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21 May 2024

Food Policy & Planning Roundtable - An Event Hosted by Community Food Funders

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Want to meet other funders working on current issues in food justice? As Community Food Funders’ membership has ... that may be on the horizon. This conversation is for funders interested in , or...

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All Funders

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Appointments & Transitions

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Food Systems

Martha Matsuoka Elected New Board Chair for Noyes Foundation

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02/01/2013

... elected Chair of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Board for 2013. She focuses her teaching and research on issues ... at UC Berkeley. Martha Matsuoka Elected New Board Chair for Noyes Foundation ...

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79 percent in neighborhoods hardest hit by Sandy say rebuild even in face of risk

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07/30/2013

A survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research examining resilience following ... by the Rockefeller Foundation) also found that about 1 in 4 Americans believe they live in...

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Disaster Relief

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28 Nov 2012

Coordination Updates on the Philanthropic Response to Hurricane Sandy: A Webinar for Funders and Regional Associations Nationwide

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Webinar

Join us for this Webinar convening funders and Regional Associations ... funds. We will also provide updates on what is happening in storm affected communities and make the connection to the ... of what’s...

27 Nov 2012

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 5:00pm to Friday, November 30, 2012 - 6:00pm

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers (ESS) provides an introduction to ... program officers with less than two years of experience in the philanthropic sector. The three and a half day ... of the...

15 Sep 2010

Can You Hear Us Now? Evaluating Policy Change and Advocacy

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

MEMBERS : Please log in to register yourself or a colleague online by clicking on ... the path to success? Who needs to be involved in order for you to be successful? What will be the role of...

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To Get to the Good, You Gotta Dance With the Wicked

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09/19/2013

... the nonprofit sector sets its goals and achieves impact. In their recent article, “When Good Is Not Good Enough” ...

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A Nonprofit Lender Revives the Hopes of Subprime Borrowers

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02/25/2014

... Assistance Corporation of America has received $10 billion in funding from Bank of America to make mortgage loans on its ...

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Community Development

A Nobel Peace Prize Nomination for the National Priorities Project

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02/28/2014

... a Rockefeller Brothers Fund grantee, has been nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. The National Priorities ... Project, Inc. (NPP), an RBF grantee, has been nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize...

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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 philanthropy...

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Wait—What is Venture Philanthropy, Again?

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02/27/2014

... is Venture Philanthropy? Rockefeller Foundation explains in Nonprofit Quarterly. Venture philanthropy. Angel ... with variations on the classic grantmaking model for at least half a century. But in...

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Cost of Health Care a Burden for Most U.S. Households

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04/15/2014

... Quarterly finds the cost of health care to be a burden for most U.S. households. Since 2001, health care costs have become more burdensome for almost all Americans, at every income level and in...

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Medicine’s Top Earners Are Not the M.D.s

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05/17/2014

Cathy Schoe of Commonwealth Fund quoted in New York Times article on doctor's salaries. Though the ... doctors’ salaries, according to an analysis performed for The New York Times by Compdata Surveys: $584,...

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Searching for the Next Breakthrough in Health Care

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05/05/2014

... program to discover and vet transformative ideas in health care. It is well documented that health care in the ... on a global scale. We’re simply not getting what we pay for . Clearly, it’s...

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Individual Market Insurance Premiums Grew 10 Percent Yearly Prior to Affordable Care Act

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06/05/2014

... Prior to Affordable Care Act Health insurance premiums for people buying coverage on their own grew an average of 10 ... Institute of Technology, uses information collected in 2012 by the National Opinion...

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It’s Time to Face the Long-Term-Care Dilemma

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06/09/2014

It’s Time to Face the Long-Term-Care Dilemma Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Dr. David Blumenthal, president ... "about 6,000 U.S. baby boomers turn 65 and become eligible for Medicare. But Medicare doesn...

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NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods

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06/11/2014

NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods New York City's Green Cart initiative has increased access to healthy food in otherwise underserved high-density and low-income...

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Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal

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06/13/2014

Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal An article in Inside Philanthropy singles out the Mertz Gilmore Foundation for championing climate change solutions over the past 20 ... hovering in the mid...

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Heintz and Wayne Pay Tribute To Richard Rockefeller Who Died in Plane Crash

Release Date:

06/20/2014

... and Wayne Pay Tribute To Richard Rockefeller Who Died in Plane Crash Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen ... Heintz and Chair Valerie Rockefeller Wayne pay tribute in a message on the foundation's...

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