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New Report Funded by Foundation for Child Development Focuses On Restructuring the Financing of Early Care and Education

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02/22/2018

... and does little to strengthen the ECE workforce, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and ... ideal financing structure should support high standards; a...

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Gish Jen Joins the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Board

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01/26/2022

... She will assume her duties later this year. “Gish is a tremendously creative writer and humanist with multifaceted interests, ranging from artificial intelligence to immigration and baseball,” ... the...

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Kiisha Morrow Appointed as Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s First-ever Chief People and Culture Officer

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09/20/2022

Kiisha Morrow Appointed as Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s First-ever Chief ... Morrow, who brings extensive expertise to the role from the legal and social impact sectors, will oversee all ... initiatives—...

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Dr. Meredith Woocher joins Covenant Foundation staff as Director of Learning

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02/07/2023

Dr. Meredith Woocher joins Covenant Foundation staff as Director of Learning Dear Covenant Community, We are ... years of experience in the field, where she has served in a variety of roles in educational...

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Maricella Espinosa-Blohm

... is Philanthropy New York’s current co-op intern from Northeastern University. She works as an assistant to the member services team and will continue ... in Boston. Her other internships at Northeastern...

Philanthropy Is the Go-To Partner for Risk

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04/18/2013

The first in a series of Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin’s ... is the hardest, and the risk of failure is greatest -- from spraying down an entire island to eliminate mosquitoes ... do alone. Rather...

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Hartford Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $6 Million to Improve Geriatric Care

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09/19/2013

The three grants from the John A . Hartford Foundation include an award of more ... to create the Hartford Change AGEnts Initiative, and a grant to Community Catalyst, Inc. which augments an award...

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Mayor must focus on city's resiliency

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01/03/2014

... city's resiliency. New Yorkers expect two things above all from our mayor: to keep us safe and to keep our economy ... to prepare for, withstand and bounce back more rapidly from acute shocks and chronic...

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Applications Accepted for the William T. Grant Scholars Program

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03/13/2014

... Program, which supports promising early-career researchers from diverse disciplines who are seeking to further develop ... and broaden their expertise. Candidates are nominated by a supporting institution and...

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Ending Child Marriage in a Generation: What Research is Needed?

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05/13/2014

... they reach age 18—the age the world has agreed upon as the beginning of adulthood under the UN Convention on the ... the Child. The precise reasons for child marriage differ from one society to the next, but...

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Mellon Foundation Awards $1.3 Million to Chicago Art Institutions

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06/03/2014

... has announced grants totaling nearly $1.3 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of a program designed to advance the study of art history, with a focus on working with art...

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NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals

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07/24/2014

... Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals Support from the Wallace Foundation is helping NYC partner with ... Among the stipulations of the foundation's grant: a significant number of graduates...

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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

... Rates, Test Scores and 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...

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Ford Foundation Heads Group of Philanthropic Leaders to Save Detroit

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11/10/2014

... some of the nation’s top foundations were invited into a private meeting in a courthouse conference room here as Judge Gerald E. Rosen, the appointed mediator in this ... groups, some with...

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Carnegie VP of Education Profiled in Huffington Post

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02/26/2015

... that struck me was how critically important people were, from teachers to school leaders, in terms of having an impact ... identify and cultivate more talent throughout the system. A significant piece of my...

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National Journal Notes Ford, Open Society Role in Net Neutrality Victory

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03/13/2015

... net-neutrality rules, and their discord has escalated into a sharp, at times even personal, feud. Beyond a split over ... they represent in exchange for financial support from wealthy outside...

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Bloomberg Gives $14M for Global Tobacco-Use Monitoring

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03/13/2015

The CDC Foundation has announced a two-year, $14 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies to enable the U.S. Centers for ... of the CDC Global Tobacco Surveillance System. Results from the...

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Discusses the Difficulties of Evaluation

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03/17/2015

... Foundation Discusses the Difficulties of Evaluation As a longtime funder of evidence-based programs and rigorous ... the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF) has learned from experience how...

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NYCT-Funded Initiative Has Taken on 424 Cases to Get Lawyers for Undocumented Immigrant Kids

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03/24/2015

... unaccompanied, undocumented minor has kept 13 children from being deported as of February, new data provided to BuzzFeed News shows. ... by the New York City Council following the flood of minors from...

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Pershing Square Foundation Backs Initiative to Provide Scholarships to Undocumented Immigrants

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05/28/2015

... arrivals) status. Commitments of $15 million each from former Washington Post publisher Donald E. Graham and ... with $25,000 scholarships that can be used to obtain a bachelor's degree at any of TheDream...

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