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Investing in our Mission: A Five-Year Case Study of Fossil Fuel Divestment at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Release Date: 
05/11/2020
... Fund (RBF) released Investing in Our Mission , a new case study detailing how its investment returns beat ... industry that had made its name synonymous with wealth and power . Citing the moral case against...
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Member News
Topic(s) 
Finance & Asset Management
Funding Area 
Environment and Climate Change
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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Learning in Place

Release Date: 
07/14/2011
Maria Mottola, Executive Director of the New York Foundation, talks about the lessons she learned and the new perspectives she gained as an executive-on-loan to the staff of Commissioner Gladys Carrión of the...
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Insights
Funding Area 
Children, Youth and Families
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New York Foundation

Working with the Business Sector: Pursuing Public Good with Private Partners

Publication date: 
06/2004
How can grantmakers cross the divide between philanthropy and business? Looking at the push and pull between sectors from the vantage point of those working in independent and corporate foundations, this guide examines efforts to partner with and influence the business world. Grantmakers weigh the case for engaging business, share strategies for working with companies, and identify skills for promoting corporate philanthropy. They also explore ways to bridge cultural and philosophical differences between the sectors.

Ask the Right Questions: Funders Toolkit

Publication date: 
02/2015
The Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers as released two toolkits both designed for structured group reflection. The first is a self-assessment tool that can help affinity groups engaging in policy work determine how well they're set up for success. The second is a set of planning checklists that affinity groups can use to do policy work and regional associations can use to support that work.
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Report
Topic(s) 
Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors
Public Policy

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