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Corinne H. Rieder To Retire As Executive Director of the John A. Hartford Foundation

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07/02/2014

... to advance our mission of improving the health of older Americans . I will always be proud of what we have ... of her outstanding efforts to improve the lives of older Americans , Dr. Rieder was honored with the...

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Two Views on the Failure of Policing

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07/16/2015

The Century Foundation examines the costs and consequences of the war on drugs.

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New York Foundation Welcomes New Program Officer, Zabrina Collazo

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10/07/2020

New York Foundation Welcomes New Program Officer, Zabrina Collazo From the New York Foundation: We are delighted to share some good news this morning: today we welcome Zabrina Collazo to the New York Foundation team as our new...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Ten Grants at COP27 to Scale Indigenous and Regenerative Agriculture Practices Globally

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11/09/2022

... of crises and climate change.” Food systems produce about one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions, and ... to more sustainable food systems could contribute about 20 percent of the global mitigation...

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13 Jun 2013

Disaster Grantmaking and Preparedness: The Role of Family Philanthropy

Thursday, June 13, 2013 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

Webinar

Usually, disasters bring out the best in people. Donations to charities surge as ... to clean up and consider how long their power will be out , private philanthropists turn their attention to the ...

New After School Programs and Professional Development Bring Digital Literacy with Grants Totaling $414,000

Release Date:

10/31/2014

... to use digital tools to educate young people in and out of school. One project, for example, lets kids create ... to get teens to exercise; our grant supports its roll out to 22 YMCAs. The Hive Digital Media...

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The New York Community Trust

Daphne Foundation President Highlighted as one of "Seven Women Who Change Their Worlds"

Release Date:

11/05/2014

... from the Women's Foundation and others, she began reaching out to women living her prior life. In addition to handing out prophylactics and information flyers in English, Spanish .....

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AOL Charitable Foundation Joins Others in Event on the STEM Workforce

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11/03/2015

... expertise by 2018, with similar trends playing out in countries around the world. And yet students, particularly women, are dropping out of STEM at the moment when their skills are most needed. ...

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Johnson & Johnson

NonProfitTimes Calls on Foundation Leaders to Demand Presidential Candidates Address NP Issues (Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund)

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02/04/2016

... as to how the presidential nominating process will turn out from those three exercises in democracy hasn’t been ... of the Republicans running for president surely will be out of the race after South Carolina...

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New Discoveries on Dark Matter from Sloan-Sponsored Scientists

Release Date:

07/15/2016

... of 1.2 million galaxies over one quarter of the sky to map out the structure of the Universe over a volume of 650 cubic ... University, a co-leader of the scientific team carrying out this effort. “This map...

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JPMorgan Chase Announces $6 Million to Prepare South Bronx Youth for High-Demand Jobs

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05/05/2017

... a high school diploma and 23 percent of young people are out of school and out of work. This has pushed half of employed young people ...

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Workforce Development

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Ford, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur and Rockefeller Foundations’ Impact Investing Highlighted

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06/07/2017

... Investing Highlighted In 2015, the United Nations laid out its Sustainable Development Goals to track global ... is that, in just a year and a half since the call came out , the impact investing industry is...

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Bike-Share Expansion in Harlem, Astoria, and Central Brooklyn Starts Next Week

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09/06/2017

... Bike will also add seven “infill” stations to fill out thin parts of the bike-share network in Long Island City. The expansion in Astoria comes out to just 19 stations per square mile, however, ...

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J.J. Watt's Hurricane Relief Fundraising Closes at More Than $37 Million

Release Date:

09/18/2017

... up) organizing of a charitable endeavor, born partially out of a kind heart and partially out of desperation when he couldn't be there to help in .....

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The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... students — whether stamping their wrists, calling them out of line, requiring manual labor, or providing alternative ... stamped on his arm.) Mayor Bill de Blasio was slow to roll out universal lunch citywide...

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Bloomberg Among Top Donors Who Give Largest Share of Wealth to Charity

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... to new analysis by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Out of those three multibillionaires, the master investor, Mr. Buffett, comes out on top as the most generous, having given 71 percent of ...