Dec 03 2013
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NEW YORK—The Rockefeller Foundation today announces the first 33 cities selected to join the 100 Resilient Cities network. The cities were selected from nearly 400 applicants across six continents. In …
Nov 29 2013
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BANGKOK—Leaders from The Rockefeller Foundation, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today announced the launch of a new trust fund designed to scale …
Nov 14 2013
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced the project opportunities that will be pursued by each of the ten teams advancing to Stage 3 of the Rebuild …
Nov 14 2013
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CHICAGO—The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, with funding from The Rockefeller Foundation, announces a new nine-month fellowship for journalists that will focus on community resilience in times of …
Nov 06 2013
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NEW YORK—Today the Dr. Wangari Maathai Award for Civic Participation in Sustainability officially began accepting nominations for 2014. The award for New York City high school students was inaugurated last …
Nov 05 2013
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BANGKOK—As part of its Centennial activities, The Rockefeller Foundation is commemorating its long history in Thailand with the launch of a photo exhibition, "Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of The …
Oct 28 2013
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NEW YORK—One year after Superstorm Sandy hit, 10 teams of international design and resiliency experts released their ideas for ways to make the region more resilient to future storms and other …
Oct 28 2013
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NEW YORK—The Rockefeller Foundation today announced the names of seven distinguished judges from around the world who will select the first round of cities to join the 100 Resilient Cities …
Oct 22 2013
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WASHINGTON—New public opinion research conducted by the Center for American Progress and PolicyLink, and funded by The Rockefeller Foundation, found that Americans are much more open to diversity and supportive of …
Oct 17 2013
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NEW YORK—The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) today announced a new grant in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation that will fully fund Jeff Reichert (Gerrymandering, Remote Area Medical) and Farihah Zaman's …