Jun 12 2014
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In 2012, The Rockefeller Foundation's Impact Investing initiative provided a grant to support the launch of the Shared Value Initiative (SVI). Founded by FSG, SVI is a global community of …
Jun 10 2014
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The Rockefeller Foundation has recently commissioned an independent evaluation of our support for cultural innovation. This video on the Queens Museum—whose director was just recently appointed New York City commissioner of …
Jun 05 2014
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On Monday, HUD Secretary Donovan awarded $920 M of disaster recovery funding to New Jersey, New York State, and New York City for six Rebuild by Design proposals. Rebuild by Design …
May 22 2014
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The World Bank recently published a noble and important report with answers to the question Is anyone reading our reports and publications? They note that nearly 50 percent of their …
May 21 2014
Echoing Green, a seed-stage funder of social entrepreneurs for over twenty-five years, has disbursed US 33 million in funding and strategic assistance to nearly 600 emerging leaders around the world …
Innovative Finance Technology & Innovation
May 21 2014
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This post was co-authored by Min Pease, Impact Investing Manager at Echoing Green.
In 2007, we selected Felix Brandon-Lloyd as an Echoing Green Fellow. Felix's organization, Skill-Life, was a game-based platform …
May 20 2014
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Like many regions, Latin America and the Caribbean face a mismatch between what its educational system offers and the skills that are demanded by the market. A recent trend monitoring …
May 19 2014
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The Rockefeller Foundation congratulates WETA's documentary, Latino Americans, for winning the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award. As the award panel said, the series' "six fascinating installments traced a people's history that's …
May 08 2014
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Achieving scale is a challenge as old as the field of social enterprise itself, one whose wide-reaching implications cut to the heart of what it means to make meaningful impact. …
May 08 2014
Achieving scale for inclusive industries is a challenge as old as the field of social enterprise itself, one whose wide-reaching implications cut to the heart of what it means to …
Innovative Finance Technology & Innovation