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Russell Pennoyer Joins William T. Grant as Board Chair

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06/17/2015

Russell Pennoyer Joins William T. Grant as Board Chair William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to ... Gooss, who has served in the role since 2009. Pennoyer, a senior advisor to Brittany Capital Group, rotated off...

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Do Corporate Grantmakers Care More About the Poor Than Other Foundations?

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06/30/2015

... to underserved communities in the last decade, some by as much as 40 percent. According to the latest available ... living with AIDS and others – increased dramatically from 2004 to 2012...

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JPMorgan Chase and Target Join Initiative to Create Job Opportunities for Young People

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07/13/2015

... to 24-year-olds has devastating implications. According to a recent report from Measure of America, a program sponsored by the nonprofit ... for fields like customer service, technology and...

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Social Innovation Fund Awards $11.3 Million Grant to LISC to Expand Education, Career Services for Low-Income Individuals

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08/04/2015

... Education, Career Services for Low-Income Individuals As part of a vigorous new effort to help jobless Americans upgrade their ... that national funding for the network comes not just from...

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Capital One Foundation

NY Charities Bureau Launches Searchable Database of Non-Profit Dissolutions Approved by Attorney General

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08/07/2015

... of Non-Profit Dissolutions Approved by Attorney General As you are aware, New York’s Nonprofit Revitalization Act ... to Not-for-Profit Corporation Law sections 510/511/511- a and approvals of plans of...

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JPMorgan and Citi-Backed Program is Bridge Between Youth Unemployment, Growing Skills Gap

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08/21/2015

... According to the "State of St. Louis STEM Workforce 2014," a report created by St. Louis Community College, more than ... careers. STL Youth Jobs received a $100,000 donation from J...

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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 ... to complete their degree.” The report is the first of a series that will be released from...

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Commonwealth Explores Ramifications of Higher Premiums for Older Adults

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09/15/2015

... age 64 and older cannot be charged more than three times as much as 21- to 24-year-olds for the same plan (this is ... critics argue that it discourages young, healthy people from enrolling...

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New Leadership at the Pershing Square Foundation

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10/08/2015

... Pershing Square Foundation has benefited greatly by having a strong team of professionals led by Paul Bernstein, our CEO, who have been key partners with us as the Foundation’s programs and impact have grown...

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Sunday New York Times Arts and Leisure Feature on Cultural Philanthropy Quotes Buff Kavelman on Donor Privacy Issues

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10/14/2015

From the section entitled “Donors: Why They Do It” ... people who give anonymously? “Some people just have a joy in helping people,” said Buff Kavelman, the president ... Jewish philosopher and scholar who ranked...

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Carnegie, Helmsley, Wallace and Gates Support Newsgathering Partnership of EdWeek and PBS NewsHour

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10/15/2015

... Week and the "PBS NewsHour" on Thursday announced a content partnership that will involve the education news ... of his company by Education Week . The unit now known as Education Week Video will...

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Ford, Carnegie, Bronfman and Others Support New Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good at Boston College

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10/21/2015

... and the Public Good CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - At a time when American society has grown increasingly dependent on philanthropy to fund everything from our most fundamental needs to our highest ideals, two ... and...

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Simons Foundation Recognizes spectrUM as a National Model on STEM Engagement

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10/26/2015

Simons Foundation Recognizes spectrUM as a National Model on STEM Engagement The University of ... SciNation, have received the 2015 Paul Shin Memorial Award from the Coalition on the Public...

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In Memoriam: James McConnell Clark of Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

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11/04/2015

... in Woods Hole, MA on October 24, 2015 at the age of 93. A son of W. Van Alan and Edna McConnell Clark, Jim played an ... in shaping the foundation his parents founded and served as one of its first board...

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The Rockefeller Foundation, Moore Foundation Join Fund for Shared Insight

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11/10/2015

... its efforts to improve philanthropy. Launched just over a year ago, Fund for Shared Insight is a collaborative effort ... grants to improve philanthropy. Shared Insight emerged from a...

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New York Community Trust Gives $5.1 million to 42 Nonprofits in the City, Nation

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12/11/2015

... for all New Yorkers. This includes programs to develop a bionic eye using flat-screen technology; improve the ... very young children in foster care need a boost to keep from falling behind...

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Rippel Foundation: What We Discovered at “The Frontiers” about Financing and Leading Improvements in Health

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12/18/2015

... about Financing and Leading Improvements in Health From the Wild West to the “final frontier” of space, the metaphor of the frontier has always served as a touchstone for American optimism...

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What Money Can Buy - Ford Foundation's Pursuit of Conquering Inequality

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01/05/2016

... The urge to change the world is normally thwarted by a near-insurmountable barricade of obstacles: failure of ... would-be changer, the resistance of people who would lose from the change, the resistance of...

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Students with Influence Over Peers Reduce School Bullying: Research Funded by WT Grant, Russell Sage Foundations

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01/06/2016

... Sage Foundations Curbing school bullying has been a focal point for educators, administrators, policymakers and ... conflict resolution in school. A team of researchers from Princeton,...

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16 Mar 2016

Young Leaders Breakfast Club and EPIP-NY: Happy Hour

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5:30pm to 7:30pm

... in Philanthropy (EPIP-NY) on Wednesday, March 16 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm at One Star Bar (147 West 24th Street) to "just be peoples" for a night! Research shows that people start self-censoring when...

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