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Closing America's Education Funding Gaps - First-of-Its-Kind Report from The Century Foundation

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07/22/2020

While we have known for decades that the United States is failing in its commitment to provide equal educational opportunity, there is far less consensus and understanding of how to reverse these trends.

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Education

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Investing in our Mission: A Five-Year Case Study of Fossil Fuel Divestment at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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05/11/2020

... of Fossil Fuel Divestment at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund On Monday, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) released Investing in Our Mission , a new case ... Citing the moral case against fossil fuel...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

11 May 2023

Demystifying Trust-Based Philanthropy Part 2 of 6 - Does Unrestricted Funding Automatically Make a Funder Trust-Based?

Thursday, May 11, 2023 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

During the second session, we will distinguish the difference between unrestricted funding that is deployed in a trust-based way and what it looks like when it's not, and identifying strategies for aligning trust-based values with the way grants are...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Transparency

New York State Census Equity Fund Research Identifies New York's Hardest-to-Count Communities for 2020 Census

Release Date:

06/04/2019

New York State Census Equity Fund Research Identifies New York's Hardest-to-Count ... and underwritten by the New York State Census Equity Fund , housed at The New York Community Trust—identifies 50 ... York...

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The New York Community Trust

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Census 2020

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Spelman College Receives Funding from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Help Fuel the Field of Black Women Economists

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08/29/2019

... examples of careers in economics, the grant will fund the creation of a new distinguished speaker series that ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Education

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NYCT, NoVo on Short List of Foundations who Activiely Fund Domestic Violence Prevention Programs

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09/29/2014

NYCT, NoVo on the Short List of Foundations who Activiely Fund Domestic Violence Prevention Programs Since passing ... NYCT, NoVo on Short List of Foundations who Activiely Fund Domestic Violence Prevention...

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The New York Community Trust

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

Research to Prevent Blindness Funds New Smartphone Application to Detect Vision Problems in Young Patients

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11/05/2014

The new app takes images of hard-to-see areas of the back of the eye.

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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MAC AIDS Fund Survey Shows Kids Don't Know Enough About AIDS

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12/05/2014

MAC AIDS Fund Survey Shows Kids Don't Know Enough About AIDS The ... relevant and they need to get involved..." MAC AIDS Fund Survey Shows Kids Don't Know Enough About AIDS .....

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MAC AIDS Fund, MAC Cosmetics

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NYCT-Funded Unaccompanied Minor Initiative Lauded for Helping NYC Address Immigrant Issues

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02/11/2015

The fund provides legal defense, social and health services for unaccompanied minors.

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The New York Community Trust

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NYCT-Funded Initiative Has Taken on 424 Cases to Get Lawyers for Undocumented Immigrant Kids

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03/24/2015

New York Community Trust is partnering with the City Council and The Robin Hood Foundation.

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Weinberg Foundation Approves $400,000 in Emergency Response Funding for 10 Baltimore Nonprofits

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05/14/2015

The foundation has invested $1.36 million in Baltimore in 2015.

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Commonwealth Fund Supported Study on Task-Shifting from Physicians to Nurses in Europe, U.S., Other Countries

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10/27/2015

Commonwealth Fund Supported Study on Task-Shifting from Physicians to ... safety and clarity of clinician roles. . . Commonwealth Fund Supported Study on Task-Shifting from Physicians to ...

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United Hospital Fund Report: Children's Behavioral Health Reform Depends on Solving Implementation Challenges

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11/10/2015

United Hospital Fund Report: Children's Behavioral Health Reform Depends on ... Challenges NEW YORK—The United Hospital Fund today published a report that highlights four ... analyst in the Medicaid Institute...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Supported by Commonwealth Fund, Study Shows Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the Usability Test

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07/18/2016

Supported by Commonwealth Fund , Study Shows Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the ... get frustrated and ditch them... Supported by Commonwealth Fund , Study Shows Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the ...

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Ford, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, FB Heron Named to 2016 Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50

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08/01/2016

Ford, Rockefeller Brothers Fund , FB Heron Named to 2016 Nonprofit Times Power & ... and service delivery model... Ford, Rockefeller Brothers Fund , FB Heron Named to 2016 Nonprofit Times Power & ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Contributes Funds for Online Tool to Reveal Commercial Fishing Activity Worldwide

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09/15/2016

Oceana, SkyTruth and Google today launched the public Beta of Global Fishing Watch, a new online technology platform that allows anyone in the world free access to monitor and track the activities of the world’s largest commercial fishing vessels in...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Howard Gilman, Laurie M. Tisch, Doris Duke and Mellon Fund Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ Latest Project

Release Date:

10/18/2016

Howard Gilman, Laurie M. Tisch, Doris Duke and Mellon Fund Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ Latest Project Brooklyn Youth ... Howard Gilman, Laurie M. Tisch, Doris Duke and Mellon Fund Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ Latest Project...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Funded by Russell Sage, Study Finds Childhood Obesity Rates Rise During Summer Break, Not During School Year

Release Date:

11/02/2016

The results, published in the journal "Obesity," provide insight into whether the causes of childhood obesity lie primarily inside or outside of schools.

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Commonwealth Fund Releases Study on Making Health Data Useful to Patients Through Open APIs

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12/07/2016

Commonwealth Fund Releases Study on Making Health Data Useful to Patients ... or APIs, are needed to realize this goal... Commonwealth Fund Releases Study on Making Health Data Useful to Patients ...

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