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The Rockefeller Drug Laws: New Opportunities for Investment with a National Impact

Release Date:

04/02/2010

... of taxpayer dollars, disrupted communities through mass incarceration , and institutionalized racial inequities. More ... judicial discretion in most (but not all) drug cases; reducing sentences; expanding drug...

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All Funders

Impact Investing in Education: An Overview of the Current Landscape

Publication date:

01/2014

... that can increase the availability and allocation of resources for education systems. Impact Investing in ...

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Report

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Impact Investing

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Education

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Open Society Foundations

NYCT Makes Over $800K in Grants to Respond to Federal Policy Changes

Release Date:

02/07/2017

... and emotional well-being. The Trust is working with the United Hospital Fund and the Altman Foundation to help ... Medical Practice work with the Child Center of New York. United Hospital Fund of New York will...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Community Trust

2/26/2015 - What to Look for in a Nonprofit's Financial Statement - Recording & PowerPoint Presentation

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02/2015

View materials and the recording of the program, "What to Look for in a Nonprofit's Financial Statement."

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On Philanthropy: All Investing is Impact Investing (Rockefeller Brothers Fund, F.B. Heron Foundation)

Release Date:

01/04/2016

... Brothers Fund, F.B. Heron Foundation) In the United States , nearly $1 trillion is committed to ... donations for the public good. The great majority of those resources are invested for a...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

F.B. Heron Foundation

Philanthropic Groups Sign on to Raise the Age Campaign

Release Date:

03/06/2015

... urging them to adopt proposed changes to the state’s juvenile justice system. At the heart of the push is an ... of sheriffs from around state signed a letter backing the juvenile justice reforms as well......

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Justice Reform

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The Tow Foundation

The David Rockefeller Fund

Andrus Family Fund

Sills Family Foundation

Bernard F. and Alva B. Gimbel Foundation

New York Foundation

The Pinkerton Foundation

Tiger Foundation

New Book from Atlantic Philanthropies Explores ‘Giving While Living’ Approach to Philanthropy

Release Date:

09/18/2017

... of Ireland and Australia. Hastening the end of the juvenile death penalty and reducing the number of children without health insurance in the United States . Securing life-...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

How Philanthropy Can Help Fix Democracy

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Article

11/25/2014 - Understanding the President's Executive Actions on Immigration - Presentation

Publication date:

11/2014

View presentation from the program, "Understanding the President's Executive Actions on Immigration."

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Workforce Development

Foundation Strategies for Policy Reform

Publication date:

03/2014

A study to support the evaluation of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Promoting Equitable and Sustainable Transportation Initiative.

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Report

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Public Policy

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Community Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

39th Annual Meeting Program

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropy New York

Could Universal Pre-K Disrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline?

Release Date:

06/19/2014

... on the costs and benefits of pre-K education for forty states . In his work, Enriching Children, Enriching the Nation ... can lead to positive behavioral outcomes later in life by reducing teenage pregnancy ,...

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The Century Foundation

Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now

Release Date:

11/19/2012

... it would take nearly fifty years for black males in the United States to graduate at the same rate as their white male ... philanthropy can and must play a leading role in investing resources...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Education

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

JPMorgan Plans to Unveil a Program for Job Skills

Release Date:

12/11/2013

... aims to close the "skills gap in in some of the largest United States and European job markets, reports The New York Times. ... ” Mr. Emanuel said in a phone interview. “I need resources...

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Community Development

Workforce Development

The Rockefeller Foundation and the Urban Institute Evaluate Rebuild by Design

Release Date:

09/04/2014

... efforts are designed, funded, and implemented across the United States . The evaluation focuses solely on Phase I of Rebuild ... work as a region to become more resilient with adequate resources...

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Disaster Relief

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Surdna Foundation Promotes Worker Co-Ops to Overcome Wealth Inequality

Release Date:

04/20/2016

... Overcome Wealth Inequality Given the current debate in the United States over income and wealth inequality, can worker ...

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Economic Security

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Surdna Foundation

Out of Print The Case for Philanthropic Support for Local Journalism in a Time of Market Upheaval

In a new report, Tony Proscio, of the Center for Strategic Philanthropy & Civil Society at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, explores the current landscape of local journalism, with a particular focus on the role that philanthropy could play in revitalizing the field.

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Names Daniel F. Wilhelm President

Release Date:

06/05/2017

... develop solutions to violence and conflict in the United States and around the globe. Since 2005, the Foundation has ... “The Board is committed to focusing the Foundation’s resources anew,...

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Appointments & Transitions

Commission: US Lacks Strategies to Lower Child Abuse Deaths (Casey Family Programs)

Release Date:

03/18/2016

... to Lower Child Abuse Deaths (Casey Family Programs) The United States lacks coherent, effective strategies for reducing the stubbornly high number of children who die each ...