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Rockefeller Foundation Pledges 100,000 Jobs for Kenyan Youth

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03/31/2015

... Youth The Rockefeller Foundation has said it will support the creation of 100,000 jobs within five years for ... lives by connecting high-potential but disadvantaged youth to sustainable digital employment...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Workforce Development

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Target Gives $1 Billion for Education

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08/31/2015

... for Education It’s official: We’ve reached our goal to give $1 billion for education. Target’s support over the years has provided books, school supplies, food, field trips and lots more to...

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Education

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PhilTV This Week Jan 13 Features Sloan, NY Women's Foundation, Novo and Atlantic Philanthropies

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01/13/2017

... NY Women’s Foundation, NoVo and 15 Other PNY Members Support Leadership of Young Women of Color with $2.1M ... Charles Feeney Gives Away the Last of His Fortune Free To Fail? Foundations Face Few External...

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14 Dec 2023

Your Impact Strategy Doesn’t Stop at Your Grantmaking - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, December 14, 2023 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... National Center for Family Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family foundation staff and trustees only.* ... in terms of impact, there are many other innovative ways to use your time, relationships...

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Tools & Strategies

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

How Philanthropists Can Play Politics

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09/24/2012

... In an earlier post, I urged the philanthropic community to put aside its misgivings and get involved in political ... Partner at Arnold & Porter, LLP , and I hosted a webinar to discuss the topic in more...

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After the Election, Building the Beloved Community

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11/23/2016

... Re-posted with permission from the Ford Foundation . A new season has begun, but the contemplations and ... our country and our people right now, so much injustice to newly assess, understand and address. This...

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Economic Security

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Violence Against Women Is Not Only a Local Issue

Release Date:

03/22/2017

... Public Service Scholar This past January, I had the chance to study in Morocco. Morocco was on my travel list for a long period, and I have always wanted to visit there to be immersed in the...

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Gender Justice

25 Apr 2019

Empathy in an Era of Social Division and Toxic Politics - A Food for Thought Conversation

Thursday, April 25, 2019 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... depends on its citizens having the urge and ability to care for others. Today, however, political and social ... federal government and limits our society’s ability to solve pressing domestic issues. Can...

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Issue-Based

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Roundtable Discussion

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The Century Foundation Releases Report - Here Is What School Integration in America Looks Like Today

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12/02/2021

... From a lack of internet access for virtual learning,1 to heightened food insecurities due to the nationwide closures of school buildings (on which many ... school integration efforts across the country...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Do Corporate Grantmakers Care More About the Poor Than Other Foundations?

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06/30/2015

... Other Foundations? Corporate boardrooms are not known to be reliable benefactors of populations in greatest need. ... Foundation and others – have ratcheted up their giving to underserved communities in the...

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What Money Can Buy - Ford Foundation's Pursuit of Conquering Inequality

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01/05/2016

... Foundation's Pursuit of Conquering Inequality The urge to change the world is normally thwarted by a ... the others, and so would-be world-changers often set out to overcome it. Some try to...

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Social Justice

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Ford Foundation Suggests that It’s Time to Reboot Grantmaking

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06/29/2017

Ford Foundation Suggests that It’s Time to Reboot Grantmaking Communities in Schools (CIS) is the largest and most effective US organization dedicated to keeping disadvantaged kids in school and helping them .....

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Conservative Activist O’Keefe Targets Liberal Foundations, Foiled By Open Society Program Staff

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05/23/2016

... are the philanthropic creation of George Soros, the hedge- fund billionaire, who is a prominent donor to liberal causes, including Hillary Clinton’s Presidential ... who is twenty-eight, had programmed her...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Report Amplifies Black Community Leadership in Improving Quality of Education

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05/26/2017

... "very serious problem" for their communities, second only to the economy and jobs (63 percent) and of greater concern than crime (53 percent), access to health care (45 percent), and affordable...

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Education

A Secret Weapon In The Fight Against Islamophobia

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... a mother’s heartache over her daughter’s autism led to a nonprofit that helps Muslims with disabilities. Out of ... all of them are connected by an invisible thread: Pillars Fund . The Chicago-based charitable...

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The Next Big Idea for the Next Decade: The Resilience Dividend

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08/21/2014

... Decade: The Resilience Dividend As the world continues to change at a rapid pace, it is important to focus on building resiliency, writes Judith Rodin, ... over the past decade, has emerged as an undeniable...

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Community Development

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The NonProfit Times 2013 Power and Influence Top 50

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08/20/2013

... Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund ; American Express Foundation President Tim McClimon; ... the honorees run the gamut from the smallest organizations to a few of the largest... The...

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Philanthropy as Backer of Brains

Release Date:

05/02/2013

... of artificial intelligence by being the sole philanthropy to fund a Dartmouth conference on computational science in ...

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Governance

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The Rockefeller Foundation and the Urban Institute Evaluate Rebuild by Design

Release Date:

09/04/2014

... even though the Rebuild by Design competition was limited to the Sandy recovery area, it has the potential to transform the way disaster recovery efforts are designed, ... collectively communities and decision...

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Disaster Relief

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