Ford, OSF and Others Join Forces to Safeguard Internet Liberties
Release Date:
02/05/2015
... the Ford, Knight, MacArthur, Mozilla, and Open Society foundations , has formed a partnership to figure out how to ...
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Founding Members of Open Research Funders Group Include Three PNY Members
Release Date:
12/16/2016
... the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and Open Society Foundations form the Open Research Funders Group, an effort ...
TED: Exceptional Media and Ideas for Change
Release Date:
05/28/2013
... for the future and the ways that TED is partnering with foundations . TED: Exceptional Media and Ideas for Change ...
Resilience Begins at Home
Release Date:
07/30/2013
Rockefeller Foundation Vice President of Global Communications Neill Coleman discusses the findings of a recent survey exploring the resilience of people and neighborhoods directly affected by Superstorm Sandy.
Smarter Grantmaking in Challenging Economic Times
Publication date:
05/2009
As grantmakers look ahead to make tough decisions for 2010 and beyond, this Grantmakers for Effective Organizations publication offers recommendations and examples that we hope provide some useful insights for foundation leaders.
Breadth, lack of checks distinguish NSA surveillance
Release Date:
06/10/2013
In this video Century Foundation Senior Fellow Barton Gellman discussed his reporting on PRISM, the NSA’s data collection program that sweeps up information from major Internet sources.
Milbank Memorial Fund Releases Value-Based Payment Report
Release Date:
02/18/2015
... value-based payment approaches across multiple public and private payers. Each is deploying some combination of payment ...
Newman's Own Strives to Improve Military Quality of Life
Release Date:
09/03/2015
... award. Located in Los Angeles, Operation Mend is a public- private partnership that connects the military's resources .....
Bessemer Trust Among Experts Tapped by NYTimes for Piece on Social Change Major Gifts
Release Date:
05/16/2016
... of social change. That is why someone like Paul Salem, a private equity investor in Rhode Island, is rare. He has ...
Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings
Release Date:
09/29/2016
The aim is to help "change the landscape" of American racial discourse by openly acknowledging a painful past, much as Germany has Holocaust memorials and South Africa a museum on its past state-sanctioned segregation - apartheid.
Bad Landlords Poised To Profit On De Blasio Plan To Turn Rent-Stabilized Buildings Into Long-Term Homeless Shelters
Release Date:
08/30/2017
The Department of Homeless Services is quietly finalizing more than $98 million in contracts that would turn five apartment buildings currently part of the notoriously mismanaged cluster site program into homeless shelters, and maintain six more as...
How Nonprofits Can Make The Super Rich Work For Them
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... financial assets–by U.S. Trust, Bank of America’s private wealth management group, provides some answers. ... ...
Is ‘Housing Not Warehousing’ Next?
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... of vacant buildings and land parcels—both public and private —in neighborhoods throughout the city. . . Is ...
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Dec
2018
Stronger Together Part II: Building the Capacity of Social Movements – December Webinar Hosted by HRFN
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
... How do we as grantmakers foster, support, and strengthen new or growing movements? February 13 – Synergizing ...
Investing in our Mission: A Five-Year Case Study of Fossil Fuel Divestment at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Release Date:
05/11/2020
... Fund (RBF) released Investing in Our Mission , a new case study detailing how its investment returns beat ... as advocates like the RBF and its grantees press other foundations , universities, governments,...
09
Nov
2015
How Does Implicit Bias Influence Philanthropic Effectiveness?
Monday, November 9, 2015 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
How does Implicit Bias influence the effectiveness of our philanthropy ? Join john a. powell of the Haas Institute for a ... , Field Director at the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy to explore this...
12
Aug
2021
Hidden Gems: Funding Long-Term Recovery Groups - A Webinar Hosted by CDP
Thursday, August 12, 2021 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
This program is hosted by our partner, Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), who has extended an invitation to PNY ... recover stronger than before the disaster. Explore How philanthropy can build connections...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Invests in Venture to Install 1.3 Gigawatts of Renewable Electricity across Africa by 2018
Release Date:
01/20/2017
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund invested in the Lekela Power platform -- a joint venture between Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd. and Actis LLP that plans to install more than 1.3 gigawatts of renewable electricity across Africa by 2018.
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Sep
2015
How U.S. Funders Can Respond to the Current Global Refugee Crisis - Webinar
Thursday, September 17, 2015 -
4:00pm to 5:30pm
... of unprecedented scale. Join this webinar to learn how philanthropy can respond—in the U.S. and ... indirect impacts of this crisis on the United States What philanthropy is doing and what more can be done to...
Three Essential Insights on International Impact Investing
Release Date:
09/08/2014
... various approaches in several countries worldwide. New investors should seek help from experienced impact investors. If you are new to impact investing, making your first investments can be ...