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13 Feb 2019

Stronger Together Part II: Building the Capacity of Social Movements – February Webinar Hosted by HRFN

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... framework for activists, peacebuilders, and organizers working to transform violent conflict and advance a just ...

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Appointments & Transitions

The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Neill Coleman as Vice President, Global Communications

Release Date:

07/02/2012

... and opportunities of globalization. I look forward to working with Neill to ensure that communications informs and ...

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Communications

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Equitable Recovery for All New Yorkers: The NY Stimulus Alliance

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08/09/2010

We recently held a program (presented by our Increasing Diversity in Philanthropy Committee and The NYC Collaborative for Fairness and Equity in Philanthropy) which focused on the distribution of federal stimulus dollars and the impact of those...

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Insights

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Public Policy

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New York Foundation

Nourishing Strong Communities: Thoughts on Food Policy from Karen Karp

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03/15/2010

... ways that the public, private, and government sectors are working together to improve the food system. This program was ...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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Community Development

Food Systems

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Philanthropy New York

Personal Strategy: Mobilizing Your Self for Effective Grantmaking

Publication date:

09/2005

Whether it's introducing new ideas into your foundation or offering constructive feedback to a grantee, grantmakers can develop personal strategies to meet the "soft" challenges of grantmaking. Effective personal strategy helps practitioners use their understanding of self and role - as learner, analyst, bridge builder - to manage the tensions that come with the job. In this guide, contributors discuss the elements of personal strategy and how it helps grantmakers to leverage their strengths in service to their objectives. The guide also explores why some grantmakers are able to think and...

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Grants Managers

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TD Charitable Foundation Awards $2.5 Million for Affordable Housing

Release Date:

12/11/2012

... annual Housing for Everyone competition to nonprofits working to provide transitional housing and homeless shelters ...

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Community Development

Relinquishing Purse Strings: Orlando Bagwell Leaves Ford Foundation’s JustFilms

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02/15/2013

Mr. Bagwell, a director and producer of some of the most influential documentaries about the civil rights movement and the black American experience, will leave the foundation in June to make his own documentaries once again.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Announces $10.9 Million in Grants to Greek Organizations

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02/05/2013

The organizations are working to ease the effects of the ongoing socioeconomic ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

With Latest $350 Million Gift to Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg Surpasses $1 Billion in Giving to Alma Mater

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01/29/2013

The gift includes $250 million in support of a $1 billion effort to facilitate cross-disciplinary work across the university. Mayor Bloomberg, who earned his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Johns Hopkins in 1964, made his first donation, a...

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Education

The Met and Crystal Bridges to Share a Trumbull Portrait

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03/14/2013

A portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, the celebrated Revolutionary War-era painter, has been given by its owner, Credit Suisse, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas in a 50-50...

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Arts

CECP Announces 2013 Excellence Awards in Corporate Philanthropy

Release Date:

02/26/2013

The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy awarded its Chairman's Award to IBM for the Smarter Cities Challenge, a three-year, $50 million competitive grant program to make cities around the world smarter and more livable.

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Corporate Funders

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William T. Grant Foundation Awards $1.7 Million for Research to Benefit Youth

Release Date:

08/03/2013

... million are in support of researchers and organizations working to understand and improve the environments in which ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

B. Altman, a Store From Yesteryear, Still Makes Its Presence Felt in the City

Release Date:

11/28/2013

The New York Times examined the history and work of the Altman Foundation and spoke with its president, Jane B. O'Connell, who is the daughter and sister of the last two presidents of the store and the foundation.

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Building Bigger Bets with Philanthropy

Release Date:

12/02/2013

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation President Nancy Roob shares with the Stanford Social Innovation Review how the foundation is aggregating funds to scale what works.

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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JPMorgan Plans to Unveil a Program for Job Skills

Release Date:

12/11/2013

JPMorgan Chase's new $250 million initiative aims to close the "skills gap in in some of the largest United States and European job markets, reports The New York Times.

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Community Development

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New York Life Foundation Awards $1.4 Million to National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement

Release Date:

12/23/2013

A four-year grant from the New York Life Foundation will build the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement's capacity to provide bereavement resources in schools, reports Philanthropy News Digest.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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New York Life Foundation

Spending Down the Family Foundation

Release Date:

03/10/2014

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors CEO Melissa Berman and Arabella Advisors Managing Director Elliot Berger share their thoughts in a Wall Street Journal article on the growing spend-down trend at family foundations.

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Family Foundation

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Arabella Advisors

Peggy Saika Named a 2014 North Star Award Honoree

Release Date:

04/15/2014

Peggy Saika, President and Executive Director of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy has been named a 2014 North Star Award Honoree for her commitment and work in social justice.

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