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Open Society’s Soros among Brookings Top Politically Influential Global Billionaires List

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09/16/2014

... List Darrell West's Global Billionaires Political Power Index is a ranking of the top global billionaires in terms of overall political power . There are a number of existing rankings that rate the .....

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Bloomberg, Sierra Club Direct $60 Million To Closing Half Of U.S. Coal Plants By 2017

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04/10/2015

... upping the ante in their effort to close down coal-fired power plants, announcing on Wednesday another $60 million in ... Sierra Club wants to see 166,000 megawatts of coal-fired power shut down or slated for...

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Rockefeller Helps Develop a Cohesive Strategy for Family Philanthropy

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09/16/2015

By developing a cohesive strategy, older generations can be sure that the younger generation will become increasingly involved in the future.

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EPIP Welcomes Tamir Novotny as Incoming Executive Director

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10/27/2015

... field. I look forward to taking our work to new levels of power and influence in the years to come." Tamir is no .....

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Bloomberg Philanthropies-Backed Report: U.S. Electric Sector Expected To Hit Lowest CO2 Emissions In 20 Years

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11/05/2015

... year, partly due to the widespread closure of coal-powered power plants over the past five years, a Sierra Club report ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Ford Foundation: On Privilege - Why Discomfort Is A Sign Of Progress

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07/31/2017

... Life has given me opportunities to be in places of power and privilege, where people of my origin—black and ... in Brazil, not only opens up my access to these spaces of power but also requires a constant...

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Social Justice

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Opinion: The Risky Consequences Of Inclusionary Housing At Brooklyn’s Pfizer Site

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09/19/2017

... Of Inclusionary Housing At Brooklyn’s Pfizer Site The power to zone is a key mechanism New York City has to ... much needed affordable housing. To take advantage of that power , Mayor Bill de Blasio’s...

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Housing and Homelessness

Rini Banerjee Welcomed as New President of The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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12/10/2018

... person at the right time for Noyes as we seek to build the power of people directly affected by injustice.” Banerjee ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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Philanthropy New York Members Featured Among The 50 Most Influential Philanthropists in New York

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02/11/2020

... for good in the world, philanthropy’s relationship with power has increasingly become a subject of scrutiny in recent ... form of political and social influence. These questions of power and influence are of...

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The Charles H. Revson Foundation Elects Ariel Zwang to Board of Trustees

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11/17/2021

... leader in New York State” on City and State’s Annual Power List. Revson Foundation President Julie Sandorf writes, ...

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Compensating for Your Philanthropic Blind Spots

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01/09/2014

Bessemer Trust's Caroline Woodruff talks about a recent gathering where her colleagues discussed how to balance data-driven and intuitive approaches — the “head” and the “heart” — when it comes to philanthropy.

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Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing

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06/25/2009

At ACBP, our President has a top ten list that quotes Tom Peters. One item is, “Try easier, not harder.” As a foundation that invests in the next generation and is not afraid to take risks, we (with our partners) take innovative ideas and create...

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Take Us To Your Leaders

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03/10/2015

Teagle Foundation President, Judith R. Shapiro, explores the importance of leadership in the philanthropic community.

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Two Distinct Types of NY Funders are Gearing Up for Redistricting, Here’s Why

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03/03/2021

... Steering Committee Chair Patricia Swann is at pas@nyct-cfi. org . As an expert from the Brennan Center for Social ...

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