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From Katrina to the “Next Sandy”: Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Recovery for Older Adults

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04/04/2013

... Commissioner Barrios-Paoli provided an account of DFTA’ s herculean efforts to reach older adults immediately ... and ideas. Thinking about older adults in particular … what needs were unmet? What...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Warns Against Education Tax Credit

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01/30/2015

... to reform education, particularly teacher evaluation. But what escaped notice was his reference in the State of the ... pay better attention, as the program could sap the state' s public education budget...

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The Haitian Earthquake: Response, Relief & Recovery

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01/14/2010

... disaster in the days ahead for more information. Tell us what your foundation is doing—please send us information ...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and F.B. Heron Foundation Place More Emphasis on Impact Investing

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03/19/2015

... abandoning the oil business. But that is exactly what some of his heirs did last fall. The Rockefeller ... and then distribute a portion every year. But in today’ s world, this structure faces some challenges...

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Rita Allen Foundation Wants to Solve the Problem of 'Reader Alienation'

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04/03/2015

... knock over their grande latte, and audibly mutter, " What ' s the point?" This problem is particularly acute among .....

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Aetna Foundation Initiative Promotes Healthy Eating in Inner-City Neighborhoods

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04/07/2015

... to obesity, particularly among minority populations, and what supports and sustains better choices that can stave off ...

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Wallace Foundation Launches 'Building New Audiences for Sustainability' Initiative

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04/16/2015

... a gradual declining trend, gently or rapidly, and there’ s a lot of conventional wisdom out there about the reasons ... tastes, and a far greater number of ways to occupy one’ s so-called leisure time, or...

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Staying the Course: Reflections on 40 Years of Grantmaking at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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05/13/2015

... of Grantmaking at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund William S . Moody joined the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in 1968, and for the next four decades he helped shape the fund' s grantmaking programs in Africa,...

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Six Subway Stops, Worlds Apart

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05/15/2015

... and CEO, New York State Health Foundation It’ s just six subway stops between where I live, in Murray Hill, ... dance class. And then starting to show other communities what ’ s possible,...

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Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for NYC Libraries in HuffPost Editorial

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05/22/2015

... On Wednesday evening, May 20, New York City celebrated what New York magazine calls "the Oscars for Libraries." The ... Awards recognized the crucial role that New York City' s branch libraries...

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Ms. Foundation President Urges TLC to Educate About Child Abuse in Light of Recent Revelations

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05/28/2015

... charge Josh when Jim Bob Duggar finally turned in his son? What happened to the children who were sexually abused? ...

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New York Women's Foundation-Backed Report Sees Aging Immigrant Women as the 'Invisible Population'

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07/08/2015

New York Women' s Foundation-Backed Report Sees Aging Immigrant Women as the ... off-the-books in low-wage jobs, they don't qualify. So what do they do? The answer, according to a recent study by a .....

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Ford's Walker Featured in NonProfit Times 'Power & Influence Top 50'

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08/04/2015

Ford' s Walker Featured in NonProfit Times 'Power & Influence Top ... who understand the concept and are honored as the sector’ s most powerful and influential of the past 12 months. In ... who wrote...

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Historian O’Connor Comments on New Ford Foundation Strategy

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08/04/2015

... track record of books on poverty, Alice O’Connor’ s Ford credentials make her comments on the new strategy ... remember, Walker has announced that the Ford Foundation’ s top priority going forward will be...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Backs Study Exploring Taskmaster Brain Region

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09/25/2015

... This isn’t just an everyday aspect of psychology; it’ s an every minute one. Think of your morning. When you hit ... their backpacks, kiss your spouse. No one cued you about what to do next, but you remembered...

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Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities Initiative

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10/01/2015

Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller' s 100 Resilient Cities Initiative 100 Resilient Cities will now leverage Rebuild by Design’ s successful rebuilding, recovery, and resilience approach ... have worked in...

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07 Dec 2015

Campaign for Grade Level Reading: The Funder Action Series, Part 1 - Webinar

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11:00am to 12:00pm

... for Grade Level Reading as a funding framework. Explore What are the key proof points of the Campaign? How are funders playing a crucial role in the Campaign’ s ongoing efforts nationally and locally? ...

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5 Questions for. . .Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation

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10/15/2015

... PND caught up with a busy Judith Rodin, Rockefeller' s president, to talk about the foundation' s role in the recovery process and what it learned from its efforts about urban...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Joins Others in Backing New High School Models

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11/11/2015

... the elements of school reform, deepen learning about what works, and expand public knowledge of the school models ...

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New Disclosures on Mozilla Foundation and its Supporters (Ford, Helmsley)

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12/03/2015

... Mozilla Foundation and its Supporters (Ford, Helmsley) What ’ s up at Mozilla? The nonprofit Mozilla Foundation is a ... quite differently from the rest of Silicon Valley’ s major players. It...

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