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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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Community Development

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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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Rockefeller Foundation-Backed Executive Survey Finds Continued Bias No. 1 Reason Women Don't Make It To The Top

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06/08/2017

... Finds Continued Bias No. 1 Reason Women Don't Make It To The Top A just-released survey by Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) ... generally, while assessing their own company's ability to develop...

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Gender Justice

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Bedford-Union Armory Redevelopment Should Not Have Condos, Says Borough President

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09/05/2017

... community concerns about the development, which is due to have two residential buildings—one mixed-income rentals, ... a pool, and multi-purposes courts for sports. BFC agreed to offer half of the rentals and...

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Housing and Homelessness

Will New Rockefeller Foundation President Break or Reinforce its Mold?

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09/08/2017

... growth and leveraging the foundation’s influence to create new public-private collaborations. Will American foundations step up to fill the void left by nationalistic governments? Rajiv ... “a global mood of...

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Gates Foundation Pledges $220 Million for Women, Children, Adolescents

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09/22/2017

... commitments totaling $220 million in support of efforts to empower women and save the lives of thirty-eight million ... meeting, the commitments include a $200 million pledge to the World Bank's Global...

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7 Biggest Trends to Emerge from Global Goals Week

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09/25/2017

7 Biggest Trends to Emerge from Global Goals Week No single story can ... consumer goods company might unveil its commitment to use digital payments, just as a minister of health ... that make up Global Goals Week...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Commits $5 Million to JDRF T1D Fund

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10/27/2017

Helmsley Charitable Trust Commits $5 Million to JDRF T1D Fund The JDRF T1D Fund, a venture philanthropy ... fund focused on developing life-changing approaches to the prevention and treatment of type 1 diabetes (...

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Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Issues Consensus Report On Diabetes In Association With The ADA

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11/22/2017

... However, despite the tremendous value of the HbA1C to clinical management, there are limitations to what the HbA1C can tell patients and physicians about ... capture short-term variations in blood glucose,...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Finds Bacteria Play Critical Role In Driving Colon Cancers

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02/02/2018

... colon cancer harbor two bacterial species that collaborate to encourage development of the disease, and the same species have been found in people who develop a sporadic form of colon cancer. A second study in...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria

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02/16/2018

... carrying the malaria parasite. One promising way to prevent malaria, in addition to traditional approaches such as bed nets and insecticide, is to modify the mosquitoes so they are no longer...

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10 Apr 2014

Leading Through Change: Advice from and for Seasoned CEOs and Their Boards

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12:00pm to 1:30pm

... refreshed in their work? How do experienced CEOs find ways to balance the needs of the family with those of the foundation? How do they know when it is time to move on, and how can they work with the board...

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RPA Announces Ebola Survival Fund

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10/29/2014

RPA Announces Ebola Survival Fund Working in Sierra Leone and Liberia, the fund is responding to the immediate needs resulting from the outbreak, as well as working to...

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Novo Foundation Plans to Spend $90M to Improve the Lives of Young Women of Color

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05/23/2016

Novo Foundation Plans to Spend $90M to Improve the Lives of Young Women of Color The NoVo ... movement: girls and young women of color and the advocates working with them,” Peter Buffett said.....

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Would John D. Rockefeller Opt for an LLC? A Conversation With Judith Rodin

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06/23/2016

... during her 11 years as its president Judith Rodin worked to ensure the $4.2 billion grant maker was also on the ... is in place, is perhaps best known for her access to government and corporate chieftains...

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Staff at Open Society Foundations Just Voted to Join a Union. Is That a Good Thing?

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07/22/2016

Staff at Open Society Foundations Just Voted to Join a Union. Is That a Good Thing? It’s been a bumpy ... few years. When George Soros hired Chris Stone in 2012 to lead OSF, he asked him to bring...

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Markle Foundation Study Finds Women in Sweet Spot of U.S. Economy

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10/07/2016

... than men, but they've narrowed the gap because they tend to work in jobs that require more social and analytical ... 32 percent while men's pay went down 3 percent from 1980 to 2015, according...

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