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How the David Rockefeller Fund has Responded to the Crises of 2020

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09/24/2020

The year 2020 has challenged the David Rockefeller Fund as it has most of our peer foundations.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Civic Engagement

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The Importance of Criticizing Philanthropy

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05/12/2014

... Vitriol Will Not Deter Me From Supporting Fixes to Public Policy ,” the piece’s headline announced, and it went on ...

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TCF Senior Fellow Barton Gellman Wins Third Pulitzer

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04/30/2014

... groundbreaking work,” said TCF vice president for policy and programs Greg Anrig. “He exposed a secret ...

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Public Policy

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The Century Foundation

NY Women's Foundation's Oliveira Discusses Women and Rikers in NYN Media Insights Podcast

Release Date:

06/30/2017

... at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice authored a report – “Women InJustice” – which looked at the role ... Incarceration Reform, and Alison Wilkey director of public policy at the Prisoner Reentry...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... revenues over the past decade than they cost. The draft report , which was obtained by The New York Times, contradicts ... as opponents of the program, led by Mr. Trump’s chief policy adviser, Stephen Miller,...

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Immigration

Documents Show NYC’s Education Department Failed to Answer 526 Public Records Requests Over Past 3 Years

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10/05/2017

At the start of December 2014, New York Post reporter Susan Edelman sent an intriguing public records request to the city’s Department of Education. “Under the Freedom of Information [sic], I request all e-mail communications since Dec. 30, 2013...

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Education

Watch Another Video From Chasing The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations

Release Date:

01/22/2018

... administration is now reversing course. In this special report for PBS NewsHour Weekend, produced in partnership with ...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Immigration

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NYC Preparing To Expand Restorative Justice Programs in Schools

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06/20/2014

NYC is poised to dramatically expand restorative justice programs aimed at improving school climate and rethinking school discipline next year.

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Insights

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Education

Ford’s Walker in Harvard Business Review: What Foundations Are Missing About Capacity Building

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07/05/2016

... as to issue this brave statement about Ford’s historical practice of only allowing 10% of their project grants to go ... we have been willing participants in this charade. Our policy of 10 percent overhead on...

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A Peek into Bloomberg Philanthropies’ New Public Health Initiative

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06/23/2017

For the next 18 months, Bloomberg Philanthropies, in partnership with the World Health Organization and Vital Strategies, will be working with cities across the globe to tackle the different factors contributing to noncommunicable diseases.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Health

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De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave

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09/13/2017

... discriminatory practices and the implementation of a fair policy of paid leave which protects teachers’ rights to ...

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Gender Justice

Home Health Workers: All the Work, Half the Pay

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10/02/2017

... lawsuits against employers to challenge an industrywide practice known as the 13-hour rule, a state-sanctioned policy in which home care workers are paid for just 12 or 13 ...

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Health

Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”

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12/20/2017

... answer them, and then shares what it learns to inform policy and practice . The aim is not only to help grantees , but also, by ...

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The Wallace Foundation

Debate Your Philanthropic Philosophies

Release Date:

01/18/2017

... grants are as effective as foundations mean them to be in practice . And yet, when the money comes out of my own pocket, ... educational institutions receive yearly. In this current social and political climate...

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Arcus Foundation

Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington and Martín Abregú as Program Vice Presidents

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09/05/2013

... higher education around the world, next generation media policy and journalism, support for arts and culture, and ... society. “Hilary’s extraordinary commitment to social justice and her deep knowledge of the...

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