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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Increases Spending to Seize ‘Hinge Moment in History’

Release Date:

06/30/2020

... racial justice crisis. The funds, approved with unanimous support of the board, will work to advance racial justice, ... to the ideas, leaders, organizations, and networks that can disrupt racial and economic...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

10 Sep 2020

Families Funding Advocacy and Policy Change - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, September 10, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... ingrained in our policies and practices, and it can be the sole focus of an organization or an additional ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Family Foundation

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Student-Adult Ratio Is Crucial to Getting H.S. Kids Caught Up

Release Date:

12/16/2015

... to College Ready,” an important conversation about how our schools and CBOs are supporting students who enter ... with a primary person – an adult in the school who can advocate for them, work with their...

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Education

Doris Duke’s Andrew Bowman to Lead The Land Trust Alliance

Release Date:

11/30/2015

... of directors is thrilled that Mr. Bowman has agreed to take on this critical role,” said Laura Johnson, Alliance ... at Berkeley, a Master of Laws in environmental and natural resources at the Northwestern...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

The Largest Philanthropy Network Has a New Name: United Philanthropy Forum

Release Date:

07/19/2017

... organizations (PSOs) working to advance, inform and support philanthropy. Over the past two years the Forum ... the largest network serving philanthropy in America. You can learn more about our new name and...

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Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers

14 Dec 2016

Unconnected Prisoner Re-Entry Services? There’s a Collaborative Solution For That

Wednesday, December 14, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... clients’ needs, barriers, strengths and environments How to develop an intervention that relies on coordination of multiple on-and-offsite services and providers How Hudson Compact is collaborating with...

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21 May 2019

First Responders at the Border:The Vital Role and Untapped Potential of a Reception System for Families and Asylum Seekers - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, May 21, 2019 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... asylum seekers, families continue to arrive to the United States and Mexico in search of protection. While family ... responders. The shelters provide critical short-term support , ensuring that people are...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Immigration

Public Policy

Atlantic Philanthropies to Award €15 Million to Address Child Poverty

Release Date:

08/07/2013

... Atlantic to the Irish state agency Pobal will be used to support children at risk of poverty within the mainstream ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

N.Y., Pa., and Del. Move Toward Delaware River Frack Ban

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... protecting water in the Delaware River region across three states took a step Wednesday to ban natural gas ...

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Environment and Climate Change

MasterCard Makes Fortune List of Businesses Confronting World's Problems

Release Date:

08/23/2016

... hail from 22 countries. Use our interactive map to see how the corporations doing good by way of big business are ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Mellon Foundation President Talks About Diversity and Democracy

Release Date:

11/29/2016

... for Democracy and a Prosperous Society investigates how diversity and social connectedness are imperative to our ...

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Civic Engagement

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Mellon Foundation

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2022 Distinguished Scholars

Release Date:

02/02/2022

... (University of Kent) Rebel Tactics, Local Public Support and the Upcoming Phase of the Peace Talks in Southern ... (University of Kentucky) and William Mattingly (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) The...

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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

Filling New York Harbor with Millions Of Oysters to Fight Pollution

Release Date:

09/28/2017

Nearly every weekday trucks pick up 4 tons of oyster shells from 70 restaurants across the city for the Billion Oyster Project. Peter Malinowski and a team of students and employees use them—an estimated one-tenth of the total amassed in the city...

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Environment and Climate Change

Newman's Own Foundation Forms Native American Nutrition Cohort

Release Date:

05/08/2018

... since food insecurity is especially severe among this population . Recent data suggest that 23% of Native households ... have access to adequate food due to lack of money or other resources . Insufficient access...

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Food Systems

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Newman's Own Foundation

Kristen Woolf joins EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation as Vice President of Programs

Release Date:

03/20/2019

... eighteen years of developing optimal ways to channel resources to where they matter most, with a strong focus on ... Social Development Direct, the Malala Fund, The Population Council, The British Asian Trust...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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EMPower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

NYS Health Foundation Gives $100,000 to Healthy Neighborhoods Challenge

Release Date:

07/11/2016

As part of its Healthy Neighborhoods Challenge, In Our Backyards (ioby) — a nonprofit, civic crowd-resourcing platform — is looking for people with project ideas.

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

Rockefeller Assists Global Resilience Partnership With New Ideas In Flood Risk Management

Release Date:

05/24/2016

... the 15 have involved flooding. To encourage new ideas and actions in flood risk management, Zurich Insurance Group has ... spearheaded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the United States Agency for International...