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The Rockefeller Foundation Commits to Divesting from Fossil Fuels

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12/18/2020

... a commitment to divesting its $5 billion endowment from existing fossil fuel interests while refraining from future ... needed to connect the more than 800 million energy poor people around the world into the...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Honoring the Legacy of John Wright: Navigating the Future of Philanthropic Policy Work in his Footsteps

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02/21/2023

... and philanthropic organizations. He was one of the few people who used his influence and access to upend the systems ... exercising the power philanthropy holds from the financial resources provided and...

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PNY News

NY Community Trust Gives More than $800,000 to Bring Technology-Driven Learning to NYC Youth

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09/12/2016

... Learning to NYC Youth Several foundations are pooling resources to make 13 grants, totaling $835,600, to help young people use digital media to compose and record original ... intensive digital photography...

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The New York Community Trust

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Education

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COVID-19: Reflections on Rebuilding a More Inclusive and Resilient Economy

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05/13/2020

... the shortcomings of tying benefits to employment. Any solution will require a multi-sectoral approach that includes ... we owe a debt of gratitude to cleaners, cashiers and stock people , delivery ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Disaster Relief

Economic Security

The Space Between Intention and Impact

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10/24/2022

... In my mind, this was the perfect opportunity to support people experiencing family violence, and I began the ... blinds us to the systems and policies that deprive people of the very opportunities that...

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President's Message

PNY News

The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints New Managing Directors

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02/01/2012

... Dr. Irons will apply his skills to the Foundation’s existing portfolio of domestic employment priorities, ... and transportation systems, as well as on ways to reduce risk from oil and gas exploration. She has...

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Long Island Community Foundation Grants $400,000 to Long Island Nonprofits to Address Racial Wealth Inequities

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06/17/2021

... its Teach Me How to Fish (TMHTF) program. TMHTF is a High Skills Workforce Training Strategy that is designed to ... is so very important. The data showed what many Black people already knew – which is that...

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Long Island Community Foundation

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Community Development

Economic Security

Social Justice

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The New Nonprofit: A Model for Innovation Across Sectors

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03/14/2013

... and Robert Hammond, Co-Founder of Friends of the High Line to discuss the role of the “new nonprofit” in a ... standard method to fund academic research seeks to reduce risk by asking, “Has this been done...

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All Funders

The Amida Care Fund at Stonewall Community Foundation Announces 2017 Grant Awards for HIV/AIDS Initiatives

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12/01/2017

... to New Yorkers with chronic conditions including HIV, and people who are homeless or of transgender experience ... programs that engage New Yorkers who are at greater risk of acquiring HIV—...

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Stonewall Community Foundation

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16 Apr 2015

The Mainstreaming of Mental Health: Grappling with City, State and Federal Developments Poised to Dramatically Alter Behavioral Health Programs

Thursday, April 16, 2015 -

3:15pm to 5:30pm

... conditions that have demanded the bulk of the system’s resources in the past? City and State agree on the basics: ... of Mental Hygiene says it must broaden its focus from high -need and...

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Hilton Foundation's Quest to Bring Safe Water to All

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04/05/2018

... the life-and-death challenges facing millions of people worldwide in the area of water, sanitation and hygiene ... you this answer: Philanthropists can assume some of the risk by showing larger organizations,...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards $52 Million to Support the Global Platform for the Prevention of Autoimmune Diabetes

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11/06/2017

... T1D Prevention Initiative by identifying newborns with a high genetic risk of developing T1D autoimmunity and conducting primary ... Uniwersytet Medyczny. In addition to supporting the existing...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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What World Do You Want to Live In?

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05/21/2015

... another obstacle, too. As African Americans, they had no legally recognized right to equal education or equal ... first female manufacturing manager responsible for IBM’s high -end products line. In 1972, it...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

Education

Surdna Foundation & Andrus Family Fund Pledge $800,000 to Next-Generation Social Justice Philanthropy

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02/06/2018

... the Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Fund are providing resources for family foundations, community foundations and ... younger generations of philanthropists - whether they are high net worth individuals...

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Social Justice

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Andrus Family Fund

United Hospital Fund Releases Guide to Help Primary Care Practices Integrate Behavioral Health Services

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06/07/2016

... to track and make progress at their own speed based on resources and practice structure. The eight domains around ... of domains, articulation of goals, and determination of existing and potential ...

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United Hospital Fund

The Case for Using a Social Justice Lens in Grantmaking

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09/18/2012

... New York Social Justice—A New Phenomenon? No . As early as 1972, in an internal memo to John H. Knowles, ... communications; and the ability to mobilize additional resources over the long term? If the...

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Environment and Climate Change

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All Funders

05 Mar 2014

A Donor Discussion on Climate Change and Food Resilience with Contributions from Global Indigenous Representatives

Wednesday, March 5, 2014 -

10:45am to 1:30pm

Philanthropy New York

... play to bring Indigenous Peoples’ contributions into high spheres of influence and in a partnership role. Funders ... benefit from the experience of visionary donors who share high -impact strategies of...

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Issue-Based

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Food Systems

International/Foreign Affairs

New York Life’s Impact Investment Initiative commits $50 million to Enterprise Community Loan Fund.

Release Date:

11/10/2021

... focused on the advancement of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (“BIPOC”) developers in the real estate ... disparities and provide equitable access to the capital resources required to gain power,...

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