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Rockefeller Foundation Taps Skilled Workforce in Kenya

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02/17/2015

... Program Related Investment from The Rockefeller Foundation to expand its SpeakerText service, for fast, accurate video ... Jobs Africa initiative, a seven-year, $100 million effort to improve a million lives...

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Workforce Development

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Discusses the Difficulties of Evaluation

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03/17/2015

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Discusses the Difficulties of Evaluation As a longtime funder of evidence-based ... (EMCF) has learned from experience how difficult it can be to build an evidence...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for Libraries

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04/06/2015

... for Libraries With a presence in every neighborhood of every borough, New York City’s 207 branch libraries are ... among our most beloved and trusted equalizers of economic opportunity ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Public Policy

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The Nonprofit Leadership Development Deficit

In more than a decade of research on nonprofit leadership, The Bridgespan Group has ... concern. Our most recent research provides a clue as to why. Only 30 percent of C-suite roles in the nonprofit ... larger organizations, which should have more opportunities to promote internal talent, are not doing so. The ...

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The Mastercard Foundation Research Shows How African Youth Navigate Risk To Survive

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10/30/2015

... Foundation Research Shows How African Youth Navigate Risk To Survive The MasterCard Foundation today released ... in Africa, where 600 million people are under the age of 25 and 72 percent of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Arabella Advisors Director to Speak at 2nd Annual Food Tank Summit

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04/18/2016

Arabella Advisors Director to Speak at 2nd Annual Food Tank Summit Food Tank, in ... farm workers, and more. Food Tank recently had the opportunity to speak with Eric Kessler, the Founder and...

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Food Systems

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Open Society Foundations Tackles the Challenge of Prisoner Reentry

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04/26/2016

Open Society Foundations Tackles the Challenge of Prisoner Reentry Federal prisons release nearly 50,000 ... each year. Many quickly get into trouble again and return to custody. The beleaguered prisoner reentry...

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Justice Reform

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Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado

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04/29/2016

... Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado City of Boulder officials are taking a unique approach to planning for future natural disasters and challenges. The ... The document builds off wildfire...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Casey Family Programs President and CEO to Ring Closing Bell at New York Stock Exchange on June 3

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06/03/2016

Casey Family Programs President and CEO to Ring Closing Bell at New York Stock Exchange on June 3 Casey Family Programs will ring The Closing Bell® of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Friday, June 3, an .....

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Ford's Walker Included in New Class of Disrupters Making New York’s Cultural Boards More Diverse

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08/01/2016

Ford's Walker Included in New Class of Disrupters Making New York’s Cultural Boards More ... the Met, MoMA, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, the bulk of trustees are expected to donate (or...

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Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to University of Michigan to Endow Postdoctoral Humanities Positions

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09/12/2016

Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to University of Michigan to Endow Postdoctoral Humanities Positions The ... new gift ensures the future of the fellows, providing the ...

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Surdna Foundation to Recognize Four Community Development Financial Institutions

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10/31/2016

Surdna Foundation to Recognize Four Community Development Financial ... business owners throughout the U.S. are still struggling to find the funding needed to thrive, especially women, ... combat...

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Gap Inc. Connects Unemployed Youth with Organizations That Need Talent

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11/04/2016

... both hiring math and competitive strategy when it comes to filling entry-level jobs in its 3,000-plus Gap, Banana ... will be created from 2012 to 2022, according to the Bureau of...

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Bloomberg and Rockefeller Are Crowding the Field of Urban Innovation Funding — and Making it More Interesting

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02/13/2017

Bloomberg and Rockefeller Are Crowding the Field of Urban Innovation Funding — and Making it More ... a bit at Inside Philanthropy about philanthropic efforts to give cities a boost, work that comes at a moment...

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Former Obama Chief of Staff Denis McDonough Joins Markle Foundation

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02/15/2017

Former Obama Chief of Staff Denis McDonough Joins Markle Foundation Denis ... job training for Americans, it said. McDonough is coming to Markle as a senior principal, where he will help broaden ... including...

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Rockefeller Foundation’s Claudia Juech, Associate Vice President & Managing Director, Answers “5 Questions” in PND

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05/10/2017

... Answers “5 Questions” in PND Since joining the staff of the Rockefeller Foundation in 2007, Claudia Juech has led the foundation's efforts to identify and assess new, large-scale opportunities for .....

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Peterson Foundation Fiscal Summit Convenes Nation’s Leaders To Discuss “Rising Debt in a Changing Economy”

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05/24/2017

... Foundation Fiscal Summit Convenes Nation’s Leaders To Discuss “Rising Debt in a Changing Economy” Leading ... policymakers from across the political spectrum gathered to discuss the national policy agenda, its...

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Economic Security

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JPMorgan Launched a New Tool to Help Fill 7,500 Finance Jobs in New York City

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07/12/2017

JPMorgan Launched a New Tool to Help Fill 7,500 Finance Jobs in New York City Thousands of finance jobs are available in New York City, and JPMorgan is trying to fill them with a new search tool...

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MetLife Foundation Noted Among Funders of Arts and Justice Initiative

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07/19/2017

MetLife Foundation Noted Among Funders of Arts and Justice Initiative I recently framed the Lincoln ... Fund as Exhibit A in how legacy institutions can appeal to donors increasingly drawn to...

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