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Commentary from Rockefeller Foundation: A Solution to Hunger? Stop Throwing Dinner Away

Release Date:

03/15/2016

... crisis which requires an emergency intervention to nourish people , preserve our planet and protect profits. By 2050, ... population will have swelled to an estimated 9.7 billion people . According to...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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Stonewall Community Foundation Is Key Funder of Trans and Queer Storytelling

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12/09/2016

... increased portrayal of trans characters in media, the people creating and playing them remain predominantly ... been increasing public outcry about the use of cisgender people to tell transgender stories. When...

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Stonewall Community Foundation

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MetLife Foundation Announces Sponsorship of “Multipliers of Prosperity” for a Third Year

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04/05/2017

... World Bank’s Global Findex*, there are over two billion people globally, one third of whom are based in Asia, who ... such as bank accounts, credit and insurance. Low income people who lack financial services...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Economic Security

Sales and Social Enterprise Aren’t Mutually Exclusive

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08/24/2017

... largely because of selling’s “dark” reputation. Many people see selling as a dark art that requires false ... per se isn’t the culprit here. It’s what happens when people believe that selling is a disreputable...

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Ms. Foundation Responds to Alabama Special Election

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12/13/2017

... to the Alabama Special Election: “We are proud of the people of Alabama for refusing to be represented by Roy ... is an important step forward for our country and for the people of Alabama, but there is still...

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Warm Up Potential Major Donors Via Digital

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09/20/2017

Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of philanthropic giving comes from individuals and donor pyramids continue to grow steeper to the point that, today, as much as 95 percent of dollars into organizations via individual giving are given by 5 percent...

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Greg Ratliff named VP at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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04/04/2019

... was responsible for developing strategies to increase the engagement of low-income young adults in postsecondary ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Sophy Yem Promoted to Senior Program Officer, Philanthropy at the Surdna Foundation

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05/11/2022

... will continue to lead the Foundation’s grantmaking, engagement , and relationships to support the capacity, ...

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Surdna Foundation

10 Nov 2015

Justice Reform: The End of Mass Incarceration

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 -

8:30am to 12:00pm

... this session? View recording here . With 2.3 million people currently behind bars in the United States - and an ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Children, Youth and Families

Justice Reform

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31 Jan 2024

Rapid Response Funder Call: Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court Johnson v Grants Pass Case - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... Supreme Court case about the rights of homeless people in decades. At its core, this case will decide whether ... to support short and long-term narrative, advocacy, and power building efforts. What will you...

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All Funders

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Housing and Homelessness

Compensating for Your Philanthropic Blind Spots

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01/09/2014

... have missed one of her viral tweets, Vivienne Harr is the new face of the movement to end child slavery. Vivienne has ... Nine-year-old Vivienne Harr rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange to...

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Bessemer Trust

Building Bigger Bets with Philanthropy

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12/02/2013

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation President Nancy Roob shares with the Stanford Social Innovation Review how the foundation is aggregating funds to scale what works.

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Huffington Post Profiles Christopher Stone of Open Society Foundations

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09/26/2014

Huffington Post interviewed Christopher Stone, President of Open Society Foundations, about how OSF is different from other philanthropies.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Invest $30 Million in Arts and Cultural Organizations

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04/03/2015

... in fundraising, audience development and board member engagement .... Bloomberg Philanthropies to Invest $30 Million ...

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Doris Duke Teams Up With Chicago's Stomping Grounds Dance Festival

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04/29/2016

STOMPING GROUNDS is made possible by major support from the Chicago Free For All Fund atThe Chicago Community Trust, Engaging Dance Audiences funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and Joyce Chelberg with additional funding from the...

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Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life Postdoctoral Fellowship Request for Applications Opens

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07/05/2016

The collaboration is now inviting applications for postdoctoral fellowships to support independent research on topics related to the origins of life.

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RFPs Etc

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Science

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The Simons Foundation

U.S. Trust Surveys 1,435 U.S. High Net Worth Households on Attitudes Toward Giving

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11/21/2016

... Among the findings, was evidence of ... Strong ongoing engagement : _In 2015, 91 percent of high-net-worth households ...

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Bank of America Private Bank

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Open Society Foundations Hosts Artistic Activism: Connecting Social Activism and Artistic Practice

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04/07/2017

The first of two panels exploring new techniques and approaches to the use of artistic practice in social activism, and how to measure its impact.

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