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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Ten Grants at COP27 to Scale Indigenous and Regenerative Agriculture Practices Globally

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11/09/2022

... Farley, Vice President of The Rockefeller Foundation’ s Global Food Portfolio . “Our goal is to develop the ... the global mitigation needed by 2050 to keep temperature increases below the 1.5°C target. This...

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De Blasio drafts biz execs to push pre-K tax

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01/29/2014

... Rockefeller Family Fund, have signed on to Mayor de Blasio' s plan to raise taxes to fund citywide pre-K and after-school programs, reported Crain' s New York Business. A number of prominent business...

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JPB Foundation Backs New Childhood Obesity Research

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04/29/2015

... family restaurant chain, made changes to its children’ s menu in order to make healthier items easier to choose. ... its kind to look at both ordering patterns of children’ s food plus a restaurant’ s...

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Mastercard's Big Data For Good Initiative: Data Philanthropy On The Front Lines

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08/10/2017

Mastercard' s Big Data For Good Initiative: Data Philanthropy On The ... to a range of issues for social benefit. . . Mastercard' s Big Data For Good Initiative: Data Philanthropy On The .....

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At Google, She Oversees $100 Million in Giving. She Thinks Companies Should Do More.

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08/28/2017

... of Google.org, Jacquelline Fuller runs one of the nation’ s biggest and most unusual corporate-philanthropy operations. ... to organizations and programs in the Bay Area. (Google’ s parent company had revenue...

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Can Business Save The World from Climate Change?

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09/06/2017

... still in." On June 5, with these four words a group of U. S . businesses and investors with a combined annual revenue of $1.4 trillion sent a powerful message to the world: U. S . President Donald Trump may...

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Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees

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09/19/2017

... that refugees brought in $63 billion more in government revenues over the past decade than they cost. The draft ... as opponents of the program, led by Mr. Trump’ s chief policy adviser, Stephen Miller, assert...

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How America Gives Special Report: Breaking the Charity Habit

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10/03/2017

... confetti sprays and paeans of praise to this country’ s generosity. Yet fewer Americans appear to be giving to ... analysis of Internal Revenue Service data. That’ s down from 2000 to 2006, years when that...

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Impact Shares Gets $1M from Rockefeller Foundation

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10/26/2018

... release. The funding was awarded through the foundation’ s Zero Gap innovative finance portfolio, and it highlights ... Empowerment ETF (NYSE: NACP), Impact Shares YWCA Women’ s Empowerment ETF (NYSE: WOMN)...

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24 Oct 2012

Meeting Strategic Objectives through Persuasive Writing: The Grant Write-Up

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8:30am to 11:00am

... clear, concise and purposeful language. A foundation’ s internal grant recommendations or write-ups depend on these ... project and its merits in relation to the institution’ s grantmaking strategy. Persuasive...

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Critics of Health Insurer Mergers Urge States to Act; Commonwealth Fund Quoted

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12/03/2015

... in Pennsylvania that was blocked in 2009 by that state' s former insurance commissioner, Joel Ario. Eric ... withdrawal of Boston hospital company Partners HealthCare' s plan to acquire South Shore...

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Ripple Effects: How Can We Continue DACA’s Positive Impact?

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01/23/2014

... barriers is the natural next step to continuing DACA’ s positive impact. Already, such work has received ... DACA program trust and legitimacy. 2. More money and resources are critical to success. Neither...

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Post-Sandy Assistance Needed for Long Term

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05/22/2013

... applauded. The trail of destruction left in Sandy’ s wake demanded immediate relief. However, in a disaster ... the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers looked for resources that would help guide funding...

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Morgan Stanley and Kresge Foundation Supported Fund Doubles Commitment to Disadvantaged Areas with $100M for Affordable Housing, Health Care

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11/04/2015

... to address staggering problems," said Emily Chen, LISC' s program director for the Healthy Futures Fund. "Families ... get by in our nation' s cities." The fund relies on two ...

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New Momentum in Youth Justice Reform

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02/08/2017

... political landscape for justice system reform at a federal , state, and local level, the David Rockefeller Fund ... local reform advocates, such as Youth First Initiative ’ s partners, in a variety of states...

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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Names Daniel F. Wilhelm President

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06/05/2017

... systems of justice. From 2007-2015, he served as Vera’ s Vice President and Chief Program Officer. Mr. Wilhelm has ... “The Board is committed to focusing the Foundation’ s resources anew,...

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No Shortcuts to Power: Supporting Organizers to Stay, Lead, and Win

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05/13/2025

... communities, defending hard-won rights, and grappling with federal funding cuts that threaten critical programs and ... and deep economic and racial inequities, NYC’ s organizers continue to bring marginalized...

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How Many Calories in That? New York City Delays Enforcing Labeling Rules

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08/28/2017

... response to an industry lawsuit that was supported by the federal government. The city said that it would wait to ... to put its own rules on calorie labeling into effect. The federal rules were required by...

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Bloomberg’s Latest Tool in the Trump Fight—Helping States Wage Legal Battles

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09/07/2017

Bloomberg’ s Latest Tool in the Trump Fight—Helping States Wage Legal ... to compensate for or push back against damage done by a federal government in crisis. The biggest example has been ... administration, by...

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Albany Lawmakers Extend Benefits To Vets Discharged For LGBT Identity

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09/12/2017

... and transgender veterans who were discharged under the federal government' s Don't Ask Don’t Tell police started under President Bill ... to get their discharge paperwork corrected at the ...

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