“I think it’s wonderful when the history connects with the present and that’s very much happening here right now.” Meredith Sorin Horsford, the new executive director of The Pocantico Center, discusses the Rockefeller estate’s deep roots in the community and how its history inspires public programs and new audiences across the campus in The River Journal.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
慈善筹款服务
New York，New York 7,111 位关注者
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund advances social change that contributes to a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world.
关于我们
Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) is a philanthropic foundation with a mission to advance social change that contributes to a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world. Through our grantmaking, mission-aligned investing, and convenings at The Pocantico Center, the RBF supports the people and organizations building lasting solutions to the challenges facing today’s increasingly interdependent world. Our grantmaking is organized into seven programs. Three thematic programs—Democratic Practice, Sustainable Development, and Peacebuilding—address the interrelated challenges of democratic decline, climate change, and violent conflict. The Culpeper Arts & Culture program, created through the 2008 merger with the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation, supports arts organizations and artists in the New York City region that shape understanding of these critical concerns and the human experience. Pivotal Place programs in China, Central America, and the Western Balkans focus on one or more RBF themes in a specific geographic context that we believe has disproportionate significance for the future of the surrounding regions, an ecosystem, or the world. Recognizing that the problems the RBF aims to address are profound and our resources are modest, our grantmaking programs share common approaches to achieve enduring impact: Nurture bold ideas from the ground up; Support solutions grounded in evidence and lived experience; Advance equity and inclusion; and Respond to changing contexts. The Pocantico Center is the community facing extension of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund’s philanthropic mission. Through a robust slate of programming— including conferences for nonprofit and policy leaders, artist residencies, tours, performances, and educational programs for the community—Pocantico continues to bring together people from near and far to learn, share, and imagine a better future. Community Guidelines: https://www.rbf.org/community-guidelines
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https://www.rbf.org/community-guidelines
Rockefeller Brothers Fund的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 慈善筹款服务
- 规模
- 11-50 人
- 总部
- New York，New York
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- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 1940
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Rockefeller Brothers Fund员工
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Ihsan Christie, SHRM-CP
Total Rewards ? Benefits ? Retirement & Financial Wellness ? Compensation ? Human Resources Operations
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Elly Weisenberg Kelly
Manager of Public Programs and Residencies at The Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund
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Regine Basha
Bashaprojects
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Ellen Pomeroy
Trustee, Laurance S. Rockefeller Fund
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“We didn’t just one day turn a switch and be fully divested from fossil fuel….It has been a journey.” In Nonprofit Quarterly, the RBF’s Gerry Watson joins Rey Ramsey of Nathan Cummings Foundation and Elizabeth McGovern of McKnight Foundation to discuss the impact of mission aligned investing and offer a practical roadmap for other foundations to follow suit.
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At a time when there is greater capacity for stretch in our conceptions of global relations and thinking about the international system, join The Long Now Foundation for a conversation with science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson and Rockefeller Brothers Fund CEO Stephen Heintz on imagining—and realizing—solutions to urgent planetary challenges.
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Abstract and figurative sculptures grace?Kykuit’s?walled inner garden, designed circa 1907–13 by Beaux-Arts architect William Welles Bosworth. Once the residence of the Rockefeller family and now a National Trust Historic Site preserved and operated by the?Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Tarrytown, New York, property was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in the early 1990s. About 40 years earlier, Nelson A. Rockefeller purchased the Aristide Maillol sculpture shown in this photo. The French sculptor, painter, and printmaker made the work,?Chained Action: Torso of the Monument to Blanqui,?circa 1906. The bronze is one of at least five casts of this piece and bears the mark of the Rudier Foundry, a famous Parisian metal caster. It still stands in the same location in the inner garden, and the landscape looks just the way it does in the photo, taken before Kykuit opened for public tours in 1994. During the National Trust’s 75th anniversary year, the Flash Back section of Preservation magazine will highlight a place of significance to the organization’s history. Pictured: A bronze sculpture by Aristide Maillol, pictured in the 1990s, can be found within the walled inner garden at Kykuit. Photo courtesy Historic American Buildings Survey, retrieved from the Library of Congress
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“Mission-aligned investors need to?focus?their attention—and their resources—on measurement.” In Confluence Philanthropy, RBF President and CEO Stephen Heintz shares his predictions for investors committed to building a portfolio that reflects their values in 2025.
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The RBF welcomes Meredith Horsford as the new executive director of The Pocantico Center. In this new role, Horsford will oversee all operational and programmatic aspects of the Fund’s programs at Pocantico and guide the strategic vision for the 200-acre campus, which includes?the David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center, the Conference Center, and Kykuit, John D. Rockefeller’s 1913 home. “I’m thrilled to join the incredible team at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and to partner with the Rockefeller family and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, to write the next chapter for this campus, which offers many lessons from the past and so much promise for the future.” – Meredith Horsford
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"Democratic systems, processes, and institutions must be able to respond to shifting demands to address challenges created by durable changes to geography, population distribution, and economic centers caused by extreme weather events." RBF’s Keesha Gaskins-Nathan highlights the need for democracy reformers and civic engagement organizations to adapt their strategies for the impacts of accelerating extreme weather.
With global temperatures rising, there has been an increase in extreme weather events. But did you know these shifts in weather have an impact on voting and representation in the United States?? ? Because voting and representation is tied to fixed locations, climate change that leads to loss of homes can also lead to a loss of political agency. Keesha Gaskins-Nathan from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund shares how philanthropy can prepare for this and make a difference.? Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/euPFhtZB
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“Because U.S. democratic institutions tie voting systems and political power to fixed districts, managing highly mobile populations with rapidly shifting needs is challenging. So, when climate disasters strike, affected communities bear both the brunt of physical destruction and the long-term destabilization of their political agency.” In a new essay for Candid Insights, RBF’s Keesha Gaskins-Nathan highlights the need for democracy reformers and civic engagement organizations to adapt their strategies for the impacts of accelerating extreme weather events and encourages funders to support this work.
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“Creating the kind of vibrant, multicultural democracy we need in this century requires investing in building trust among citizens, in building civic culture, in bringing people together and helping them work together in their communities to solve local problems. We really need to focus on the culture of democracy as well as the machinery of democracy.” Rockefeller Brothers Fund President and CEO Stephen Heintz joins Phil Buchanan and Grace Nicolette of the?Center for Effective Philanthropy's Giving Done Right?podcast to discuss the values and challenges of charitable giving in this moment, and the process of rebuilding trust among the American electorate through repairing civic culture and understanding.