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Powerful Networks: Working Across Borders to Reconnect Separated Families

Release Date:

01/20/2021

... entailed complex work across international borders. Two New York-based organizations (and Tinker Foundation grantees) ... on-the-ground gap in the family reunification effort. As president of a foundation that...

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Immigration

Public Policy

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Tinker Foundation Inc.

Saying Yes/Saying No: Strengthening Your Decision-Giving Skills

Publication date:

06/2004

... can recommend for funding. Decision making about what to fund is challenging and so is decision giving to hopeful ...

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Report

Topic(s)

Evaluation

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Media Development In The Developing World

Release Date:

01/04/2013

Since 1996, the Media Development Loan Fund has provided more than $120 million in loans and equity ... world, it is thriving, and the Media Development Loan Fund is taking full advantage of the upswing... Media...

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Member News

Funding Area

Communications/Media

Technology

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Media Development Investment Fund

Four charter schools will be launched under initiative started by Mayor Bloomberg

Release Date:

03/05/2013

... Department has received applications to open the schools as part of the mayor’s Young Men’s Initiative, which is ... Department has received applications to open the schools as part of the mayor’s Young Men’s...

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Education

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Open Society Foundations

4 Foundations Recognized for Aiding the Needy and Minorities

Release Date:

03/26/2013

The NoVo Foundation, the Levi Strauss Foundation, the Woods Fund of Chicago and the California Community Foundation ... and leadership in giving. Four grant makers—the Woods Fund of Chicago, the California...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Economic Security

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NoVo Foundation

Nonprofit Community Health Clinics Receive $1.9 Million in Grants From Hartford Foundation

Release Date:

05/27/2013

... for National and Community Service's Social Innovation Fund . To improve care for depression - one of the most common .....

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Health

Study Cites Rockefeller Foundation Contribution to PRI Evolution

Release Date:

08/04/2014

... An evaluation of its Program-Related Investment Fund finds that “the Rockefeller Foundation has contributed ... the last two decades.” Other findings are that the fund has “generated modest financial returns...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Community Development

Economic Security

Environment and Climate Change

Health

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Oliveira Outlines Plight of Women and Girls in NYT

Release Date:

12/30/2014

Ana Oliveira, President and CEO of the New York Women's Foundation, explores how philanthropy creates communities.

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Women's Foundation

Noyes Foundation President Featured in Philanthropy News Digest

Release Date:

06/30/2015

... really popular among donors in the 1990s after mutual fund companies like Fidelity and Vanguard began to offer ... their popularity is that contributions to a donor-advised fund qualify for an immediate tax...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

David Rockefeller's Death Increases Foundations' Endowments

Release Date:

03/27/2017

... Endowments With the death of David Rockefeller, the fund he created with his siblings in 1940 will be catapulted ... exclusive billion-dollar club. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund had $829 million in assets...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

JPB and Rockefeller Foundations Contribute to Transformation of Detroit’s Fitzgerald Neighborhood

Release Date:

04/06/2017

... initial model for the $30 million Strategic Neighborhood Fund , which is working to stabilize Detroit neighborhoods. To ... the JPB Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation as part of the Reimagining the...

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Member News

Funding Area

Community Development

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Freedom Together Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation

VOICES FROM THE FIELD

Release Date:

04/16/2018

VOICES FROM THE FIELD The Haas, Jr. Fund partners with a diverse and powerful mix of ... and fairness for all people. In these videos, some of the Fund ’s partners talk about how far we’ve come as...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Foundation

Bank of America Announces Support for Communities, Clients after Hurricane Michael

Release Date:

10/19/2018

... directed to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund for immediate relief. Bank of America will work with ...

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Member News

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Disaster Relief

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Understanding Risk Tolerance in Grantmaking

Release Date:

08/10/2015

... phenomenon across many facets of our society—including finance , consumer products, and even golf. Given our ... could affect the world of philanthropic foundations as well. How does risk impact—and potentially...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Start a Giving Circle This Summer

Release Date:

06/15/2011

... summer is not the time to forget about philanthropy. As we spend time enjoying this wonderful world, we should ... much money it would take to have an impact, and use that as your guide. This will make it...

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All Funders

12 May 2016

Diverse and Dispersed: Managing a Far-Flung Family - Webinar

Thursday, May 12, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... once defined by their proximity now encounter a new obstacle: geography. How does geography affect a ... Welk Family Foundation Sharmila Rao Thakkar, Executive Director , The Siragusa Foundation Designed for...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Family Foundation

27 Feb 2018

The Evidence Base for Asset Building: Moving Families Toward Economic Security

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... across sectors have invested in asset-building strategies as a means for greater impact and financial security for ... will also discuss place-based grantmaking strategies for New York asset funders. Hear...

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Workforce Development

Children, Youth and Families

25 Jul 2019

Hashtag Strategy: Social Media As An Effective Advocacy Tool

Thursday, July 25, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... management and legal perspectives on social media as a strategic communications and advocacy tool for both ... Open Society Foundations Maria Mottola , Executive Director , New York Foundation...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

29 May 2019

No Housing Support for Mixed Status Families? - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, May 29, 2019 -

1:30pm to 2:30pm

... do not receive federal housing subsides, but this radical new change would block all such families from public housing, ... voice through comments on the regulation and grantmaking as part of the campaign...