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Sir Alok Sharma Joins The Rockefeller Foundation to Advance Global Development and Climate Action Goals

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05/22/2023

... will help us continue to make the big bets needed to make opportunity universal in the 21 st century." Sir Alok will ... together to commit to take action on climate change. Through this effort, he forged...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Future of Philanthropy is Local

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03/16/2026

... organizations in others. As federal funding contracts, economic uncertainty deepens, and threats to civil society ... grow, nonprofits face rising demand with fewer public resources to rely on. In this context...

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Travelers’ Philanthropy: A Growing Trend in Development Assistance

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07/02/2009

... leave home without them! When we travel, we have the opportunity to leave the best of ourselves behind wherever we ... in a wide range of projects—from the community and economic development of New York City’s...

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14 Feb 2017

Social and Emotional Intelligence: Insights on Creating Effective Learning Communities for Staff Who Work with Young People

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3:00pm to 5:00pm

Join the NYC Youth Funders in a discussion focused on how those who work with youth assess the social emotional learning objectives of ... and opportunities for the youth -serving field Costs and...

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Johnson Family Foundation Welcomes Dylan Hoos as the New Executive Director

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01/04/2023

... the future. We are grateful to Richard for guiding JFF through this transition while providing unwavering and ... “We are proud of Dylan and Richard’s collaboration through this transition, and of their...

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Johnson Family Foundation

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Poses Family Foundation and Citi Behind New Public-Private Partnership to Pull People With Disabilities Out of Poverty

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02/08/2018

... needs and setting adults up with accessible and worthwhile jobs . But in New York, there’s an effort kicking off that ... by the Mayor’s Fund to address local issues like youth workforce, mental health and...

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Disabilities

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Funding the Future of Activism

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02/04/2013

... likely to attend the most troubled schools with the fewest resources . People on the margins struggle with a fraying ... activists in communities most affected by injustice. By expanding our commitment to these...

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Surdna Foundation Announces Additional $36 Million for Racial Justice

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10/14/2020

... of our social justice mission.” “The pandemic, economic crisis, and national movement for racial justice ... an America in which all communities have opportunities, resources , and power to thrive.” As a...

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Arts

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Ford Foundation Invests in Environmental Philanthropy

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12/15/2014

... Grant. This allowed him to spend a portion of this past summer at the Rockefeller Archive Center in Sleepy Hollow, ... philanthropy when it started to take hold in the 1960s. “ Through funding and management...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Mission Investors Exchange names Nhadine Leung as Managing Director

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02/23/2017

... executive management and strategic advisory leadership through her own consulting business and was Chief Operating ... climate change and global health to education and quality jobs . Mission Investors Exchange...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Stephen McConnell Appointed Country Director for the United States at The Atlantic Philanthropies

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09/03/2012

... programmes—including work focused on Aging, Children & Youth and Reconciliation & Human Rights—as the foundation ... and most recently as its Acting Director. From 1989 through 2008, he served in a...

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18 Jan 2018

First Annual PNY Policy Forum Honoring Janice Nittoli: An Evening with John King

Thursday, January 18, 2018 -

4:00pm to 6:00pm

... positions in the New York City Department of Health, Human Resources Administration, and Board of Education. The ... B. King, Jr. The first annual PNY Policy Forum will be an opportunity for Philanthropy New...

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An Analysis of Bloomberg Philanthropies Boost for Disadvantaged Students at Top Schools

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12/22/2016

Many funders want to ensure college access for disadvantaged and first-generation college students, but fewer focus on ensuring such access to the nation’s top institutions of higher education.

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Education

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Mark Zuckerman Named New President of The Century Foundation

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02/24/2015

... increasing wages for home health care workers, and expanding access to job training. Prior to that, as Staff ... solutions.” The Century Foundation seeks to foster opportunity , reduce inequality, and promote...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Morgan Stanley Foundation Launches Alliance for Children's Mental Health

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02/03/2020

... These days, you can hardly turn on the news or scroll through your social media feed without coming across one more ... trend and to provide all kids with the proper tools and resources required not only to...

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Health

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Nonprofit agencies need to create an agenda for NYC’s next administration by Doug Bauer

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10/21/2021

... which was made worse by the pandemic, but also where resources really need to be allocated for maximum impact. The ... an Urban Future symposium on how to create an equitable economic recovery for the city,...

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Melissa Bradley To Step Down As Tides CEO

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04/01/2013

... to racial and social justice and has opened new doors of opportunity as evident in new constituencies and new ... social change. As a pioneer in fiscal sponsorship and through its leadership in philanthropic...

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High-Level UN Dialogue on Harnessing Africa's Demographic Dividend

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09/22/2017

... an average 60% of the population under 24 years old. This youth bulge presents a tremendous opportunity to transform the economic and social landscape of the continent. Harnessing ...

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The New York Women’s Foundation Invests in Six Transgender, Gender Nonconforming and Non-Binary (TGNCNB) Organizations in Recognition of Transgender Day of Remembrance

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12/05/2019

... four-year initiative to support organizations with limited resources to better the lives of women, girls, and ... by and for Black Trans and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) youth and community working at the...

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