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NYTimes Publishes OpEd by Tiffany & Co. Chairman on Environmental Sustainability

Release Date:

11/09/2015

... into Bristol Bay, Alaska. I arrived there seven years ago not as a sportsman or ecotourist, as most visitors do, but as ... to encounter firsthand the land and people put in harm’ s way by the proposed Pebble...

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Column from Hartford Foundation: Independence—It’s What Older People Want

Release Date:

12/01/2015

Column from Hartford Foundation: Independence— It ’ s What Older People Want We already know what older people ... care in our hospitals and clinics, and expand that care beyond traditional...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

Westchester Community Foundation Names Jennifer Hu Corriggio as Philanthropy Chief

Release Date:

12/07/2015

... Corriggio will be responsible for leading the foundation’ s initiatives for donors seeking to make an impact through their philanthropy in Westchester and beyond . She will oversee advising donors and their...

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The New York Community Trust

Century Foundation: A Post-Paris Agenda for Climate Security at the UN

Release Date:

02/11/2016

... climate change has already led to a rise in the Earth’ s average temperature of 1°C above pre-industrial levels, ... goal of preventing global temperatures from increasing beyond 2°C above pre-industrial...

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The Century Foundation

The New York Community Trust Gives $5.4M to 45 Nonprofits Across the City and Nation

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04/12/2016

... City and Nation Forty-five nonprofits in New York City and beyond just got great news: The New York Community Trust, the city’ s community foundation, has approved $5.4 million in grants ... hearings so they...

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Arts

Justice Reform

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The New York Community Trust

Video: Rockefeller Features Jada Pinkett Smith in Latest Insight Dialogues

Release Date:

10/03/2016

... on and off screen remains one of Hollywood’ s greatest challenges despite increased rhetoric from several ... and young people in the entertainment industry and beyond . On September 19th, Jada joined...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million Jobs

Release Date:

01/06/2017

... trigger negative economic impacts that would extend far beyond the health care industry. The report was released ... by the Commonwealth Fund and George Washington University' s Milken Institute School of...

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NY Community Trust Mentioned in City Lab Article About Advocacy Groups Assisting Refugees

Release Date:

03/13/2017

... City Lab Article About Advocacy Groups Assisting Refugees Beyond meals, many advocacy groups offering concrete, ... infusion of resources following the Trump administration’ s announcement, earlier this month...

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The New York Community Trust

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Poll Finds Racial Divide in Financial Readiness for Retirement

Release Date:

05/19/2017

... gap between white and other minority groups extends beyond pensions, 401(k) s or other retirement accounts. The survey shows older white ...

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With Support from Carnegie, New Science Standards Deliver Students from Textbooks to ‘Real-World' Applications

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05/19/2017

... and according to the New Jersey Department of Education' s Science Coordinator Michael Heinz, the standards shift a student' s thought process to "how things happen, why things happen ... in...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

How to Improve Diversity in Corporate America

Release Date:

08/29/2017

... of Charlottesville, the issue of ‘diversity’ has gone beyond Silicon Valley and Google’ s gender problem. The current impersonator-in-chief would ... leadership. These different types of business include...

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The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... — for past-due lunch balances that their parents have not paid. (In one notable example last year, an Alabama ... like Community Food Advocates praised the administration’ s “universal lunch” approach for...

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Food Systems

Into Battle: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... Initiative, they took some heat for incorporating it as an LLC—since such entities can operate with little transparency. But the young couple are not alone among top donors in choosing this model—Laurene .....

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Skoll, Ford and Others Work with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors on How to Listen More to Nonprofits & Speak Less

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... problems, and demonstrating the possibility of moving beyond incremental change to real transformation,” their ...

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Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Issues Consensus Report On Diabetes In Association With The ADA

Release Date:

11/22/2017

... (HbA1C) testing, which provides a measurement of a person' s mean blood glucose levels over the past three months. HbA1C ... type 1 diabetes (T1D) technologies and research have made it feasible to assess...

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How Salesforce is Innovating Corporate Philanthropy and Workplace Giving

Release Date:

03/09/2018

... nonprofit arm Salesforce.org, is leading Silicon Valley’ s charge toward more integrated models of corporate ... capitalism game plan. Dubbed Philanthropy Cloud, it ’ s a “social giving...

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Yuri Tschinkel of The Simons Foundation, Elected to German National Academy of Sciences

Release Date:

05/14/2018

... Yuri Tschinkel, director of the Simons Foundation’ s Mathematics and Physical Sciences division, has been ... Academy of Sciences. The honor recognizes Tschinkel’ s mathematical contributions, which focus on...

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Michael Bloomberg Announces 2nd Annual Global Business Forum and One Planet Summit

Release Date:

07/11/2018

... issues by reaching a better understanding of one another' s challenges and mutual opportunities, thereby strengthening ... growth, economic inequality and climate change threats – it has never been more...

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Economic Security

International/Foreign Affairs

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

Release Date:

07/16/2018

... facing shortages of skilled workers. The Citi Foundation' s investment in the Bridges to Career Opportunities ... decades-long relationship between the foundation and LISC. It also signals an expansion of...