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Podcast: A MasterCard Plan for Financial Inclusion

Release Date:

08/21/2017

... Growth, discusses how the credit-card company is utilizing resources and expertise from across its operations to address ... and other financial instruments — severely restricting their economic potential...

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NoVo Foundation Featured in Funder Spotlight

Release Date:

09/20/2017

... support, since we believe in organizations making their own choices about how they spend their resources to advance their mission. But in this case, ...

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Skoll, Ford and Others Work with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors on How to Listen More to Nonprofits & Speak Less

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... partnered to investigate how to more effectively apply their resources toward large societal problems like education, ... and hunger. The conclusion they came to is that their grantmaking...

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Giving Away $100 Million: A Peek Behind the Curtain At Macarthur Foundation

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... solved if they receive this kind of focused attention and resources at scale with need. Conversely, there are some ...

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In The Battle For Trans Equality In North Carolina, This Teen Is On The Front Lines

Release Date:

09/28/2017

... people from using the public bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity. HB 2 was a costly disaster for the ...

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Surdna Foundation, Open Society Foundations and Ford Foundation Collaborate to Start Amplify Fund

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01/05/2018

... Amplify Fund is all about giving communities the power and resources to influence local development on their own terms. Power, in fact, is a big part of this. The ...

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Bloomberg Supported Cities of Service Announces Winners of its Love Your Block Competition

Release Date:

07/16/2018

... city will receive $25,000 to be used for mini-grants and resources to support citizen groups' and local nonprofits' ... based on potential for impact and clarity of vision for their proposed projects...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Grants $3.5M to South Arts to Launch "Jazz Road"

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12/10/2018

... long term on formal programming for the first time in their histories, forging a national network that enables jazz ... cross-section of communities, as well as maximize existing resources outside major urban...

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Kristen Woolf joins EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation as Vice President of Programs

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03/20/2019

... eighteen years of developing optimal ways to channel resources to where they matter most, with a strong focus on ...

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University of San Diego Chosen for The Rockefeller Foundation-Acumen Student Social Innovation Challenge

Release Date:

09/19/2019

... received funding and access to an exclusive set of student resources that leverage the experience of The Rockefeller ...

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01 Feb 2018

Flexing Your Shareholder Muscle: How Foundations Can Amplify Impact with Strategic Shareholder Engagement

Thursday, February 1, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... by activating the 95 percent of assets that remain in their endowments. A key strategy for doing so and one that is ... investing tool to help spark movements on issues they care about. Organizations with...

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The Rockefeller Foundation and CrossBoundary Launch Mini-Grid Innovation Lab in Nairobi, Kenya

Release Date:

04/24/2018

The lab is the first research and development fund for sub-Saharan Africa that focuses exclusively on testing business model innovations in the mini grid sector.

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Changing Corporate Behavior through Shareholder Activism

Publication date:

09/2010

This new white paper outlines the theories underpinning the Nathan ...

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The Philanthropy 50

Publication date:

02/2013

... $7.4 billion to charity, but even with $1.1 billion in new gifts from billionaires under 40, giving levels remained ...

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Transparency in Philanthropy: An Analysis of Accountability, Fallacy, and Volunteerism

Publication date:

04/2013

... of interest within the philanthropic community, this new book by John Tyler, General Counsel of the Ewing Marion ...

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Your Foundation in Crisis: Will You Be Ready?

Release Date:

06/18/2013

... “crisis case” seminar where they could gauge their own reactions and share experiences and feedback with their peers. She talks about that session and the lessons learned from her career in crisis management...

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A Weak Foundation

Release Date:

03/09/2011

... boards, including the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York’s, shares her thoughts on a troubling trend in the relationship between some foundations and their grantees. A Weak Foundation ...