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Mellon Foundation Gives Inaugural National History Teacher of the Year Award

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03/13/2015

... in the nation, but also the first teacher in Michigan to receiver the prestigious honor from The HISTORY Channel ...

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14 Apr 2015

Community Schools: An Opportunity for Funder Collaboration?

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 -

1:45pm to 4:00pm

On March 17 , funders came together to learn from experts – practitioners, researchers and ... community schools strategy in NYC. A key takeaway was that its implementation offers exciting opportunities for...

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Citi Foundation Reports on First Year of $50 Million Youth and Work Skills Training Program

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04/08/2015

... first year of it’s three-year, $50 million commitment to provide 100,000 low-income youth in the United States with the opportunity to develop critical workplace and leadership skills. Focusing ... the federal...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Workforce Development

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NY Rejects All Applications for New Charter Schools

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05/21/2015

... said Wednesday. “We invited several of the applicants to reapply in June and we gave them suggestions on how to improve their applications.” But charter-school ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Earmarks Support for ArtPlace America

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05/21/2015

... in a new window recently approved a $1 million grant to support ArtPlace AmericaOpens in a new window in its national work in the field of creative placemaking. The ...

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Ford's Walker Addresses a Solution for Inequality in CNN OpEd

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06/18/2015

... in CNN OpEd Around the world today, the greatest threat to justice is inequality. Inequality is the byproduct of ... others. Here's what we can do: Attack inequality at its roots.... Ford's Walker...

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Can You Run A City Based on Happiness?

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07/17/2015

Can You Run A City Based on Happiness? It’s hard to imagine anyone being unhappy living in Santa Monica, ... affluent beachfront city, a suburb of Los Angeles, is home to surfers, students, and celebrities mixed...

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Rockefeller's Rodin Should Run for President, According to NewsWorks

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08/24/2015

Rockefeller's Rodin Should Run for President, According to NewsWorks The race for the White House, still in its infancy, has already produced many occasions for ... Rockefeller's Rodin Should Run for...

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Daphne Foundation President Receives Top Honors from the International Women's Media Foundation

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09/30/2015

... The International Women's Media Foundation will present its annual Leadership Honor to filmmaker Abigail Disney. The organization announced .....

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Helps Expand Cornell's Prison Education Program

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10/06/2015

... Prison Education Program that's brought college study to approximately 100 inmates at Auburn Correctional Facility and Cayuga Correctional Facility is set to expand its reach at prisons...

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Ford’s President Highlights Government’s Role in Reducing Inequality

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10/30/2015

... grant maker, joined Chronicle readers on Facebook to answer questions about what its new focus on reducing inequality means for the foundation and grantees. In the near future, Ford plans to...

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Clinton Foundation Spinoff Reverses on Refiling Tax Forms

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11/06/2015

... Reverses on Refiling Tax Forms An organization related to the Clinton Foundation has again reversed itself on fixing errors on its federal tax filings and now says it plans to submitted...

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Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation

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American Express Gives Federal Hall Grant For Restoration Work; Building Declared 'National Treasure'

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12/04/2015

... oft forgotten monuments is getting much needed repair work to restore it back to its former glory. American Express has made a grant of ...

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Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation Awards Grants in New Art & Social Justice Initiative

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01/08/2016

... Rubin Foundation has selected the first 46 recipients to share in nearly $1 million under its new Art and Social Justice initiative. Those getting ... El Museo del Barrio — were chosen for their commitment...

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With Mellon Support, Smithsonian to Create National Art Database

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02/22/2016

With Mellon Support, Smithsonian to Create National Art Database The Smithsonian American ... of 14 institutions from around the country in an effort to build a shared, and searchable, online database that could...

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Ford Foundation: The Equity Series- Cultural Equity

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03/14/2016

... equity" means, the intellectual and structural barriers to achieving it, and how we might move forward. Ford .....

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Application Period for New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Opens Today

Release Date:

04/06/2016

... Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Opens Today Now in its tenth year, the Nonprofit Excellence Awards program is a ... Committee of New York (NPCC), give nonprofits the chance to learn best practices, improve...

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Rockefeller Foundation Grants 'Hamilton' Tix to Bronx Theatre High School Students

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04/07/2016

‘Hamilton’ Tickets for Students and Wisdom From Its Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the hit Broadway ... 20,000 New York City public-school students given access to $10 ‘Hamilton’ tickets through a nearly $...

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Helmsley Trust Awards $9.4 Million for Rural Health Care in Montana

Release Date:

04/11/2016

... grants totaling $9.4 million in support of efforts to train and support rural healthcare providers in Montana. The awards include $4.6 million to the Montana Department of Health in support of its...

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