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Sarah Brennan Joins Rockefeller Family Fund as Associate Director

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03/02/2022

... creating momentum for this work across the philanthropic community . I look forward to continued partnership.” A ... and public policy (magna cum laude with honors) from Brown University and master’s degrees...

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Investors Devote $13.5-Million to Combat Recidivism in New York

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01/03/2014

A group of investors drawn from high-net-worth Bank of America clients have invested in a social-impact bond issued by Merrill Lynch and U.S. Trust for a program combating recidivism in New York, reports The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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Investors Devote $13.5-Million to Combat Recidivism in New York

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01/03/2014

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Mass. Unveils Biggest U.S. ‘Pay for Success’ Effort

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01/30/2014

Goldman Sachs and five other supporters will invest $18 million in a Massachusetts program to reduce recidivism among ex-convicts, the biggest "pay for success" project in the U.S., reported The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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Wait—What is Venture Philanthropy, Again?

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02/27/2014

What is Venture Philanthropy? Rockefeller Foundation explains in Nonprofit Quarterly.

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JPB, Rockefeller Support New Initiative, 'Reimagining the Civic Commons'

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09/08/2016

... is focusing on the little guys—on a bet that the investment will pay off in equitable revitalization, to be ... “Reimagining the Civic Commons.” Matching an overall investment of $20 million with another $20...

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What's So Interesting About This Walton Pledge for NYC Charter Schools?

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09/27/2017

The Walton Family Foundation recently pledged to invest more than $2 million to create new charter schools in New York City.

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13 Apr 2017

Wealth, Power and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age

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9:00am to 11:00am

... motivates today’s new philanthropists is Silicon Valley Community Foundation President Emmett Carson . Since SVCF formed in 2007, it has become the largest community foundation in the world, with more than $8...

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Design and Health: Back Together Again?

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06/21/2017

... who are working at the ZIP code level: Enterprise Community Partner’s Elizabeth Zeldin and the Center for ... discussion last month. We talked about how Enterprise Community Partners created a health checklist...

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Hilton and American Express to Donate Up to 1 Million Rooms to Frontline Medical Professionals During COVID-19 Crisis

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04/06/2020

... the companies, in partnership with Hilton’s ownership community , will donate up to 1 million hotel room nights ...

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18 Jan 2024

Quarterly Meeting of the New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative

Thursday, January 18, 2024 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... Douglas Lipari, Executive Director of NYC’s Office of Community Hiring, will discuss the city’s infrastructure ... York Douglas Lipari , Executive Director, NYC Office of Community Hiring Davon Lomax ,...

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Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy

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01/29/2013

... the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University ’s Mailman School of Public Health and Co-Chair ...

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To Be a True Practitioner of Democracy

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05/22/2013

... Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University ’s class of 2013 on Sunday, May 19. In 1831, ...

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Judith Rodin Profiled in NYTimes

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12/21/2014

... since 2005. She was previously president of the University of Pennsylvania, the first woman to lead an Ivy ...

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Supported by Carnegie, Global Religious Leaders to Talk Peace at Drew

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07/11/2016

... leaders from across the globe are uniting at Drew University this month to learn about the latest techniques in ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Russell Sage Foundation's Journal of the Social Sciences Connects Research and Policy to Improve Educational Equity

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11/09/2016

... educational equity, according to a new paper from Rice University . The paper, which examined the significant ...

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Phil TV This Week April 7

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04/07/2017

PhilTV This Week features guest anchor Marlyn Torres of the New York Life Foundation, and stories about Ford, Simons, Leon Levy and Ms. Foundation for Women. Plus, Independent Sector’s call for a “universal charitable deduction.”

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Alfred P. Sloan Study Gives Insight into Employee Engagement

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05/12/2017

... Insight into Employee Engagement Research by Georgetown University and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation confirms that ...

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Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Field Study Looks At Chemistry Of Indoor Home Environments

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06/18/2018

... 13 universities with experiments taking place inside the University of Texas’ UTest House facility. “HOMEChem is ... Engineering and Environmental Engineering Program, University of Colorado Boulder. “We...