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38th Annual Meeting Recap: The Power of Participation

... ask in my work working with young people: 'do we ask communities where do they hurt?' I think that's a central ... their perspectives, focusing on how issues resonate with communities when...

New York Foster Youth Funders Group

New York Foster Youth Funders Group operates autonomously from Philanthropy New York and is a peer network of grantmakers who are funding or interested in the area of foster youth in New York. The purpose of the group is to keep our hand on the...

The State of Philanthropy: How to Maximize Impact

Release Date:

03/26/2014

... Judith Rodin on the state of philanthropy in Huffington Post . When I took the job as the president of the Rockefeller ...

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19 States May Be Violating Laws Requiring Them To Assist Consumers With Health Care Choices

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06/25/2014

... the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA). Authors of a post on the Commonwealth blog, Justin Giovannelli, Kevin ...

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Prescription For Making Healthcare Enrollment More Customer-Friendly

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08/01/2014

... & CEO, New York State Health Foundation, in the Huffington Post . As the state moves ahead "with an eye toward enrolling .....

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Metlife Launches ‘The Financial Inclusion Challenge’ to Improve Financial Access in Asia

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03/20/2015

... financial institutions such as banks, credit unions, post offices and cooperatives. Unequal access to the Internet ...

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Markle Foundation President Examines China as a Source of Jobs for the U.S. in WSJ OpEd

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06/04/2015

The growing Chinese middle class outpaces the country's ability to provide services for the population.

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NoVo Foundation Looks to Girls As Change Agents

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07/10/2015

... increased graduation rates, higher participation in post -secondary education, reduced rates of teenage pregnancy, ...

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Cecilia Stancell Promoted to Director of Programs at Dyson Foundation

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08/17/2015

... right blend of experience and expertise to this important post ,” said Foundation President Andrea Reynolds. In ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ford Statement on Importance of Arts Amidst Pressing Poverty

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08/18/2015

... in the world?” As a Constitutional Court justice in post -apartheid South Africa, Sachs had an opportunity to ...

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Supported by Rockefeller, Study Finds Gig Economy Media Reporting Disconnected from Worker Reality

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12/20/2016

Media coverage of America's independent workers leans more positively than the conversation that actual workers have on social media, a new media analysis by Cision has found.

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Supported by Rockefeller, New Report Shows Resilient Cities Require Resilient Food Systems

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02/09/2017

Urban resilience planning for natural disasters must include efforts to protect and secure food systems for food-insecure populations, a report from the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City and the Rockefeller Foundation warns.

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Commonwealth Fund: Why and How to Avoid High-Risk Pools for Americans with Preexisting Conditions

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06/05/2017

The American Health Care Act (AHCA)—the U.S. House of Representatives’ bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—would allow states to apply for waivers to reduce existing consumer protections and provide funding for states to set up...

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Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students

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06/28/2017

... said J. Parker Goyer, the study’s lead author and post -doctoral scholar at Stanford. “The effects can be ...

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Is Rezoning In East Harlem A Trojan Horse For Gentrification?

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08/30/2017

In East Harlem, the city is considering a change in zoning rules, encouraging developers to build and allowing them to build bigger. In exchange for the new construction, the neighborhood would get concessions from developers (some form of...

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Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant

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08/30/2017

In the hours after European antitrust regulators levied a record $2.7 billion fine against Google in late June, an influential Washington think tank learned what can happen when a tech giant that shapes public policy debates with its enormous wealth...

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Twin Megastorms Have Scientists Fearing This May Be The New Normal

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09/07/2017

For many scientists they are a worrying sign of a “new normal” in which extreme weather events become more intense as a result of manmade climate change.

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Immigration Agents Target Brooklyn Criminal Court, Lawyers Say

Release Date:

09/15/2017

Plainclothes agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement took four men into custody outside Brooklyn Criminal Court Thursday morning in what appeared to be a coordinated operation, according to a source and attorneys with Brooklyn Defender...