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The Rockefeller Brothers Fund Stands By City Officials In Their Commitment to Divest NYC Pension Funds From Fossil Fuels

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01/10/2018

... From Fossil Fuels New York City officials are citing climate change as their motivation to join a growing number of ...

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Action Plan Released to Conserve One of Africa’s Richest Sites for Biodiversity with Support from the Arcus Foundation

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02/14/2018

... Plan Released to Conserve One of Africa’s Richest Sites for Biodiversity with Support from the Arcus Foundation A ... and threatened species, both now and under projected climate change , and...

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Animal Welfare

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Bloomberg Report Shows Mayors Concerned About Budget, Infrastructure

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04/11/2018

... although they were no more likely to say it was good for job creation (6 percent and 7 percent, compared with 9 ... opioid crisis. And while four in five mayors said tackling climate change...

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Community Development

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A Look At How Surdna Foundation is Backing Water Infrastructure in American Cities

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06/25/2018

... geography, or it can hammer down on some key strategies. For Surdna’s environment program, that focus is uniquely ... related to intense storms and other consequences of climate change . Of...

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Arabella Advisors Launch "Good Food Ventures III" to Transform Food System

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09/24/2019

... delivers delicious, nutritious, sustainably produced food for all. This is the third year in which GFV will bring ... in the United States are major contributors to global climate change ,...

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Food Systems

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Open Society Foundations Announce Young Feminist Leaders Fellows

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10/28/2019

... In Latin America, some of the most audacious ideas for social change are coming from the hearts and minds of young ... with disabilities face in Guatemala. Amid an escalating climate crisis,...

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Open Society Foundations Commit $15 Million to Gender Equality in Africa

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05/08/2020

... power of African women in the informal economy to catalyze change and amplify women’s voices while contributing to ... since March, across a range of sectors, including gender, climate adaptation, and human...

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William T. Grant and Spencer Foundations Award Rapid Response Research Grants to Combat Youth Inequality Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

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06/01/2020

... committed up to $900,000 in grants to leverage research for smart public policy that can positively impact the lives ... Family Court Judges to inform alternatives to confinement for young people caught in the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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27 Oct 2021

New Leaders, New Opportunities: What Does This Moment Demand From Foundations?

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... the pandemic, experiencing a racial reckoning, fearing climate change , and about to undergo a turnover in municipal ... to promote a healthy, equitable, and thriving community for all; and to...

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13 Apr 2023

Employee Ownership Strategies for Economic Resilience and Equity: Pathways for Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by AFN

Thursday, April 13, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... As we rebuild the economy under increasing stressors from climate change and globalization, do we stay the precarious path of ... build shared wealth? Employee ownership is a powerful tool for...

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29 Nov 2023

Protecting the Right to Seek Refuge - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... persecution, natural disasters, and the impacts of climate change had forcibly displaced nearly 110 million people. ... and the U.S. government recently opened new pathways for refugees to...

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Immigration

Meet EMpower's New President and CEO, Cynthia Steele

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06/26/2019

... focus on global women’s health, a logical path as, since school days, she loved foreign languages and chances to ... Development. Subsequently, as Vice President of Programs at the International Women’s Health...

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28 Apr 2020

Overlooked and Underserved: Confronting the Reality of Student Homelessness during a Pandemic - A Webinar

Tuesday, April 28, 2020 -

2:30pm to 4:30pm

... That’s enough children to fill the Barclays Center six times over. Student homelessness, defined as ... medium-, and long-term service solutions Opportunities for funders to engage in this work Presenters...

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10 Sep 2015

Planning for an Influx of Assets - Webinar

Thursday, September 10, 2015 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... more money come increased opportunities and challenges. For family foundations—particularly those for whom the ... complete surprise, or who haven’t planned in advance—a change in asset size...

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22 Apr 2021

Leaning into Racial Justice with the Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Fund - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, April 22, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

* This program is hosted by our partner, The National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP), who has extended an ... the webinar. To register yourself and/or a colleague at your organization,...

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Social Justice

07 Mar 2024

How Foundations are Responding to the Supreme Court Affirmative Action Rulings

Thursday, March 7, 2024 -

2:00pm to 3:15pm

... university policies that take race directly into account for admissions, there was concern that the changes would ... philanthropic responses then and now, and how leaders at grantmaking, higher education, and...

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Three Exceptional New York Nonprofits Win 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards (New York Community Trust)

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11/11/2015

... total of $60,000 in prizes as well as tuition scholarships for the Columbia Business School Executive Education Programs in ... three organizations will be honored for their...

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