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Brooklyn Community Foundation Awards $2 Million in 2015 to Nonprofits Empowering Borough’s Vulnerable Youth

Release Date:

11/23/2015

... just six Brooklyn neighborhoods. “We believe that by investing heavily in Brooklyn’s youth we are investing in a better future for Brooklyn—one that is ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Brooklyn Org

IFC and the Rockefeller Foundation Partner to Advance Distributed Renewable Energy Solutions in Emerging Markets

Release Date:

06/22/2021

... Foundation President, Dr. Rajiv J. Shah said: “ Investing in renewable energy infrastructure in communities ... of learning together so by combining the expertise and resources of The Rockefeller Foundation...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

3/24/2016 - "Legal Series: Best Practices in International Grantmaking" Live Stream & PPT Presentation

Publication date:

03/2016

View materials and recording of the program "Legal Series: Best Practices in International Grantmaking."

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All Funders

Legal Staff

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Public Policy

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International/Foreign Affairs

JPMorgan Chase and Target Join Initiative to Create Job Opportunities for Young People

Release Date:

07/13/2015

The 100,000 Opportunities Initiative will provide jobs, internships and apprenticeships to 100,000 young people over the next three years.

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Children, Youth and Families

Workforce Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Target Corporation

Phil TV This Week April 21

Release Date:

04/21/2017

... Insights from the David Rockefeller Fund and Credit Suisse Americas Foundation. Plus, Trump’s Pledge to allow ...

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PhilTV This Week

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund: A 19th Century Fortune Tackles 21st Century Problems

Release Date:

05/17/2017

... plans to divest from fossil fuels; the decision to stop investing in oil and gas by the heirs to a vast oil industry ...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

"Risk Is a Fact of Life." A Conversation with Stephen Heintz of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Release Date:

02/16/2018

... as it happens? Some are considered risks we all take. In investing money, we’re taking risk. We study, we learn, we ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Rockefeller Foundation, Prudential Launch New OZ Initiative in Newark

Release Date:

05/28/2019

The Rockefeller Foundation and Prudential Financial announced last week the terms of a $5.5 million initiative that would help six U.S. cities, including Newark, reap the benefits from investments in federally-approved Opportunity Zones, Bloomberg...

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Community Development

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Prudential Financial (Non Member)

The Rockefeller Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Divestment from Industries that Harm People of Color

Release Date:

11/03/2016

... I celebrate the Foundation’s choice in bringing its full resources to bear in the building of inclusive communities ...

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Brooklyn Org

How the David Rockefeller Fund has Responded to the Crises of 2020

Release Date:

09/24/2020

... since 2015; to educate and mobilize climate-concerned citizens since 2017; and early in 2021 we will turn again to ... how democracy should work for its most vulnerable citizens ... How the David Rockefeller...

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Civic Engagement

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Environment and Climate Change

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The David Rockefeller Fund

Karen Persichilli Keogh to Lead Global Philanthropy at JPMorgan Chase

Release Date:

04/06/2016

... programs, research, and by leveraging the firm’s vast resources and talented employees. Additionally, in her new ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Nathan Cummings Urges Firstenergy Shareholders to Vote for Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Lobbying Expenditures

Release Date:

05/06/2016

... Instead of diversifying away from coal, FE appears to be investing resources to subvert public policies that address climate ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

NoVo Foundation Supports The New Start for Women program at SUNY Ulster

Release Date:

09/09/2019

... TransArt & Cultural Services. “Every community has the resources that they need to solve their own problems, even ...

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Community Development

Education

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NoVo Foundation

Vision for 2025

... career arc. Separately from the PNY Core, our Impact Investing Series explored the many new ways funders can have a social impact using all of their financial resources . Participants have benefited from...

Philanthropy Can Help Build a Thriving Democracy by Building Up Programs and Places That Fuel Civic Involvement

Release Date:

01/20/2022

... States, Biden promised , “will serve as an example by investing in our own democracy.” To build a thriving ... around the world to shore up their democracies by investing in democratic institutions and civic...

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Insights

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Public Policy

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Don Chen, Social Justice Veteran, Selected as Surdna Foundation’s Third President

Release Date:

08/20/2018

The Surdna Foundation’s board of directors announced today its unanimous and enthusiastic selection of Don Chen as the foundation’s new president.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Surdna Foundation

Community-Development Conference -NeighborWorks Training Institute - Supported by JPMorgan Chase Foundation, Citi Foundation - Kicks Off

Release Date:

12/03/2015

The NeighborWorks Training Institute convenes in Washington Dec. 7-11. The conference is hosted by NeighborWorks America, a national, congressionally chartered nonprofit that creates opportunities for people to live in affordable homes, improve...

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Community Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Citi Foundation

Citi

Open Society Names Mary Fitzgerald to Lead Information Democracy Work

Release Date:

06/22/2021

... information landscape, so that it better serves citizens everywhere.” Open Society Names Mary Fitzgerald to ...

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Open Society Foundations

MLK50 Justice Through Journalism Receives Grant from the Ford Foundation

Release Date:

01/26/2023

... pushes leaders, decision-makers and even well-meaning citizens to reckon with the structures that we allow to ...

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26 Jan 2022

Flexing Your Biggest Muscle: Shareholder Engagement for Foundations

Wednesday, January 26, 2022 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

There is increasing awareness about the importance of foundations having a positive impact with their investments by aligning their endowments with their grantmaking. Shareholder engagement is one way that foundations can influence a company’s...