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FORE Announces $10.9 Million in Grants to Prevent Opioid and Substance Use Disorder in Children and Families

Release Date:

03/22/2022

... at higher risk for opioid use disorders. They will also bring much needed interventions to diverse communities.” ... 5th and 6th in Washington, D.C. Funded by FORE, it will bring researchers, clinicians,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE)

Henry Luce Foundation Elects Two Directors as New Board Co-Chairs

Release Date:

06/09/2022

... and long-serving members of the Board, Terry and Debra bring extensive expertise in their respective fields as well ... and know it so well. The insights and wisdom that they bring will help guide the...

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29 Sep 2022

From Cautious to Courageous: How Foundations Can Step up Advocacy & Invest in Change (Session 1 of 2)

Thursday, September 29, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

This session will unpack the reasons your foundation should consider funding 501(c)(4) advocacy work and offer a deeper understanding of federal tax and election law.

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20 Oct 2022

From Cautious to Courageous: How Foundations Can Step up Advocacy & Invest in Change (Session 2 of 2)

Thursday, October 20, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

Join us as we dive deeper into 501(c)(4) advocacy and provide additional context about how to amplify the power of nonprofit advocates by investing in social welfare organizations and diverse coalitions of 501(c)(3) and (c)(4) organizations.

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Sir Alok Sharma Joins The Rockefeller Foundation to Advance Global Development and Climate Action Goals

Release Date:

05/22/2023

In this role, he will support The Rockefeller Foundation's efforts to unlock greater and more effective financing to help advance global development and climate action goals.

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Insights from “What Does It Mean to Be Black-Led? - Going Beyond Demographics”

Release Date:

06/21/2023

... Black leaders face and the unique experiences they bring to their leadership; Supporting Black leadership ... of norms which occurs as leaders learn how to embrace and bring their authentic selves to work...

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Doris Duke Foundation Announces "Racial Equity in Clinical Equations"

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06/27/2023

... and CEO Sam Gill. “These grants will help ensure we bring the highest scientific rigor to the consideration of ... grants to five organizations that are well positioned to bring together large medical and...

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University of Montana Receives Mellon Foundation Grant to Expand Native American Humanities

Release Date:

07/13/2023

... ways of knowing into higher education, an effort to bring knowledge accumulated over millennia in the Indigenous ... all seek to build a hopeful future, this project seeks to bring community partners into the...

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Mellon Foundation

16 Oct 2013

CEO Interview Series with Earl Lewis, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 -

3:45pm to 6:00pm

It’s a new era at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This year the venerable $5.3 billion New York-based foundation chose as only its sixth president an esteemed scholar of African American studies, Earl Lewis, to lead its efforts to advance higher...

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01 May 2012

Creating a New Normal: Financial Fitness and Competitive Job Search Strategies for Aging Baby Boomers

Tuesday, May 1, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:00am

While the recent economic recession affected Americans of all ages, both genders and all ethnicities; workers 55 and over, women, and people of color were among the hardest hit. Each group brings with them their own unique set of challenges and...

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11 Jun 2012

Summer in the City: NYC Summer Quest...and More!

Monday, June 11, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... for Public Schools began to work with private funders to bring to life a new vision of summer learning in the City. ...

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18 Jun 2012

9th Annual Games for Change Festival

Monday, June 18, 2012 - 8:00am to Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 6:30pm

NYU Skirball Center 655 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square, NYC

The Games for Change Festival brings the digital games industry together with a broader community of government agencies, foundations and charities, educators, media and corporate entities. The festival, includes a Game Arcade where award-nominated...

23 Jul 2012

How Youth are Transforming the Food Justice Movement

Monday, July 23, 2012 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... share the steps they have taken to create awareness and bring about change within their communities. Explore ...

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05 Oct 2012

Public Policy Communicators NYC: Twitter Today

Friday, October 5, 2012 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... to make the most of low-cost multi-media, PPC-NYC meetings bring members into close contact with experts for full ...

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06 Mar 2013

Keeping Risk Above Water Part 1: Can Mission-Related Investing Be Used for Disaster Response & Recovery?

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 -

11:00am to 1:00pm

Webinar

Thus far the costs of Hurricane Sandy are estimated as high as $60 billion: $20 billion in property damages and $10 billion to $30 billion more in lost business, with an overall impact on the economy for the fourth quarter of 2012 near .6 percent...

03 Mar 2011

New York City's Future Looks Latino

Thursday, March 3, 2011 -

7:30am to 10:30am

... under 25.” The Community Service Society will bring findings from the recent report, New York City’s ...

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11 Dec 2013

What Does it Mean to ‘Do’ Policy Work in a Foundation?

Wednesday, December 11, 2013 -

7:45am to 11:00am

”Public Policy Work” in foundations is like the proverb of the elephant being described by several blind men — each has a very different description of what it is based on their personal experience of it. Is it government relations? Is it funding...

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Keesha Gaskins to Lead Democratic Practice–United States Grantmaking at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Release Date:

01/15/2014

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund is pleased to announce the appointment of Keesha Gaskins as Director of the Democratic Practice program's U.S. portfolio.