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30 Oct 2014

A New Food Economy: What Do We Mean?

Thursday, October 30, 2014 -

2:15pm to 4:30pm

... ecological and environmental crises caused by agri- business and industrial agriculture - we will be hard-pressed ... our economic models and what constitutes a successful business enterprise. The ‘triple...

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How Institutions Take Risks

Release Date:

10/12/2014

... public-health work to the heart-wrenching and perilous business of saving scholars who were seeking refuge from the ...

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Bank of America Among Organizations Supporting Giving Tuesday

Release Date:

10/16/2014

Charities, foundations, businesses and community centers will all give back on December 2 as part of the #GivingTuesday initiative.

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Ford Foundation Strives to Boost Medicaid Enrollment

Release Date:

12/01/2014

Ford has invested $1.5 million in BeneStream, a startup that will help increase Medicaid enrollment for low-income employees.

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To Get Beyond Two Percent, We Have to Go Beyond Giving

Release Date:

10/08/2013

... Kessler to contribute to its TED Weekends series, “The Business Case for 21st Century Charities.” The series ... two areas. First, a growing pool of nonprofits employs business -like practices to sustain...

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Arabella Advisors

MasterCard Foundation Launches $50 Million Fund to Help Smallholder Farmers in Africa

Release Date:

01/21/2015

$15 million will support the development of new ideas, and $35 million wil help scale promising ideas or pilots.

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Food Systems

International/Foreign Affairs

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Backs Food Studies Program at Hostos College

Release Date:

01/29/2015

... policy, social justice, environment, health, science and business . It aims to prepare them for jobs as technicians, ...

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Food Systems

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F.B. Heron Foundation Funds Feasibility Study on Impact Investing in Western NY

Release Date:

02/11/2015

The six-month study will explore investments that provide a social or environmental benefit.

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JPMorgan CEO's $100 Million Plan to Turn Detroit Around

Release Date:

02/18/2015

CEO Jamie Dimon was featured on CBS News to discuss the organization's $100 million, five-year commitment to Detroit.

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and F.B. Heron Foundation Place More Emphasis on Impact Investing

Release Date:

03/19/2015

... Rockefeller would never have considered abandoning the oil business . But that is exactly what some of his heirs did last ...

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Korean American Community Foundation Support Addresses Plight of Older Korean Immigrants in the Bronx

Release Date:

04/02/2015

Kyung B. Yoon, the foundation's executive director, says older Koreans are part of an underserved, "invisible" community.

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Korean American Community Foundation

New York Life Backs Save the Children's Relief Efforts in Nepal

Release Date:

05/04/2015

... when they need us most extends beyond our day-to-day business . We have the victims, their families and the ...

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NoVo Grant Helps Sex Trafficking Victims Fight Prostitution Charges

Release Date:

05/19/2015

... considering that sex trafficking is the fastest-growing business of organized crime. The number of victims ...

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

Citi Releases 2014 Global Citizenship Report

Release Date:

06/11/2015

... Citi lends, invests and facilitates growth through core business activities and philanthropic efforts, as well as ...

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Community Development

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Ford and RPA Work to Foster Sustainable Development in Ghana

Release Date:

07/09/2015

... Development Goals (SDGs) in Ghana. Participants from business , philanthropy, social investment, the UN system, ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford Foundation

Anisa Kamadoli Costa of Tiffany & Co. Praised in GreenBiz for Sustainability Initiatives

Release Date:

07/29/2015

... is no stranger to the inner workings of the luxury jewelry business — including notorious dark spots for the industry, ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Environment and Climate Change

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Ten New York Nonprofits Selected as Semifinalists of 2015 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards

Release Date:

08/04/2015

... in prizes as well as tuition scholarships for the Columbia Business School Executive Education Programs in Social ...

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The New York Community Trust

Eva Moskowitz, Practiced de Blasio foe, Weighs a Mayoral Challenge

Release Date:

09/14/2015

... campaign-style speech to hundreds of the city's wealthiest business leaders. "I realize Mayor de Blasio sometimes .....

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Education

Philanthropy Leaders Call for Greater Role in Tackling Global Challenges Defined in New Sustainable Development Goals

Release Date:

09/25/2015

Ahead of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, where member states are expected to adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Ford, Mastercard and RPA under the SDG Philanthropy Platform call for greater philanthropic engagement...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

5 Questions for. . .Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation

Release Date:

10/15/2015

The New York City-based Rockefeller Foundation was one of the first philanthropic organizations to respond to the devastation caused by Katrina. Rockefeller President Judith Rodin answers questions about Katrinia recovery and urban resilience in the...

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