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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and F.B. Heron Foundation Place More Emphasis on Impact Investing

Release Date:

03/19/2015

... Brothers Fund, a family foundation with $860 million in assets and a long history of supporting environmental causes, announced it would divest ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

F.B. Heron Foundation

Atlantic Philanthropies Strengthens Support of Media That Matters

Release Date:

05/31/2016

... when Chuck Feeney quietly committed virtually all of his assets to the foundation, Atlantic has since made grants ...

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Communications/Media

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

The New York Community Trust Welcomes New General Counsel and Chief Investment Officer

Release Date:

12/01/2020

... past 19 years, she has provided steadfast oversight of our assets , now close to $3 billion. We welcome Tatiana Pohotsky ... for global active management of the city’s $30-billion, long -only equity strategies...

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The New York Community Trust

JPMorgan Chase Announces $20 Billion Investment in Employees, Branch Expansion and Local Economic Growth

Release Date:

01/23/2018

... what a bank is supposed to do: lending and investing. This long - term investment, which both increases and accelerates the ...

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Economic Security

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Richard D. Parsons Elected Next Chair of The Rockefeller Foundation Board; David Rockefeller Jr. To Step Down At End of Five Year Term

Release Date:

10/29/2015

... David Rockefeller Jr. To Step Down At End of Five Year Term NEW YORK—The Trustees of The Rockefeller Foundation ... of 2016 when he will take over as Chair at the end of the term of the current Board Chair,...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Blended Finance "Plus”: Enhancing Support With Blended Knowledge

Release Date:

09/04/2018

... on August 17, 2018. Global development experts have long recognized that governments alone don’t have the resources to solve the most pressing challenges of our time. ... many believed was impossible – they...

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Insights

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Health

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Johnson & Johnson

What It Takes: Supporting New BIPOC Executives

Release Date:

05/19/2021

What It Takes: Supporting New BIPOC Executives By: Bipasha Ray, New ... in conversation with two leaders of color who succeeded long -time white predecessors -- Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive ... Funders need to...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Social Justice

Workforce Development

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Open Society Foundations

New Partnership To Support Pain And Palliative Care For Veterans

Release Date:

06/09/2014

... of Maryland has spent the last eight years providing care at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center and is ... and the IntegratedEthics® Program Officer at the VA Long Beach in California. "The work of the...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

The Mayday Fund

The Rockefeller Foundation Awards Grants to Fuel Plans for Equitable Investment in Opportunity Zones in Washington, DC, Oakland, Dallas, and St. Louis

Release Date:

09/05/2019

... initiative, totaling commitments to more than $5.5 million supporting inclusive growth for more than 491,762 people. ... Our initiative will champion residents’ interests by providing cities with the ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

2/10/2015 - Effective Policies, Practices and Programs to Advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - PowerPoint Presentation and Resources

Publication date:

02/2015

... Equity and Inclusion - PowerPoint Presentation and Resources ...

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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D5 Coalition

Surdna Foundation Announces Nearly $13 Million Investment in Artists of Color to Advance Racial Justice

Release Date:

04/29/2020

... Imagination for Racial Justice. As Culture/Strike, a long -standing partner to Surdna’s Thriving Cultures ...

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Arts

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Surdna Foundation

20 Oct 2022

From Cautious to Courageous: How Foundations Can Step up Advocacy & Invest in Change (Session 2 of 2)

Thursday, October 20, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... funder-only webinar series exploring the benefits of supporting 501(c)(4) organizations, also known as social ...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Legal Issues

Public Policy

WES Mariam Assefa Fund Partners with Echoing Green to Invest in Social Innovators of Color Addressing Racial Equity and Immigrant Justice

Release Date:

02/16/2022

... the WES Mariam Assefa Fund are particularly interested in supporting leaders who are taking action to build wealth, ... more inclusive economies, we seek to shift power and resources to leaders with direct...

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Community Development

Immigration

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

10 Mar 2015

Supporting Grantee Capacity

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... foundation takes its own approach to thinking about and supporting grantee capacity. GrantCraft, a service of Foundation Center, launched a guide called Supporting Grantee Capacity: Strengthening Effectiveness...

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Roundtable Discussion

Workshop

Livestream

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

Location

New York City

Ford, Rockefeller and Others Supporting NFF Knowledge-Dissemination Effort on Impact Investing

Release Date:

04/14/2016

Ford, Rockefeller and Others Supporting NFF Knowledge-Dissemination Effort on Impact ... and criminal justice... Ford, Rockefeller and Others Supporting NFF Knowledge-Dissemination Effort on Impact ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Ford Foundation

Bitcoin Philanthropist Sets Up $85M Investment Fund to Support Charities

Release Date:

12/14/2017

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Open Society Foundations Names Samantha Stokes-Baydur New Head of Human Resources

Release Date:

02/26/2021

... Foundations Names Samantha Stokes-Baydur New Head of Human Resources NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations today ... will take on a newly created position of chief human resources officer, with effect from...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Open Society Foundations

With Support from Gerstner and Heckscher Foundations, SUNY Announces Emergency Aid to Support Degree Completion Among Students

Release Date:

12/19/2017

... grant program to provide aid to our students in the short- term , and assess the impact on retention and graduation rates ...

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Education

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

17 Nov 2022

Welcoming Our Newest Neighbors: Human Services Resources + Advocacy for Asylum Seekers and Migrants in NYC

Thursday, November 17, 2022 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... home. We will focus on the primary needs of organizations providing direct services and design advocacy priorities for ... to approach this issue Various needs of the organizations providing essential services...