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More Mayors in Rockefeller’s100 Resilient Cities Initiative Are Appointing Chief Resilience Officers

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07/28/2017

... July, there were officially 79 within the initiative’ s namesake cohort — most of which have survived local ... last week was the first since the Trump administration’ s decision to pull the United States out...

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The Overbrook Foundation Tries to Cure What Ails Environmentalism

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08/11/2017

... during the past few years to improve an underperforming U. S . environmental movement. Starting in 2013, Overbrook embarked on an effort to address some of the issues that “hobble the progress of the ...

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Transgender Ban Frozen as Mattis Moves Forward With New Review Of Options

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08/30/2017

... he is freezing the implementation of President Trump’ s ban on transgender people serving in the military, saying ... advice and recommendations on how to carry out Trump’ s directive. The Pentagon confirmed...

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Ford, Tow Foundation Among Funders of An Anti-Fake News Initiative That is Starting to Take Shape

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08/31/2017

... is Starting to Take Shape In the world of philanthropy, it' s relatively easy to identify and understand the scope of a specific problem. It' s what comes after that' s...

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New Bloomberg-backed Report Highlights Opportunities to Finance Urban Water Projects

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09/05/2017

... for $800 million to build three hydropower stations and address contamination in rivers. Eighty cities are currently ...

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Community Development

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My Brother’s Keeper Merges with Obama Foundation

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09/07/2017

My Brother’ s Keeper Merges with Obama Foundation My Brother’ s Keeper, a White House initiative that later spun off into a ... most personal White House initiatives, was launched to address the...

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The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness

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09/13/2017

"Social entrepreneurship has proven to provide impactful innovations for poverty alleviation ," says Abby Maxman, President of OxFam America. Maxman was among a diverse group of people working on poverty eradication who contributed to a recent...

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New App Helps Students Select NYC Public High Schools

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09/21/2017

... students toward better options. Students type in their address , interests and willingness to travel more than 45 ...

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New MIF/Hewlett Foundation Webinars Explore How Funders Can Fight Misinformation

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09/27/2017

... American philanthropy is at the forefront of the battle to address it. From the recent prototype fund sponsored by the ... collaboration with Democracy Fund in support of CUNY’ s News Integrity Initiative, to...

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Mellon Supports Vanderbilt University's Workshop on TV News Preservation

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09/28/2017

Mellon Supports Vanderbilt University' s Workshop on TV News Preservation Archivists, librarians and ... library-based broadcast preservation. The workshop’ s principal investigators—Clifford B. Anderson,...

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Salesforce Launches $50 Million Initiative To Fuel Social Impact Startups

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10/03/2017

... responsibility," with philanthropy baked into the company' s DNA. Now it' s taking that mission even further, using its powerful ... growth of startups that are using Salesforce technology to...

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Salesforce Launches $50 Million Impact Fund to Invest in Social Change Startup

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10/05/2017

... responsibility," with philanthropy baked into the company' s DNA. Now it' s taking that mission even further, using its powerful ... growth of startups that are using Salesforce technology to...

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A Green Bond Primer: Overview of a Rapidly Evolving Market

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10/10/2017

Responsible investment means incorporating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into investment decisions to generate sustainable returns and better manage risk.

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JPMorgan Chase Releases New Report As Part Of Its Global Workforce Training Efforts

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10/16/2017

... rates is crucial to creating new solutions that address this issue. A new report out from JPMorgan Chase as ...

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The Art for Justice Fund, in Partnership With Ford and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Announces First Grant Recipients

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11/16/2017

... justice advocates and the creativity of artists to address the crisis of mass incarceration in America... The ...

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Laura Landy, CEO and President of The Rippel Foundation Joins Grantmakers In Health Board of Directors

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12/01/2017

... a consulting firm she established in 1983, which helped address changing dynamics in health, higher education, ...

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Macquarie Group Announces Winners of the Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award

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08/27/2019

... States) Monash University (Australia) Murdoch Children’ s Research Institute (Australia) Social Finance (United ...

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