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Century Foundation: A Post-Paris Agenda for Climate Security at the UN

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02/11/2016

... and two weeks of grueling negotiations, the international community left the Paris Conference of Parties (COP) of the ... on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol. This...

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Woodruff Foundation Reflects on Its First Decade

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02/11/2016

... asked Bob and Lee, "What can we do?" Seeing an opportunity to help our men and women in uniform, the Bob Woodruff Foundation was created to ensure that our troops have positive returns home. In .....

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Despite Legacy Connections, Rockefeller Family Fund Sets Trend by Changing its Fossil Fuel Investments

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04/04/2016

... money machine, Standard Oil. “While the global community works to eliminate the use of fossil fuels, it makes little sense — financially or ethically — to continue holding investments in...

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Rockefeller Divestment in Fossil Fuels Leads Landmark Climate Accord Approved at U.N.

Release Date:

04/25/2016

... Convention on Climate Change, delivered a global agreement to limit future global warming to under 2° C above pre-industrial levels. The formal ... of the agreement on Friday, April 22 by the international...

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20 Jun 2016

Philanthropy, Refugees, and the Global Humanitarian Crisis: World Refugee Day - Webinar

Monday, June 20, 2016 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... intersections of gender, race, and age in innovative ways to create a cohesive sense of family and community across the country. Our two prior webinars in the ... have often been marginalized, and learn about...

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Milbank Memorial Fund Partners with Yale to Study Why It's So Hard to Connect Health to Social Factors

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09/29/2016

Milbank Memorial Fund Partners with Yale to Study Why It's So Hard to Connect Health to Social Factors One of the goals of the Affordable Care Act .....

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Ford Foundation Supports 'Stay Midtown Program' to Respond to Recent Rental Cost Increases in Detroit

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03/22/2017

Ford Foundation Supports 'Stay Midtown Program' to Respond to Recent Rental Cost Increases in Detroit The Stay Midtown ... be monitored along with how it affects neighborhood and community...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies: Six Things Cities Need to Know About the Future of Autonomous Vehicles

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05/08/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies: Six Things Cities Need to Know About the Future of Autonomous Vehicles Wired ... and regions, and change the way cities respond to complex challenges, from aging populations to...

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Why the Ford Foundation Launched a Program for Formerly Incarcerated People—and How They Did It

Release Date:

05/19/2017

... Talent and Human Resources team and asked us to create a professional development program for graduates of ... BPI, which gives incarcerated men and women an opportunity to earn a Bard College degree while...

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Conrad Hilton Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Noted Among Philanthropic Heroes of Refugee Crisis

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05/24/2017

... The Syrian conflict is now in its seventh year. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), ... The plan calls for more than $4.6 billion for the partners to continue providing...

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Rockefeller: How to Halve Death and Disability from Pollution

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07/20/2017

Rockefeller: How to Halve Death and Disability from Pollution This past May, ... Italy. These forward-thinking changemakers came together to brainstorm how to accomplish an ambitious but...

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What Now? From Outrage to Action

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08/28/2017

What Now? From Outrage to Action by J ohn H. Jackson, President and CEO, The Schott ... Every person deserves to live in a healthy, vibrant community that provides them an opportunity to...

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More Than 10 Million Children Live In Caribbean Countries Threatened By Hurricane Irma

Release Date:

09/07/2017

... million children live in the countries that are likely to be exposed to the damage from Hurricane Irma, UNICEF warned today. Based ... are seeing severe levels of destruction. Our priority is to...

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Nursing Home Evacuations Should Not Be “All or Nothing,” Says GSA Member in Senate Testimony

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... professor Kathryn Hyer, PhD, MPP, FGSA, urged lawmakers to support actions that enable nursing homes and assisted living communities to better serve their residents in times of disaster — and ... suffers in...

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Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board

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09/22/2017

Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board Andrus Family Fund appoints Edgar Villanueva, ... Advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education, to its board. For the first time in the history...

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Is ‘Housing Not Warehousing’ Next?

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... figuratively and literally. The 63-year-old chaplain and community organizer was chronically homeless for several ... She now has a home in East Flatbush and is dedicated to ensuring others don’t have ...

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P2CP Program Is Expanding with Support from The David Rockefeller Fund, Ford Foundation, JM Kaplan Fund, Teagle Foundation and Pinkerton Foundation

Release Date:

10/20/2017

... Correctional Facility, students enrolled in the Prison- To -College-Pipeline (P2CP) anxiously waited to greet a group of visitors who had traveled to the prison ... Jay College and by the NYS...

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14 Jun 2018

Collaborating for Change: Practices and Pitfalls from Across the Field - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, June 14, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... National Center for Family Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family foundation staff and trustees only.* Collaboration is the key to building a healthy and strong family, organization, and ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundation, and the Ford Foundation Working With Rebuild by Design In Puerto Rico

Release Date:

11/30/2017

... and inclusive body led by Puerto Ricans and designed to offer recommendations for how to use private, philanthropic, local government, and federal recovery dollars to repair and rebuild the...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education Releases Recommendations For Helping Native American Youth Live Healthier Lives

Release Date:

01/18/2018

... trend, but our sector has a great deal of work ahead of us to counter a long history of neglect of Native American organizations. To put it in perspective: Native Americans make up 2 percent ... Instructions,...

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