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F.B. Heron Foundation Is Going 'All In' with 100 percent Impact Investments

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02/26/2018

... to her about the foundation's approach. Anne Field: Why did you decide to go all in? Clara Miller: When I arrived, we were still in post-2008 cleanup. We had to reevaluate our .....

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The Rockefeller Foundation Commits to Making Healthy and Sustainable Foods More Accessible Around the World

Release Date:

03/24/2022

... of people living in extreme poverty are agricultural workers and their families. Unhealthy diets account for one ... This will include expanding existing investments in True Cost Accounting , which evaluates...

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Uniting Around a Shared Vision: Philanthropy and Citizens United

Release Date:

10/04/2012

... Funding Exchange As Ai-Jen Poo of the National Domestic Workers Alliance always says: “We’re in a fight for the ... going after a constitutional amendment when there are so many other issues?” John reminded us...

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New Banking Services Aimed At Low-Income Customers

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07/22/2014

... their balances. JPMorgan Chase has developed a low- cost prepaid card that comes with many features of a traditional bank account. The ...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Partners With The Nature Conservancy To Explore Nature’s Ability To Mitigate Climate Change

Release Date:

10/20/2017

... between promised action and realized climate progress, and many solutions available to us now remain ... in forests, grasslands and wetlands—can provide low- cost opportunities and are often significantly more...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Appoints Louise Richardson as President

Release Date:

11/18/2021

... and former governor of New Jersey. “In addition to her many professional accomplishments, Louise possesses the ... distribute the Oxford coronavirus vaccine ChadOX at the cost of production to nations around...

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JPB Foundation Partners with Others in Support of Energy Efficiency for All

Release Date:

02/12/2016

... said Cai Steger, project director of EEFA at Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). . . JPB Foundation Partners ...

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Freedom Together Foundation

In The Battle For Trans Equality In North Carolina, This Teen Is On The Front Lines

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09/28/2017

“Trans people are actual people. We just want basic human rights.”

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Women & Girls

Ms. Foundation Seeks to Increase Traction for Childcare Amongst Funders

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10/03/2017

Childcare is out of reach for working families, but few funders have stepped in to fill the gap.

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11 Dec 2013

Leaving Vocational Education Behind: Making Sure College Ready = Career Ready

Wednesday, December 11, 2013 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

... Core-aligned curricula that also develop career skills for growth industries like energy, technology, and health, ...

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Ford Foundation, Citi and OPIC Launch Scaling Enterprise, a $100MM Financing Partnership to Support Social Enterprises

Release Date:

10/23/2019

... and lower costs. Scaling Enterprise will facilitate vital growth financing to eligible companies that are expanding ...

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Community Development & Place Based Initiatives

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New Report From the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Probes Tech Use Among Young Kids in Silicon Valley

Release Date:

03/06/2018

... survey of 907 parents and 617 teachers and child care workers , focus groups with public librarians, and two ...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

24 Apr 2024

Food Waste Roundtable - An Event Hosted by Community Food Funders

Wednesday, April 24, 2024 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... role has been. What to expect? A lunchtime Zoom meeting, feel free to bring your meal to the screen An issue-based ... Whether your focus is on nutrition or hunger, food chain workers or farmland preservation...

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Food Systems

Inside HigherEd Examines New Book from Russell Sage Foundation

Release Date:

08/04/2015

... some of the most successful individuals in education, with many earning top grades at some of the top schools in the ... highly ranked colleges and pursuing higher degrees. But why is this one demographic so...

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Ms. Foundation Launches Campaign to Define 21st Century Feminism

Release Date:

10/23/2015

... women of my generation. As female members of Generation X, many of us grew up being told that we could be anything. We ... gave us an assumption that we had equal rights with men. Why wouldn't we? . . ...

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Schools Are Finally Starting To Embrace Integration as a Method Of Closing The Achievement Gap (Century Foundation)

Release Date:

02/11/2016

... the performance of struggling pupils. But in doing so, many schools may have overlooked a proven educational ... from the organization, which outlines the evidence for why racially integrated schools boost...

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An Analysis of Bloomberg Philanthropies Boost for Disadvantaged Students at Top Schools

Release Date:

12/22/2016

... Boost for Disadvantaged Students at Top Schools Many funders want to ensure college access for disadvantaged ... for an economically diverse student body. Why does this matter? So we were interested to learn...

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Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Featured in Study on Limited Life Foundations

Release Date:

03/22/2017

... the practitioners' perspectives in nine key areas — why spend down, investing, staffing, grantmaking and ... to spend down and that, once the decision was made, many leaders felt a sense of focus and...

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Hearing More About c4s? You're Not Alone - Webinar Recording

Publication date:

05/2020

... create the best conditions for significant policy changes? Many funders are now adding c4 funding to their toolkit in ... agendas forward. Is it right for your foundation? Explore Why 501c4s should be an important tool to consider (c4s ...

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John A. Hartford Foundation’s Corinne H. Rieder honored by American Geriatrics Society with the David H. Solomon Memorial Public Service Award

Release Date:

05/20/2014

... new evidence-based models that deliver better, more cost -effective health care. The following is the text of her ... acceptance speech, delivered to an audience that included many Hartford grantees, scholars,...

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Health & Human Services

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