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... at a range of grantmaking organizations, engage members in discussions about topics key to effective philanthropy, ... focus on funding areas and topics of interest for our sector ; build institutional skills...

Open Society Foundations Support Smallholder Farmers Facing Climate Risk

Release Date:

05/13/2020

... Risk NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations are investing in an effort to help smallholder farmers survive severe ... total value to above $75 million. The fund is a private sector component of a broader effort...

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Economic Security

Food Systems

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Open Society Foundations

17 Jul 2024

Interested in Working in Philanthropy?

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... group informational interviews to explore career paths in the philanthropic sector , as part of our " Interested in Working at a ... philanthropy from the perspectives of professionals...

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Network Building

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Livestream

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Finance & Asset Management

29 Nov 2011

Beyond Health: A Win-Win Scenario

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 -

7:00am to 10:00am

In an era of lawsuits and litigation, is it possible to get ... sanction Medical Legal Partnerships. MLPs are programs in which health care providers and attorneys work together ... portfolios, beyond those that...

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Issue-Based

12 Oct 2023

Baby Bonds: Leveraging Systemic Change Through Philanthropy, Government and Community Partnerships - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Thursday, October 12, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... at the state-level. It is no wonder that so many states – – California, Washington, DC, Massachusetts, ... Please join Asset Funders Network to learn from leaders in developing and supporting Baby Bonds to...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Economic Security

Rockefeller, Surdna Grantees Named "Champions of Change"

Release Date:

07/22/2014

... no American working 40 hours a week should have to live in poverty. Saru Jayaraman is co-founder and co-director of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United and author of Behind the Kitchen Door, and Christine...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Economic Security

Workforce Development

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Surdna Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Will Divest Charity From Fossil Fuels

Release Date:

09/22/2014

... announcement, timed to precede Tuesday’s opening of the United Nations climate change summit meeting in New York City, is part of a broader and accelerating ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Poll: Americans Have Never Been So Sure About Climate Change, Even Republicans

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10/23/2015

... Republicans Maybe it's the pope. Or the freakish year in extreme climate records. It might even be explained by the United Nations climate talks and the bright lights of the ... scientific consensus on...

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Environment and Climate Change

Bloomberg Philanthropies Anti-Coal Campaign Reaches Milestone

Release Date:

05/04/2016

... The Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign, which launched in 2010 with the goal of reducing coal-fired power, ... it would close three coal-fired units at two power plants in Illinois. Former New York City Mayor...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Covenant Foundation Funds Expansion of Shinui, the Network for Innovation in Part-Time Jewish Education

Release Date:

11/08/2016

... Funds Expansion of Shinui, the Network for Innovation in Part-Time Jewish Education Four new Jewish learning ... Foundation for Jewish Education of the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago – have joined...

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Education

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The Covenant Foundation

Ford-Backed Poll Finds that Young Americans Fear They Will Be Worse Off Post-Trump

Release Date:

01/17/2017

... Americans particularly concerned about what’s to come in the next four years. That’s according to a new ...

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Civic Engagement

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PIMCO Foundation Supports Skating to Success in Harlem

Release Date:

04/18/2017

PIMCO Foundation Supports Skating to Success in Harlem One of the PIMCO Foundation’s philanthropic focus areas is gender equality, which coincides with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 to .....

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Gender Justice

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PIMCO Foundation

More Than 1,000 Died in South Asia Floods This Summer

Release Date:

08/30/2017

More Than 1,000 Died in South Asia Floods This Summer More than 1,000 people have died in floods across South Asia this summer, and as sheets of ... would rise along with the floodwaters. According to the ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Millions Pledged To Harvey Relief As Rebuilding Starts

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... Starts More than $275 million has been pledged or raised in the week since Hurricane Harvey dumped 50 inches of rain ... million. Another $22.7 million has been raised through the United Way of Greater Houston...

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Houston's Undocumented Immigrants Left Destitute And Fearful In Harvey's Wake

Release Date:

09/07/2017

... Undocumented Immigrants Left Destitute And Fearful In Harvey's Wake As the water rose on their first floor ... fled to a vacant unit on the second floor. They watched in horror as it continued to rise, as...

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Immigration

The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness

Release Date:

09/13/2017

The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness "Social entrepreneurship ... ago. Today, the idea has been enshrined officially in the United Nations Sustainable Development...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Refugees Rent Trump’s Childhood Home To Send Message To UN Leaders

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... To UN Leaders President Donald Trump’s childhood home in New York had some new occupants over the weekend — ... as a way to draw attention to the refugee crisis as the United Nations General Assembly convenes...

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Immigration

Opinion: Living The Mitchell-Lama Dream

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... housing was once the egalitarian dream of urban planners in post-war New York City, uniting people from all walks of life in a social experiment that prospered. Today, these ... sabotage by predatory...

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Housing and Homelessness

Protesters Demand Affordable Housing Outside City Hall

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... More than 1,000 demonstrators gathered outside City Hall in the rain on Monday to demand more affordable housing from ...

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