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Despite Legacy Connections, Rockefeller Family Fund Sets Trend by Changing its Fossil Fuel Investments

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04/04/2016

... family rich. On the heels of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in 2014, the Rockefeller Family Fund, the charitable vehicle ... announced last month that it would be divesting its shares in coal producers and oil...

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Rockefeller and Nonprofits Fight Food Waste With Feast

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05/09/2016

... will feast on food that would have ordinarily ended up in a landfill. Together with Feedback, The Rockefeller ... Catering and Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen will then use these ingredients to prepare lunch for 5,...

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New York Community Trust Gives One Million Dollars to Help Train Social Workers

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05/16/2016

... workers to strengthen the delivery of health care services in the United States. NYCT will award the two social work ... bring two fellows to Washington, D.C. to directly engage in health care policy work on...

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Study Funded by Open Society Foundations Finds Digital Devices Are Key to Success for Black and Latino Males

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05/24/2016

... rely heavily on their access to trusted resources, both in face-to-face interactions and online. In “Heard, Not Judged – Insights into the Talents, ... Men of Color,” researchers concluded that the creative...

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NYS Health Launches Challenge Calling for NY Residents to Submit Ideas to Create Healthier Communities

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06/10/2016

... Healthier Communities One nonprofit is asking residents in neighborhoods across New York City and New York State to ... ideas that will bring change right to their backyards. In partnership with the New York...

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New York Health Foundation

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Produces Short Documentaries Highlighting Public Art Challenge Projects In Four Regions

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09/19/2016

... Documentaries Highlighting Public Art Challenge Projects In Four Regions A short documentary series created by ... Documentaries Highlighting Public Art Challenge Projects In Four Regions ...

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Arts

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Anthony Bourdain and Rockefeller Foundation Partner On Food Waste Documentary

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11/01/2016

... as he takes on the issue of food waste around the world in a new documentary. "Wasted! The Story of Food Waste" will ... food, perishes instead of being used to feed the hungry. In the United States...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Views the Arts as a "Community Anchor"

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12/12/2016

... to describe the organizations that earn its support. In the realm of arts and culture, that boils down to ... into three “priority focus areas." Its support of art in communities unsurprisingly flows...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Century Foundation Report Cited in Washington Post Article on Syria Policy for Trump’s America

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12/12/2016

Century Foundation Report Cited in Washington Post Article on Syria Policy for Trump’s ... elected president. America’s publicly articulated goals in Syria—including effecting a negotiated political ... been...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Effort to Enroll More Low-Income Students at Top Universities

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12/13/2016

... with high graduation rates is being announced today in an attempt to have more students from modest backgrounds ...

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Bloomberg's Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco Habit

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01/06/2017

... it came to tobacco. Fewer than twenty developing countries in the world had even one strong tobacco control policy in place. The tobacco industry was beginning an aggressive ... for a two-year commitment to...

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MetLife Foundation Innovation Competition Recognizes Indian Entrepreneur

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05/03/2017

... of the MetLife Foundation Inclusion Plus competition in India. The competition was open to entrepreneurs, ... financial capability and access to financial services in India. With more than 100 entries,...

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Economic Security

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Four Scientists Named 2017 Simons Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution

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05/12/2017

... Scientists Named 2017 Simons Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution The Simons ... four scientists as 2017 Simons Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and...

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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

... concepts. Adopted by the New Jersey Board of Education in 2014, the Next Generation Science Standards are state ... and how the world works." Without a doubt, students will use science in...

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With Support from Pershing Square and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations, New Research Finds that Behavioral ‘Nudges’ Offer a Cost-Effective Policy Tool

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06/08/2017

... and vaccination rates. The findings are published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. “The changes in behavior produced by nudges tend be quite cost effective .....

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Bloomberg, Gates, Others Pledge $1.2 Billion to Eradicate Polio

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06/13/2017

... announced public and private pledges totaling $1.2 billion in support of efforts to eradicate polio, including $450 ... and surveillance activities aimed at eradicating polio in Afghanistan, Nigeria, and...

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Bloomberg-Supported Coal Documentary, “From the Ashes,” to Air June 25

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06/20/2017

... Turner of Wright, Wyo. “It used to be, there was fish in there,” he says. Now it’s one of 20 nearby springs that have dried up. Standing in front of his truck, Turner mournfully adds, “Coal is a ... on the...

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To Improve Global Health, Bloomberg Looks to Cities to Lead

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07/05/2017

... emissions. Bloomberg not only made New York City a leader in this area as mayor, but funded and also chaired C40, a ... change. Most recently, Bloomberg helped rally cities in the U.S. to affirm their...

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