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Small Foundations Can Spur Big Changes: One Grant Maker Shows How

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03/24/2013

An op-ed by Emily Tow Jackson, Executive Director of the Tow Foundation. Tackling the world’s most vexing social problems is a challenge for even the biggest foundations but much more ... change...

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Capital One, Howard Gilman, and Doris Duke Support City Parks SummerStage 2017 Season

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04/11/2017

Capital One , Howard Gilman, and Doris Duke Support City Parks SummerStage 2017 Season City Parks Foundation is excited to announce the 2017 season of SummerStage, New York City's largest...

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Rockefeller Pledges $100-Million to Help 100 Cities Cope With Crises

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05/14/2013

The 100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge was announced to ... The Rockefeller Foundation today announced a three-year, $ 100 -million effort to help 100 cities around the world develop plans...

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A Creative Approach to Advocacy: How One Foundation Tackles a Complex Issue, Part Two

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11/08/2017

A Creative Approach to Advocacy: How One Foundation Tackles a Complex Issue By Judith Smith, ... Director and Erica Brody, Program Officer This post is the second in a two-part series on funding creatively. It...

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Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Kicks Off Next Week, Supported by Capital One Bank, Doris Duke and Gilman Foundations

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08/17/2017

... Jazz Festival Kicks Off Next Week, Supported by Capital One Bank, Doris Duke and Gilman Foundations City Parks Foundation is proud to announce the 25th Anniversary celebration of the Charlie...

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Action Plan Released to Conserve One of Africa’s Richest Sites for Biodiversity with Support from the Arcus Foundation

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02/14/2018

Action Plan Released to Conserve One of Africa’s Richest Sites for Biodiversity with Support ... landscape. The plan assesses where within each landscape is most important for...

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15 Oct 2013

Hurricane Sandy One Year Later: What Have We Learned and Where Do We Go from Here?

Tuesday, October 15, 2013 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... for Disaster Philanthropy. Panelists Ronna D. Brown , President , Philanthropy New York Peter Kasabach , Executive ... The UPS Foundation Nina Stack , President , Council of New Jersey...

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Senior Advisor to Pinkerton Writes Editorial: How Do We Become One Nation?

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11/08/2016

... Advisor to Pinkerton Writes Editorial: How Do We Become One Nation? How does America come back from the most bitter, ... memory? How do we become one nation? Invoking the legacy of...

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Capital One Invests $3 Million to Fund Machine Learning Research at University of Maryland

Release Date:

12/15/2017

Capital One Invests $3 Million to Fund Machine Learning Research at ... A $3 million gift and partnership with Capitol One is allowing the university to pursue research in data ... important...

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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

Rockefeller's Judith Rodin is One of Many Women Making Their Mark in Social-Impact ... of socially responsible investing, including Judith Rodin, president...

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Supported by Capital One, Bloomberg and Other Funders, Apache Recognizes Innovations Integral to Panama Papers Investigation

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04/17/2017

Supported by Capital One , Bloomberg and Other Funders, Apache Recognizes ... the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, ... the world's...

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04 Feb 2013

Grantmaking as a Career? One Program Officer’s Personal Experience, with Molly Schultz Hafid, Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program, Shelter Rock

Monday, February 4, 2013 -

2:00pm to 5:00pm

Learn about the field of philanthropy from one grantmaker's personal perspective. ... available in the field at a given time How grantmaking is rarely a first profession...

Michael Bloomberg Announces 2nd Annual Global Business Forum and One Planet Summit

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07/11/2018

... Bloomberg Announces 2nd Annual Global Business Forum and One Planet Summit Michael R. Bloomberg today announced ... 26 th at the Plaza Hotel during the 73 rd session of the United Nations General Assembly...

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17 Jul 2013

Grantmaking as a Career? One Grantmaker’s Personal Experience with Jonathan Horowitz, Program Officer, J.P. Morgan Private Bank Philanthropic Services

Wednesday, July 17, 2013 -

3:15pm to 5:00pm

*Registration for this program is currently at capacity. Please check our site for future ... as a Career?" programs.* Learn about the field of philanthropy from one grantmaker's...

07 Nov 2018

One Size Doesn’t Fit All: A Conversation about Education with the Gates Foundation’s Bob Hughes

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... in New York City. In 2016 Bob transitioned from being President of New Visions Public school to becoming the K-12 ... PM Check-in 3:00 - 4:30 PM Program Registration is required by November...

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13 Jul 2012

One Step Closer to DREAM: Helping Undocumented Youth Obtain Relief under New Immigration Policy

Friday, July 13, 2012 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Webinar

On June 15, 2012, President Obama announced a new policy that could allow up to ... Learn more about this policy directive: what it is , who’s eligible, how their lives will be affected, and ... We Dream (UWD)...

Bloomberg Philanthropies Selects Twenty-One European Cities to Join New Digital Innovation Program

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01/13/2020

Bloomberg Philanthropies Selects Twenty- One European Cities to Join New Digital Innovation Program ... and deliver better results for residents. The goal of the program is to help European...