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Empowering Cities through Service
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the Foundation announce the winners of the second round of Cities of Service Leadership Grants. Ten cities were selected to receive a $200,000 grant over two years. See which cities got the grants. These new Cities of Service will establish innovative citizen-service strategies to address challenges from public safety to homelessness to struggling schools. >Kenya Agricultural Research Institute Launches Wonder Cassava Seeds
New varieties of cassava seeds that are four times as productive and far more drought-and-virus-resistant than currently available seeds have been developed by Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) a Rockefeller Foundation grantee. In Africa, cassava is consumed by roughly 800 million people. It can also be used as animal feed. >What America's Cities Need
Bruce Katz, vice president and founding director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, and Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, explore the findings of the Brookings report, "The State of Metropolitan America." >Is the Tipping Point for Impact Investing Now?
Director of GIIN, Global Impact Investing Network (a project of Rockefeller Foundation grantee Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors), thinks the time might be right for this fledgling industry to take off. >Capital Markets Solving Social Challenges: Perspectives from Foundation's Managing Director of Impact Investing, Antony Bugg-Levine
Here’s an article from SocialFinance.ca blog about a speech given by Antony Bugg-Levine, Managing Director of the Rockefeller Foundation and Chair of the Board, Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), in Toronto on April 6th and 7th to connect with leaders in mainstream and social finance and members of the general public to get Canadians engaged in impact investing. >Architects of a "Social Investment Data Engine"
An article in the Financial Times (FT) features Rockefeller Foundation grantee GIIN -- The Global Impact Investing Network. >Charities Warm to Climate-Change Issues
Global steps to battle climate change might have faltered, but philanthropic institutions in the United States have swung into action >Social Stock Exchange Could Be 18 Months Away
Money is being raised to start a global stock exchange that will allow investors to trade exclusively in companies with social and environmental goals. >"We Will Take the Risks That Investors Cannot Afford To"
The idea of using profit-seeking investments to bring about social and environmental change is slowly catching the imagination of the financial world. >Maximum Impact
"How would I give away $10 billion? I wouldn't. I would invest it in innovations that have the potential to mobilize multiple billions more." -- Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation >