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A Consequential Myth

Release Date:

04/09/2019

Race is a fictive idea that holds real-life consequences. As a black man, who has a six-foot-and-three-inch-tall presence, I am intimately familiar with the tangibility of the myth. Although many anthropologist and geneticists have disproved any...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Justice Reform

Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

Leaving Rikers: What the New York Women's Foundation Is Doing for Women in New York City's Worst Jail

Release Date:

04/09/2019

The New York Women’s Foundation (NYWF) created a Justice Fund in 2018 to address mass incarceration and its effects on women, girls and transgender and gender nonconforming communities in New York City.

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The New York Community Trust Grants $4.8 Million to Invest in a Fairer, More Equitable New York

Release Date:

04/08/2019

Combating youth violence, addressing climate change, and improving access to mass transit. These are just three of the 46 projects New York’s community foundation is supporting to improve life for New Yorkers.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Funding From the Leon Levy Foundation Finds That Artificial Light Makes Birds Fly Into Buildings at Night

Release Date:

04/05/2019

Birds that produce faint chirps called flight calls during nighttime migration collide with illuminated buildings much more often than closely related species that don’t produce such calls, report researchers.

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Animal Welfare

Environment and Climate Change

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William T. Grant Announce Winners of 2019 Institutional Challenge Grant Competition

Release Date:

04/05/2019

The William T. Grant and Spencer Foundations are delighted to announce the winners of the 2019 Institutional Challenge Grant competition.

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

United Hospital Fund Supports Evaluation That Shows Small Primary Care Practices Can Help Patients Access Mental Health Care

Release Date:

04/04/2019

One in five New Yorkers suffer from mental health disorders, but most of these people do not have access to treatment, especially in disadvantaged communities.

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Health

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Greg Ratliff named VP at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Release Date:

04/04/2019

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors just named Greg Ratliff as its newest vice president. Greg will manage client engagements with a range of individual, family and corporate donors.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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First-of-its-kind Study From the Century Foundation: How Well Does Your State Support Integration in Charter Schools?

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04/04/2019

With the enrollment flexibility and design choices available to them, charter schools have the potential to help reverse trends of school segregation—or to further isolate students by race and class.

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

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Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Finds Bonding Exercises Cut Discipline Disparity for Students of Color

Release Date:

04/04/2019

Exercises that address middle school students’ worries about belonging can help black and Latino boys develop better relationships with teachers, according to new research.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Rockefeller Foundation Partners with African Development Bank to Open Doors for Nigerian Women in ICT

Release Date:

04/04/2019

The Bank, together with its partners - The Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook announced the holding of the class in March on International Women's Day, as part of a concerted push to close the gender gap in the representation of women in...