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The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Jeanette Vega as Managing Director; Martin L. Leibowitz and Monica Lozano Join The Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees

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04/02/2012

... Transforming Health Systems Initiative, and pursuit of new work in the field. Dr. Vega will be based in New York. “I am thrilled to welcome Dr. Jeanette Vega to ... La Prensa in New York...

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16 Nov 2016

Gun Violence in America: Newtown and a Public Health Crisis

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 -

4:00pm to 6:30pm

We invite you to join Media Impact Funders and Philanthropy New York for a special screening and discussion of the ... subject & Vice Chairman of Emergency Medicine, Danbury & New Milford Hospitals Maria...

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29 Jan 2025

Using Philanthropic Assets beyond Grantmaking: Shareholder Engagement as a Tool to Drive Change

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 5:30pm

... opportunities, including practical tools, strategies and resources to complement the work of partners on the ground ... , Nathan Cummings Foundation In Collaboration with New York Environmental Funders Network...

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Overcoming Setbacks

Release Date:

09/11/2018

... As president, Obama offered hope that he would usher in a new period of political progress, increase the role of ... legitimacy at the highest levels of our judiciary. Each new day, it seems, reveals the...

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16 Feb 2022

Haitians and Afghans in Crisis: Lessons for Rapid Resettlement

Wednesday, February 16, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... of both countries searching for safety and stability. New York City is home to the second largest concentration of ... of how advocacy groups and service providers are serving new arrivals, the relevant...

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2024 PNY Organizational Budget

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04/2024

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Tiffany & Co. Foundation Opens Public Garden in The Battery

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08/25/2015

... & Co. is making a lasting impression on its hometown of New York with the opening of its foundation’s Woodland ... grant from the Tiffany & Co. Foundation, encircle a new SeaGlass carousel, part of the...

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Northeast Needs Trump Commitment to Gateway Project

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09/15/2017

... Commitment to Gateway Project After decades working in New York City real estate, Trump likely knows the two deteriorating, century-old train tunnels between New York and New Jersey threaten...

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Community Development

Ford Foundation Works to Promote Government Action on Income Equality

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11/18/2014

... growing inequality. The Ford Foundation sought to create a message that would build public support for ...

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Economic Security

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Are You the Future of Philanthropy? Apply for a 2018 TFN PLACES Fellowship!

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07/19/2017

The Funders' Network is offering PLACES Fellowships, which are transformational leadership development experiences that gives professionals in philanthropy the tools, knowledge, and best practices needed to embed an equity lens into their work.

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Into Battle: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way

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09/19/2017

A few years ago, when Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan created the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, they took some heat for incorporating it as an LLC—since such entities can operate with little transparency.

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Invests in Venture to Install 1.3 Gigawatts of Renewable Electricity across Africa by 2018

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01/20/2017

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund invested in the Lekela Power platform -- a joint venture between Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd. and Actis LLP that plans to install more than 1.3 gigawatts of renewable electricity across Africa by 2018.

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International/Foreign Affairs

07 May 2020

Intro to Adaptive Leadership: Leading in Times of Great Change - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, May 7, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

This program is the first of a two-part series that will include content sharing, small group time with peers, large group reflections and Q&A. Attendance is not mandatory for both sessions, but together, they certainly build a more coherent set...

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Family Foundation

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How We're Addressing the Overhead Fiction

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11/24/2015

... the Ford Foundation Forward blueprint, the foundation's plan for changes in its culture, programs and assets. It is ... here with the permission of the Ford Foundation for New York PhilanthroPost readers...

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Why Are Foundations Often Absent From Major Policy Shifts?

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08/13/2009

... extent to which my assertion is true—as the saying goes, all generalizations, including this one, are false—I hope ... agenda and develop—not just capture temporarily—human resources and talent to address that...

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Change Captial Fund Launches Initiative to Support Community Development

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06/02/2014

New York City Change Capital Fund Launches New Initiative to Support Community Development Groups ... Foundation; Goldman Sachs; Mizuho Bank USA; M & T Bank; New York Community Trust;...

Beyond the Rhetoric: Foundation Strategy

Publication date:

10/2007

How do foundations maximize their impact? What is the role of strategy? Is your foundation strategic? Are you?

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Philanthropy as Backer of Brains

Release Date:

05/02/2013

The third in a series of Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin’s reflections on the unique strengths and enduring lessons of 100 years of strategic philanthropy.

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