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Bank of America Provides Light to 500 Schools in the Developing World

Release Date:

08/13/2015

... in the Developing World GivePower Foundation—a charitable non-profit organization that addresses energy ... Through a $500,000 donation from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, GivePower Foundation now...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Education

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Bank of America [Corporate]

Ford, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, FB Heron Named to 2016 Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50

Release Date:

08/01/2016

... you’re finished changing, you’re finished.” The charitable sector is changing and the evolution is speeding up. There is no doubt that the charitable sector will look very different within a decade. ...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Ford Foundation

F.B. Heron Foundation

Funders Should Invest in Health Programs to End Mass Incarceration and the War on Drugs

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09/15/2016

... in cities and states around the country, including the coalition effort to roll back the Rockefeller Drug Laws in ... wondered the following: Why didn’t my community have the resources to help people when they...

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Rockefeller Foundation Grants $4.6M for Bay Area Resilience by Design Competition

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01/23/2017

... The Rockefeller Foundation announced a $4.6M grant to a coalition of Bay Area leaders to create the Bay Area: ... while continued sea-level rise is threatening coastal resources . These are real and serious...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Community Development

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At Rockefeller Forum, Companies Commit to Simplify Food Date Labels Worldwide by 2020, Reducing Food Waste

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... food waste, save their families money, and conserve resources to protect our planet." "Walmart has worked with ... the only one to my knowledge that is being advocated by a coalition like Champions...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces COVID-19 Response Grants to Support Immigrant and Refugee Workers in the U.S.

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05/11/2020

... term, our grantee partners would have the flexibility and resources to meet the deepening needs of the immigrant and ... state, and local levels, and drive lasting change Targeted resources for local...

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

Learning Exchange and Discussions (in partnership with Race and Equity in Philanthropy Group)

... to take more racially specific approaches to their giving in recent years. This pressure seems more justifiable ... to address these disparities in how they distribute resources , they have to look at...

The Joys and Frustrations of Managing Young People

Release Date:

09/29/2016

Stephanie Chrispin, Public Policy Fellow at Philanthropy New York, reflects on the difficulties and rewards of managing the organization's first high school intern.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Leadership Development

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Public Policy

The Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Rey Ramsey as Independent Trustee

Release Date:

05/15/2017

... recently announced a decision to increase its giving in 2017 and 2018 and new progress around impact ... and networks will deepen our ability to use all of our resources – grantmaking and investments – to...

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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How Arts And Culture Make New York A Place For All Of Us

Release Date:

06/27/2017

... creative place because of the plurality of cultural resources it houses in every borough. Artists are the problem ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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Here's How to End the Culture of Sexual Harassment

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01/16/2018

Published in The Baltimore Sun, Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation CEO Rachel Garbow Monroe says it is time to take deliberate, verifiable and precise steps.

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Novo and Surdna Foundations Key Backers in Push to Build Community Wealth

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04/04/2018

... Wealth These are heady times for local and regional giving . Although national funders coming out of places like ... In turn, as we often report, there's a lot of local giving action around issues as...

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NoVo Foundation

Surdna Foundation

Philanthropy Has a Duty to Respond Quickly to the COVID-19 Outbreak. Here's How We Can Do It

Release Date:

03/18/2020

... may feel good, but it is not the same thing as giving grantees the space they need to adapt quickly in this ... and childcare when schools are closed. We can move resources now to make sure our grantees are...

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