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When It Comes To Building Resilient Cities, Everyone Wants In

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06/24/2014

When It Comes To Building Resilient Cities, Everyone Wants In The idea ... from workshops being conducted as part of the Rockefeller Foundation 039 ; s 100...

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Disaster Relief

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Joins Impact Investment Efforts

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06/25/2014

... this week , the Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced plans to dedicate 10 percent of its $840 million endowment to targeted impact investments. The foundation...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Impact Investing

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Report Shows Link Between Children's Outcomes and Mothers' Educational Attainment

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07/10/2014

Report Shows Link Between Children 039 ; s Outcomes and Mothers 039 ; Educational Attainment Children ... with children of better educated mothers, according to...

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Hunger-Relief Programs Receive Morgan Stanley Support To Feed More Children

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07/09/2014

Hunger-Relief Programs Receive Morgan Stanley Support To Feed More Children The Morgan Stanley Foundation is awarding more than $1 million in grants to ... efforts on having a positive impact on...

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Food Systems

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Bloomberg Says His Work Is About "Saving Lives"

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07/14/2014

... he and Bloomberg Philanthropies are doing is about "trying to save lives." Adds Bloomberg: "Particularly, I want the foundation to focus on things that other people aren...

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Barnard Receives Mellon Grant for Digital Access Initiative

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07/09/2014

... College has received $800,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a major new academic initiative: Barnard ... next four years, this program will allow Barnard faculty to collaborate with curators,...

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Wealthy Should Be Encouraged To Start Giving Sooner

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07/18/2014

Wealthy Should Be Encouraged Not To Start Giving Sooner Encouraging wealthy people to start ... away their money earlier in life "could prevent today’ s urgent problems from becoming larger...

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Community Revitalization Works Better When A "Quarterback" Is In Charge

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07/22/2014

... "community quarterback" model can be an effective approach to revitalizing troubled neighborhoods, write Nancy O. Andrews, president and CEO of the Low Income Investment Fund, and Brandee McHale, COO...

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Community Development

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Prescription For Making Healthcare Enrollment More Customer-Friendly

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08/01/2014

... for Obamacare begins this fall, NY State should take steps to make the process for signing up more customer-friendly, ... James R. Knickman President & CEO, New York State Health Foundation , in the...

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New York Health Foundation

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Atlantic Philanthropies Awards €14.7 Million For Dementia Care

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08/14/2014

... totaling €14.7 million (approximately $20 million) to improve the care and well-being of people suffering with ... and CEO of the Atlantic Philanthrophies, said that the foundation...

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Open Society’s Soros among Brookings Top Politically Influential Global Billionaires List

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09/16/2014

Open Society’ s Soros among Brookings Top Politically Influential Global Billionaires List Darrell West 039 ; s Global Billionaires Political Power Index is a ranking of the...

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Russell Sage Study Shows Average Americans Get Poorer as Per Capita Wealth Reaches New High

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10/01/2014

... as a whole is getting wealthier, the average American’ s share of those assets is declining. Despite a near doubling of ... at the University of Michigan for the Russell...

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Social Justice

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SIFMA Funded Programs Provide Financial Literacy to Millions of Students

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10/02/2014

SIFMA Funded Programs Provide Financial Literacy to Millions of Students While several factors contributed ... Many investors today are financially illiterate. That’ s right, illiterate. Defined...

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NoVo Co-President Peter Buffett Uses New Notoriety to Champion Women and Girls Around the World

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10/10/2014

NoVo Co-President Peter Buffett Uses New Notoriety to Champion Women and Girls Around the World For most of ... Peter and his wife, Jennifer, run the now $3 billion NoVo Foundation , dedicated...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Donates $1.6 Million to Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia

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10/21/2014

Helmsley Charitable Trust Donates $1.6 Million to Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia SOS Children 039 ; s Villages, the world 039 ; s largest...

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PNY Members Funding LGBT Senior Care

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10/30/2014

... that America is aging, with the baby boomers starting to retire. And we also know that some groups, particularly ... even though research shows these are some of the nation 039 ; s...

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The New York Community Trust

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LGBTQ

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New After School Programs and Professional Development Bring Digital Literacy with Grants Totaling $414,000

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10/31/2014

... teens and adolescents use digital media and technology to get in shape, prepare for college, and share their voices ... to use digital tools to educate young people in and out of...

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The New York Community Trust

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How She Leads: Paula Luff, Hess Corporation

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11/06/2014

... Corporation seven years ago as its first Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility, Paula Luff has seen the ... transform itself from an integrated oil-and-gas company to a pure exploration and...

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A Great Wall of Funding? American Philanthropy and the Rise of China

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11/11/2014

A Great Wall of Funding? American Philanthropy and the Rise of China ... second largest economy in the world, which is why China 039 ; s rise is right up there with climate...

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