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Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz Announces Increase of 2017 Program Grants Budget

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03/15/2017

Recognizing the challenges to many of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund’s program priorities presented by the current political climate, the board of trustees has approved an increase in the Fund’s grants budget by nearly 12 percent for 2017, Fund...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Andrew Golden Joins Rita Allen Foundation Board of Directors

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03/23/2017

Andrew K. Golden, President of the Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO), has been elected to the Rita Allen Foundation Board of Directors.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Rita Allen Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation Helps Speed Up Development of Minigrids in Africa

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03/28/2017

Development partners such as the U.K.’s Department for International Development and Germany’s GIZ are committing hundreds of millions of dollars to explore the potential for minigrids and support their growth.

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Bloomberg Launches Smart City Certification

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04/11/2017

Two years after its inception, Bloomberg Philanthropies' What Works Cities program announced an initiative that will direct cities on how to use data to improve their smart infrastructure.

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Kaberi Banerjee Murthy of Brooklyn Community Foundation: On Immigration and Justice Reform Advocacy

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04/18/2017

After the PNY program, " Advocacy Day , " we sat with Kaberi Banerjee Murthy to discuss BCF’s initiatives, including the Immigrant Rights Fund and advocating for the closing of Rikers Island, both of which will affect many...

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Immigration

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Brooklyn Org

Rockefeller Foundation Supports 'Food for Soul' to Combat Food Waste

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04/13/2017

Backing from the Foundation will enable Food for Soul to take its successful Refettorio model to some of the USA’s most vulnerable communities.

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Food Systems

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Anu Bhagwati of Service Women's Action Network Joined the Marines and Faced Daily Harassment

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05/07/2014

In this PhilTalk at Philanthropy New York's 35th annual meeting, Anu Bhagwati saw so much harassment during her service that she filed an independent investigation, which led to her work with Women's Action Network, a collective effort to heal from...

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PhilTalks

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Gender Justice

Janet Mock, Trustee at Arcus Foundation and Author of 'Redefining Realness,' Talks About Gender Identity

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05/07/2014

In this PhilTalk at Philanthropy New York's 35th annual meeting, Janet Mock, Trustee at Arcus Foundation and author of "Redefining Realness," tells the story of her upbringing in Hawaii, where she and her family struggled with homelessness and...

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PhilTalks

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Gender Justice

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Arcus Foundation

Podcast: A Conversation about Immigration and Immigrants

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04/24/2017

A conversation with Ali Noorani, Executive Director, the National Immigration Forum and author of There Goes the Neighborhood, Sayu Bhojwani, President of The New American Leaders Project, and Julia Preston, former New York Times’ immigration...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

09 Aug 2017

Strengthening Your CSR Impact Story with a Program Outcomes Framework - A Webinar Hosted by TCC Group

Wednesday, August 9, 2017 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

... Funders : Please email register@philanthropynewyork. org ($150 fee). Please email register@philanthropynewyork. org with any questions. In partnership with TCC Group ...

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Professional Development

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Finance & Asset Management

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Transparency

13 Feb 2018

Learning from the #MeToo Moment: Building an Anti-Harassment Practice in Your Foundation

Tuesday, February 13, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... Funders : Please email register@philanthropynewyork. org ($150 fee). Please note: To ensure fairness among our ... programs. Please email register@philanthropynewyork. org with any questions. Learning from the...

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Professional Development

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Livestream

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HR & Operations

How Surdna Foundation Is Using its Grantmaking to Champion Impact Investing

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01/18/2018

The funder just announced $650,000 in grants to organizations that strengthen the field by providing resources and otherwise helping institutions that want to take the plunge.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Surdna Foundation

18 May 2018

How Racially Equitable is Your Foundation? Assessing Your Practice

Friday, May 18, 2018 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

... Funders : Please email register@philanthropynewyork. org ($150 fee) Please note: To ensure fairness among our ... programs. Please email register@philanthropynewyork. org with any questions. How Racially...

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Tools & Strategies

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Roundtable Discussion

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Board & Trustees

Executive Leadership

HR & Operations Staff

Senior Management

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

New Journal From The Russell Sage Foundation Reimagines Approach to Eradicating Poverty

Release Date:

02/21/2018

The proposed policies could help lift 23.3 million people of color out of poverty.

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Member News

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Economic Security

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Russell Sage Foundation

01 Jun 2018

Overstepping? When Should Foundations Weigh In On Grantee Governance

Friday, June 1, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... Funders: Please email register@philanthropynewyork. org ($150 fee) Please note: To ensure fairness among our ... programs. Please email register@philanthropynewyork. org with any questions. Overstepping? When...

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Simons Foundation Announces 2018 Simons Fellows in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

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04/02/2018

The Simons Foundation congratulates the 52 outstanding mathematicians and theoretical physicists who have been awarded Simons Fellowships in 2018.

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Science

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The New York Community Trust Issues A Request for Proposals (RFP) Focused on Programs Serving Immigrant Youth

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05/08/2018

The New York Community Trust Issues A Request for Proposals (RFP) Focused on Programs Serving Immigrant Youth The Trust invites local, immigrant-led nonprofits to submit proposals for grants to support programs that serve immigrants (and/or children...

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RFPs Etc

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The New York Community Trust

New Report by Russell Sage Foundation Trustees: A New Threat to Immigrants’ Health — The Public-Charge Rule

Release Date:

08/08/2018

RSF trustee Hirokazu Yoshikawa (New York University) and former visiting scholars Krista Perreira and Jonathan Oberlander (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) have authored a new report in the New England Journal of Medicine that examines the...

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Immigration

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Russell Sage Foundation

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

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01/29/2019

The Rockefeller Foundation and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth will invest $50 million over five years to build the field of data science for social impact, starting with a $20-million investment in DataKind.