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The New York Community Trust Grants $4.8 Million to Invest in a Fairer, More Equitable New York

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04/08/2019

... round of grants demonstrates The Trust’s commitment to funding strategic efforts to improve the lives of New Yorkers ...

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JP Morgan Chase Launches 'New Skills For Youth'; Invests $75M to Build Tomorrow’s Economy

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01/19/2016

... career-focused education programs that lead to well -paying jobs and long-term careers. Failing to prepare ...

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NY Times Common Sense Columnist Says Ford Foundation Is an Unlikely Convert to ‘Impact’ Investing

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04/17/2017

... Ford Foundation Is an Unlikely Convert to ‘Impact’ Investing Last week, the foundation announced that it would ... financial returns but concrete social returns as well ,” as it said in a news release. Earning...

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Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen Foundation Does It

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06/14/2017

Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita ... looking for breakthroughs to the world’s most persistent health challenges, from finding a cure for cancer to ... drug treatments for schizophrenia and...

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Rockefeller Foundation, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth to Invest $50 Million on Social Impact Data

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01/29/2019

... to medicine 100 years ago transformed the delivery of health worldwide, we are poised to take the next big leap ... on a set of common issues, including community health and inclusive growth. Founded in 2011,...

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Technology

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Only a Third of These Obamacare Insurers Made Money on Their Plans in 2014

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07/20/2016

... Plans in 2014 It was hard to make money selling Obamacare health insurance in the first year. Next year might not be ... that uncertainty about how to price Obamacare plans, as well inaccurate guesses about...

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Surdna Foundation Announces Nearly $13 Million Investment in Artists of Color to Advance Racial Justice

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04/29/2020

... will support artists of color around the country, funding up to 87 artist-led projects each year and ...

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Arts

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Rockefeller Foundation Supports A “Carbon Yield” Methodology to Compare Environmental Impact of Investments in Renewable Energy

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06/23/2017

The tool, which is publicly available online, relies on estimating how much carbon-dioxide pollution is avoided as buyers want to know real environmental benefits of investments.

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Co-Authored by Arabella Advisors, Article Tracks A Foundation’s 15-Year Journey In Impact Investing

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10/11/2016

... Article Tracks A Foundation’s 15-Year Journey In Impact Investing When my wife, Betsy, and I formed the Betsy and ... would feel able to adopt them, too. We focused most of our funding on seeding new...

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USDA Invests $12.6 Million to Train More Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals

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09/06/2017

... of 55 doctoral candidates and 52 postdoctoral scholars. Funding is made through NIFA’s Agriculture and Food ...

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Food Systems

Eric C. Schneider to Join The Commonwealth Fund as Senior Vice President for Policy and Research

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11/26/2014

... Senior Principal Researcher and Distinguished Chair in Health Care Quality at RAND, and director of its Boston ... scientific review of Fund publications. As a health services researcher and physician,...

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Inside Philanthropy Covers Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation’s Big Investment in City Parks

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10/30/2018

... two distinct regions, giving $1.2 billion in 20 years? ( Well , it’s more money than that, given investment returns, ...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

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The Long Island Sound Funders Collaborative has granted $377,250 in 2020 to nine nonprofits through its Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund at the Long Island Community Foundation

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12/29/2020

... to nine nonprofits working to restore and protect the health and living resources of Long Island Sound. The Long Island Sound Funders ... the Fund’s second set of grants, which brings the total funding...

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Rockefeller's Judith Rodin Joins Conversation on Innovative Finance, New Investment Tools and Climate Change

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12/08/2016

For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, investment in renewable energy worldwide surpassed that of fossil fuels last year. That economic transformation leaves John Morton feeling optimistic about the worldwide response to climate change.

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17 Apr 2013

Keeping Risk Above Water Part 2: Investing in Adaptation, Disaster Response & Recovery

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12:00pm to 1:00pm

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... who will be called upon in times of crisis, think about investing in a more secure and sustainable future, keeping in ... not only the importance of mitigation, but adaptation as well ? Innovations in...

Arcus Supports First Group for LGBTQ People with Special Needs

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08/24/2017

Arcus Supports First Group for LGBTQ People with Special Needs The group, the Special ... integration of people with special needs who identify as LGBTQ into the broader LGBTQ community, and...

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Traub-Dicker Rainbow Announces Scholarship for LGBTQ Women-Identified Students

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03/01/2017

Traub-Dicker Rainbow Announces Scholarship for LGBTQ Women-Identified Students Founded by Peggy Traub and ... Traub-Dicker Rainbow Scholarship is awarded to LGBTQ woman-identified students across the country who...

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Stonewall Community Foundation Issues RFP for LGBTQ Safe Spaces

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07/29/2016

Stonewall Community Foundation Issues RFP for LGBTQ Safe Spaces The Stonewall Community Foundation has ... organized philanthropy and volunteer service, support LGBTQ causes in New York City. Each year, SQS...

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Stonewall Foundation's Jarrett Lucas Loves Seeing LGBTQ Youth Publicly #ExpressLove

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06/21/2016

Stonewall Foundation's Jarrett Lucas Loves Seeing LGBTQ Youth Publicly #ExpressLove For the past six years, ... responsible for helping support and promote many LGBTQ organizations and issues in New York...

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