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New York Community Trust President: Donors Can Make a Difference on Homelessness, Heroin, Incarceration and Education

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12/07/2015

... as president of one of New York’s leading charitable foundations , I’ve overseen more than $1 billion in grants ...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Shut Down January 1; Profiled in Jerusalem Post

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01/07/2016

... While saying shalom, adieu and farewell to this family of foundations based in Jerusalem, Montreal and New York, we ... heir to the Seagrams liquor fortune who funded these foundations . His three favorite (and...

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Rockefeller Supported, ‘Futures of Work” Report Examines Global Disruptions

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01/19/2016

The Futures of Work, a groundbreaking new report from Foresight Alliance, a Washington DC-based foresight consultancy, says workers everywhere will be impacted by accelerating distruptions to the world of work.

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Workforce Development

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Rockefeller Partnership to Support Cities' Infrastructure Recovery

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01/25/2016

The Rockefeller Foundation, Veolia, and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions launched an infrastructure recovery initiative designed to accelerate the economic recovery of cities in the aftermath of catastrophic natural disasters.

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Disaster Relief

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New Biomarker Identifies Uveal Melanoma Patients At High Risk For Metastasis (Research To Prevent Blindness)

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03/07/2016

New study published in Clinical Cancer Research details the discovery of a biomarker that puts patients at a higher risk for metastasis of uveal melanoma.

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

Science

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NCRP Reviews New York Community Trust

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04/13/2016

The New York Community Trust is committed to investing in underserved communities and equity, and mostly follows through on those goals to achieve results, a new report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy's Philamplify initiative...

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Alfred P. Sloan, Time Warner 'Fast Track Grant' Goes To Film That Explores Science and Technology

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06/07/2016

Film Independent Selects 10 Projects And 20 Filmakers For 2016 Fast Track Program And Awards $20K Alfred P. Sloan Fast Track Grant To Mark Levinson For 'The Gold Bug Variations'

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Carnegie Backs New Learning Pilot Targeting Interstate Passport Initiative

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06/10/2016

Six institutions to use Aqua by Taskstream to assess student learning and proficiency as part of a new framework to aid student transfer and improve graduation rates.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Education

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Rockefeller Supports Research on Farming Adaptations to Combat Climate Change

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09/06/2016

As the globe continues to spin toward a future with higher temperatures, crop yields will likely decrease if farmers do not adapt to new management or technology practices.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Food Systems

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Video: Rockefeller Features Jada Pinkett Smith in Latest Insight Dialogues

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10/03/2016

On September 19th, Pinkett Smith joined Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin for the third edition of Insight Dialogues, touching on the many roles she balances in Hollywood, her vocal advocacy for girls and women and youth empowerment and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Report Examines the Effectiveness of the Limited-life Approach

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05/01/2017

... Effectiveness of the Limited-life Approach Limited-life foundations are based on the premise that if a foundation’s ...

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Nathan Cummings Announces Increased Payout to Respond to ‘Extraordinary Times’

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05/03/2017

The Foundation’s board and staff met to consider the question: how can we stand alongside our grantees and philanthropic partners and respond to current societal challenges with leadership, urgency, and impact? Its board made the unanimous decision...

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The Peterson Center on Healthcare Aims to Transform U.S. Healthcare

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05/15/2017

... universities, healthcare organizations, and other foundations . While healthcare seems like a depressing topic ...

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Peterson Center on Healthcare

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Wallace, Ford, and Mellon on Strategies that Boost Arts Engagement Across Diverse Communities

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06/09/2017

... that Boost Arts Engagement Across Diverse Communities The foundations weigh in on the challenges and strategies in ...

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Rita Allen Supported Prize Goes In Part To Vanderbilt Project Intended To Combat Fake News

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06/28/2017

Combating fake news and bolstering the public’s trust in journalism is the aim of a Vanderbilt research project that was selected to receive a share of a $1 million prize through the Knight Prototype Fund.

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Carnegie Grant Helps Princeton Team to Use Virtual Reality to Help With Real-World Arms Control

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08/28/2017

Efforts to reduce nuclear stockpiles soon may get a boost from a team of Princeton University researchers and a socially responsible gaming company that are seeking to use virtual reality to help improve systems to discover and monitor nuclear...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant

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08/30/2017

In the hours after European antitrust regulators levied a record $2.7 billion fine against Google in late June, an influential Washington think tank learned what can happen when a tech giant that shapes public policy debates with its enormous wealth...

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Third Wave is Blazing New Trails for Gender Justice

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09/08/2017

... Bottom line is, even in the most progressive and liberal foundations and nonprofits, leadership does not always ...

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Gender Justice

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Ford Teams up with Stephen Ross to Invest $27.5M in Platform Projects throughout Detroit

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09/15/2017

Billionaire developer Stephen Ross and the New York-based Ford Foundation are teaming up with The Platform LLC to make a $27.5 million investment in bringing housing to Detroit neighborhoods.

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