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New Grant from Mellon Foundation Launches Boston Classical Music Initiative

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09/27/2018

New Grant from Mellon Foundation Launches Boston Classical Music Initiative The ... and Achievement in Music initiative. The initiative is designed to fund the musical education of middle- and...

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Can Philanthropy Support the Transformation of Society?

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03/06/2014

by Jennifer and Peter Buffett, Co-Chairs, NoVo Foundation When was the last time you ate a tomato? ... a year in return. Today , however, the tomato industry is undergoing...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Resident-Led Grantmaking Program in Crown Heights

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08/03/2015

Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Resident-Led Grantmaking Program in Crown Heights On Friday, the Foundation and its Crown ... policing. View complete grant guidelines and application...

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Westchester Community Foundation's Rossi Leads Brainstorming Session for Healthy Westchester

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09/30/2016

Westchester Community Foundation 's Rossi Leads Community Brainstorming Session For ... Community leaders are gathering on Friday at Pace Law School in White Plains with The Keep Westchester...

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Eighth Graders Win $25K In Citi Foundation Entrepreneur Contest

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10/12/2016

Eighth Graders Win $25K In Citi Foundation Entrepreneur Contest Baltimore eight ... Doherty and Sacco, both students at Roland Park Middle School , were awarded the top prize for their business,...

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Relinquishing Purse Strings: Orlando Bagwell Leaves Ford Foundation’s JustFilms

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02/15/2013

... movement and the black American experience, will leave the foundation in June to make his own documentaries once again. As a substitute teacher in Boston during the 1970s school...

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William T. Grant Foundation Awards $1.7 Million for Research to Benefit Youth

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08/03/2013

The seven grants totaling nearly $1.7 million are in support of researchers and organizations working to ... in which youth spend their time. The William T. Grant Foundation is...

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Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now

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11/26/2012

By Dr. John H. Jackson , President and CEO, The Schott Foundation for Public Education In April 1967, Dr. Martin ... titled the 2012 edition of its biennial fifty-state report on public education...

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New York Foundation Welcomes Altaf Rahamatulla as Program Officer

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08/04/2017

New York Foundation Welcomes Altaf Rahamatulla as Program Officer This ... earned his master’s degree from the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University ... to graduate high ...

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

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10/16/2015

Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in ... Foundation . The results found that within just one school year, children who did Bedtime Math...

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Warhol Foundation Board Lifts 8-Year Funding Ban on the Smithsonian

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01/15/2019

Warhol Foundation Board Lifts 8-Year Funding Ban on the Smithsonian ... painting in the United States in the early to mid-20th century . Howe pushed against these conventions and...

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Vic De Luca Will Retire as President of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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03/16/2015

... De Luca Will Retire as President of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Vic has committed the last 25 years to the Foundation , starting as a Program Officer in 1991 and becoming President...

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Amalgamated Foundation Launches the Frontline Workers Fund in Response to COVID-19

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04/01/2020

Amalgamated Foundation Launches the Frontline Workers Fund in Response to COVID-19 For almost a century , Amalgamated Bank has supported workers through difficult periods of history. The COVID-19...

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Open Society Foundations President Names Nicole Wilett as New Chief of Staff

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07/16/2019

... Society President Patrick Gaspard, effective August 20. In this newly created position, Wilett will lead the ... Nicole’s stature and experience joining the Foundations in this mission critical role,” said...

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Ford Foundation"s Darren Walker Participates in Discussion on the Influence of Impact Investing on Philanthropy

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05/12/2016

Ford Foundation "s Darren Walker Participates in Discussion on the Influence of Impact Investing on ... leaders of large foundations, the rise of impact investing is providing a reason to...

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Scientists Supported by Simons Foundation Determine How Birds Soar to Great Heights

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08/12/2016

Scientists Supported by Simons Foundation Determine How Birds Soar to Great Heights ... look at the problem... Scientists Supported by Simons Foundation Determine How Birds Soar to Great Heights ...

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Novo Foundation Supports Transformation of Former NYC Prison Into 'Women's Building'

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11/16/2016

Novo Foundation Supports Transformation of Former NYC Prison Into 'Women's Building' Finding affordable real estate in New York City can take forever. Just ask Gloria Steinem ... Ms. Magazine...

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The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2022 Distinguished Scholars

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02/02/2022

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2022 Distinguished Scholars (NEW YORK) – The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of its 2022 HFG .....

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Milbank Memorial Fund Issues Report on State Population Health Strategies

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10/13/2017

Milbank Memorial Fund Issues Report on State Population Health Strategies The report analyzes three prominent state health scorecards to ... that had significant, sustained improvements—verified in...

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