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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

... Standard Oil. “While the global community works to eliminate the use of fossil fuels, it makes little sense — financially or ethically — to continue holding investments in these companies,” the ...

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Clark Foundation Illustrates Grantmaking for a Rainy Day

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05/02/2016

... on program- or project-focused restricted grantmaking to more flexible funding that enables organizations to build their management infrastructure in addition to (and ... but following the...

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F.B. Heron's Clara Miller on Changing Operating Models to Expand Effectiveness and Impact

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06/10/2016

F.B. Heron's Clara Miller on Changing Operating Models to Expand Effectiveness and Impact When we set out on ... model that would propel us outside our terrarium— to become not only open to...

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Supported by Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Riveting Short Film Takes You Under the Sea in 360 Degrees

Release Date:

06/21/2016

... You Under the Sea in 360 Degrees Few people will get to visit eastern Indonesia's remote Bird's Head region, but a ... waters and exceptionally diverse marine life directly to you. Valen's Reef...

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Young Journalist Responds to Darren Walker's NY Times Op-Ed on Unpaid Internships

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07/08/2016

Young Journalist Responds to Darren Walker's NY Times Op-Ed on Unpaid Internships ... diverse, talented young workers who cannot possibly afford to work for free. It got media types talking ... why it’s...

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Stonewall Community Foundation Issues RFP for LGBTQ Safe Spaces

Release Date:

07/29/2016

... York City. Each year, SQS members award one or more grants to advance programming and services that directly benefit ... general operating support grant of $12,500 will be awarded to an organization or project...

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Century Foundation Fellow Proposes Post-Obama Syrian-U.S. Relations Strategy

Release Date:

08/22/2016

... Strategy U.S. President Barack Obama has tried his hardest to keep his distance from the Syrian war. Even as he has made ... an inflection point, and Obama’s successor will have to shape a new response. The...

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Rockefeller Supports Research on Farming Adaptations to Combat Climate Change

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09/06/2016

Rockefeller Supports Research on Farming Adaptations to Combat Climate Change As the globe continues to spin toward a future with higher temperatures, crop yields will likely decrease if farmers do not adapt...

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Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Opens Applications for its 2017 Prize

Release Date:

09/07/2016

... scientists will each be awarded $200,000/year – for up to three years – to enable them to pursue groundbreaking research at a stage when traditional ...

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Rockefeller Foundation and New York City Join Forces to Fund Internships at Cultural Organizations

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09/09/2016

Rockefeller Foundation and New York City Join Forces to Fund Internships at Cultural Organizations The New York ... Department of Cultural Affairs is beginning an initiative to improve diversity at major New York...

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Arts

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Ms. Foundation Releases New Report on Forging a More Robust and Equitable Childcare System in America

Release Date:

09/15/2016

... cost of the impact that a lack of access child care has on working mothers, especially low-income women of color. With ... costs of college, it forces women who barely earn enough to pay rent and keep the...

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Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices

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09/2016

... Practices For foundations, there are lots of questions to reflect on when thinking about which evaluation practices ... should a foundation invest in evaluation? What can they do to ensure that the information they receive from evaluation is useful to them? With whom should they share what they have learned? ...

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Milbank Memorial Fund Partners with Yale to Study Why It's So Hard to Connect Health to Social Factors

Release Date:

09/29/2016

Milbank Memorial Fund Partners with Yale to Study Why It's So Hard to Connect Health to Social Factors One of the goals of the Affordable Care Act .....

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Welcomes Nicole Gueron to Board of Directors

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10/17/2016

Brooklyn Community Foundation Welcomes Nicole Gueron to Board of Directors Brooklyn Community Foundation announces ... co-founder of the law firm Clarick Gueron Reisbaum LLP, to its board of directors, effective...

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Brooklyn Org

Mastercard's Singh on How Companies Can Help Cities Close the Data Gap

Release Date:

10/21/2016

... know so well, the company makes purchase recommendations to them in real time based on items they've viewed or bought. ... aren't more of our cities leveraging data in the same way to improve...

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Community Development

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NYTimes Examines Role of Ford’s Walker as Pepsi Board Member

Release Date:

10/31/2016

... as a prominent voice of morality. So it seemed discordant to some critics when, this month, Mr. Walker joined the board ... Would Mr. Walker’s day job and his new board duties be working at cross-purposes?...

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After the Election, Building the Beloved Community

Release Date:

11/23/2016

... our country and our people right now, so much injustice to newly assess, understand and address. This is the work we ... and I am in awe of the energy and urgency you have brought to it over the past several...

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Jonas Family Fund Strives to Eliminate Children’s Blindness

Release Date:

01/10/2017

Jonas Family Fund Strives to Eliminate Children’s Blindness The project will, among ... a retired retail executive. “I bump into people; I try to avoid crowds. It was important for me to do...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Final Grant Supports Cornell Tradition

Release Date:

01/10/2017

... Charles F. Feeney '56, has made a $7 million grant to The Cornell Tradition, a fellowship program offering ... distinctive service, work and scholarship opportunities to some of the university's most...

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Episcopal Health Foundation Tells Angel’s Story on Healthy Homes to Treat Asthma

Release Date:

01/31/2017

... Health Foundation Tells Angel’s Story on Healthy Homes to Treat Asthma Angel's Story looks at the early success of a ... The video follows 14-year-old Angel as the program works to remedy issues at home...

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Video

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Health

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