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Arturo Aguilar to Lead New Rockefeller Brothers Fund Grantmaking Program in Central America

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10/05/2020

... pivotal place programs address sub-national areas, nation- states , or cross-border regions that have special importance ... rights, independent media, and engagement with U.S. policymakers . Aguilar also helped...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Launches Network of Cross-Sector Leaders To Advance Economic Mobility In New York City

Release Date:

01/08/2018

... programs working on issues connected to economic mobility take a narrow focus. At the Foundation we see the value in bringing together leaders who can approach problems from various angles and lenses. By ...

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Member News

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Community Development

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

04 Dec 2014

Big Ideas for Short Videos

Thursday, December 4, 2014 -

8:00am to 10:45am

... no longer “Should we be producing multimedia?” but “ How do we?” Human Rights Watch and the Ford Foundation, ... of Webby Awards and a Peabody Award, share tips including how to bring big ideas to short videos...

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Information Technology

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New York State

03 Dec 2012

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Making IT Decisions

Monday, December 3, 2012 -

2:00pm to 5:00pm

... technology needs, it is critical to understand how to approach projects so you make decisions that fit your ... and determining the project scope. Identifying your human resources and human capital...

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Network Building

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Information Technology

NY Observer Highlights Many PNY Members as Area’s Most Generous Companies

Release Date:

10/28/2015

... from cancer drugs to soft drinks, Q-tips to potato chips, can manage your wealth, insure your business, provide ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth

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09/30/2016

... Low-Income Urban Youth Voluntary summer-learning programs can help narrow academic achievement gaps between children ...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

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The Wallace Foundation

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Is Major Funder in the Fight Against Blindness

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03/03/2017

... gains have been made in this area. In the United States , for example, the Foundation Fighting ... 40 million or so people who cannot see. Millions of people can see today because of these efforts... Conrad N...

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Member News

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Health

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Awards Research Fellowships to 35 Scholars for Important Work in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Release Date:

04/26/2017

... as driverless cars, global governance of technology that can engineer climate change, voting and election processes in the United States , the legal limbo facing immigrants, misinformation ...

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Workforce Development

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Commonwealth Fund Issues Brief on the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access

Release Date:

05/08/2017

... the ACA expanded Medicaid coverage in participating states to all nonelderly adults with incomes below 133 ... studies that compare people with and without coverage can be biased; people who choose to...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

If Congress Doesn’t Act Fast on Children’s Health Insurance, Millions Could Be at Risk

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... That funding runs out on September 30. So unless Congress can draft, pass, and reconcile the actual legislation in less ...

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Health

Open Society Research Looks at New Technology Predicting Recidivism Without Being Racist

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09/25/2017

... one of the people with the latter fate or someone who can ’t post cash bail, you’ll await trial in a jail cell ...

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Member News

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Justice Reform

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Open Society Foundations

The Return Of Hookworm And The Limits Of Public Health Philanthropy

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09/27/2017

... still color some of our deepest beliefs about the United States and its place in the world. But a recent article in ... parasite that latches onto the small intestine, and which can result in iron deficiency,...

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Health

Is Online Fundraising a Bad Idea?

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09/29/2017

... As I sit at my computer, the world is at my fingertips. I can order takeout from a local restaurant, express-deliver ... included data from 155 organizations across the United States that volunteered to...

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Sector News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

As Bloomberg Hammers Away at Coal, What Might Be Next for His Climate Giving?

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10/18/2017

... a campaign that’s closing down coal plants in the United States , one telling headline came from ... for Bloomberg's climate giving? In particular, perhaps he can better serve the country and the climate...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Innovative Finance and the Search for the Next Big Idea

Release Date:

10/17/2014

... finance. Most importantly, we hope to learn more about how we can apply what we’ve learned to solve increasingly complex social problems. You can always contact us @RockefellerFdn #BigIdeas...

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Insights

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Communications/Media

Technology

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Native Americans in Philanthropy #GenIndigenous Response Fund Announces Call for Proposals

Release Date:

01/10/2017

... roles in current movements while considering efforts to support the long-term engagement of Native American youth ... to discuss possible options. Learn how to apply by downloading the full proposal guidelines...

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RFPs Etc

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Children, Youth and Families

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Native Americans in Philanthropy

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announces Freedom to Read: "Million Book Project" Brings Literature to 1,000 US Prisons

Release Date:

06/30/2020

... detention center, across every state in the United States over the next three and a half years. The Mellon ... with Yale Law School’s Justice Collaboratory and support from the Mellon Foundation, will have two...

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Mellon Foundation

Artists at the Center: A New Doris Duke Initiative

Release Date:

12/21/2012

... painfully aware of the limitations to this kind of project support . What should we do about the other needs of artists ... Recognizing that many artists never “retire,” how could they begin to create and...

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All Funders

The New York Women’s Foundation Announces $3.25 Million in Grants to Address Needs of Women and Families in New York City

Release Date:

06/04/2015

... Rights, and Reproductive Justice. Additionally, they support strategies integral to long-lasting change, including ... finest tradition of providing early investment and support for critical work within the...

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Community Development

Economic Security

Gender Justice

Workforce Development

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The New York Women's Foundation

13 Jun 2019

Utilizing TANF for Families Experiencing Homelessness - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Thursday, June 13, 2019 -

2:30pm to 3:30pm

... cannot provide for the family’s basic needs. Some states are making strides in using TANF to help prevent and end homelessness. Explore How TANF can be used to assist families experiencing...