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The Transformative Power of Philanthropy

Release Date:

05/09/2013

The fourth in a series of Rockefeller Foundation President Judith ... 14, the Rockefeller Foundation will mark our Centennial. In the lead up to the celebration, I’ve been contributing a series...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

New Ford CEO Understands What Triggers Social Change

Release Date:

07/26/2013

... Ford Foundation’s board has made an outstanding choice in selecting Darren Walker to lead this major philanthropic institution so critical to the social-justice infrastructure in the United...

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The 2012 Election with MSNBC's Chris Hayes: Power Tools to Build a Better Democracy

Publication date:

09/2012

The program focused on philanthropy’s role in enabling all U.S. citizens to engage more deeply in the information they need to participate in democracy. Chris Hayes, News Host at MSNBC, lead a dynamic discussion focusing on how foundations can ...

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Harnessing Collaborative Technologies: Helping Funders Work Together Better

Publication date:

11/2013

... included an extensive literature review on collaboration in philanthropy, detailed analyses of trends from a ...

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Arcus Foundation Awards Summer 2014 Social Justice Grants

Release Date:

06/30/2014

... made grants to 27 organizations to support groups in which LGBTQ youth are leading their peers on issues such ...

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Arcus Foundation

The Russell Sage Foundation Announces Visiting Scholars for 2014-2015

Release Date:

09/02/2014

... for the 2014-2015 academic year. During their time in residence, these scholars will pursue research and writing ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Suggests New Way of Preventing Diabetes-Associated Blindness

Release Date:

05/26/2015

In people with diabetic retinopathy, growth of abnormal, leaky, fragile blood vessels in the eye can cause proliferative diabetic retinopathy, which can lead to permanent blindness. New therapies...

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Health

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Duke Foundation’s Islamic Center Gets New Leadership

Release Date:

11/20/2015

... Islamic Center Gets New Leadership Konrad Ng will lead the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s Shangri La, a center for the study of Islamic arts and cultures, in March. Mr. Ng is currently director of the...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Doris Duke Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Environment Program Featured in New Podcast Series

Release Date:

05/03/2016

Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Environment Program Featured in New Podcast Series In the first episode, we join a conversation between Bloomberg Philanthropies’ environment program lead Antha Williams...

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Environment and Climate Change

Brian Byrd, Program Officer, New York State Health Foundation, Chats About the Intersection of Health & Justice

Release Date:

09/19/2016

... "Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s Opioid Epidemic." Brian Byrd, Program .....

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Patient Voices: Childhood Cancer

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... of the central nervous system. How is treating cancer in children different from treating it in adults? How do children cope with a disease they can ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Agnes Gund Donates 5 Important Contemporary Artworks To Cleveland Museum Of Art

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... and a longtime donor to that institution and other causes in Cleveland, has donated five important contemporary ... which have been on extended loan and displayed frequently in recent years. . . Agnes Gund...

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Arts

Beyond Grantmaking: Foundations as Impact Investors

Release Date:

05/12/2014

... for impact investing – a number that grew to 26 percent in just a short time. If they could invest all of it in impact investing, they would, General Service Foundation ... Rating System (GIIRS) and IRIS, and...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

From India to Africa: A Quest to Learn about Reducing Food Loss

Release Date:

01/15/2015

... (FAO) estimates that up to a third of food grown in developing countries is lost before it reaches consumers. ... the opportunity to address some of the challenges that lead to food loss, and to enhance...

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Food Systems

International/Foreign Affairs

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Five Borough Farm: Supporting Urban Agriculture in New York City

Release Date:

11/08/2013

... well-being. Unemployment rates, especially among youth and in communities of color, are at record-high levels. Data from ... for example, hire teens to manage farms or run markets and in the process provide...

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23 Mar 2015

What’s On the Plate of NYC’s Food Workers?

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11:45am to 2:00pm

In November, the Mayor’s Jobs for New Yorkers Task Force ... traditional perception of food service as being limited in career advancement. Indeed, the restaurant industry is one ... fastest-growing employers,...

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Report Commissioned by NY Women's Foundation Provides In-Depth Exploration of Women in the Justice System

Release Date:

03/08/2017

Report Commissioned by NY Women's Foundation Provides In -Depth Exploration of Women in the Justice System ( March ... an in -depth academic exploration of the journeys that lead...

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Gender Justice

Justice Reform

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The New York Women's Foundation

TCC Group Welcomes Strategic Communications Leadership and Research Partner

Release Date:

03/22/2017

... of Strategic Communication & Stakeholder Engagement in the Corporate Practice . Susan brings more than three decades of experience in strategic communication, stakeholder engagement, and...

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Appointments & Transitions

Six Reasons Funders Should Increase Support for People Of Color-Led Work

Release Date:

04/04/2017

... with two of the largest women-focused funder networks in the nation, the Funders Network on Population, ... in philanthropic giving resulting from a widespread practice of resourcing people...

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Groundswell Fund

Immigrant Rights Fund: 6 Lessons We’ve Learned So Far

Release Date:

05/09/2017

... Community Foundation launched our Immigrant Rights Fund in late 2016 to defend and protect the rights of immigrant communities in the face of exclusionary and unjust policies under the new ... of this critical...

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Immigration

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Brooklyn Org

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