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The Rockefeller Foundation Awards Grants to Fuel Plans for Equitable Investment in Opportunity Zones in Washington, DC, Oakland, Dallas, and St. Louis

Release Date:

09/05/2019

... areas. Ultimately, this will benefit vulnerable communities through Opportunity Zones created in the 2017 Tax ... million supporting inclusive growth for more than 491,762 people . “Opportunity Zones have the...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Community Development

Economic Security

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38th Annual Meeting Recap: The Power of Participation

... with voting rights, access to participation and how people get the information that motivates them to engage. ... ask in my work working with young people : 'do we ask communities where...

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Expands Partnership with Special Olympics to Foster Inclusion Worldwide

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11/18/2021

... Worldwide Inspired by the courage and vision of the young people who are leading the way, a new $8.5 million grant from ... outward from individuals to schools, to families, to communities , and even to whole...

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Tisch Illumination Fund Supports City Limits' Coverage of NYC Food Policy Issues

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03/03/2016

... incentive program for underserved neighborhoods. So, the hope here is that the articles aren’t just articles, but can increase awareness in communities , among activists, consumers, and policymakers, ...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Communications/Media

Food Systems

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Racial Equity Commitments 2024 Updates

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04/2024

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Ford-funded Study Points to Potential Security Weakness in Online Voting Registration Systems

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09/06/2017

... that could cause a kind of hysteria," Sweeney said. " People will say what kind of system is this? We didn't get a ... changes you can make and where do you make them?" In the hope of...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Civic Engagement

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Ford Foundation

Weinberg Foundation Announces $1.2 Million in Emergency Grants in Response to Pittsburgh Synagogue Mass Shooting

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11/01/2018

... Foundation mourns those who perished and shares the pain of their loved ones," said Robert T. Kelly, Jr., .....

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Disaster Relief

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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

Release Date:

05/13/2025

... are understandably focused on urgent work: protecting communities , defending hard-won rights, and grappling with ... forward-looking investments that strengthen the people and organizations driving change. If...

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13 Sep 2018

TRANSformational Grantmaking: Understanding Gender Identity to Increase Impact

Thursday, September 13, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... recognition that transgender and gender nonconforming people – who often use the acronym TGNC – face a ... rights movements for women, immigrants, lesbian and gay communities , and people of...

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Workforce Development

Mission Possible: Supporting Returning Veterans (No Matter What Your Mission)

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01/10/2013

... During the recent Philanthropy New York conference on resources for returning veterans , it struck me that very few ... mandate or mission to support veterans. And yet, nearly 80 people attended the meeting to...

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New Video From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's African Health Initiative

Release Date:

11/29/2017

... health service delivery in three of the poorest rural districts in Ghana. New Video From Doris Duke ...

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Video

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Health

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Doris Duke Foundation

Aetna Foundation Initiative Promotes Healthy Eating in Inner-City Neighborhoods

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04/07/2015

... farms, and farmers’ markets in urban, disadvantaged communities . During the course of 2015, grants of up to ... a better understanding of the root causes of the obesity epidemic ....” Aetna Foundation...

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Community Development

Food Systems

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A Terrible Time for De Blasio to Cut Library Funding

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05/15/2019

... help everyone from families of the incarcerated and older adults to the homeless and young children. Walk into ... see something completely remarkable in today’s age: people from all backgrounds interacting,...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees Elects Two New Members

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06/08/2023

... She has had more than a decade of experience in older adult care and technology, with a mission to provide ... that will further our mission of improving care for all older adults,” said John R. Mach, Jr.,...

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Appointments & Transitions

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New York Foundation Places Its Bets on Real Change

Release Date:

05/29/2015

New York Foundation Places Its Bets on Real Change Many people take the term “rent-stabilized apartment” at face ... living in such apartments, mostly members of low-income communities , don’t know their rights or...

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Housing and Homelessness

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New York Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation Addresses Youth Unemployment by Connecting Employers with Untapped Talent Pool

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10/24/2014

... some funders rest on multi-pronged efforts to train young people with concrete jobs skills, but also help them connect ... to create a more inclusive economy, especially for young people from low-income...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Workforce Development

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Three Actions Philanthropic Funders Can Take to Advance Equity for Immigrant and Refugee Workers

Release Date:

07/30/2020

... barely 1% of their total grantmaking toward immigrant communities , according to NCRP. However, we could not have ... provides worker-centered organizations with flexible resources to pivot, experiment, and...

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

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Immigration

Workforce Development

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In Conversation: Phil Buchanan Interviews Dr. Beth Breeze, Author of ‘In Defence of Philanthropy’

Release Date:

11/18/2021

... philanthropy have been presented as commonplace. I hope that more of us who understand the complexity, value, ... stagnate or decline and so we really encourage those with resources to seek to put them to use...

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New York Life Foundation Supports Creation of The Speaking Grief Project at WPSU Penn State

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01/27/2020

... The death can create a lonely and broken space, and often people don’t know how to support those who are grieving. A ... will be used to help change that by opening a dialogue in communities through the...

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