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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Names Joseph Pierson New Chair of the Board of Trustees

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07/12/2022

... several award-winning feature and television films. His most recent film, What' s This Country Called Now? , a dramatic short about the Siege ... keen artistic eye, and penchant for relationship-building...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Report: What Works - and Doesn't - in NYC Schools

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10/08/2013

Beth Fertig reviews the Education Funders Research Initiative’ s first two reports for The Times’ SchoolBook blog. (PNY ... schools still face huge challenges in getting all students ready for...

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State Education Chancellor Defends Teacher and School Evaluations

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11/22/2013

Our Education Funders Research Initiative event was also covered by WNYC, ...

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New York Community Trust Announces $4.5 Million in Grants

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02/12/2013

... dating violence, the shortage of affordable housing, and health care . In addition to helping nonprofits help their ... violence, an overwhelmed housing court, and a changing health ...

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Helen Chin Named New Director of Sustainable Environments Program at Surdna

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12/22/2014

... to ensure that benefits from improvements to our country’ s low performing infrastructure positively impact low-income, and communities of color. Ms. Chin’ s ... providing indigenous...

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Workforce Development

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Surdna Foundation

IFC and the Rockefeller Foundation Partner to Advance Distributed Renewable Energy Solutions in Emerging Markets

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06/22/2021

... Renewable Energy Solutions in Emerging Markets RF’ s contribution of up to $150 million aims to de-risk up to $2 ... of learning together so by combining the expertise and resources of The Rockefeller...

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Environment and Climate Change

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

This Is How to Put Neighborhoods at the Center of Grantmaking

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03/04/2016

... Community Foundation All too often, communities are left out of the institutional decision-making that ... to ask the question, “How can we as the borough’ s community foundation make a...

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Brooklyn Org

10 Sep 2015

Planning for an Influx of Assets - Webinar

Thursday, September 10, 2015 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... expected—is a powerful transition point in your family’ s philanthropy. With rising resources comes the budding potential to do more of what ... two family foundations who have been through, and are...

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Board & Trustees

03 Nov 2021

Legal Series - Within the Law and Outside the Box

Wednesday, November 3, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... simple to complex. Who should attend? All interested funders , regardless of role at your foundation. What to ... to individuals Differentiate between PRIs, MRIs, and other impact investments Discuss funding...

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29 Apr 2020

Financial Stewardship in Troubled Times: Managing Endowments and Spending Policies - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Wednesday, April 29, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... we’ll discuss questions related to foundation financial health , such as: How can funders frame discussions about ... levels of giving while endowments and investments are struggling? How do...

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Tools & Strategies

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Family Foundation

05 Apr 2022

NYC Speaks: NYC Philanthropy & Co-Governance in the New Mayoral Administration

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 -

10:30am to 12:00pm

With a new mayoral administration in America’ s largest city taking on a one-of-a-kind effort towards ... your own investments in the city’ s non-profit and social impact community–and how you...

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26 Jun 2012

-- POSTPONED -- Public Service Excellence and Diversity: A Leadership Opportunity

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... by 2042 our nation will be over 50% people of color. We are truly the most diverse nation in the world, and founded ... on the principles of equality and inclusion. But today’ s social...

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Schott Foundation President on How to Keep our Schools Safe

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03/09/2018

... Parkland, Florida, the young gunman attended his mother’ s funeral and was asked if he was upset. His response ... message: You can’t reach a child who doesn’t think you care . Self-actualization through...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Weinberg Foundation Details Chief Investment Officer Transition

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03/22/2022

... Foundation Chair. “We also celebrate David Gilmore’ s seamless transition to the role of CIO, reflecting the ... serving low-income and vulnerable individuals and families .” Since 2014, when Mr. Hook and Mr...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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The Century Foundation Releases Report on Achieving Financial Equity and Justice for HBCU's

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09/14/2021

... Report on Achieving Financial Equity and Justice for HBCU' s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are ... (for example, STEM, computer sciences, nursing, and allied health...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President

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01/19/2018

... a role in which she will oversee all of the foundation' s programs in the US and globally. Previously, Pennington ... move to increase efficiency and ensure its programs are designed to achieve collective...

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Wallace Foundation Supported Research Finds 'Principal Pipelines' to Develop School Leaders May Be Affordable Way to Improve Schools

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06/22/2017

... there has been little information about what level of resources would be required to do so. RAND' s report fills this gap. Researchers found that developing a ... on costs from all six districts. It does...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Wallace Foundation

22 Jan 2020

Now is the Time: How Philanthropy Is Tackling Gun Violence

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

High rates of gun violence are an undeniable tragedy of life in today’ s America. And while mass shootings grab the headlines, ... sale of firearms How to treat gun violence like a public health...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation Announces Hiring of George Suttles as Program Officer

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01/06/2017

... Manager in the Philanthropic Solutions division of U. S . Trust, where he served as a relationship manager for ... and was formerly a program officer at the New York State Health Foundation. "We ...

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