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Do You Promote or Impede Real Change?

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08/21/2017

... the Black Diaspora has formally celebrated our collective history of philanthropy each August during Black ... To learn more about the history of giving by African Americans we recommend the ...

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29 Jan 2020

A Trip Down Memory Lane: Activism, the Culture and the Individual Artist

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3:00pm to 5:00pm

... many forms. Support for artists have a long and varied history in the United States. While much has changed, there ... on artist support, a visual timeline outlining the history of artist support funding,...

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Six Winners to Receive Help Setting Up Social Impact Bond Projects

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06/12/2013

The Rockefeller Foundation and the Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance ... contracts using social impact bonds. The Rockefeller Foundation and the Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance ... The competition,...

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09 Dec 2010

Shareholder Activism: Changing Corporate Behavior

Thursday, December 9, 2010 -

7:30am to 11:00am

... York Members Briefing , sponsored by The Nathan Cummings Foundation , Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation , The Overbrook Foundation , Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors , and the ...

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Science Studies Get a Big Boost

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03/10/2014

The Chronicle of Philanthropy highlighted several foundation efforts to support education in science, ... Trust, Time Warner and the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation . About 37,000 new math and science...

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Wanted: Hartford Change AGEnts with Red Pens

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03/13/2014

The John A. Hartford Foundation is seeking feedback on their Change AGEnts ... Initiative. When I was first hired at the John A. Hartford Foundation , I gave one of the then-Senior Program Officers a ... proposals...

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Surdna Launches $18M Program Related Investment Fund

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04/15/2014

Surdna Foundation launched $18 million Program Related Investment ... contractors owned by women and people of color. The Surdna Foundation ’s Board of Trustees has approved the creation of ... using its capital to...

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Investing: Can You Apply Your Values to Create Value?

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05/06/2014

F.B. Heron Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation discussed in Forbes article on impact investing. ... in the philanthropy sector as chief executive of the Case Foundation since creating the...

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Perpetuity, continued

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04/24/2014

... (you can see Bruce’s summary of the session here ). A foundation veteran who for many years led the Communications Network, the trade association for foundation communication officers, Bruce has a knack for...

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Using Outsourcing To Help Alleviate Poverty In Africa and South Asia

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06/19/2014

... nonprofits and foundations–-including The Rockefeller Foundation --want to see if the rapidly growing global supply ... a social responsibility consultancy. The Rockefeller Foundation has committed $100 million...

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NYPL Wins $500,000 in News Challenge for Internet Access Project

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06/23/2014

... Challenge, co-sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation , Ford Foundation and the Mozilla Foundation . The library received $500,000 for its “Check ...

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NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals

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07/24/2014

... Pipeline Of School Principals Support from the Wallace Foundation is helping NYC partner with several organizations ... for the city's schools. Among the stipulations of the foundation 's grant: a...

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Ford Is Among Funders Exploring How To Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting

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08/28/2014

... Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting The Ford Foundation is among national and local funders exploring how ... is a member of the Executives’ Alliance, a group of foundation leaders who work on...

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Atlantic Philanthropies is Down to its Last Billion Dollars

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11/03/2014

... to its Last Billion Dollars The once ultrasecretive foundation funded by Chuck Feeney, who made his fortune as a ... in the next two years. But unlike the early days of the foundation , when it went to great...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO

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10/16/2015

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund along with the Ford, Hewlett, Kresge, Packard, and Robert Wood Johnson foundations awarded surprise $1.1-million unsolicited grants to two organizations that help grantmakers -- the Center for Effective Philanthropy and...

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Rauschenberg Fee Dispute Goes to Florida Supreme Court

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03/23/2016

Rauschenberg Fee Dispute Goes to Florida Supreme Court A foundation is asking the state Supreme Court to take up a ... after he died in 2008. The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation filed a notice Friday with the...

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JPMorgan, Ford and MetLife Support Aspen Institute Initiative on Family Financial Security

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05/16/2016

... is supported by JP Morgan Chase & Co., as well as Ford Foundation , MetLife Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation , and by the Aspen Institute Financial Security ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Announces Low Vision Research Awardees

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06/13/2016

... (RPB), in partnership with the Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) and Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation (RDPFS), has announced the first grantees in its ... The recipient of the first RPB/...

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Ford Joins Growing List of Grant Makers Focused on People With Disabilities

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09/12/2016

... in revamping its programs to focus on inequality, the Ford Foundation pledge Monday to undertake a top-to-bottom review ... physical accessibility of its New York headquarters. The foundation does not plan to...

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Supported by Rockefeller, MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers

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09/26/2016

... competition is funded with support from The Rockefeller Foundation , the Joyce Foundation , the NASDAQ foundation , and Eric and Wendy Schmidt... Supported by ...

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