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Giving Like a Rockefeller, Even if You’re Not Super-Rich

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03/31/2017

... individual has contributed more to the commercial and civic life of New York City over a longer period of time than David Rockefeller,” Michael R. Bloomberg, the former New York mayor, said...

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The David Rockefeller Fund

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Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voices Heard, Says "Basebuilding is a Contact Sport"

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06/22/2017

... movements. She acknowledged how difficult community engagement is, but emphasized its centrality to building a critical mass of socially conscious people with political power . "...

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PhilTalks

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Civic Engagement

Commonwealth Fund Reports Detail Impacts of Clinton and Trump Health Reform Proposals

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09/23/2016

... the U.S. You can now learn all about the findings in two new Commonwealth Fund reports, our online comparison tool, ... team found that Clinton’s would increase the number of people with health coverage, while...

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Supported by Rockefeller, MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers

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09/26/2016

... Inclusive Innovation Competition (IIC) under the ‘ new models’ category, has reached 70,000 farmers through a ... on the Digital Economy’ (IDE), which explores how people and businesses can work, interact, and...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities Initiative

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10/01/2015

... to address the resilience challenges of cities. This new structure also combines two powerful Rockefeller ... Cities, Rebuild by Design will bring the successful model developed in conjunction with U.S...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Disaster Relief

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Rita Allen Foundation Wants to Solve the Problem of 'Reader Alienation'

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04/03/2015

... $515,000 to technology and media organizations to "support new work to build civic literacy and engagement ...." Rita Allen Foundation Wants to Solve the .....

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Education

Technology

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Produces Short Documentaries Highlighting Public Art Challenge Projects In Four Regions

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09/19/2016

... to the arts, elevate critical issues, foster community engagement and highlight creativity across local industries ... levels of contact and cooperation between the arts and civic leaders. View the Upstate...

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Arts

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Better Prepared for Tomorrow: Youth, Media, Technology and the Future of Education and the Workforce

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08/01/2013

... Program Consultant, Hive Digital Media Learning Fund, The New York Community Trust The new media ecology can be overwhelming, with a growing array ... described a new approach to summer...

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11 Jun 2015

Funding Where Poverty Lives: City and Suburban Realities

Thursday, June 11, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... is growing faster in the suburbs than in the City, here in New York and in most metro regions across the country? As ... that focus on redesigning and moving policies to provide resources for metro areas. This...

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight and Research to Prevent Blindness Launch Low Vision Research Initiative

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08/07/2015

... solutions for neglected vision loss condition NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) is ... National Eye Institute (NEI) estimating that three million people in the U.S...

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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Aging

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Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Ambitious Five-Year Strategic Plan

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08/07/2018

... Plan Today, the Ms. Foundation for Women announced its new strategic plan, which centers its grant-making and ... is taking a bold, and unapologetic approach to building power and advancing democracy by...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Ambitious Five-Year Strategic Plan

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08/07/2018

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Philanthropy, You in Danger, Girl! Five Things Philanthropies Need to Do Now in the Trump Age

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02/13/2017

... tax policies that encourage giving could be curtailed and new limits on our political activities could be implemented. ... engage. Change the Narrative The election demonstrated the power of the dominant...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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09 Jul 2018

Funding for Cultural Change: Creating and Meeting the Moment - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, July 9, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... program is hosted by our partner, Funders' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP), who has extended an invitation to ... platform. These unique cultural moments have opened up new and earnest...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Community Development

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Arcus Foundation is Funding Ape Conservation with Social Justice in Mind

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10/15/2021

... in and benefit from the sustainable management of natural resources in important gorilla and chimpanzee habitats in the ... around Lomami National Park management to ensure people and bonobos can coexist in...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Animal Welfare

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30 Oct 2017

Census 2020 - Time to Act - A Webinar Hosted by United Philanthropy Forum

Monday, October 30, 2017 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... the bureau during the 2000 Census. "And if you don't count people , they are politically invisible, in effect." (Time, ... ensuring a fair and accurate census Points of entry and engagement at...

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NY Women's Foundation, Pfizer Among "Above & Beyond" Honorees

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03/02/2016

... 2016 "Above & Beyond" award honorees, a recognition for 25 New York women of "public and civic mind." Ana Oliveira, President and CE0, New York ... of Teachers Beth...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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28 Apr 2014

Meet Chancellor Carmen Fariña

Monday, April 28, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Chancellor Fariña, a long-time educator in New York City’s public schools, has served under many ... and her team in a discussion that will illuminate DoE’s engagement with the six EdFunder Priorities , lay out...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education