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Impact Investing Handbook from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Publication date:

08/2020

... “Impact Investing Handbook: An Implementation Guide for Practitioners” –180 pages of helping asset owners ... challenges including COVID-19, a rapidly changing climate , growing economic inequity, and broader realization ... Handbook covers: The Why – Developing a theory of change by merging impact goals with investment goals. The ...

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Impact Investing

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Lead Coalition to Get Low-Income Students Through College

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10/28/2014

... the cracks, a range of institutions have set out to change the situation. Dozens of school districts, across 15 ... Philanthropies, the coalition is setting a specific goal for which it can...

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Education

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Fear, Hope, and Hunger: Inside the Crisis at the Southern Border

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10/03/2019

... Border find themselves. I joined a delegation led by the Center for Democracy in the Americas and National Immigration Forum ... was joined by 15 other individuals from the philanthropic, law...

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Children, Youth and Families

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International/Foreign Affairs

Immigration

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Tides

Finalists Selected for Bloomberg's C40 Cities Awards

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10/08/2015

Finalists Selected for Bloomberg's C40 Cities Awards The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) announced the 33 finalists ... Cities Awards Jury Panel. The winners will be announced at...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

08 Nov 2023

Funder Briefing with Deputy Mayor for Strategic Initiatives Ana J. Almanzar on Vision + Priorities

Wednesday, November 8, 2023 -

11:00am to 12:30pm

Please join us for a briefing with recently appointed Deputy Mayor for ... oversees the work of the following offices: ● Center for Innovation through Data Intelligence ● .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

Getting Beyond Philanthropic Colonialism

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11/05/2013

... H. Hamilton Peter Buffett deserves lots of credit for his “Charitable-Industrial Complex” piece inviting us ... small changes solely “to support conditions for systemic change ,” what he calls...

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Survey Supported by Ford Foundation Says Nearly Half of Young Adults Lack Retirement Savings, Pension

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10/17/2016

... Savings, Pension Young Americans with even just $1 saved for retirement are ahead of the pack. Forty-eight percent of ... according to a GenForward poll by the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago...

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation

Can Theology Move the Needle on Environmental Issues? Henry Luce Foundation Thinks So

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01/18/2017

... foundation just gave $425,000 to the Methodist Theological School in Ohio for a seminary environmental leadership initiative. It’s ... a three-year grant in partnership with the Interfaith Center...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Henry Luce Foundation

Billionaires, Bruised Egos and the Death of a Grand Project

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09/25/2017

Billionaires, Bruised Egos and the Death of a Grand Project For Barry Diller, the turning point came at a Sept. 5 settlement meeting with the small band of ... had tied up his plans for a $250...

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Arts

Former Microsoft CEO and Wife Pledge $60 Million to Fight Social Inequality

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10/05/2017

... a national nonprofit that seeks to improve education for low-income children. Mr. Ballmer, the former chief ... in educational success and improving partnerships among school systems, education service...

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Economic Security

5 Questions for…Melissa Bradley, Chief Executive Officer, Tides

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03/11/2013

... was working independently to encourage strategic giving for change in the African-American community, as well as many of ... mind, but at the end of the day it’s the rule of law...

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18 Oct 2022

Putting Equity at the Heart of Government: 3 Ballot Proposals to Dismantle Structural Racism

Tuesday, October 18, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... most critical strategic goals. In order to change the structures and institutions that shape lives, such ... foundation of our laws and policy, and imagine new roles for policy in creating a more equitable...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Social Justice

Surdna Foundation Funds Exhibit Mapping 150 Years of Activism in New Orleans

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01/05/2018

... on a large "resistance map" in the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design show the locations of more than 300 ... across New Orleans. The display is part of the Small Center...

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Arts

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Surdna Foundation

New STARS Community, Funded by Josiah Macy Foundation, Will Focus Wise Choices And Value in Health Care

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09/21/2017

... Value in Health Care Every year, millions of Americans opt for surgeries, tests and other procedures that might not ... will support a new initiative by the Dell Medical School at The...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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19 May 2010

Philanthropy New York's 31st Annual Meeting, with NYS Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 -

3:15pm to 6:30pm

MEMBERS and INVITED GUESTS: For late registrations, please email ... York State, Richard Ravitch , will be the featured speaker at our 31st Annual Meeting . He will be joined in an ... his appointment, Lt...

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"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs

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07/28/2014

"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs ... Dr. Blumenthal and Squires outline several options for addressing the challenge of runaway drug costs. They ... the monopoly...

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Soros' Support of Marijuana Legalization Leads Philanthropies to Increase Support for Opposition

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10/14/2014

... Legalization Leads Philanthropies to Increase Support for Opposition The story starts with financier and ... of marijuana legalization and other rollbacks of drug law , including ending criminal sentences...

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The Achelis and Bodman Foundations

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Open Society Foundations

PRIs and Effective Intermediaries

Release Date:

06/30/2015

... applied to “middlemen” who are commonly disparaged for making money while adding little value. As a trustee, ... Altman Foundation, and someone who supported the concept at the outset, I’m confident that the...

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Two Views on the Failure of Policing

Release Date:

07/16/2015

... it should have been—that antagonism between American law enforcement and young black men had reached a dangerous ... City is a work of sociology (Goffman is a professor at the University of Wisconsin), and...

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