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Barbara Picower Is Back In Business As One Of The Nation's Top Philanthropists

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09/09/2014

Barbara Picower continues her philanthropic work at The JPB Foundation which funds programs that focus on medical research, poverty solutions and environmental stability.

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Environment and Climate Change

Health

Social Justice

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The JPB Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Gives Museums $17 million to Improve Digital Outreach

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09/09/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies will give $17 million to museums in New York and around the world to increase the utilization of technology in exhibitry and educational programs.

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Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Do Health Care Costs Fuel Economic Inequality in the United States?

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09/09/2014

The Commonwealth Fund explores the relationship between health care costs and the economic gap between wealthy Americans and everybody else.

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Nonprofit Excellence Awards Application Process Helps Organizations Improve Management Practices

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09/09/2014

Encouraging findings emerge from a survey of over 630 Nonprofit Excellence Awards applications.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

The New York Community Trust

Fund for the City of New York

WNYC Radio

PNY Board Member Kenneth T. Monteiro Appointed General Counsel and Vice President of Ford Foundation

Release Date:

09/08/2014

Ford Foundation has named Kenneth T. Monteiro Vice President, Secretary of the Board and General Counsel.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Community Development

Public Policy

Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

Three Essential Insights on International Impact Investing

Release Date:

09/08/2014

Cynthia Muller of Arabella Advisors examines impact investing in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.

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Insights

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Impact Investing

Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals

Release Date:

09/08/2014

Students and teachers are always being evaluated, but the principals that lead them should also be scrutinized. The Wallace Foundation has earmarked $75 million to create programs to recruit and train stronger principals.

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Education

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The Wallace Foundation

Disrupting the Textbook Status Quo

Release Date:

09/05/2014

Rachel Leifer and Denis Udall discuss how philanthropy can help educators find, create, and demand better options for students.

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Insights

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Education

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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Washington Post Focuses on Carnegie Corporation Report

Release Date:

09/05/2014

The Carnegie Corporation of New York report indicates that the high Common Core standards could possibly double the current high school dropout rate, unless learning environments are drastically changed.