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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Details its Mission-Aligned and Impact Investment Strategy

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09/16/2016

... as resources for other institutions who are looking to do the same. The section also includes the Fund's updated .....

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Finance & Asset Management

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Impact Investing

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Ford-Supported Survey Finds Black, Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents

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10/06/2016

... items like college tuition to smaller expenses, than do whites or Asians, according to a new GenForward poll. And ...

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Economic Security

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Ms. Foundation President Writes in 'The Hill' About Protecting Water in Flint, Standing Rock

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12/08/2016

Ms. Foundation President Writes in 'The Hill' About Protecting Water in Flint, Standing Rock Political obstruction is literally ... water crisis in Flint, Mich. - despite their promise...

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John A. Hartford Foundation Supports Report on Disconnect Between Docs and Patients On Advance Planning

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12/08/2016

... stated that healthcare providers generally failed to do so effectively, according to a new report from a trio of ... begin when patients are "young, healthy, and cognizant" -- in their 20s and 30s...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Health

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Rockefeller Study Finds Media Coverage Misses Gig Worker Concerns

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01/04/2017

... dogs, or providing many other services has been hot in the media. Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, and others became ... media and social media analysis to see whether attitudes in both paralleled... Rockefeller Study...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture Series Continues

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02/10/2017

... on Feb. 8 at Columbia University’s Faculty House in Morningside Heights. How Do Early Life Experiences Shape Behavior? was presented by ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Health

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NY Community Trust Calls for Funding A Better, Broader Environmental Movement

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05/04/2017

... legacy of pollution: from the noxious facilities in their neighborhoods to lead in their drinking water. They are on the “frontlines” of ... the right direction. Now they just need the resources to do...

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The New York Community Trust

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Open Society Foundation Funds Program with Elmo And Big Bird Talking To Refugees

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05/09/2017

... to millions of refugee children forced from their homes in Syria, Iraq and other war-torn countries. But first, Sesame Workshop is doing its homework. In partnership with the International Rescue Committee...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Ford-supported Research Finds Friends Help Female Vampire Bats Cope with Loss

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05/24/2017

... cope better with their loss. They score more food than do female bats who only invest in close kin. . . Ford-supported Research Finds Friends Help ...

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Health

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Closing a Racial Divide, One Swim Lesson at a Time

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08/28/2017

... during her swim lesson at Roberto Clemente State Park in the Bronx one recent Tuesday morning, Kiara García, now ... children are finding their way into the water. And in New York City, they are helped...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ms. Foundation to Philanthropy: Grow Local Economies by Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access

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09/08/2017

... strategy to address child care access calls on funders to do three things: 1. Support low-wage workers’ rights organizations and workers’ centers who organize in sectors that are made up of up 50% women. 2...

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Economic Security

Gender Justice

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How Much Did These 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise?

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09/11/2017

... to specific energy companies? A new study attempts to do that, and says that more than a quarter of sea level rise ... to climate change. The new paper, published last week in the journal Climatic Change,...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change

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09/12/2017

New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change When it comes to mitigating ... the health of our planet. One of the best ways to do that is thought to be locking more of that carbon...

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The Fate of NYC’s Undocumented Bakers Could Change the Food Industry

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09/15/2017

... artisanal Tom Cat Bakery last spring. Bearing signs in Spanish and English and chanting for a boycott of Tom Cat bread in New York restaurants, the protesters brought to the fore this question: Do...

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Food Systems

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Google Sued by 3 Female Ex-Employees Who Say It Pays Women Less Than Men

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09/15/2017

... employees by systematically paying them less than men who do similar jobs. In the suit, which was filed Tuesday in California Superior Court in San Francisco, the plaintiffs...

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Gender Justice

Poverty Falls, Income Rises. Should De Blasio Get the Credit?

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09/20/2017

... Should De Blasio Get the Credit? The New Yorkers who live in that other city Mayor Bill de Blasio talks about so ... he deserves for it. The percentage of New Yorkers living in poverty has declined...

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Economic Security

DACA Recipients Scramble to Reapply, But Not All are Eligible

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... Scramble to Reapply, But Not All are Eligible At a meeting in Jackson Heights, under the rumble of the 7 train, about 40 DACA recipients learned that their fate in this country depends on one date: March 5,...

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Immigration

New York Is Betting $155 Million That It Can Cut Evictions

Release Date:

10/03/2017

... That It Can Cut Evictions At New York City's housing court in downtown Brooklyn, where judges preside over landlord-tenant disputes, about 30 people stand in line, waiting to speak to a clerk. They’re...

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Housing and Homelessness

New York City Issues Ambitious Climate Action Plan

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10/06/2017

... emissions reductions, meaning doing more, sooner — in New York City’s case, by 2020. … New York City Issues ...

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