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Rockefeller's Rodin Discusses City Resiliency on Innovation Hub

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05/04/2015

Rockefeller Foundation President, Judith Rodin, stresses the importance of preparedness during times of natural disasters.

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Lessons from Family Philanthropy: Rockefeller Brothers Fund at 75

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04/04/2017

... ingredients of its success be described? What lessons can it offer? The Fund’s founding brothers represented an ... but with distinct personalities. The original impetus for the RBF was to leverage the...

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Rockefeller Foundation Helping Cities with Novel Financing for Climate Issues

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08/16/2017

Rockefeller Foundation Helping Cities with Novel Financing for Climate Issues As climate change pushes U.S. cities to ... John D. Rockefeller’s oil wealth, announced Wednesday it will pay $342,000 to underwrite...

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Opinion: Why Can’t We Get Cities Right?

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09/05/2017

... will leave a huge amount of wreckage behind, some of it invisible. In particular, we don’t yet know just how ... by flooding of chemical plants, waste dumps, and more. But it ’s a good bet that more people will...

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Twin Megastorms Have Scientists Fearing This May Be The New Normal

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09/07/2017

... through the Caribbean. Hurricane Irma, a category-five storm , is destroying homes and threatening lives in the ... winds and 11ft coastal surges, and in the coming days it is forecast to hit Puerto Rico, Haiti...

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Filling New York Harbor with Millions Of Oysters to Fight Pollution

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09/28/2017

... tons of oyster shells from 70 restaurants across the city for the Billion Oyster Project. Peter Malinowski and a team ... 22 million of the mollusks into the harbor since it began in 2014, which means...

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Public Housing Residents Ask the Crowd to Fund Sustainability Projects

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10/13/2017

... Superstorm Sandy hit New York in 2012, and after the storm , access to fresh, healthy foods only got more limited ...

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Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico

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11/16/2017

... Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico Three major U.S.-based foundations ... Foundation comes nearly two months after the Category 4 storm destroyed tens of thousands...

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Aetna Foundation Provides Additional Assistance to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund

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09/14/2018

... Relief Fund The Aetna Foundation, today, announced it will make a $100,000 contribution to the North Carolina ... will also match employees disaster relief donations dollar- for -dollar (up to $5,000 per donor...

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ASPCA Assists Nearly 600 Animals Displaced by Hurricane Michael

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10/30/2018

... efforts in the field, providing medical attention for impacted animals, and coordinating reunification efforts ... in providing care for nearly 600 animals displaced by the storm . “When...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Diane Samuels as Vice President for Talent and Human Resources

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06/13/2019

Ford Foundation Appoints Diane Samuels as Vice President for Talent and Human Resources New York / 13 June 2019 — ... today that Diane Samuels will serve as vice president for Talent and Human Resources. Samuels...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Joins More Than 80 Philanthropic Leaders to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals

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02/15/2018

... pledged to work to reduce poverty and increase opportunity for all across North America. This commitment marks the ... the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, highlighted their new 10 -year commitment to invest in...

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Try it, You’ll Like It: The Promise of Digital Media

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07/26/2012

... Philanthropies , to talk about how foundations can do better—“discover the promises and avoid the ... using digital media in their advocacy efforts. I think it ’s fair to say that, for the...

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Why STEM? The Key to Future Innovation Needs Funding Now

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03/03/2015

... attention on computers and coding is certainly welcome, it is also important for funders to not lose site of the value of science, ... mathematicians or engineers. What can foundations do ?...

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Mike Bloomberg Sends Statement to the United Nations Following Unprecedented Outpouring of Support for Paris Agreement

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06/06/2017

... Nations Following Unprecedented Outpouring of Support for Paris Agreement Today, Mike Bloomberg, the United Nations ... including how to join the effort, is available at https:// www .bloomberg.org/americas-...

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Surdna Foundation Commits $100 Million to Impact Investing

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02/06/2017

... an additional $2.8 million in capital from Goldman Sachs's 10 ,000 Small Businesses program. "Surdna's current focus on ... at the Surdna Foundation. "Leveraging our endowment for impact...

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11 Feb 2019

The Underpinning Stories: Climate & Metrics - A Webinar Hosted by CLIMA Fund

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12:00pm to 1:30pm

... Grassroots Climate Solutions Fund) is creating a space for transparent, deeper discussion about the underlying ... between Thousand Currents, Urgent Action Fund for Women's Rights, Grassroots...

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