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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 10-Fold Increase in Grant Distributions

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07/25/2014

Brooklyn Community Foundation fund holders directed over $200,000 in grants—more than 90 percent going to Brooklyn nonprofits—for the first six months of 2014, a 10-fold increase over the same period last year.

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Alan "Ace" Greenberg, Leading NY Philanthropist, Dies

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07/25/2014

Alan “Ace” Greenberg, the former head of Bear Stearns, who raised hundreds of millions for the UJA-Federation of New York over his decades of involvement with the organization, and who instilled the importance of giving to charity in his employees,...

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More Technology Investment Needed To Boost Outcomes of Social Change Groups

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07/25/2014

If foundations want social change groups to have more impact, they need to step up investments that will help them make better use of technology, writes Geraldine Mannion, of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, along with three co-authors, in an...

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NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals

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07/24/2014

Support from the Wallace Foundation is helping NYC partner with several organizations to train future principals for the city's schools.

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Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies

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07/24/2014

Forward-thinking school districts across the nation are demonstrating how alternatives to zero-tolerance discipline polices can improve educational outcomes, writes Kavitha Mediratta, the head of racial-equity program at The Atlantic Philanthropies...

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Grants Awarded To Improve Usefulness Of Research, To Support Junior Researchers of Color

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07/23/2014

The William T. Grant Foundation has made $1.6 million in grants to improve the usefulness of research, $634,000 to support connections between education research and practice, and $205,000 to enhance the mentoring relationships of three foundation...

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William Simon President Questions Motives of "Liberal" Foundations Working To Advance Democracy

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07/23/2014

Citing efforts dating back to the 1960s, the president of the William E. Simon Foundation argues that major foundations--including Carnegie, Ford and Rockefeller--have pursued "an obvious, politically liberal, ideological agenda" in the name of...

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Community Revitalization Works Better When A "Quarterback" Is In Charge

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07/22/2014

The "community quarterback" model can be an effective approach to revitalizing troubled neighborhoods, write Nancy O. Andrews, president and CEO of the Low Income Investment Fund, and Brandee McHale, COO at the Citi Foundation, in a post on the SSIR...

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Rockefeller, Surdna Grantees Named "Champions of Change"

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07/22/2014

Two individuals with organizations supported by both the Rockefeller Foundation and the Surdna Foundation were named Tuesday by the White House as "Champions of Change" for their efforts to ensure that no American working 40 hours a week should have...

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New Banking Services Aimed At Low-Income Customers

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07/22/2014

To serve the needs of low-income customers, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase are among U.S. financial institutions introducing new products, and to expose the high costs of living without a bank account, American Express has sponsored a 40-minute...