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The World Has Pledged To Divest $2.6 Trillion From Fossil Fuels

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09/22/2015

The World Has Pledged To Divest $2.6 Trillion From Fossil Fuels The amount of money the world has pledged to divest from fossil fuels now exceeds $2.6 trillion, a group of policymakers,...

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Fast Company Names Ford Foundation As One of the World's Most Innovative Companies

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02/21/2018

... includes committing about $500 million a year in grants to nonprofit organizations. The group , originally founded by Ford Motor Company tycoon Henry ... equality through civic, social, and criminal reforms...

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Ten New York Nonprofits Selected as Semifinalists of 2015 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards

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08/04/2015

... Nonprofit Excellence Awards. The groups are in the running to win $60,000 in prizes as well as tuition scholarships for the Columbia Business School Executive Education Programs in Social Enterprise. The...

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The New York Community Trust

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Measuring Well-Being in the New York Metro Area

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05/10/2012

... are faring in fundamental areas of life. We’re pleased to have them explain their work—and how New Yorkers are doing compared to other U.S. metro areas. Measuring Well-Being in the New ...

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Mapping Change: Using a Theory of Change to Guide Planning and Evaluation

" What are we doing, and why do we think it's going to make a difference? Are we being effective?" Grantmakers ... guide explains why grantmakers use theories of change to guide their questioning, unearth assumptions that underlie their work, establish common language, and develop strong action plans. Contributors to the guide also .....

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Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Suggests New Way of Preventing Diabetes-Associated Blindness

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05/26/2015

... cause proliferative diabetic retinopathy, which can lead to permanent blindness. New therapies targeting a protein ... increase the effectiveness of the treatment. Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

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Ford’s Walker Says ‘Unusual Coalition’ Won’t Be Last of its Kind

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02/20/2015

... this emerging consensus. The Ford Foundation has been working on this and related issues for years, supporting ... expect would never partner together—and supported by funders whose work is very often at cross...

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Justice Reform

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The Century Foundation Releases Report: How Robots Are Beginning to Affect Workers and Their Wages

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10/17/2019

... Foundation Releases Report: How Robots Are Beginning to Affect Workers and Their Wages Much has been written about ... of automation on the economy. Yet most analysis tends to be prospective in nature, and...

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Technology

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Ford Foundation Launches Global Fellows Network to Tackle Inequality Worldwide

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06/01/2020

Ford Foundation Launches Global Fellows Network to Tackle Inequality Worldwide NEW YORK, June 1, ... to fight inequality, is critical at this moment. The first group of Ford Global Fellows...

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Rippel Foundation: What We Discovered at “The Frontiers” about Financing and Leading Improvements in Health

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12/18/2015

... and Leading Improvements in Health From the Wild West to the “final frontier” of space, the metaphor of the ... our work with changemakers at the regional level, we seek to understand the frontiers of health...

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Fannie E. Rippel Foundation

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Health

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Increases Spending to Seize ‘Hinge Moment in History’

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06/30/2020

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Increases Spending to Seize ‘Hinge Moment in History’ The Rockefeller ... announced today that it will increase its annual spending to allocate an additional $48 million over the next...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Amsterdam News Profiles Harlem Native George Suttles of the John A. Hartford Foundation

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02/16/2017

... is a private, nonpartisan philanthropy dedicated to improving the care of older adults. Suttles’ work at the foundation consists of working with strategic partners to develop...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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NoVo Foundation Looks to Girls As Change Agents

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07/10/2015

NoVo Foundation Looks to Girls As Change Agents Girls and young women of color have made important gains in education , health and economic security in recent years. ... graduation rates, higher participation in...

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Gender Justice

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The Covenant Foundation Announces the 2018 Recipients of The Covenant Award

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06/06/2018

... which is among the highest honors in the field of Jewish education . “The work in which each of these remarkable ... core beliefs of community, spirituality, and equality to both traditional and out-of-the-box...

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Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and Open Society Foundations Fund ReImagina Puerto Rico Report

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07/09/2018

... development, infrastructure, infrastructure, and health, education , and social services include developing models ... local government, and federal recovery funds must be used to rebuild Puerto Rico in ways...

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Disaster Relief

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California Governor Jerry Brown and Michael Bloomberg Launch “America’s Pledge”

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07/12/2017

... America’s Pledge on climate change, a new initiative to compile and quantify the actions of states, cities and businesses in the United States to drive down their greenhouse gas emissions consistent with .....

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Building Trust Through Practice: A Shared Journey Toward an Inclusive Economy - New Report from the Surdna Foundation

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04/13/2022

... and enabling the risks necessary for innovative ideas to launch, succeed, or fail. But what does this look like in ... authentic, meaningful partnerships with grantees. Good funders are good followers. It’s...

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