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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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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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Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals

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

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09/08/2014

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

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Community Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation and the Urban Institute Evaluate Rebuild by Design

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09/04/2014

The Rockefeller Foundation and the Urban Institute examine the efficacy of the Rebuild by Design competition.

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Washington Post Focuses on Carnegie Corporation Report

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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.

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Disrupting the Textbook Status Quo

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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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Foundations Join Together to Create New Philanthropy Feedback Opportunities

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09/04/2014

The Fund for Shared Insight will work to seek new ways for nonprofits to receive feedback to improve their programs and services.

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Communications/Media

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The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Rita Allen Foundation

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Among Backers of Education Post News Site

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09/01/2014

With the backing of several leading foundations, Education Post, a new nonprofit group, will encourage respectful and fact-based dialogue on public education.

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Foundation CEOs Need Candid Feedback to Succeed in Driving Change

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09/02/2014

President of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, Phil Buchanan, urges honest, constructive feedback for foundation CEOs.

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Michael Bloomberg to Return to Lead Bloomberg L.P.

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09/03/2014

Michael R. Bloomberg will return to Bloomberg L.P. at the end of the year and will run the company for the foreseeable future.

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Bloomberg LP

24 Sep 2014

Expanding Opportunities and Improving City Social Services Quality through a Career Ladder Approach

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8:45am to 10:30am

The City of New York delivers most human services through $5 billion in annual contracts with non-profit providers. However, there are insufficient opportunities for lower-level social service case workers at these providers to acquire the education...

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The Russell Sage Foundation Announces Visiting Scholars for 2014-2015

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09/02/2014

The Russell Sage Foundation has named 17 leading social scientists as Visiting Scholars for the 2014-2015 academic year.

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Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and other PNY members highlighted in Corporate Giving Infographic

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08/19/2014

A new infographic from Double the Donation identifies the top 10 corporate givers for 2013, and among them are PNY members Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Target.

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The Right Starting Point for Productive Grantee Relationships is Putting Power Points Aside

Release Date:

09/03/2014

The Pinkerton Foundation's Laurie Dien discusses the importance of cultivating positive relationships at the beginning of the grantmaking process.

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Arts

Children, Youth and Families

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Simons Foundation Names Boyana Konforti Director of Education & Outreach

Release Date:

09/02/2014

Boyana Konforti has been named director of Education & Outreach for the Simons Foundation.

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Technology

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Documentary Funded by New York Life Foundation Wins Emmy

Release Date:

08/26/2014

"One Last Hug: Three Days at Grief Camp," a documentary funded by the New York Life Foundation, won the 2014 Emmy for Outstanding Children's Programming.

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Virginia "Ginnie" Sloane, President Emeritus of the Heckscher Foundation for Children, Dies at 91

Release Date:

08/27/2014

Philanthropist and civic leader Virginia "Ginnie" Sloane passed away on August 24, 2014. Sloane was President Emeritus of the Heckscher Foundation for Children.