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William T. Grant-Funded Study Explores Effect of Financial Distress on Academically Prepared Minority Students

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09/10/2015

... Distress on Academically Prepared Minority Students A new study of more than 500 Black and Latino college students ...

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The Century Foundation Releases Report on Charter Schools and District Integration

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09/16/2015

... that has persisted since the civil rights era. A new report, Charters without Borders: Using Inter-district ... this issue of inter-district segregation. The report’ s author, The Century Foundation education...

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03 Nov 2015

Building a Program-Based Budget, and Other Secrets to Successful Financial Management - Webinar

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... guide to budget development A tool for making decisions on new funding opportunities A webinar to help board members ...

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Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science

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10/16/2015

... towards math to their students’ math performance. These new findings demonstrate that structured, positive ... between parents’ uneasiness about math and children’ s low math achievement. To read the full...

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Bloomberg and WHO Present Report on Global Road Safety

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10/20/2015

... laws, and stronger enforcement of those laws. That’ s why, since 2007, Bloomberg Philanthropies has been working ... that together account for more than half of the world’ s road deaths. Last year, we expanded...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies, Tiffany & Co. Foundation Join Pew in the Protection of Vast Swaths of Ocean

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10/30/2015

... We've been writing a lot over the past year about the new money and energy pouring into marine conservation. The ... like Packard and Moore. One marine funder that' s on a particularly strong winning...

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Duke & Mellon Foundations Sponsor Provocative Dance Work on the Legacy of Confederate Symbolism

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11/19/2015

... Wideman/Davis Dance, the UofSC Dance Program’ s resident professional dance company, will present their ... of South Carolina Dance Program, Ruptured Silence is a new media and dance performance that examines...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies: What C40's Report, Climate Action in Megacities 3.0, Means to Paris Climate Summit

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11/25/2015

Bloomberg Philanthropies: What C40' s Report, Climate Action in Megacities 3.0, Means to Paris Climate Summit C40’ s new report, Climate Action in Megacities 3.0, contains .....

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Arabella Launches Special Consulting Practice on Food Philanthropy

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12/04/2015

... Philanthropic consultants Arabella Advisors is launching a new practice area, titled "Good Food." According to an .....

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Kindness, Charitable Behavior Influenced by Amygdala, Simons Foundation Supported Research Reveals

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12/15/2015

... amygdala, a small structure at the front end of the brain' s temporal lobe, has long been associated with negative ... behaviors generally, and specifically with fear. But new research from Michael Platt...

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15 Jun 2016

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Effective Methods of Giving and Receiving Feedback

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8:45am to 10:45am

... Program This event is only open to Philanthropy New York members. Registration is required by June 13 . ...

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Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness)

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02/03/2016

... of researchers who generated stem cells from a patient' s skin cells and then repaired the damaged gene, RPGR, using CRISPR/Cas9, a new gene-editing technology. The technique is so precise it ... the...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Realigned Program Areas: Youth, Neighborhoods and Nonprofits

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02/11/2016

... 2014 Brooklyn Insights project, the foundation created a new vision, mission, and strategy that resonates not only in ... $1 million to our Community Fund last year. Now it’ s full steam ahead. The launch of...

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JP Morgan Chase Institute Report: Understanding Income Volatility & the Role of the Online Platform Economy

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02/19/2016

... CEO, JPMorgan Chase Institute, writes, "Even as the U. S . economy continues to create thousands of jobs each month, ... shifts in income? And, how heavily are they relying on new ways to work to mitigate...

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Peterson Center on Healthcare and Three Other Funders Unite to Support Access to Clinical Notes for 50 Million Patients

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02/24/2016

... to their visit notes. Neither a software program nor a new technology, experts say this basic change in practice ... if spread nationwide, can improve the performance of the U. S . healthcare system. Peterson...

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JP Morgan Chase Report Addresses Summer Youth Employment Deficit

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02/25/2016

... business sector and with a skills focus, which can open new pathways to future career options. They are working ...

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Surdna, Ms. Foundation Authors: Mind the Gap – How Philanthropy Can Address Gender-Based Economic Disparities

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03/08/2016

... Today marks the 107th observance of International Women' s Day. According to the U. S . Census Bureau, we'll have to wait until the 150th ... men and women to close. The women garment workers in...

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Foundation Core Capacity Assessment Tool (FCCAT)

A new Foundation Core Capacity Assessment Tool (FCCAT), an ... exist that measure nonprofit capacity (including TCC Group' s Core Capacity Assessment Tool, or CCAT, which has helped .....

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Commonwealth Fund Brief Documents ACA’s Costs for Low- to Moderate-Income People

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03/18/2016

Commonwealth Fund Brief Documents ACA’ s Costs for Low- to Moderate-Income People The Affordable Care Act’ s cost-sharing reductions, available to ... and copayments for a range of key health services, a ...

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