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Chris Ransom Joins Arcus’ Great Apes and Gibbons Program as Program Officer

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03/06/2019

... Officer for Arcus’ Great Apes and Gibbons Program. Prior to Arcus, Ransom spent 12 years at the Zoological Society of ... conservation programs in Africa and the Middle East. Prior to his work with ZSL, Ransom...

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New York Women's Foundation Awarded $11 Million in Grants in 2018

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03/13/2019

... announced that it awarded grants totaling $11 million to a hundred and seventy-five community organizations in ... and Allies, which is focused on survivor-led organizations working to...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Marca Bristo and Gbenga Oyebode to Board of Trustees

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06/20/2019

Ford Foundation Appoints Marca Bristo and Gbenga Oyebode to Board of Trustees New York, 20 June 2019 — The Ford ... that Marca Bristo and Gbenga Oyebode have been elected to serve as members of its Board of...

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Tobias Rees Selected as a Rockefeller Foundation Resident to Study the Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Humanity

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09/30/2019

Tobias Rees Selected as a Rockefeller Foundation Resident to Study the Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ... technology is challenging and changing what it means to be human, Rees’ duties will be ...

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Can We Still Improve Philanthropy?

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07/17/2009

... Fellow, Philanthropy New York Being away from the day- to -day administration of a foundation has allowed me some time to think about how philanthropy can be improved. That is a ... short piece. It is also a...

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New Arcus Report on Extractive Industries and Ape Conservation Reveals Potential of Collaboration Among Industry, Conservation and Government Sectors

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04/18/2014

... at the Tribeca Film Festival this week. As threats to conservation are increasingly driven by economic ...

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Research Yields Game Changer for Improving Understanding of Ebola

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09/19/2014

... describes the use of fecal samples from wild great apes to identify populations likely to have been exposed to the virus. This represents a new tool ... fact that, like humans, apes surviving...

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At Age 100, Rockefeller Targets Africa's Growing Cities

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10/15/2014

... Around the world, countries have been challenged to recover from the 2007- 2008 global economic and financial crisis. Africa is no exception to that. Africa has seen the fastest urbanization, with ... slums...

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. Announces Detroit Service Corps to Strengthen City's Nonprofit Community

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11/04/2014

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Announces Detroit Service Corps to Strengthen City's Nonprofit Community JPMorgan Chase & ... program that sends teams of top-performing employees to Detroit to...

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New York Life Foundation Backs Pilot Program for Future Entrepreneurs

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04/20/2015

... Starting in seventh grade, students will begin to build their applied technology skills, while as ... students participating in the program. In addition to hands-on experience, the program will provide...

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Six International Parks Selected as Finalists in 2015 Urban Land Institute Urban Open Space Award Competition

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06/08/2015

The awards are supported by Kresge and the MetLife Foundation.

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New York State Health Foundation Sponsors Report on All-Payer Database & Consumer Transparency

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09/17/2015

... prepared by the APCD Council, examines the issues related to the development of regulations and policies for an ... State policymakers on the choices before them and seeks to preserve an expansive vision for...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Collaborates to Launch Data Portal to Share and Expand Philanthropic Resources

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09/17/2015

Bloomberg Philanthropies Collaborates to Launch Data Portal to Share and Expand Philanthropic Resources Bloomberg ... these knowledge tools, Equal Footing enables users to see what types of...

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The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Releases Report on Grantmaking to Create Impact

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09/17/2015

... McConnell Clark Foundation Releases Report on Grantmaking to Create Impact When the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation ... in Good Shepherd in 2005, the organization’s ability to develop and...

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State Actions to Promote and Restrain Commercial Accountable Care Organizations: Milbank Memorial Fund Support

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10/19/2015

A new report, “State Actions to Promote and Restrain Commercial Accountable Care ... on evidence from the literature and four case studies to outline tools that state governments can use to...

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Rockefeller Foundation Adds Donald Kaberuka to its Board of Trustees

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11/05/2015

Rockefeller Foundation Adds Donald Kaberuka to its Board of Trustees The Rockefeller Foundation has ... African Development Bank (AfDB) president Donald Kaberuka to its board of trustees. The 14-member board of...

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Century Foundation: A Post-Paris Agenda for Climate Security at the UN

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02/11/2016

... on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol. This agreement, forged when climate change has already led to a rise in the Earth’s average temperature of 1°C above ... entire...

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Fund for the City of New York Supports Conceptualization of Underground Maps and Models

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02/15/2017

... (OGC®) is requesting information from interested parties to inform a Concept Development Study (CDS) that will ... interoperability project. The purpose of the study is to develop an in-depth...

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With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, This New Orleans Neighborhood Is Fighting Flooding By Welcoming It

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03/09/2017

... Flooding By Welcoming It For decades, New Orleans fought to keep water out of the city. In the city's new resilience ... projects that will break ground later in 2017, the goal is to let water in—which...

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