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Mass. Unveils Biggest U.S. ‘Pay for Success’ Effort

Release Date:

01/30/2014

... two-thirds now do. Pay-for-success efforts, also called social -impact bonds, use private money to test innovative social -service efforts, with investors promised a return if ...

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Justice Reform

The Sister Fund Welcomes Two New Team Members

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04/18/2014

... Sister Fund a number of years working on behalf of various social justice and humanitarian causes, in addition to a ... Assistant Pastor, and previously as Assistant Minister for Social Ministries and Dean of...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Gender Justice

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HLH Family Foundation Inc

Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires

Release Date:

06/04/2014

... option in a more complex menu of financial tools for the social sector. Judith Rodin, president of Rockefeller ... long term. These experiments come in different avatars: social impact bonds, impact...

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Impact Investing

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Instead of Retiring, Many Seek 'Encore' Jobs

Release Date:

07/07/2014

... plans to work instead of retiring and with many opting for social sector jobs. The survey by MetLife Foundation and ... 31 million would like to. Some who now hold jobs in the social services or education...

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Aging

Workforce Development

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MetLife

New Report Offers Framework to Analyze Effects of Potential Changes to the US Food System

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01/14/2015

... a framework for assessing the health, environmental, social , and economic effects of proposed changes to the ... raises questions about the potential environmental or social impacts of increasing their supply...

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Food Systems

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Freedom Together Foundation

MetLife Releases 2014 Corporate Responsibility Report

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09/23/2015

... on how the company performs on multiple environmental, social and governance issues, including social impact investments, customer service, product access, ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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MetLife

Howard Gilman, Laurie M. Tisch, Doris Duke and Mellon Fund Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ Latest Project

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10/18/2016

... voice to those who have been silenced or marginalized by social , cultural or religious circumstances. The Chorus has ... create music that explores race and identity, inequity and social disparity—music that...

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Arts

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Howard Gilman Foundation

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Doris Duke Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Ford, Rockefeller, Atlantic, Pershing Square, Bloomberg and Open Society Named in Forbes' Big Bet Philanthropy

Release Date:

11/30/2016

... is the norm. Less common are donations targeted at “ social change”–alleviating poverty, increasing employment ... Philanthropy consulting firm Bridgespan Group researched social -change gifts of $25 million or...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation

The Atlantic Philanthropies

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Open Society Foundations

Pershing Square Foundation

How Judith Rodin Created A New Model For Philanthropic Funding At The Rockefeller Foundation

Release Date:

12/07/2016

... governments, or businesses who see payoffs (both social and at times profitable) in social change? How Judith Rodin Created A New Model For ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Rockefeller Foundation

UJA-Federation of New York Convenes Panel on Growing Poverty on Long Island

Release Date:

01/30/2017

... E. Imhof, Ph.D., Commissioner, Nassau County Department of Social Services. The Keynote was given by Steven M. Cohen, Research Professor of Jewish Social policy at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of...

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Economic Security

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UJA-Federation of New York

Ford-supported Research Finds Friends Help Female Vampire Bats Cope with Loss

Release Date:

05/24/2017

... Bats Cope with Loss Female vampire bats form strong social bonds with their mothers and daughters as they groom ... major food donor, like a mother or daughter, from a bat's social network, females who...

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Health

Science

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Ford Foundation

IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy

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06/08/2017

... the tech giant announced the launch of Science for Social Good, a new program that partners IBM researchers with ... announced 12 projects planned for 2017. Each Science for Social Good project aligns with one...

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Technology

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IBM Corporation

The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness

Release Date:

09/13/2017

... Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness " Social entrepreneurship has proven to provide impactful ... addressed a range of topics, including a focus on how social entrepreneurs would help...

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Sector News

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Opinion: Living The Mitchell-Lama Dream

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... New York City, uniting people from all walks of life in a social experiment that prospered. Today, these developments ... community meetings, on the streets across Brooklyn, and on social media; and we see it...