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Rockefeller Foundation to Take Food-Waste Fight to Davos

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01/21/2016

... foundation, which has already taken on challenges like making cities more “resilient” to the challenges of the ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Food Systems

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Ms. Foundation CEO Puts Spotlight on Needs of Women and Girls

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02/05/2016

Teresa Younger, Ms. Foundation, president and CEO, has been renewing the conversation about feminism and has launched a 52,000-mile “listening tour” with stops throughout the country.

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Gender Justice

New Mortgage Program Big Boost for Detroit Buyers (Clinton, Ford Foundations)

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02/19/2016

... to home ownership in the city: home sale prices that are higher than appraised values, a gap that makes it ...

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Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation

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Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps

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02/22/2016

Fewer than half of the more than 1,000 healthcare related-apps reviewed by researchers appeared to be useful for their potential for patient engagement, The Commonwealth Fund reports.

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Health

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An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation)

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02/22/2016

... industry employees live in poverty, most big restaurants are not great employers, and many still pay servers $2.13 an ...

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Economic Security

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Arabella Advisors Noted in NPR Report: Solutions that Could Help The U.S. Slash Food Waste

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03/16/2016

... waste by 50 percent by 2030. And, as we've reported, there are lots of efforts underway — from sales of ugly produce ... and other uses, like composting. Even religious groups are joining the battle...

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Food Systems

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Carnegie: Nuclear Material Isn’t Secure Enough

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03/24/2016

Carnegie: Nuclear Material Isn’t Secure Enough “We are improving security at our nuclear facilities,” ... communications and weapons-handling procedures when making the arrests. . . Carnegie: Nuclear Material ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Public Policy

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Despite Legacy Connections, Rockefeller Family Fund Sets Trend by Changing its Fossil Fuel Investments

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04/04/2016

... of John D Rockefeller, the Gilded Age oil baron, are repudiating the fossil fuels that made the family rich. ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Clark Foundation Illustrates Grantmaking for a Rainy Day

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05/02/2016

... The Clark Foundation had some historical experience with making grants for endowment campaigns, but following the 2008 ...

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At the Rockefellers’ Kykuit, Painterly Gardens and a Rosy Legacy

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05/23/2016

... gardens with French and English influences are gorgeous year-round, the blossoming roses make June one ...

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The Ultimate in Contest Philanthropy: MacArthur Foundation’s $100 Million Jackpot

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06/03/2016

... The money will be paid out in increments as benchmarks are reached and the process for selecting the winner will ...

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F.B. Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Writes About Building a Foundation for the 21st Century

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06/08/2016

... long-term trends, widely reported and acknowledged. They are : first, a weakening of the pull of place (geography has ... technology, meaning that in labor markets there are more journeymen, no assurance of...

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Ford Foundation's Chris Cardona on Inequity in Grantee Inclusion

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07/29/2016

... the ground. So why doesn’t it happen more often? There are many reasons, which Lori Bartczak explained in ... my own practice and in the work of many of my colleagues: making sure that who gets paid to work on...

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Surdna Foundation’s Cordery: Communities Should Define Their Futures

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08/25/2016

... place those directly impacted by inequity at the center of making decisions on the best solutions. In essence, I saw ...

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Community Development

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Ms. Foundation Releases New Report on Forging a More Robust and Equitable Childcare System in America

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09/15/2016

The Ms. Foundation for Women’s latest report, Raising Our Nation, highlights the true cost of the impact that a lack of access child care has on working mothers, especially low-income women of color.

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Gender Justice

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Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum

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09/28/2016

... of libraries, universities and archives dedicated to making accessible materials that document the ...

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Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings

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09/29/2016

The aim is to help "change the landscape" of American racial discourse by openly acknowledging a painful past, much as Germany has Holocaust memorials and South Africa a museum on its past state-sanctioned segregation - apartheid.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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NYTimes Examines Role of Ford’s Walker as Pepsi Board Member

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10/31/2016

It seemed discordant to some critics when, this month, Ford's Darren Walker joined the board of PepsiCo, which makes the bulk of its money by selling sugary drinks and fatty snacks.

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Economic Security

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Seven Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' Innovation Teams Program

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01/17/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced grants to seven cities to help them boost their capacity to tackle major challenges through innovation and improve quality of life for their residents.

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