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Sarah Brennan Joins Rockefeller Family Fund as Associate Director

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03/02/2022

... Philanthropies since 2019. She will help lead the Funder Collaborative on Oil and Gas, a project initiated by ... guidance to climate activists for years. Our grantees and funder colleagues, many of whom have...

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... by FAN members, with time also set aside for ad hoc discussion Exclusive benefits surveys covering a universe of ... VP of Learning at Philanthropy New York. Email Listserv / Discussion Group Current FAN...

13 Nov 2013

Where is Opportunity in America? - New York Index Launch

Wednesday, November 13, 2013 -

3:00pm to 6:00pm

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

... data from the Opportunity Index and a solutions-oriented discussion on creating opportunity in communities. As a ...

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What’s Strategy Got to Do With It?

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08/27/2013

... Director of Philanthropy Chris Cardona analyzes a recent discussion about the role and value of strategic philanthropy ...

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

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05/13/2014

... this report by Margaret E. Greene aims to provoke discussion in the field and clarify what we need to know to ...

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

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06/25/2014

In an interview with Shelterforce, Surdna President Phillip Henderson talks about aligning program with mission, cross-pollination between programs and the foundation's recent launch into the impact investing world.

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Voices Of Brooklyn Communities Helping Refine Foundation's New Strategy

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07/02/2014

Brooklyn Community Foundation, which already gets high marks for putting residents' voices at the forefront of its work, is taking that commitment to a new level.

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Pennsylvania College Consortium Created With $800,000 From Mellon Foundation

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07/03/2014

Ten liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania will use an $800,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a new consortium designed to help them save money and improve academic programs by collaborating across campuses.

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Weinberg Foundation To Make $700,000 in Emergency Grants to Nonprofits in Israel

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07/29/2014

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation announced today it will donate $700,000 to support many of its active grantees that have provided crucial social services to those affected by rocket attacks on cities in Israel.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Among Backers of Education Post News Site

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09/01/2014

... encourage a more “respectful” and fact-based national discussion about the challenges of public education, and ...

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UJA-Federation Launches Campaign for Passage of Education Tax Credit

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05/27/2015

OU Advocacy-Teach NYS, the nonpartisan public policy arm of the Orthodox Union, together with the UJA-Federation of New York, is launching a 30-day campaign to push – over the next six weeks – for New York State legislators to pass the Education Tax...

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Podcast: A Conversation with Gates Foundation's Health Expert Anita Zaidi

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11/05/2015

In a recent seminar, Anita Zaidi, MD, an internationally recognized pediatrician and director of the enteric and diarrheal diseases program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, discussed the issues impacting maternal and child health.

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NBC News Profiles Asian Women Giving Circle at Ms. Foundation

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01/29/2016

In 2005, Hali Lee invited 10 friends together to raise money for what she hoped would be a game-changing geh, a shared saving circle, and the Asian Women Giving Circle (AWGC) was officially born. AWGC functions as a donor-advised fund at the Ms...

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Simons Foundation Expanding Its Space

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05/09/2016

The Simons Foundation, founded by mathematician and hedge-fund billionaire James Simons and his wife, Marilyn, is expanding in the Flatiron District.

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Video: Rockefeller's Insight Dialogues Features Hamilton Star and Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda

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07/05/2016

Lin-Manuel Miranda joined Rockefeller President Judith Rodin to discuss the role of diversity in the arts, economic inclusion, and other topics on the second edition of Insight Dialogues.

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Rausch and Long Island Community Foundations Partner to Expand Tourism in Riverhead

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07/15/2016

Their focus is on expanding tourism — which includes drawing visitors from New York City and promoting Riverhead as a place people plan their vacations around — and emphasizing the town’s arts and culture services.