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For over 33 years, the Center for Book Arts has challenged the public to think outside the box of what a book is and can be - to see books as more than just repositories of words, but as works of art. Read More
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News And Announcements
Fund Elects Marsha Simms to the Board of Trustees
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) is pleased to announce the election of Marsha Simms to the Fund's board of trustees, effective March 10, 2010. Ms. Simms is a partner in Weil, Gotshal & Manges' Banking and Finance Group.
Report Examines Climate Change Implications on National Security
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS), an RBF grantee, has released a working paper, Promoting the Dialogue: Climate Change and the Quadrennial Defense Review. The authors, CNAS Bacevich Fellow Christine Parthemore and Research Assistant Will Rogers, examine how the Department of Defense is incorporating climate change and its impact on national security into the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR).
Fund Makes Revisions to Democratic Practice Guidelines
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has updated its Democratic Practice guidelines. While the basic substance of the Democratic Practice program remains the same, the Fund has made revisions to the goals and strategies of both the U.S. and Global Governance portfolios of the program. In making revisions to program guidelines, the intent has always been to give potential grantees, other foundations, and the interested public a clear description of the Fund's direction and priorities.