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Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces New Grantmaking Areas

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02/20/2015

Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces New Grantmaking Areas Human ... since the Industrial Revolution have improved the lives of millions of people. This progress, however, has come with ... with...

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Studies Impact of Volunteerism

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03/06/2015

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Studies Impact of Volunteerism Community volunteers and AmeriCorps ... and are a low cost option for schools, according to the results of a study...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

JPB Foundation Backs New Childhood Obesity Research

Release Date:

04/29/2015

JPB Foundation Backs New Childhood Obesity Research Contrary to popular belief, more healthy kids’ meals were ordered ... healthier items easier to choose. This study is the first of...

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The Century Foundation Examines Russia's Syrian Conflict Strategy

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09/24/2015

The Century Foundation Examines Russia's Syrian Conflict Strategy Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to address the UN General Assembly on September 28, on the heels of a shrewdly...

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Century Foundation Report: The Real Price of College

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03/15/2016

Century Foundation Report: The Real Price of College The high price of college is the subject of ... Some people caution against giving too much weight to the...

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Century Foundation Report Recommends Universal Child Allowance

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03/17/2016

Century Foundation Report Recommends Universal Child Allowance The ... with more than 12 million American children—16.5 percent of all children—currently living in poverty. But according to new...

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MetLife Foundation Sponsors Ballet Hispánico Tour

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02/21/2017

MetLife Foundation Sponsors Ballet Hispánico Tour Ballet Hispánico ... Asuka and Club Havana, along with the participation of students from the Ballet Hispánico School of Dance... MetLife...

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NYT Interviews Schott Foundation VP Edgar Villanueva

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11/28/2018

NYT Interviews Schott Foundation VP Edgar Villanueva When America’s philanthropic ... early in the 20th century, the design resembled elements of colonial social architecture: bureaucracy, competition, ... his new...

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Westchester Community Foundation Awards 22 Grants

Release Date:

07/11/2023

Westchester Community Foundation Awards 22 Grants (Hartsdale, NY—July 11, 2023) ... Westchester Community Foundation has awarded $596,000 to 22 nonprofits, providing support for the arts, .....

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The Century Foundation Welcomes Jeff Madrick as Senior Fellow

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04/01/2014

The Century Foundation Jeff Madrick as a senior fellow. Madrick is the Director of the Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering Government ... Government Initiative was launched in 2011 by Madrick to...

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Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Principal Evaluation

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01/27/2016

Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Principal Evaluation About three-quarters of school principals are evaluated annually—but evidence ... always help principals sharpen the skills they need to...

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Ford Foundation Announces Three New Concentration Areas

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01/18/2018

Ford Foundation Announces Three New Concentration Areas During the spring of 1816, four decades after Thomas Jefferson drafted the ... an old colleague and companion from his days as minister to...

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The Century Foundation Releases New Report on Unemployment

Release Date:

12/09/2014

The Century Foundation Releases New Report on Unemployment Fifteen ... African Americans are twice as likely as white Americans to be unemployed, all else equal. Younger workers, women, and ... employment...

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker on the Perils of Meritocracy

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06/30/2017

Ford Foundation 's Darren Walker on the Perils of Meritocracy American culture nurtures many myths about the ... The phrase “by the bootstraps,” still widely used to describe those Americans...

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Gilman Louie Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

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12/03/2012

The Markle Foundation has announced that Gilman Louie has joined its Board of Directors. Louie is currently a partner at Alsop Louie ... will help Markle advance the use of information technology...

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The F.B. Heron Foundation Welcomes New Team Members

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04/15/2014

The F.B. Heron Foundation recently welcomed new members to their team. Amy Orr joined Heron as a Capital Deployment ... Program in International Affairs. She brings 5 years of experience working...

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24 Sep 2015

Hands-on Workshop: Communications Evaluation for Foundations and Nonprofits

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9:00am to 12:15pm

... sector increasingly recognizes the potential impact of changing hearts, minds and actions, many foundations are ... themselves in multifaceted communications campaigns to achieve their social missions. But how...

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This is What Ford Foundation Does with its Resources

Release Date:

08/13/2014

by MacKenzie Fegan, Mulitmedia Producer, Ford Foundation Last week the Ford Foundation launched the final ... installment in our three-part video series, From Dollars to Change , which answers...