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The Simons Foundation

Editorial: Long Island Waters Are Dirtier, But There’s Hope

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09/18/2017

... sometimes you need to hear it. That’s the case with the recent report on water quality around Long Island. The ...

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Initiative Launched to Improve Accountability of Climate Change Adaptation Finance

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12/12/2012

... by Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute and the World Resources Institute to increase the transparency and ... Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute, and the World Resources Institute with funding...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

What Does It Take to Spend Down Successfully?

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08/2015

... they intend to give away all of their philanthropic resources within a specific, limited timeframe and then close ... their grantmaking. But most hope that by exhausting their resources in relatively short order, they will be able to ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

4 Organizations Team On Mapping Tool For U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

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09/20/2017

In a collaborative partnership, Global Impact, Blackbaud, the Council on Foundations and the Foundation Center have developed and launched a resource to support organizations in aligning and tracking charitable giving to the United Nations (U.N.)...

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Economic Recovery Through Racial Equity: Thoughts from Maya Wiley

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01/07/2010

... why they are harmed, and the strategic entry points for policy change that begins to transform broken systems into ... that all share in the benefits and burdens of public policy . A civil rights attorney and...

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Appointments & Transitions

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All Funders

The Fund for the City of New York Announces Lisette Nieves as President

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08/10/2020

... is currently the Director of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at NYU Steinhardt where she co-founded the ... and full Clinical Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at NYU Steinhardt...

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It's Time for More Foundations to Fund Democracy - Here's How

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12/10/2020

... and restoring local journalism. Shortly before the recent election, I had the enormous pleasure of joining ... your foundation focus on healthcare? Surely healthcare policy would stand to gain from a campaign...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Public Policy

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Powerful Networks: Working Across Borders to Reconnect Separated Families

Release Date:

01/20/2021

... that under the U.S. government’s “Zero Tolerance” policy , immigration authorities were separating thousands of ... than 350 families since 2018, work made more difficult in recent months by pandemic shutdowns...

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Immigration

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Tinker Foundation Inc.

10/20/2015 - More Than Giving: Theory of the Foundation - Recording and Presentation

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10/2015

View materials and the live stream recording of the program, "More Than Giving: Theory of the Foundation."

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

12 Apr 2012

Family Philanthropy: Diverse Voices in Family Giving

Thursday, April 12, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... diversity of society at large. What are the emerging trends in this area, and how can existing family ...

02 Apr 2014

Grantee Executive Transitions – When and How to Engage as Funders

Wednesday, April 2, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... who are making this transition together, and learn about trends in how the nonprofit sector overall is experiencing ... have implications for your work as funders. Explore • Trends in executive transition in...

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Leadership Development

The Next Big Idea for the Next Decade: The Resilience Dividend

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08/21/2014

... priorities of our lifetime, provoked by the three trends I believe will most shape the world for the next ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Community Development

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Arabella Advisors Study Finds Global Funds For Fossil Fuels Are On The Decline

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02/02/2017

As the Trump administration threatens to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement and double up on efforts to revive a slowing fossil fuels industry, the rest of the world is pulling out of coal projects and redirecting investment towards renewables...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arabella Advisors

Brooklyn Community Foundation Awards Grants to Nonprofits to Partner with Schools for 4-Year Pilot Initiative

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10/15/2015

... schools in all five boroughs and manage all community resources and support services in 12 community schools. Sweet ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Brooklyn Org

Rockefeller Foundation Grants $4.6M for Bay Area Resilience by Design Competition

Release Date:

01/23/2017

... - a competition that will engage regional innovators, policy makers, designers, architects, developers, and others ... while continued sea-level rise is threatening coastal resources . These are real and...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Community Development

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The Building Blocks of Demonstrating Impact

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09/09/2013

... Realistically, what you can measure also depends on the resources (time and money) that you can invest in measurement and impact, as well as the resources your grantees can invest. Hui emphasized that more...

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Citi Foundation

Jonas Awarded Dean's Medal for Distinguished Service by UPenn

Release Date:

05/19/2014

... created to address veterans' pressing, often life-altering health issues by expanding the field of qualified caregivers ... them for pivotal roles in clinical care, education, policy and leadership...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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Health

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Ford Foundation Appoints John Irons as Director of Inclusive Economies

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05/19/2016

An economist by training, Irons led work on U.S. employment, including employment in a green economy, and a project on state and metropolitan innovation in partnership with the Brookings Institution.

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Ford Foundation

Bank of America to Spur Economic Gains For Low-Income Families, Communities

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03/16/2017

The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) today announced a $3.8 million grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to support programs focused on reviving local economies, including efforts to help residents build employment skills...

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