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PACNET is designed to address the professional development and networking needs ... peer network opportunities, confident and safe space to share ideas, learning from each other, and opportunities ... Fund Allegra...

Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World: A Response

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05/23/2014

[Ford Foundation ] - President Darren Walker: Strategic philanthropy ... minimizes or ignores complexity because it is difficult to understand and predict. As John Kania, Mark Kramer, and ... Too many of us have...

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Ford Foundation

Digital Storytelling for Social Impact

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06/02/2014

... on the Internet have made it increasingly difficult to break through, capture people’s attention, and engage ... ways. Organizations of all kinds must learn how best to harness the power of narrative and...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Report Details Employment Challenges Facing Latino Youth

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06/13/2014

... Facing Latino Youth A study supported by the Rockefeller Foundation finds that Latinos, the youngest and ... challenges gaining stable employment. According to " Giving Them An Edge ," a report from...

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Warren Buffett Honors His Hero, The Billionaire Who Secretly Gave It All Away

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06/18/2014

... Achievement Award for Philanthropy. “It’s a real honor to talk about a fellow who is my hero and Bill Gates’ hero. ... and made a fortune selling cigarettes, booze and bags to travelers. In 1984, he secretly...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

When It Comes To Building Resilient Cities, Everyone Wants In

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06/24/2014

When It Comes To Building Resilient Cities, Everyone Wants In The idea of building a resilient city is not limited to a handful of people, but from workshops being conducted as part of the Rockefeller ...

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Report Shows Link Between Children's Outcomes and Mothers' Educational Attainment

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07/10/2014

... with children of better educated mothers, according to a report from the Foundation for Child Development. Mother’s Education and ... who has not graduated from high school. According to FCD...

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Foundation for Child Development

Open Society’s Soros among Brookings Top Politically Influential Global Billionaires List

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09/16/2014

George Soros, Founder and Chairman of Open Society Foundations, was listed as one of Brookings top politically influential billionaires.

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SIFMA Funded Programs Provide Financial Literacy to Millions of Students

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10/02/2014

SIFMA Funded Programs Provide Financial Literacy to Millions of Students While several factors contributed to the financial crisis of 2008, a lack of financial literacy ... about a particular subject.” For 37...

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How She Leads: Paula Luff, Hess Corporation

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11/06/2014

... transform itself from an integrated oil-and-gas company to a pure exploration and production company. In 2013, Hess began to shed its downstream businesses, including its retail, ... of its sustainability...

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Hess Corporation

Rockefeller's Rodin Weighs in on What Nonprofits Will Look for in Potential Employees in 2020

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04/09/2015

... see an increase in charitable giving, which lends itself to the prediction that nonprofits will do more hiring than ... line," says Judith Rodin, president of The Rockefeller Foundation . In fact, it’s...

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Rockefeller's Rodin Discusses City Resiliency on Innovation Hub

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05/04/2015

... resilient, says Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation . Resilience, Rodin says, is “the capacity to prepare effectively, to rebound more quickly if something bad does happen,...

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Resilience: Nature’s Lessons for Surviving Its Worst Moods

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06/02/2015

... and tragic aftermath in local cities and villages, bring to mind inevitable questions about what type of community ... the key concepts from ecology is resilience, the ability to maintain or regain equilibrium...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Are Student Debt Forgiveness Scams The Next Mortgage Meltdown?

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09/22/2015

... Sam Adler-Bell, a policy associate for The Century Foundation , who focuses on research surveillance, privacy, ... area. Mary, a representative of the company whom he spoke to on the phone, explained why he...

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The Century Foundation

Con Edison Among Backers of 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn

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12/16/2015

... Heights. The students, aged 12-17, were challenged to design and create an app in 24 hours under the instruction ... presentations took place on Sunday morning. It was moving to see these Brooklyn youth come...

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Con Edison (Corporate)

Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)

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01/11/2016

... the best care. The late Senator Ted Kennedy succumbed to this disease in just over a year. But scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a key to how these tumor cells proliferate so quickly --and ways...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Peterson Quoted on Congress Not Cutting Government Deficits

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01/21/2016

... that trend towards less and less borrowing suddenly came to an end. Congress overwhelmingly passed a federal budget ... Budget Office says the federal deficit is set to jump 24 percent, to $...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/23/2016

... the most obese country in the world. In a purported effort to combat the problem, the country implemented a ... Bloomberg Philanthropies—which also provided $10 million to push Mexico to...

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Rockefeller Divestment in Fossil Fuels Leads Landmark Climate Accord Approved at U.N.

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04/25/2016

... Convention on Climate Change, delivered a global agreement to limit future global warming to under 2° C above pre-industrial levels. The formal ... for being over-reliant on fossil fuel, and the Rockefeller...

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Casey Family Programs Evaluates Housing’s Role in Child Welfare Services

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05/24/2016

... facing a number of destabilizing factors that can lead to homelessness, open cases with child welfare agencies and ... care placements. Officially known as “Partnerships to Demonstrate the Effectiveness of...

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