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Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2016 Jane Jacobs Medal

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10/04/2016

In celebration of the hundredth anniversary of Jacobs' birth and the impact of her ideas on cities around the world, the award was open this year for the first time to international nominees.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Community Development

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Rockefeller Cited As Trendsetter in Focusing on Resilience Over Climate Change

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03/06/2017

... housing crisis, and Superstorm Sandy—had each taught the city a lesson in risk management that could be applied in the ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Environment and Climate Change

NYC Education Department Failed To Track $84M For Disabled Student Services

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08/28/2017

... Failed To Track $84M For Disabled Student Services The city Education Department failed to keep tabs on $84 million ... to be released Monday, Controller Scott Stringer shows the city didn’t track payments for...

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NYC To Vie for Amazon's Second Headquarters

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09/18/2017

... Second Headquarters Start spreading the news. New York City wants to score Amazon's second North American ... programs, and other assets that could be included in the City ’s proposal and ultimately bring...

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Workforce Development

As U.N. Gathers, De Blasio Urges Fellow Mayors to Fight Trump on Climate, Immigration

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09/19/2017

... United Nations General Assembly got underway in New York City on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio crisscrossed Manhattan ...

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Why Helping Pets Helps People

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12/05/2013

... largest grantee, the Mayor’s Alliance for New York City ’s Animals, launched the city ’s first pet-friendly domestic violence shelter in June ...

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

New Humanities in Place Program at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards More Than $15 Million to Organizations Doing Place-Based Work

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09/30/2021

... an urban designer who served as executive director of the City of New York Public Design Commission before joining the ... and critical time to direct much-needed and deserved resources to shaping these...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Young Leaders Breakfast Club

The Young Leaders Breakfast Club is a peer-to-peer networking and group-based mentoring program for emerging leaders in the sector.

A Big Move to Build Our Community

... “serve as a connector of people, institutions, ideas and resources , as well as a catalyst for advocacy and action for ...

Beyond Grantmaking: Foundations as Impact Investors

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05/12/2014

... even combined with governments, don’t have the resources to solve the world’s pressing problems alone – ...

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Passing Raise the Age Legislation: A Big Step on the Long Road to Implementation

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06/30/2017

... the planning phase, identify and advocate for county-level resources , and monitor implementation of the law, paying ...

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Justice Reform

The Rockefeller Foundation Releases New Action Plan for Gathering and Sharing Information on SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Variants and Other Pathogens

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03/08/2021

... the law while linking disparate data. Securing additional resources – The Biden administration’s $200 million ...

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Philanthropy New York Elects New Board Members and Board Chair; Announces 2021 -2022 Executive Committee

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06/03/2021

... as President of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation. An Integrated Capital Fellow at RSF Social Finance, she has ...

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Burke Foundation and the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Launch the Maternal Infant Health Hub Advisory Board

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12/05/2022

... students, and others for sharing maternal health policy resources . To enable midwives to play a larger role in New ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

Health

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Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and The Rockefeller Foundation Announce New Recipients of Multilateral Development Banks Challenge Fund

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06/20/2023

... finance research to promote ways in which MDB’s unique resources can be maximized. With grants ranging from $140,000 ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations

Diversity and Inclusion

Publication date:

06/2014

Reference documents pertaining to the topic of Diversity and Inclusion for Board members.

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Board & Trustees

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New Multi-Foundation Matching Fund Recognizes Public Transit’s Importance to Social Justice and Environmental Sustainability

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09/17/2020

... Even in the best of times, public transit in New York City is far below global standard, and very inequitably ... exacerbate the transportation disparities in our city and country, particularly for low-income...

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Community Development

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Learning in Place

Release Date:

07/14/2011

... forge ahead without an understanding of what mandates city and state governments have for a particular agency, or ... 1989 to 1994 Ms. Mottola was Executive Director of the City Wide Task Force on Housing...

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Equitable Recovery for All New Yorkers: The NY Stimulus Alliance

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08/09/2010

... and have the capacity to focus on the details of the city and state processes. The Alliance’s work includes ... 1989 to 1994 Ms. Mottola was Executive Director of the City Wide Task Force on Housing Court, a...

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