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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Ending Child Marriage in a Generation: What Research is Needed?

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05/13/2014

... independence are the same. Produced with support from the foundation ’s Youth Sexuality, Reproductive Health and ... of child marriage and the programs designed to address it , and highlighting questions that...

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Gender Justice

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NYC Council members rip Walmart’s charity of ‘dangerous dollars’

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06/04/2014

... Council have fired off a letter to Walmart demanding that it stop making millions in charitable contributions to local groups here. Last week, Walmart announced that it distributed $3 million last year to...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Heintz and Wayne Pay Tribute To Richard Rockefeller Who Died in Plane Crash

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06/20/2014

... Valerie Rockefeller Wayne pay tribute in a message on the foundation 's website to Dr. Richard Rockefeller, advisory .....

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Surdna's Head Reflects on Aligning Program With Mission, Impact Investing

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06/25/2014

... with mission, cross-pollination between programs and the foundation 's recent launch into the impact investing world. .....

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Community Development

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Surdna Foundation

Nick Hodges Named COO and Senior Vice President For Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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07/09/2014

... Advisors. Hodges, who had been COO of the Tides Foundation , will be responsible for oversight of the ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Simons Grantees Win Top Mathematics Honors

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08/13/2014

... and the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize have been awarded to Simons Foundation grantees Manjul Bhargava, Maryam Mirzakhani and ...

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Education

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $45 Million for City Halls to Tackle Urban Issues

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08/20/2014

... to tackle major challenges and improve urban life. The foundation will direct significant funding and other ... on the tools and approaches they need to make it the norm rather than the exception in city halls...

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Arcus and Ford Named as Top Funders who Champion Marriage Equality

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10/07/2014

... Named as Top Funders who Champion Marriage Equality It 's always hard to pinpoint the role of philanthropy in ... and strategic philanthropy that got results, this is it . For nearly 15 years, a relatively...

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LGBTQ

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Sloan Teaching Awards Honor High School Math and Science Educators

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12/04/2014

... The Fund for the City of New York and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation gave the winners an individual prize of $5,000 and ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Poor Countries Fight Big Tobacco

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03/19/2015

... by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , will help low and middle-income countries facing ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Health

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North Star Fund Launches Campaign for NYPD Reform

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03/24/2015

... on the left. The North Star Fund, a liberal activist foundation with ties to de Blasio, has launched a campaign to ...

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Justice Reform

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Ford Backs Initiative to Fight AIDS in the Deep South

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05/29/2015

... Fight AIDS in the Deep South With backing from the Ford Foundation , AIDS United awarded $1 million in grants to ...

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Rockefeller Announces Joint Initiative with Obama Administration to Create New Resilience AmeriCorps Program

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07/13/2015

... New Resilience AmeriCorps Program The Rockefeller Foundation announced their latest commitment to building ...

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Fourth Annual Verizon Innovative App Challenge Seeks Problem Solving Ideas From Students Nationwide

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08/17/2015

... their schools and communities. Created by the Verizon Foundation in partnership with the Technology Student ...

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Q & A with FJC: The ABCs Of Donor-Advised Funds

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11/12/2015

... Glickman is the chief executive officer of FJC – A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds, which manages more than $255 million in assets. It administers more than 1,000 donor-advised funds and has ...

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Gates and JPMorgan Back White House Outreach to 'Unbanked'

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12/03/2015

... philanthropic partners such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , JPMorgan Chase, PayPal, and Coca-Cola have signed ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Economic Security

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Bank of America Awards $1 Million to Nonprofits Tackling Poverty in Detroit

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12/08/2015

... Poverty in Detroit The Bank of America Charitable Foundation recently distributed nearly $1 million in ...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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In Memoriam: J.M. Kaplan Fund Trustee Richard D. Kaplan

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01/25/2016

... trustee of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, a private New York-based foundation noted for its commitment to pioneering projects in ...

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Ford, Atlantic Philanthropies Bring U.C.L.A. Center on Police-Community Ties to John Jay College

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03/22/2016

... University of California, Los Angeles, a decade ago, and it recently began collaborating with police departments ... and use of force. A $1.5 million gift from the Ford Foundation and another $1 million from...

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