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MetLife Foundation Partners with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors to Help Financial Service Providers Better Serve Low-Income Clients

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06/05/2015

The initiative enable practitioners to implement strategies and products that are scalable and sustainable to better serve the needs of low-income customers around the world.

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International/Foreign Affairs

Economic Security

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Laurie M. Tisch Elected Co-Chair of Whitney Museum Board of Trustees

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07/01/2015

... Whitney Museum Board of Trustees The Whitney Museum’ s board of trustees has elected Laurie M. Tisch and Neil G. ... will succeed Bluhm. Tisch was elected to the Whitney’ s board in 1996, and currently serves...

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Arts

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Helmsley Charitable Trust and Sloan Foundation Back Data Science Collaboration

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07/08/2015

The $6 million grant will go towards developing interactive, open-source data sharing software.

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Education

Technology

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Rockefeller Foundation Commits $64 Million to 100 Resilient Cities

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07/29/2015

... of participating cities will be selected based on a city' s demonstrated commitment to building resilience to the ... resilience efforts; technical assistance in support of the development of a robust...

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Disaster Relief

The Rockefeller Foundation

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New York Community Trust to Collaborate with NCRP's Philamplify to Assess Community Foundations

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09/09/2015

New York Community Trust to Collaborate with NCRP' s Philamplify to Assess Community Foundations In ... while we’ll continue to research each foundation’ s goals, strategies, outcomes and impact, we’ve...

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The New York Community Trust

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Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Finds Possible New Target for Glaucoma Therapy

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09/11/2015

... elucidated a genetic interaction that may prove key to the development and progression of glaucoma, a blinding ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Metropolitan Museum's Launch of Kid-Targeted Web Initiative

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09/11/2015

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Metropolitan Museum' s Launch of Kid-Targeted Web Initiative Thomas P. ... made for, with, and by kids. The feature on the Met' s website launches today, September 10,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Grantees Of $30 Million Arts Innovation And Management Program

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09/16/2015

... offers arts management training in fundraising, audience development and board member engagement. All selected ... exhibited a potential for growth in their organization' s management capacity. Together,...

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Arts

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Atlantic's Feeney Awarded Inaugural Stead Medal for International Philanthropy

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09/21/2015

Atlantic' s Feeney Awarded Inaugural Stead Medal for International ... has played a significant role in advancing research and development in information technology and biotechnology, ... higher education,...

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National League of Cities and MetLife Foundation Partner for Eight City Project

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10/30/2015

The National League of Cities is launching a new initiative in partnership with MetLife Foundation to help cities promote financial inclusion for their residents.

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Economic Security

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New York Community Trusts and Partners Fund Grants Bringing Digital Media Learning to More Youth

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11/04/2015

New grants will help NYC young people to use digital media and technology to compose and record original music, research civic and political issues, and reduce pollution in their communities.

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Children, Youth and Families

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The New York Community Trust

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

NYTimes Publishes OpEd by Tiffany & Co. Chairman on Environmental Sustainability

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11/09/2015

... to encounter firsthand the land and people put in harm’ s way by the proposed Pebble Mine. This vast open-pit gold ... and thousands of wilderness acres that sustainthe world’ s largest sockeye salmon fishery...

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

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Surdna-Funded Report Suggests Better Language, New Approaches to Community Wealth Building

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11/11/2015

... to Community Wealth Building When it comes to economic development , what images and feelings come to mind when you ... trying to attract companies, rather than growing what’ s already there.” Kelly is...

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Ford and Luce Foundations Support Scholars Bringing Fresh Eyes to Well-worn Topics in SE Asia

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11/23/2015

... thinks he has landed on unexplored territory. Ham’ s research project, Narratives Analysis on Hydropower Dam Development , focuses not on the impact and viability of ... and make sense of (or fail to make sense...

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MetLife Foundation Partners with Duke University on CommonCents Lab

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12/08/2015

... and spending habits. The Lab will be managed by Duke’ s Center for Advanced Hindsight, which is headed by Dan ...

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Tow Foundation Founder to Serve on NP Board Taking Over Philadelphia’s Struggling Newspaper of Record

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01/12/2016

... Founder to Serve on NP Board Taking Over Philadelphia’ s Struggling Newspaper of Record “If newspapers are ... industry publication. Late Monday night, in a stunning development for a struggling business, that...

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Communications/Media

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The Tow Foundation

Citi Director and NYC Commissioner Jointly Advocate for Helping Immigrants Become Citizens

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01/14/2016

... they live. In the past month the New York City Mayor' s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) and Citi Community Development unveiled new research conducted by the Urban ... of 8.9%, or $3,200, in the first...

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Rockefeller Foundation to Take Food-Waste Fight to Davos

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01/21/2016

The Rockefeller Foundation plans to announce at Davos that it is kicking off a $130 million initiative to reduce food waste around the world. The wide-ranging plan will stretch from thrown-out crops to excess food at the dinner table.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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IU Joins Center For Integration Of Research, Teaching And Learning (Sloan Foundation)

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03/11/2016

Indiana University has joined a national consortium, the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning, to improve the teaching skills of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and to increase the diversity of future university...

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