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How Mobile Games Can Help You Identify Your Next Great Employee (Rockefeller Foundation)

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03/28/2016

Using games to discover hidden potential and to match talent with jobs is quickly gaining traction in the workplace as a powerful tool to engage, identify, hire, develop, deploy, and retain the best business talent, wrtie Abigail Carlton, Associate...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Workforce Development

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United Hospital Fund Issues New Report on Implementing Patient-Centered Medical Homes In New York

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10/19/2017

... the nation in implementing a high-performing, cost-saving health care delivery model known as the patient-centered ... medical home, in which all or most of a patient’ s health care needs are...

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Health

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William Simon President Questions Motives of "Liberal" Foundations Working To Advance Democracy

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07/23/2014

... litigation groups, such as the National Organization for Women , the National Council of La Raza, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Environmental Defense Fund and ...

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Arts

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Social Justice

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In Partnership With Ford and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Agnes Gund’s Art for Justice Fund Awards Nearly $10 Million in Second Round of Grants

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07/02/2018

... Ford and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Agnes Gund’ s Art for Justice Fund Awards Nearly $10 Million in Second ... the Art for Justice Fund is emphasizing support to women and children,” said Gund. “We...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Altman Foundation Welcomes New Trustee, Lisa Hinds

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05/19/2020

... Vice President at EnTrust Global, one of the world’ s largest hedge fund investors. With over $19 billion in ... products, globally. Previously, she led corporate development and client portfolio management...

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How Foundations Can Be the Risk Takers They Want to Be

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06/25/2014

... the last place to go with a bold and risky idea. What’ s behind this disconnect? Foundations are in part to ... over uncertain ventures. All foundations think it’ s just other grant makers that are like this,...

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39th Annual Meeting Recap: Democracy, Demographics & Destiny: All in the Details.

... We centered on race and gender throughout the event' s explorations of cross-movement building, and touched on how ... are not exposed to the necessary education and skills development for effective civic...

For philanthropy, racial equity isn't enough: Why we've moved to redistribution to address the racial wealth gap

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10/14/2021

... a shift that was further fueled by George Floyd' s murder, the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement, the ongoing ... is essential because those who hold the bulk of ill-gotten resources and influence —...

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Design Thinking for Advocates: Don’t Knock it Till You Try It

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02/23/2016

... You’ve probably heard of design thinking by now. It’ s an approach to creating innovative products and services, ... asset maps of neighborhoods undergoing development . The purpose: To identify unmet needs and...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

Civic Engagement

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Ford Foundation and Leading Thinkers Discuss A New Gospel of Philanthropy

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08/10/2016

... like extreme poverty and hunger — but acquire their resources through forces that have arguably helped create ... get past this contradiction? How? Last week on The Development Set, we brought together several...

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Westchester Community Foundation Announces Ceo Learning Lab

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12/04/2017

... of Westchester nonprofit organizations a professional development opportunity focused on identifying the tools and ... Learning Lab is the first initiative of the Foundation’ s Institute for Strong Nonprofits...

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Progress Update on Stavros Niarchos Foundation's €25 Million Grant to the Hellenic Fire Department

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05/06/2019

Progress Update on Stavros Niarchos Foundation' s €25 Million Grant to the Hellenic Fire Department In ... of their fellow citizens, and the preservation of Greece’ s natural resources , and...

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Joseph Matara Appointed Chief Operating Officer of Unbound Philanthropy

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05/15/2023

... 2023. Joseph will oversee all aspects of Unbound’ s Finance and Operations, Human Resources , Information Technology, and Grants Management, to ... Financial Officer at the Victoria Foundation, a community...

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Responding to Change: A Look at Strategies Helping Wildlife and People Adapt to Shifting Climates

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03/28/2018

... the Environment, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation After being hunted nearly to extinction, beavers have returned to ... tremendous ripple effects—helping increase water’ s availability to wildlife, expanding...

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Autism at Work: How the Simons Foundation is Expanding Efforts of Inclusion in the Workplace

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03/10/2020

... job, the foundation is preparing as well. The employee’ s direct manager, human resources staff, and the employees who will be working with ... this year. One senior manager and her staff expressed ...

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HR & Operations

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Michael Hirschhorn To Step Down From IHRFG

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08/07/2014

... his post as executive director of the International Human Rights Funders Group. He has served as IHRFG executive ... the breadth of IHRFG educational programming and network development . Under his leadership,...

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Lukas Haynes Appointed Executive Director of the David Rockefeller Fund

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11/21/2014

... Mr. Haynes was responsible for strategy and program development , in responding to the needs of underserved communities, and also in Mertz Gilmore’ s substantial achievements promoting local, regional and .....

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Arts

Community Development

Education

The David Rockefeller Fund

Justice Reform

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Helmsley Trust Awards $17.5 Million to Crohn's & Colitis Foundation

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05/18/2015

Helmsley Trust Awards $17.5 Million to Crohn' s & Colitis Foundation The grant will be used to establish ... clinical information about more than forty thousand Crohn' s and colitis patients, along...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Health

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Awards its First Resident-Led Grants to Projects in Crown Heights

Release Date:

12/15/2015

... addressing four key Crown Heights’ priorities: housing rights , cross-cultural Relationships, youth opportunities, ... rights & homelessness, police relationships, youth development , and...

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Justice Reform