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Creating a ‘Movement-Led Family Foundation’: A Conversation with the Kolibri Foundation

Release Date:

01/14/2026

... for Shared Insight was originally published by Listen to Community on November 10, 2025. The Kolibri Foundation ... compelling example of what happens when foundations take community listening seriously at the...

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With Support From Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, New Jersey Encourages Participation in Arts Programs

Release Date:

09/13/2016

... to the arts either at their local school or in their community within the past year. Almost half have not ...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Arts

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Rockefeller Foundation Gives $150K to Leading Disaster Relief Organization

Release Date:

11/23/2016

... need rather than the potential to cover costs through fund raising . The wider goal of the GRR Fund would be to serve as ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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Nonprofit Supporting NYCHA Adds to Early Fundraising & Programs

Release Date:

08/29/2017

... the 501(c)3, established to support NYCHA operations and community programming, is showing encouraging growth. In a ...

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Housing and Homelessness

How to Build a Strong Local Food System

Release Date:

08/29/2017

It goes beyond farmers' markets and CSA shares. Before we had ‘local food,’ we just had food. Communities fed themselves with whatever was produced in the region, with farmers selling directly to stores and customers. It was unheard of to truck...

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Food Systems

Trump's Nominee To Be USDA's Chief Scientist Is Not A Scientist

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... of his former Iowa campaign manager for the post is raising concern in the scientific community and beyond about the politicization of science ...

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Food Systems

Ms. Foundation to Philanthropy: Grow Local Economies by Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access

Release Date:

09/08/2017

... local officials need to take the reigns and steer their community toward economic growth by funding access to ...

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Economic Security

Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

JP Morgan, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer Lead the Charge to Develop Dementia Treatment

Release Date:

03/18/2015

... into treatment for dementia. The New York-based investment bank said it had been working with the government ... (WHO) First Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia, which took place on Monday...

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Health

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Morgan Stanley Foundation Launches Alliance for Children's Mental Health

Release Date:

02/03/2020

... trend and to provide all kids with the proper tools and resources required not only to survive but to thrive and ... funding to bring their solutions to scale and that their voices , while strong, needed to be...

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Health

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13 Nov 2013

Where is Opportunity in America? - New York Index Launch

Wednesday, November 13, 2013 -

3:00pm to 6:00pm

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Each year, Opportunity Nation releases new data for the Opportunity Index , the nation’s only composite measure of economic opportunity at the state and county level. In addition to traditional economic measures like unemployment and wages, the...

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Economic Security

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Covenant Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Health and Well-Being of Jewish Teen Girls

Release Date:

04/14/2015

... traditional gender roles, and celebrates a diversity of voices , it has the power to help Jewish teens grow into ... confidence, compassion and a lifelong commitment to Jewish community . In 2002, out of...

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Gender Justice

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Rockefeller Foundation Designates Atlanta As Newest City in Opportunity Zones Initiative

Release Date:

07/31/2019

... in The Rockefeller Foundation's Opportunity Zone Community Capacity Building Initiative. The initiative, which ... 2019, aims to help U.S. cities attract responsible private investment in economically-...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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The New York Women’s Foundation and PwC Launch “Radical Generosity at Work”

Release Date:

03/08/2018

... of creating 300 new philanthropists in the first year, raising over $250,000. “It is an honor to help The New ...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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14 Sep 2017

Dreams in Limbo: A Look at the Future of DACA, Young Immigrants, and How Funders Can Respond

Thursday, September 14, 2017 -

4:00pm to 5:30pm

... announced on September 5, that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program will be ... of Political Science, Immigration Politics and Policy, University of California, San Diego Ana Lisa Yoder...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Public Policy

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Immigration

07 Nov 2017

From There to Here: Adapting Global Solutions to American Problems

Tuesday, November 7, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... challenges in education, health, youth engagement, and community development play out differently in locations and ... it. How communities are turning insights from abroad into action here in the U.S. How to...

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Civic Engagement

Health

29 Nov 2022

Ramping up: Supercharging the Impact of New York’s Landmark Climate Law - A Virtual Briefing Hosted by NY Renews

Tuesday, November 29, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... strongest climate law, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. The event will highlight the state ... , Executive Director, Environmental Advocates NY, Climate Action Council member, NY Renews...

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Presentation

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All Funders

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Environment and Climate Change

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Board/Committee Materials

Audited Financial Statements 2023

Publication date:

04/2024

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Board & Trustees

Audited Financial Statements 2023

Publication date:

04/2024

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Forty Years of LGBTQ Philanthropy: 1970-2010

Publication date:

01/2012

Published on the occasion of Funders for LGBTQ Issues' 30th anniversary, this report documents the first 40 years of U.S. foundation support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities. Among the report's findings: in total, 799 U.S. foundations have invested more than $771 million and nearly 36,000 grants in LGBTQ issues from 1970 to 2010, with the Arcus Foundation as the largest single foundation donor by dollar amount (the Ford and Tides foundations are also in the top ten).

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