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Immigration

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Cost of Health Care a Burden for Most U.S. Households

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04/15/2014

... Quarterly finds the cost of health care to be a burden for most U.S. households. Since 2001, health care costs have ... Linda Blumberg, Ph.D., senior fellow in the Health Policy Center at the...

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Health

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Milbank Memorial Fund

Passing Raise the Age Legislation: A Big Step on the Long Road to Implementation

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06/30/2017

... March, Executive Director, Citizens’ Committee for Children and Naomi Post, Executive Director, Children’s ... unsuccessful attempts? And two, how do we ensure that the law gets implemented well? To answer...

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Justice Reform

28 Jan 2016

Artful Aging: How the Arts Are Transforming Aging

Thursday, January 28, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... powerful role of the arts in enhancing the quality of life for older Americans. Instead of viewing aging as a period of ... 90s. The creative aging movement is building momentum at the local, regional, and...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Increases Spending to Seize ‘Hinge Moment in History’

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06/30/2020

... and generate new economic thinking to address global climate change and inequity, as well as to maintain current grants ... chair of the RBF Board of Trustees. “It’s a time for deeper...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Public Policy

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The New York Women's Foundation

9/24/2014 - Expanding Opportunities and Improving City Social Services Quality - PowerPoint Presentation

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09/2014

View related materials presented during the program, " Expanding Opportunities and Improving City Social Services Quality through a Career Ladder Approach ."

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Workforce Development

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16 May 2012

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Donors Breakfast

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 -

8:00am to 10:00am

Beekman Tower Hotel, 3 Mitchell Place, NYC

... , First Peoples Worldwide is sponsoring a donor breakfast for New York-based funders. Meet indigenous leaders from ... across the world working on: Human Rights, Conservation, Climate Change...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Joins Impact Investment Efforts

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06/25/2014

... as measurable social or environmental impact. Criteria for the RBF's investments will initially prioritize support ... dependence on fossil fuels, and mitigate the effects of climate change...

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Impact Investing

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Rockefeller Foundation Partners with HUD for National Disaster Resilience Competition

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09/18/2014

Rockefeller Foundation Partners with HUD for National Disaster Resilience Competition The National ... to help them prepare their communities for the impacts of climate change...

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

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11/11/2014

... world, which is why China's rise is right up there with climate change as one of the top trends shaping the 21st century. And ... second trip to China, starting today. Given what's at...

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Bloomberg, Sierra Club Direct $60 Million To Closing Half Of U.S. Coal Plants By 2017

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04/10/2015

... announcing on Wednesday another $60 million in funding for their anti-coal campaign. If successful, the Sierra ... gas emissions, which scientists have found are causing climate change ...

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Rockefeller's Rodin Discusses City Resiliency on Innovation Hub

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05/04/2015

... modern metropolis, given that aging infrastructures and climate change have added pressure to the already-complex task of ...

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Communications/Media

Rockefeller Foundation Commits $64 Million to 100 Resilient Cities

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07/29/2015

... century — namely, urbanization, globalization, and climate change — along with strong mayoral leadership and ... been selected through two challenge rounds. Applications for the final round...

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Community Development

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5 Questions for. . .Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation

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10/15/2015

5 Questions for . . .Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation ... from its efforts about urban resilience in an age of climate change . . . 5 Questions for . . .Judith Rodin...

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Rockefeller Foundation, J.P. Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs Noted As Supporters of Impact Investing

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11/17/2015

... Ideally, impact investments delivers something good for humanity while generating a financial return with limited ... values to themselves. This can include investments towards climate change...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Loren Harris as Vice President of Programs

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04/19/2016

... to support NCF’s efforts to address inequality and climate change ... Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Loren Harris ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Rockefeller Fund Takes First Green Stake in Pivot From Oil

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07/28/2016

... company in a move meant to bolster the fight against climate change . The New York City-based fund, founded in 1940 with ... The investment will help finance as much as $1.9 billion for green...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art

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04/20/2017

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art The ... recently awarded $100,000 to the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida in support of its exhibition The .....

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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Arts

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Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Awards Research Fellowships to 35 Scholars for Important Work in the Social Sciences and Humanities

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04/26/2017

... Fellows Program Awards Research Fellowships to 35 Scholars for Important Work in the Social Sciences and Humanities In ... cars, global governance of technology that can engineer climate change...

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Workforce Development

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

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05/03/2017

... ‘Extraordinary Times’ These are extraordinary times. For more than 25 years, Nathan Cummings Foundation’s ... and communities and defend progress on clean energy and climate change . The work...

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