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The Rockefeller Foundation and CrossBoundary Launch Mini-Grid Innovation Lab in Nairobi, Kenya

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04/24/2018

... Mini-Grid Innovation Lab in Nairobi, Kenya The lab is the first research and development fund for sub-Saharan Africa ... , Carnegie Mellon University , the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Power For...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Americans Cost Barrier Decreasing, But More Improvement Needed

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11/17/2016

... Cost Barrier Decreasing, But More Improvement Needed From The Commonwealth Fund: A new survey of adults in the U. S . and 10 other high-income countries finds that fewer ...

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Health

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Foundation for Child Development Sponsors Study that Finds Children Learning English Require Better Support for Academic Success

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03/01/2017

... learners (ELs) -- who account for more than 9 percent of K-12 enrollment in the U. S . -- lag behind their English-speaking monolingual peers in ... Engineering, and Medicine. Moreover, early care and ...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Introduces New Board Trustees and Staff

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07/02/2012

... , the largest charitable fund in New York City’ s most populous borough, has announced the election of two new members to its Board of Directors: Michael Sherman, a Managing...

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Community Development

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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

... Lawyers for Undocumented Immigrant Kids New York City’ s effort to supply lawyers for every unaccompanied, ... minor has kept 13 children from being deported as of February, new data provided...

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The Mastercard Foundation Research Shows How African Youth Navigate Risk To Survive

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10/30/2015

... in Africa, where 600 million people are under the age of 25 and 72 percent of its youth live on less than US$2 per day. The Youth ... chain are a main topic at the The MasterCard ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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New York Life Foundation awards $1.5 million in grants to out-of-school time programs to help middle school students transition to 9th grade.

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06/03/2021

... a total of 589 applicants, a new high for the Foundation 039 ; s Aim High education initiative, now in its fifth year. In addition to...

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F.B. Heron Foundation Earmarks Entire Endowment for Social Impact Investments

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10/21/2014

... she was unhappy with what she saw.Not only were U. S . poverty rates stubbornly high, but income inequality ... on the rise. So she took a rare, if almost unheard of , step in the foundation...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation President & CEO, Cecilia Clarke, Announces Departure

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03/17/2021

... I am filled with joy as I pursue a long-standing dream of attending graduate school to study clinical social work. ... and strengthen our borough. We have mobilized Brooklyn’ s dollars in the pursuit ...

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Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth

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09/30/2016

Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban ... programs can help narrow academic achievement gaps between children from...

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Education

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Commonwealth Fund Explains Why the House Repeal Bill Is Unlikely to Stabilize Insurance Markets

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03/13/2017

... the Medicare Part D program in 2003, creating for the first time a freestanding outpatient prescription drug ... sector had never offered before. To ensure this product’ s viability, Congress enacted...

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Health

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Arts Fellows

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07/15/2020

... Open Society Foundations today announced the 2020 cohort of the Soros Arts Fellowship, including 10 artists, curators, ... communities have faced for generations. That’ s why the work of our...

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Arts

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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Chair Peter O. Lawson-Johnston Passes Gavel to Longtime Board Member Peter Lawson-Johnston II

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06/21/2023

... II (NEW YORK) — After fifty-two years of leadership, Peter O. Lawson-Johnston is retiring as chair ... of the Foundation , which was initially focused on “man’ s relation to...

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The Sozosei Foundation Announces New Grants to Decriminalize Mental Illness

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04/18/2022

... 18, 2022) – The Sozosei Foundation , a philanthropic arm of Otsuka, works to eliminate the inappropriate use of jails ... nation. To accomplish this goal, the Foundation...

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09 Jul 2014

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Managing Urgency in a 24/7 Work Environment

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3:15pm to 5:00pm

... felt compelled to answer a non-urgent email in the middle of the night? Does work-life balance within your ... and the important Ways to identify your team/office 039 ; s important work –...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Jeanette Vega as Managing Director; Martin L. Leibowitz and Monica Lozano Join The Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees

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04/02/2012

... that Jeanette Vega has been appointed to the role of Managing Director. Dr. Vega will lead the Foundation ’ s work in Health, including development of strategy, ... on bond...

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Inaugural Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows Tackle Problems with Creative Projects

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05/01/2013

... and economic issues were named to the inaugural class of Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows. Fellows have the ... will help communities and help inform the foundation ’ s...

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Social Justice

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Eve Stotland Joins New York Community Trust as New Program Officer for Education and Human Justice

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03/25/2019

... Joins New York Community Trust as New Program Officer for Education and Human Justice In her role, Eve manages ... The Trust. Before coming to The Trust, Eve led The Door’ s legal services department for seven...

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NYCT-Funded Unaccompanied Minor Initiative Lauded for Helping NYC Address Immigrant Issues

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02/11/2015

... Lauded for Helping NYC Address Immigrant Issues In her first year leading the New York City Council, Speaker Melissa ... and empower local immigrant communities. Key aspects of her agenda have dealt with law...

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