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Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities Program Combines Private Capital with Public Effort

Release Date:

09/11/2014

... in 100 cities worldwide. It has created a platform of resilience goods and services for the cities, leveraging hundreds of millions of dollars more for the cities from entities as...

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Report on Why Cities and Businesses Should Partner to Achieve Climate Goals

Release Date:

10/04/2016

... to a CDP report released today. The report, It takes a city : The case for collaborative climate action, was ... for the private sector,” said Maia Kutner, head of cities at CDP, in an interview with...

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Challenges and Opportunities with Organizational Structure

Publication date:

05/2013

... face. Sherman offered advice, based on her 20+ years of experience in organizational development, and members can ... discuss specific challenges in more depth, understand some of the different hats our colleagues wear, and connect with those who can continue to serve as a resource after the meeting. Challenges and Opportunities ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies 'What Works Cities Initiative' Issues Data Management Platform Request for Info

Release Date:

11/22/2016

... a hundred-plus mid-sized American cities enhance their use of data and evidence. The initiative is administered ... becomes a world-class learning network for the advancement of data and evidence in ...

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Community Development

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City Busing Over 5,000 Students Living In Homeless Shelters To Public Schools This Year

Release Date:

09/11/2017

City Busing Over 5,000 Students Living In Homeless Shelters ... Public Schools This Year The city will bus a record number of homeless students from shelters to public schools this ... when the...

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Education

Housing and Homelessness

Route Fifty Recognizes Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities at Second Annual Navigator Awards

Release Date:

11/17/2017

... management, transparency, access to data and the adoption of best practices and data-driven decisionmaking strategies. ... changes across municipal government. That common set of standards for operations and...

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Civic Engagement

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Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director Discusses How African Cities Need Urgent Back-Up Plans

Release Date:

01/17/2017

... Discusses How African Cities Need Urgent Back-Up Plans As Africa’s economies grow, the risks of rapid urbanisation, unemployment and climate change are ... to discuss the continent’s resilience in the face...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Citi Foundation Partners with LISC, Commits $10 Million to Help Train American Workers for Growing Job Sectors

Release Date:

07/16/2018

... construction and other industries facing shortages of skilled workers. The Citi Foundation's investment in the ... the foundation and LISC. It also signals an expansion of Citi Foundation's Pathways...

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Workforce Development

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Rockefeller Foundation Gives $6M to Help 100,000 Inner City School Children See 'Hamilton'

Release Date:

06/24/2016

Rockefeller Foundation Gives $6M to Help 100,000 Inner City School Children See 'Hamilton' The Rockefeller ... says it is giving $6 million to help 100,000 inner city school children across the U.S. see...

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Arts

Mayor De Blasio Says City Has to Grow Taller and Denser Despite Anti-Development Attitudes As Population Rises

Release Date:

11/02/2016

Mayor De Blasio Says City Has to Grow Taller and Denser Despite Anti-Development Attitudes As Population Rises Relentless growth fueled by immigration, people arriving from other parts of the...

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Community Development

The Aetna Foundation Launches Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge to Empower Local Group Efforts

Release Date:

04/06/2018

... Public Health Association and the National Association of Counties, has launched the Healthiest Cities & Counties ... or expanded their work to improve social determinants of health and make meaningful...

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Health

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City to Overhaul 11 More Parks on Restoration Program As Its Cost Grows to $318 Million

Release Date:

09/27/2017

City to Overhaul 11 More Parks on Restoration Program As Its Cost Grows to $318 Million Eleven more parks will be ... Bill Bojangles Playground, Harlem Lane Playground, Joseph C . Sauer Park and...

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Community Development

JPMorgan and Citi-Backed Program is Bridge Between Youth Unemployment, Growing Skills Gap

Release Date:

08/21/2015

... high-growth employment sectors. According to the "State of St. Louis STEM Workforce 2014," a report created by St. ... Empowerment Fund, the Archdiocese of St. Louis, the City...

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Children, Youth and Families

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Report Highlights 20 Urban Resilience Strategies In The Rockefeller Foundation-Supported Resilient Cities Network

Release Date:

01/25/2017

... HTML or 23 pages, PDF ), identifies four major areas of opportunity — water management, including risks ...

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Community Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation's Rebuild By Design Project Reveals Proposals From Cities To Protect Them From Next Sandy

Release Date:

10/30/2017

... Design — a design competition from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and The Rockefeller ... their coastlines more resilient. Here's a look at some of the project proposals: The $1...

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Community Development

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Laura Rossi, Executive Director, Westchester Community Foundation, Featured in 2022 Westchester Power 100 List by City & State

Release Date:

09/28/2022

... Foundation, Featured in 2022 Westchester Power 100 List by City & State City & State’s Westchester Power 100 highlights many of these prominent power players, along with more locally...