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Rockefeller's Rodin Urges Cities to Build Greater Resilience

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01/28/2015

... president of US philanthropic organisation the Rockefeller Foundation in 2005, had already made building the resilience of cities and communities one of the foundation ’s key objectives. But Sandy confirmed to...

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Try it, You’ll Like It: The Promise of Digital Media

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07/26/2012

... how and why social media are essential elements of a foundation ’s advocacy strategy. My co-panelist Marcia ... an “echo chamber”). Simply put, what does a foundation , or its grantees and partners, need to...

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Ford and MetLife Work to Measure Impact of Community Investing

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06/09/2015

... in their communities. Other partners include the Ford Foundation , The Annie E. Casey Foundation , and MetLife Foundation , each of which is providing philanthropic support ...

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Ford and RPA Work to Foster Sustainable Development in Ghana

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07/09/2015

... — a project of the United Nations Development Programme, Foundation Center, and a group of leading foundations guided ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Bronfman Cultivates Programs for Next Generation Donors

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08/20/2015

... initial financial support from ACBP, the Samberg Family Foundation , Righteous Persons Foundation , and the Nathan Cummings Foundation , I helped to launch a next generation giving ...

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The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

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NYTimes Profiles Several PNY Members, Says They’re Aiming High

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11/02/2015

... some of the nation’s largest philanthropies. The Ford Foundation , with its $10 billion endowment, said this year ... annually — to combating inequality. The Rockefeller Foundation , with an endowment of more...

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Pinkerton, Kaplan and NY Community Trust Staff to Be Honored by City & State

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02/05/2016

... and New York Law School announced this year's Corporate, Foundation , and Family Philanthropy honorees. Their work ... New York Community Trust; and Laurie Dien, Pinkerton Foundation . For more information...

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01 Nov 2016

Getting Your Board on Board with Impact Investing

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... 2016-17 PNY Core Curriculum : February 10 – Put Your Foundation on the Impact Investing Map April 14 – Active ... versus Divestment: When Is It Either-Or? Can My Foundation Do Both Well? May 18 – Can Failure...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Final Grant Supports Cornell Tradition

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01/10/2017

... Cornell Tradition The Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation established by entrepreneur Charles F. Feeney '56, ... Atlantic's board decided in 2002 to disburse the foundation 's assets by the...

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Russell Sage Teams Up With Robin Hood to Host First Poverty Solutions Conference

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01/18/2017

... poverty-fighting organization, and the Russell Sage Foundation , the nation's premier foundation devoted to social science research, will host .....

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Supported by Rockefeller, $10 Million Water Window Challenge Announces Winners

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03/17/2017

... Partnership (GRP), an initiative of the Rockefeller Foundation , USAID , and the Swedish International ... challenge, a partnership between GRP and the Z Zurich Foundation , which backed it with a commitment...

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Carnegie and Ford Plan to Foot Entire Bill for Cuomo's Public-Private Legal Defense Fund For Immigrants

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03/30/2017

... the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Ford Foundation . The Fund will work with some 182 “advocacy ... “public-private” set-up refers to the fact that the foundation money will be administered by the...

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Bloomberg, Gates, Others Pledge $1.2 Billion to Eradicate Polio

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06/13/2017

... including $450 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation . The commitment from the foundation includes $300 million for a two-to-one match of ... convention on Monday include $30 million from the...

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Group Moves Toward Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact

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08/14/2017

... Council on Impact Investing is composed of 20 foundation leaders, among them co-chairwoman Julia Stasch of the MacArthur Foundation and the heads of the Case, Ford, Heron, Kresge, ...

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The New Power of the Purse: Younger Women and the Future of Philanthropy

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08/25/2017

Even though the influence of women in philanthropy is not a novel idea, this new study shows that this influence will only continue to grow.

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Newman's Own Pops The Champagne - Salad Dressing - That Is

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08/30/2017

... the world. In recognition the anniversary, Newman’s Own Foundation announced that it would award grants of $35,000 to ... approximately $30 million being donated this year by the foundation and Newman’s Own...

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Yes, It Can Be Done: A Philanthropist on Transforming Rural Communities Through the Arts

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09/06/2017

... the Arts Not long ago, I wrote about the Maine-based Libra Foundation betting big that the arts can transform a ... founded the Hunter, New York-based Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF), an organization...

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High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns

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09/14/2017

... Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns When the corporate foundation at German engineering giant Siemens went looking ... to do that," says Rolf Huber, managing director of the foundation . "The prize was...

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Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board

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09/22/2017

... Vice President of Programs and Advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education, to its board. For the first ... selected three community board members, including Schott Foundation ’s Edgar Villanueva...

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