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Christine Heenan Joins The Rockefeller Foundation as Vice President for Policy, Partnerships and Communications

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03/19/2018

... the world’s toughest challenges. As we chart a bold, new course for the next decade and beyond, I am pleased to ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Marketplace IT Glitches: The Sky Is Not Falling

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10/03/2013

... Institute’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms This week , the health insurance marketplaces created by the ... who are uninsured or who buy coverage on their own to a new way to shop for coverage. For an...

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Pamela Shifman, Executive Director of the NoVo Foundation, to Step Down at the End of 2019

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11/07/2019

... to support girls of color across the United States; led new investments in the leadership of Indigenous women and ... Now, she has decided that the time is right to begin a new chapter. While all of us will...

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Consultant & Vendor Lists: Board Placement or Training

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02/2015

This list was submitted by Philanthropy New York members and may not be distributed. Inclusion on this list does not imply an endorsement from Philanthropy New York . Board Placement or Training Services Board Assist ...

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Benchmarks

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Gun Violence, Advocacy, and Leadership

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04/05/2018

... reduce the 21,000 suicides a year from shooting, help the 4 .5 million women in the US who, it is estimated, have been ... were ready and organized, with opportunities for new recruits to pitch in. Not sure...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Milbank Memorial Fund

Funding Community Organizing: Social Change Through Civic Participation

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11/2008

... lasting solutions to a community's problems. Yet many funders , concerned about the ability to measure its impact ... take up community organizing as a strategy. In this guide, funders and organizers discuss what makes community .....

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Design Thinking for Advocates: Don’t Knock it Till You Try It

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02/23/2016

... it Till You Try It By Salem Tsegaye, Program Associate, New York Community Trust You’ve probably heard of design ... operate within constraints, and still achieve your goals. Funders that...

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The New York Community Trust

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Bloomberg Commits $64 Million to Beyond Coal Campaign

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10/12/2017

... face of proposed federal rollbacks of public health and environmental regulations, including the Obama ... Energy Economy, Earthjustice, the Energy Foundation, the Environmental Defense Fund, the League of...

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Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Shows Glimpse of How Moisture and Humidity Affect Mold Growth

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06/10/2019

... Mold Growth Brent Stephens, civil, architectural, and environmental engineering department chair, associate ... engineering, and director of the architectural and environmental engineering programs at Illinois...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Milbank Memorial Fund Announces Board and Staff Appointments

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11/01/2013

... of Directors and management team. At its October 15, 2013 meeting , the Board of Directors of the Fund elected Paul D. Cleary and John M. Colmers to serve as new directors of the organization. Christopher F...

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NYT Opinion: Rockefeller Family Fund Director, Lee Wasserman asks "Why Are We Still Looking for Oil and Gas?"

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07/25/2019

... study found that to have a 50 percent chance of meeting the Paris accord’s target of staying “well ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Asphalt Art Initiative Expands Grant Opportunity to Cities in Canada, Mexico, and the United States

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04/25/2023

... to Cities in Canada, Mexico, and the United States New York , NY – Bloomberg Philanthropies announced today that ... by work done to improve pedestrian safety and revitalize New York...

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Richard D. Parsons Elected Next Chair of The Rockefeller Foundation Board; David Rockefeller Jr. To Step Down At End of Five Year Term

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10/29/2015

... Rockefeller Jr. To Step Down At End of Five Year Term NEW YORK —The Trustees of The Rockefeller Foundation announced ... to reflect on one hundred years of impact and to launch new work for a...

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Reimagining Safety and Justice for Black Life Now and Forever

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07/07/2020

... Racial Justice initiative of Trinity Church Wall Street in New York City. Trinity’s core values of faith, integrity, ... break the cycle of mass incarceration. We seek to build a new ,...

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OSF Backed Nonprofit Helping India Move to a Low-Carbon Energy Economy

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11/03/2014

The Climate Policy Initiative, funded by the Open Society Foundations, is working to save India $600 billion in 20 years.

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Weinberg Foundation Launches Workforce Leadership Academy in Baltimore

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06/08/2015

The initiative will help low-income individuals obtain the skills to seek gainful employment.

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Community Development

Workforce Development

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Ford Foundation Board Making Rare Detroit Visit

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06/15/2015

... all 16 trustees will be in Detroit on Tuesday for a board meeting in the city. Trustees will also be meeting individually with nonprofit organizations that ...

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Findings from Century Foundation Report Lead Higher Education Advocacy Charge in California

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06/01/2018

Among the recommendations of an April report from the progressive think-tank The Century Foundation was a call to shift the focus of the Cal Grant program from covering tuition costs to helping students meet the full cost of attending college.

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