

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Appointments & Transitions

Philanthropy New York Members Listed in Crain's New York Business 2021 Notable in Nonprofits and Philanthropy

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04/14/2021

Philanthropy New York Members Listed in Crain's New York Business 2021 Notable in Nonprofits and ... nonprofit ecosystem is an economic powerhouse, accounting for nearly one-fifth of the...

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Mellon Foundation

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Trinity Church Philanthropies

Ford Foundation

The New York Community Trust

Black Equity Alliance of NYC c/o United Way ofNew York City

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

JPMorgan Chase Strengthens Its Commitment To Support Urban Entrepreneurs of Color

Release Date:

02/27/2018

... tax bill set to net the bank an additional $4 billion in annual profits on top of already gargantuan earnings, ... like workforce and youth development, addressing the need for “middle-skill” employees, and...

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Workforce Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Asphalt Art Initiative Expands Grant Opportunity to Cities in Canada, Mexico, and the United States

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04/25/2023

... Asphalt Art Initiative Expands Grant Opportunity to Cities in Canada, Mexico, and the United States New York, NY – ... that all cities in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. can apply for $25,000...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Rockefeller Foundation and USAID Launch $100 Million Partnership

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08/04/2014

... The Rockefeller Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development have announced a $100 million ... to chronic stresses and increasing climate shocks in communities across Africa and Asia. Announced...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Economic Security

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Rauschenberg Foundation Awards $400K in Artist as Activist Grants

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03/12/2015

... work is concerned with social issues. First announced in September (see Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Grants ... US Virgin Islands. Rauschenberg Foundation Awards $400K in Artist as Activist Grants ...

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

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Arts

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Rockefeller Foundation Commits $64 Million to 100 Resilient Cities

Release Date:

07/29/2015

... been selected through two challenge rounds. Applications for the final round will be accepted through November 24, and the winning cities will be announced in April 2016. Each city in the...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Disaster Relief

Community Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Historian O’Connor Comments on New Ford Foundation Strategy

Release Date:

08/04/2015

... O’Connor Comments on New Ford Foundation Strategy In addition to her extensive publishing track record of books ... inequality, which he sees as “structurally embedded… in markets, political institutions,...

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OSF to Continue Grantmaking in Russia

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08/10/2015

OSF to Continue Grantmaking in Russia In a statement on the foundation's website, ... " In recent days, several voices in Russia have called for the...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality

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11/09/2015

Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality Under a new strategy announced ... . . Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in...

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Tow Foundation Touted as Prime Example of Funder Helping Turn the Tide for Juvenile Justice Reform

Release Date:

11/19/2015

... Touted as Prime Example of Funder Helping Turn the Tide for Juvenile Justice Reform A new precedent was set ... a plan to establish 20 as the age of jurisdiction for the state’s juvenile justice system. This...

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Justice Reform

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The Tow Foundation

New Discoveries on Dark Matter from Sloan-Sponsored Scientists

Release Date:

07/15/2016

... the best measurements yet of the effects of dark energy in the expansion of the Universe. We are making our results ...

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