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The Restaurant Industry Is Structured on Racism. The Restaurant Workers Community Foundation Wants to Rebuild It.

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04/14/2021

... on after the pandemic has ended. Because the fund is so new , its steering committee is still in the process of ... join me to talk about the direction of the new fund, and their work to...

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Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation

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Food Systems

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Deepens Commitment to Moving the World Beyond Coal with Plan to Turbocharge Clean Energy Finance in Global South

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11/07/2022

... generation, leading to poor outcomes for air quality, health , and climate and undermining the competitiveness of ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Using Outsourcing To Help Alleviate Poverty In Africa and South Asia

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06/19/2014

A small number of companies, nonprofits and foundations–including The Rockefeller Foundation--want to see if the rapidly growing global supply chains that process data and operate call centers can be deployed to help alleviate poverty in Africa and...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Economic Security

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Ford Is Among Funders Exploring How To Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting

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08/28/2014

... group of foundation leaders who work on projects aimed at improving the lives of young minority members, invited ... a meeting at its offices in NYC earlier this week to share their perspectives on Ferguson...

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Social Justice

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ASPCA Responds to Tyson's Move to Ban Antibiotic Use in Chickens

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04/29/2015

... keep birds healthy, such as giving chickens room to roam, improving sanitation and addressing poor genetics. “If ...

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Animal Welfare

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Weinberg Foundation Launches Workforce Leadership Academy in Baltimore

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06/08/2015

... is designed to help senior professionals improve their skills and develop a strategic perspective to better ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Community Development

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Surdna Foundation Invites LOIs for Environmental Infrastructure Programs

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09/10/2015

... and improve the infrastructure systems of urban areas and their surrounding areas in ways that maximize positive ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Recognizes Pioneers for Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture in Rwanda

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10/05/2015

... African countries to escape hunger and poverty and improve their livelihoods. Pohlman will be formally presented with ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Food Systems

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American Express Awards $2.5 Million to Five Innovative Principal Leadership Programs

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10/05/2015

... receive a total of approximately $2.5 million to increase their capacity and impact over the next three years with an ...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO

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10/16/2015

... with similar goals — to help foundations improve their grantmaking so they have more impact. They both are founding presidents of their groups, the Center for Effective Philanthropy and ... Grantmakers for...

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Ford Foundation's $190M Revamp Receives Landmarks Approval

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04/21/2016

When the Foundation learned that it had to bring itself up to code, it decided not just to focus on technical improvements but also carry out some structural changes to make the building feel "less hierarchical," as the president of the foundation,...

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Ford Foundation Program Helped Advance Social Justice, Study Finds

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04/28/2016

... goal of giving emerging leaders the tools to succeed in their studies and improve conditions in their communities upon returning home... Ford Foundation ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Announces Low Vision Research Awardees

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06/13/2016

Research initiative to address urgent needs in understanding and treating low vision.

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

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

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11/30/2016

Who’s going big to change the world? Here are the ten most promising big bets.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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January 11 Is Deadline to Submit a Letter of Inquiry for William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants

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12/14/2016

We support high-quality research that is relevant to policies and practices that affect the lives of young people ages 5 to 25 in the United States.

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RFPs Etc

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Russell Sage Foundation Celebrates 110th Anniversary

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04/20/2017

April 19, 2017, marks the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Russell Sage Foundation by Mrs. Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage (1828–1918), the widow of railroad magnate and financier Russell Sage.

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With Bloomberg Support, Rice University Researcher Maps “How to Succeed in College”

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05/31/2017

What are common characteristics of student success in college? A team of researchers, including one from Rice University, narrowed it down to several: having a sense of belonging, intrinsic motivation, personal goals and a growth mindset.

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Education

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The Overbrook Foundation Tries to Cure What Ails Environmentalism

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08/11/2017

The Overbrook Foundation has worked during the past few years to improve an underperforming U.S. environmental movement.

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Climate-Smart Agriculture Urgently Needed in Africa

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09/05/2017

Africa contributes only 4 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, while six of the 10 most affected countries by climate change are in Africa, warns a major agricultural research for development partnership, while stressing the urgent need to...

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