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Rockefeller Foundation’s Claudia Juech, Associate Vice President & Managing Director, Answers “5 Questions” in PND

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05/10/2017

... voices into the earliest stages of its work, ensure that all early-stage decisions are based on the best available ... evidence, and ultimately do the most good with the resources it has. . . Rockefeller...

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Rockefeller Foundation Funds Denver Food Action Plan

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07/06/2018

... cut down on food waste, while increasing food equity for all residents. A partnership with the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has created the two-year ...

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08 Oct 2015

Funding Atrocity Prevention and Response in Iraq - Webinar

Thursday, October 8, 2015 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... who they are funding, where major funding gaps lie, and how funders can help fill these gaps. Additionally, we will ...

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16 May 2012

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Donors Breakfast

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8:00am to 10:00am

Beekman Tower Hotel, 3 Mitchell Place, NYC

... on: Human Rights, Conservation, Climate Change, Corporate Social Responsibility, Youth, Women, Health, Education, ... at the breakfast to meet and greet. Designed for All interested funders. UN Permanent Forum...

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Rockefeller Foundation Launches YieldWise, a $130 Million Initiative to Halve Post-Harvest Loss

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05/26/2016

... global food system is facing a quiet crisis—one-third of all food produced is never consumed while 1.2 billion people ... YieldWise, a $130 million initiative to demonstrate how the world can cut food waste...

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Food Systems

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Simons Foundation Collaboration to Study the Physics of Glass

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07/13/2016

... cooling a liquid rapidly until it solidifies. But when and how does that change occur? When does liquid become solid? Is there a definite transition at all ? The answers to those questions would have...

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MasterCard Makes Fortune List of Businesses Confronting World's Problems

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08/23/2016

... hail from 22 countries. Use our interactive map to see how the corporations doing good by way of big business are ...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Selects E. Tammy Kim as Inaugural Fellow

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09/03/2012

... solutions that promote the economic security of women, families and communities. Kim is a staff attorney of the ... at the Urban Justice Center, where she provides direct legal services, advocacy, and research...

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07 Nov 2013

YOUR Career in Philanthropy: Insights from the Field’s Top Recruitment Experts

Thursday, November 7, 2013 -

7:00am to 9:45am

Looking to grow in your current position? Wondering how to get noticed in the field or within a pool of ... trends and areas of growth, and give valuable insight into how our talented members can best position...

United Way of New York City Board of Directors Elects Donald F. Donahue and Michael J. Schmidtberger as New Co-Chairs

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06/21/2016

... to overstate Bob Kueppers’ impact on UWNYC and how personally committed he has been,” said Don Donahue . ...

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Citi Foundation to Provide $15 Million to Support COVID-19 Related Relief Efforts Globally

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03/19/2020

... Kid Hungry's work to provide emergency grants, divert resources to help the hardest-hit communities and make sure families know how to find meals while schools are closed. In addition to...

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29 Nov 2022

Ramping up: Supercharging the Impact of New York’s Landmark Climate Law - A Virtual Briefing Hosted by NY Renews

Tuesday, November 29, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... legislative efforts to achieve just transition in NYS, for all our communities, specifically the equitable ... to 100% clean, renewable energy in NYS Who should attend? All interested funders in grantmaking...

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Sir Alok Sharma Joins The Rockefeller Foundation to Advance Global Development and Climate Action Goals

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05/22/2023

... and civil society together, the Alliance embodies how international cooperation can drive ambitious climate action and share the benefits of clean growth for all ." Sir Alok will undertake this new role on...

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TCC Group Exlpores a New Approach to Capacity Building

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02/03/2015

... seeing. Consider the term "capacity building." In the social sector, it has been lifted up as a panacea and mocked ... on the processes and logistics of capacity building (the how ) without...

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Ford, Rockefeller and Others Supporting NFF Knowledge-Dissemination Effort on Impact Investing

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04/14/2016

... of San Francisco on a collaborative effort to examine how results-based funding could revolutionize America's approach to entrenched social issues. The project addresses the opportunities, .....

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Simons-Funded Research Finds Brain Differences Between People with Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia, Autism

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05/25/2017

... May 23 in the Journal of Neuroscience, sheds light on how an excess, or absence, of genetic material on a ... were most prominent in brain regions important for social functioning,” said Carrie Bearden, lead...

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Health

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MetLife Foundation Noted Among Funders of Arts and Justice Initiative

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07/19/2017

... Lincoln Center Cultural Innovation Fund as Exhibit A in how legacy institutions can appeal to donors increasingly drawn to programs that address major social challenges. I now bring you Exhibit B, courtesy of...

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Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks

Release Date:

09/11/2017

... alive then. Many teachers now struggle with whether and how to teach the attacks and their aftermath. According to ... about the events of that fateful day in their high school social studies curriculum. And...

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NYS Health’s Event Recap: Reporting in the ‘Fake News’ Era: A Conversation With Health Reporter Charles Ornstein

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09/13/2017

... of journalism and health care. Mr. Ornstein spoke about how journalists break through the clutter of a growing, unfiltered social media landscape; what they need and want from health ...

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