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09 Jan 2014

Generation Next - Young Donors Inspiring a New Generation of Philanthropists

Thursday, January 9, 2014 -

11:00am to 1:30pm

... philanthropists. The webinar will include a discussion of how involvement in their family’s philanthropy led them to ... their organizations are doing to encourage new donors, and how they envision the future...

Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals

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09/08/2014

... of the principal has, traditionally, been overlooked. How about a new education reform push, one that focuses less ... managerial jobs and oversee instruction, too — what and how students are learning. The...

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Commonwealth Fund Research Shows Elderly in U.S. Have Trouble Paying Medical Bills

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11/21/2014

... could treat. The Commonwealth Fund’s survey looked at how well health systems are caring for older adults, where the gaps in performance are, and how policy reforms can make a difference.... ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Leverages Federal Spending for Disaster Relief

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12/04/2014

... Budget, which has a responsibility to look carefully at how taxpayer money is being spent. These federal agencies are ... Rockefeller asks, “What needs to change, and how can we catalyze that change?”.....

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Foundations Work Together to Improve Broadband Service in Low-Income Communities

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12/10/2014

... are now turning their attention to understanding how to best bring broadband to their citizens, whether that's figuring out how to build out Internet connections to historic buildings .....

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Citi and Goldman Sachs Launching Projects with NYC to Boost Women Business Owners

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03/12/2015

... that people would buy it. But she hasn’t figured out how to sell it. “We’re going to teach you how to take that amazing mole and get into the stream of ...

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Workforce Development

MetLife Foundation Will Appear on 'Be the Change,' A Lifetime TV Network Program

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09/18/2015

... Act® will feature a “Be the Change” segment on how corporate America is empowering people to build better ... “Providing quality, affordable financial tools and know- how for those in need” is the objective...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Share Research on 'The Theory of the Foundation'

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03/23/2016

... for leaders to stop focusing on what Drucker labeled “ how to do” techniques, and instead think about three ... revisit their specific assumptions and beliefs about how they function at an institutional level...

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Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities: Analysis Method Using Data-Driven Mapping

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03/29/2016

... A new study from Sandia National Laboratories assesses how much the city, its region and the nation would suffer in ... conversation in Norfolk regarding flooding and demonstrate how the long-term benefits of...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Long-Sought ‘Warm-Sensitive’ Brain Cells Identified in New Study Supported by NY Stem Cell, Rita Allen, Sloan, and Klingenstein Foundations

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09/09/2016

... challenges the most influential textbook explanation of how the mammalian brain detects when the body is becoming too warm, and how it then orchestrates the myriad responses that animals, ...

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Family Values: Behind Arcus Foundation's Gift for Racial Justice

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01/24/2017

... you hang around philanthropy, the more you'll realize how deeply family background influences people's giving. Read ... philanthropic families we've also often been struck by how closely the...

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Unbound Philanthropy is Laser-Focused on Immigration. Have You Heard of It?

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07/17/2017

... is Laser-Focused on Immigration. Have You Heard of It? How can philanthropy support immigrants in a country that ... long. But its laser focus on the immigration issue, and how communities can welcome the...

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Aging Out of Foster Care Makes Eating Right a Challenge

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09/18/2017

... to start. Turner realized he rarely received guidance on how to prepare nutritious meals or how to shop for healthy food on a budget so he decided to ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Williamson Foundation’s Caroline Williamson Interviewed on Adaptive Leadership

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09/19/2017

... B. Robert Williamson Jr. Foundation . I wanted to learn how this foundation came to support a form of reflective practice as capacity buildin g, and that’s how I began my conversation with the foundation’s...

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Advancing The Mental Health And Well-Being Movement Through Grant Making: Engaged Philanthropy

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10/02/2017

... the direction they want to go with their investment, and how to accomplish their goals, how will the grant-making community ever know if it is making ...

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Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico

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11/16/2017

... 55 people across the U.S. territory. "We have to reimagine how we're going to rebuild," said Miguel Soto-Class, founder ... who will submit a report by early next year on where and how federal...

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Disaster Relief

Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”

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12/20/2017

... underlies the foundation’s initiatives and describes how a focus on continuous improvement fits into this. ... to find workable solutions to complex problems, such as how to effectively train and support...

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The Aetna Foundation Launches Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge to Empower Local Group Efforts

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04/06/2018

... genetic code. Where you live impacts what foods you eat, how you exercise, how healthy your environment is, and what care you have ready ...

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Rita Allen Foundation Announces Its 2018 Class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholar

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07/10/2018

... innovative research on a range of topics—including how the interpretation of chemical signals is disrupted in neurological disorders, how cells communicate with one another, the biology of ...

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Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice Judges Panel to Be Chaired by Clark Foundation President Douglas Bauer

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10/22/2018

... Giroux) – A prizewinning poet and journalist examines how fracking affected the environment of a small Appalachian town, and how a struggling single mother fought back... Goddard ...

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