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Smaller High Schools and Outside Funding Increase Graduation Rates, Test Scores and College Enrollment

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10/17/2014

... College Enrollment Findings from a new long-term study of small high schools in New York City show the approach may not only boost a student's chances of enrolling in college, but it may also cost less...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Education

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Open Society Foundations

Donors to Gay Causes Consider Their Next Steps

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11/03/2014

Donors to Gay Causes Consider Their Next Steps The Arcus Foundation ’s latest effort in support of gay and lesbian issues began with an ominous question: "Is ... the movement’s philanthropic vanguard. After a...

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LGBTQ

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The Overbrook Foundation

Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare Announces Initiative to Address "Invisible Wounds of War"

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02/12/2015

... Announces Initiative to Address "Invisible Wounds of War" The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare and the Bob Woodruff Foundation today announced an expansion of their...

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What's Next for Community Philanthropy

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02/2015

... Next for Community Philanthropy toolkit includes a series of interactive exercises, conversation starters, and even ... challenge old assumptions, understand the full range of possibilities, and generate creative new approaches and models for the future. According to Suzanne Allen of Philanthropy Ohio, "The What’s Next for Community .....

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Monitor Institute

Ford’s Push for the Reproductive Rights of Young Women in the Niger Delta

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04/13/2015

Ford’s Push for the Reproductive Rights of Young Women in the Niger Delta The Ford Foundation has a keen interest in empowering women by ... challenges facing young women, which makes a lot of...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Gender Justice

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Eternal Recurrence: Philanthropy's Infrastructure Organizations

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07/16/2015

by Chris Cardona, Program Officer for Philanthropy, Ford Foundation This piece originally appeared in Chris' ... the simplest explanation is structural. There are upwards of 100,000 foundations in the U.S...

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'Everything is Not Fine.' Inside NoVo's Funding Push on Girls and Young Women of Color

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09/02/2015

... Fine.' Inside NoVo's Funding Push on Girls and Young Women of Color “There’s a myth out there that for girls and women of color, everything is fine,” said NoVo Foundation Executive...

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Gender Justice

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Archives of Atlantic Philanthropies Given to Cornell Library

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10/26/2015

Archives of Atlantic Philanthropies Given to Cornell Library The archives of The Atlantic Philanthropies, among the world’s largest ... Manuscript Collections (RMC). A $4 million grant from the foundation...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Meet The Woman Driving Sustainability And Corporate Responsibility At Tiffany & Co.

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01/26/2016

... brand is not only challenging, but requires knowledge of the entire organization. And then adding to the task is the additional job of running a major corporate foundation . For most companies...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

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Mellon, Ford and NYCT Support WNYC Series on Gentrification

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03/03/2016

... tenants and homeowners, it feels like a violent shove out of the way, especially for black and brown Brooklynites who ... There Goes the Neighborhood has been provided by the Ford Foundation , Andrew W. Mellon...

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Mellon Grant Aims to Raise $75 Million for National Gallery

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03/18/2016

... $75 Million for National Gallery The National Gallery of Art announced a $30 million challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Thursday that could bring the Smithsonian museum ... sources over the...

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Arts

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Aetna’s 1.5M Competition Encourages Cities and Towns to Get Healthier

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04/06/2016

... Health Association (APHA) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) are working with Aetna’s independent charitable foundation on the Healthiest Cities and Counties Challenge , ... in total prizes, to be...

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Health

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Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards Provide Financial Literacy Workshops to Individual Artists

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04/08/2016

... Financial Literacy Workshops to Individual Artists Winners of the 2016 Whiting Awards , given annually to up-and-coming authors of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, were learning how ... bout of...

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People Who Made Scranton Great - Harry & Jeanette Weinberg

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04/14/2016

... are highly familiar with the good works and deep pockets of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation . Today, the foundation is among the biggest in the ... in grants distributed to...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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How Ford, Rockefeller Supported "Street Orgs" in the 1970s

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06/03/2016

... Orgs" in the 1970s The Crips, Black P. Stone Rangers, Sons of Watts, Young Lords Party, Brown Berets and the Vice Lords, ... sometimes negatively impacted their communities. Members of these groups were...

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Russell Sage Report Finds Non-Citizen Latinos Politically Engaged

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06/28/2016

... able to vote, but they could still help decide the outcome of the upcoming presidential election. That's a theory ... A. McCann, in a report published for the Russell Sage Foundation . Jones-Correa and...

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With Surdna and Open Society Support, Equitable Economic Development Fellowship Launches

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06/29/2016

... Development Fellowship Launches The National League of Cities (NLC), PolicyLink and the Urban Land Institute ... cities were chosen to participate in the inaugural year of the fellowship: Boston, Charlotte,...

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Community Development

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Rockefeller Exec Outlines Wide Range of Climate Investments

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07/15/2016

Rockefeller Exec Outlines Wide Range of Climate Investments The Rockefeller Foundation is aiming to connect social entrepreneurs with capital to finance an array of ventures aimed at mitigating...

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For Funders Focusing on Developing Countries, Impact Bonds Present Fresh Opportunities

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08/04/2016

... for an open discussion on the current and potential role of philanthropy in this space. Thus far, with the 62 social ... globally [1] , philanthropy has been engaged in a variety of ways. Of...

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