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Trusted Advisors—You Rely on Them and Lower Income Families Need Them Now

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09/09/2021
Trusted Advisors—You Rely on Them and Lower Income Families Need Them Now By: Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, CEO, The Edwin Gould Foundation Accelerator The pandemic has shown us many things, but the biggest might be this: we need...

Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, CEO of Edwin Gould Foundation, Announced in New Class of Leaders for Pahara-Aspen Fellowship

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01/22/2020
he Pahara Institute, together with the Aspen Institute, announced today the Spring 2020 cohort of the highly selective Pahara-Aspen Education Fellowship. These 24 individuals join the Pahara community of leaders, which is designed to support and...
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If Elite Colleges Want to Address the College Admissions Bribery Scandal — Accept More Low- and Middle-Income Strivers

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03/18/2019
The admission scandal is a stain on the reputation of our top universities. If these institutions want to change their admission policies, they should double down on their outreach to Strivers. I am referring to America’s Strivers — the talented and...
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10 Oct 2018

Can Strategic Service Design Disrupt the Poverty-to-Prison Pipeline?

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
With a full 40% of crimes attributed to poverty and 80% of incarcerated persons identified as low income, if you are poor in America there’s a good likelihood that you may become justice involved. This is especially true if you are Black or Latino...
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Less Talking, More Doing: Operationalizing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Philanthropy

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06/15/2016
Susan Olivo of the Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation and Cynthia Rivera Weissblum of the Edwin Gould Foundation write about issues hindering diversity in philanthropy.

Gould Foundation’s Tyre is Author of In-Depth Atlantic Investigative Piece on Math and Low-Income Students

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02/12/2016
Peg Tyre, director of strategy at the Edwin Gould Foundation, wrote a deep examination on mathematics whizzes and reaching glory in math competitions. She is also the author of the book, "The Good School: How Smart Parents Get Their Kids the...
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06 Apr 2016

Know What They Owe – Ensuring that New York’s Students Graduate College with Manageable Debt

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Much of the conversation within the college success field around addressing college affordability has focused on the FAFSA form. Yet, this form is just one step in the long process of preparing students to graduate college successfully with...
26 Apr 2013

Philanthropy New York's 34th Annual Meeting, with Shaun Donovan

Friday, April 26, 2013 -
12:30pm to 6:30pm
We are currently oversubscribed for the program and running a waiting list. If you would like to be added to our waitlist, please click on the registration link above. You will be notified if a space has opened up and you can attend. Thank you for...
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12 Mar 2013

Getting Your Foundation’s Spending Policy & Asset Allocation Right

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 -
8:45am to 11:00am
Today’s volatile market environment changes how foundations are thinking about spending policy and asset allocation. Come hear leading colleague, both foundation staff and trustee, in the field about their forecast of the market for the next few...