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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Investment Policy

Publication date:

04/2011

Innovative strategies and new investment opportunities can be used to align investment practices with mission objectives to sustain the public good. Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation offers a look at their investment policy which can be used as a template for others.

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Impact Investing

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

2/10/1016 - "Put Your Foundation on the Impact Investing Map" - Live Stream Recording & PPT Presentation

View materials and recording of the program "Put Your Foundation on the Impact Investing Map."

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The Rockefeller Foundation Names Chun Lai as Chief Investment Officer After Donna Dean Announces Retirement

Release Date:

10/16/2019

... team of highly-skilled investors I am extremely proud to call my colleagues. I appreciate all the many wonderful ...

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The New York Women's Foundation Honors Saru Jayaraman, Dina Habib Powell and Laurie M. Tisch

Release Date:

10/19/2016

... on behalf of low-wage restaurant workers. Ted Bunch of A CALL TO MEN and 2014 Fall Gala award recipient presented her ... Habib Powell was recognized for leadership in supporting female entrepreneurs at...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Ford Foundation Makes Widespread Commitments to Further Global Vaccine Access

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10/06/2021

... said Charlize Theron . “Education is the first step to ending vaccine hesitancy, and CTAOP and I are thrilled to ... international, regional, and local organizations working toward immediate interventions and...

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What Does It Take to Spend Down Successfully?

Publication date:

08/2015

... they intend to give away all of their philanthropic resources within a specific, limited timeframe and then close ... their grantmaking. But most hope that by exhausting their resources in relatively short order, they will be able to ... on problems they see as simply too pressing to delay action on. What Does It Take to Spend Down Successfully? ...

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13 Oct 2021

Integrating DEI from “A Thing We Do" to "How We Do All Things”

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... Fund Carol Astle (Moderator), Operations Manager/Human Resources Project Manager, Rockefeller Brothers Fund Designed ... for foundation administration, including human resources and operations. What to expect...

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William Bell, President of Casey Family Programs, Spoke at the Senate Health Committee Hearing on the Opioid Crisis

Release Date:

02/12/2018

... deal adopted by Congress on Friday includes what advocates call a landmark compromise to provide an estimated $1.5 ... children from entering foster care. LITTLE NOTICED The action this year was part of a...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Casey Family Programs

Leading With Race Equity: Building Stronger Culture and Practice

... and patience needed to move from commitment to action . In partnership with True North EDI, Philanthropy New ... designed to help foundation leaders gain the tools and resources to work towards equity...

Racial Equity Commitments 2024 Updates

Publication date:

04/2024

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Open Society Foundations Will Give More Than $130 Million to Aid People Hardest Hit by COVID-19 Pandemic

Release Date:

04/16/2020

... Half of Open Society’s initial COVID-19 response will go toward the United States, which has so far suffered the ... which the Foundations maintain deep ties. $9 million toward the ongoing struggle to end the...

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28 Feb 2017

Prison Is The Most Unaffordable Housing

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

This program is first in the four-part Ending the Criminalization of Poverty series. There is a ... turn to illegal activities in the secondary economy. The homelessness -to-prison pipeline also means that...

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PhilTV: Women, Own and Embrace Your Power

Release Date:

04/11/2016

... and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley asserted that female foundation leaders really have no choice but to ... of collective voice.” Harris’s take is a rallying call : In an earlier comment Harris...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Trustee: Bring Restorative Justice to Our Schools

Release Date:

02/04/2016

... High School in Columbia, South Carolina, pulled a Black, female student from her chair, slammed her to the ground, and ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?

Release Date:

10/13/2017

... remarks. In this context, men too often look to see how a female colleague reacts, as if requiring confirmation that ... act at this point. Yet being in groups often inhibits action ... Lots of Men Are Gender-...

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Jonas Center Announces New Focus on Environmental Health

Release Date:

05/20/2016

... DNP project will be incorporated into an existing Health Resources and Services Administration’s rural health ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies, Zegar Family Foundation Among Leading Philanthropic Organizations to Partner and Commit Over $223M to Reducing Methane Emissions

Release Date:

10/11/2021

... emissions globally and significantly boosts philanthropic resources allocated specifically to methane reduction. Funding will build upon and sustain action from civil society, government, and private industry...

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Using All of a Foundation’s Assets for Mission (F. B. Heron Foundation)

Release Date:

01/07/2016

... the future to be effective, they need to use all of their resources toward their mission, says Clara Miller, president of the ... in the future, should deploy 100 percent of their assets toward...

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Twenty Years After Suffragists Statue Victory, The Quest Continues For A National Women's History Museum

Release Date:

09/20/2017

... But sniping by some members of Congress, including a few female lawmakers, about how the women looked, as opposed to ...

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