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Arcus Foundation Names Kevin Jennings Executive Director

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07/02/2012

... to promote economic opportunity and social mobility in America . He will join Arcus in September. As announced in ... funds global efforts to protect and conserve the world’ s great apes. "Kevin brings an...

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Creating a Conversation About Hunger in America

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03/19/2013

... Board Chair James K. Cummings shares what he learned from taking the SNAP Challenge—spending a week eating on $5.27 a day, the equivalent of the daily Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program budget ... in...

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With Support From Simons Foundation, Rett Syndrome Study Finds Mechanisms Underlying Its Visual Deficits

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11/02/2016

With Support From Simons Foundation , Rett Syndrome Study Finds Mechanisms Underlying Its Visual Deficits In research published in the "Proceedings of the National Academy...

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Ford's Darren Walker Writes, "Let America Be America Again"

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01/06/2017

Let America Be America Again by Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation . Let America be America again. Let ... recent weeks, I’ve...

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Why U.S. Foundations Should Take the Global Sustainable Development Goals Seriously

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06/21/2016

Why U. S . Foundations Should Take the Global Sustainable Development ... goals address poverty, hunger, good health, quality education , gender equality, clean water (does Flint, ... other California-based...

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New York Life Donates $500K Challenge Grant Toward Creation of Central Park's First Statues of Real Women

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11/28/2016

New York Life Donates $500K Challenge Grant Toward Creation of Central Park 039 ; s First Statues of Real Women NEW YORK, November 28, 2016 - Pam .....

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The New York Women’s Foundation Receives $2.25 Million Grant from CBS to support the Fund for the Me Too Movement and Allies

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12/14/2018

The New York Women’ s Foundation Receives $2.25 Million Grant from CBS to support ... Foundation (The Foundation ) today announced receipt of...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Two New Members Join The William T. Grant Foundation Board

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11/01/2013

... and "Stubborn Roots: Race, Culture, and Inequality in U. S . and South African Schools." She recently co-edited " Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give Every...

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Ford Foundation Suggests that It’s Time to Reboot Grantmaking

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06/29/2017

Ford Foundation Suggests that It’ s Time to Reboot Grantmaking Communities in Schools (CIS) is ... serves 1.5 million students in 25 states and the District of Columbia. Some 91 percent ...

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Health Department, United Hospital Fund And Partners Release Small Primary Care Practices In NYC Report

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06/14/2018

... care practices face in New York City. Forty percent of primary care providers in the city are independent ... health care providers, and they serve some of the city’ s poorest neighborhoods...

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Take It From the Nonprofits: Even in a Crisis, Funders Are Falling Short on Equity

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07/29/2021

... Center for Effective Philanthropy on July 20, 2021. CEP’ s latest research report , Persevering Through Crisis: The ... likely to hear from their foundation funders about...

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Russell Sage-Supported Study Explores Effects of Education Level On Genetic Make-Up of US Population

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05/31/2016

Russell Sage-Supported Study Explores Effects of Education Level On Genetic Make-Up of US Population ... by the Russell Sage Foundation as well as by grants from...

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Surdna Funds Report Analyzing The Social Wellbeing of NYC's Neighborhoods: The Contribution of Culture and the Arts

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05/22/2017

Surdna Funds Report Analyzing The Social Wellbeing of NYC 039 ; s Neighborhoods: .....

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Carnegie, Helmsley-funded Report: Fewer than 1 in 7 Community College Students Get Bachelor’s Degree

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01/19/2016

Carnegie, Helmsley-funded Report : Fewer than 1 in 7 Community College Students Get Bachelor’ s Degree Low-income students who transfer from community ... their wealthier peers, a new ...

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23 Feb 2021

Preview of the Knight Media Forum: Polarization in America - A Webinar Hosted by Media Impact Funders

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

... to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis.* The impact of polarization ... and the people who support it, address polarization in ...

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United Hospital Fund Fellows Tackle Disparities on the Frontlines of Pediatric Care

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06/28/2023

... Pediatric Care Eight graduates of United Hospital Fund’ s PEDS Network Fellowship are tackling a wide range of equity ... care, including early childhood literacy, food insecurity, ...

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Commonwealth Fund Supported Report Shows Uninsured Rate Drops Substantially in Most States

Release Date:

12/14/2017

... rate drop by five percentage points or more in the first three years following the Affordable Care Act’ s major health coverage expansions, according to a new ... insurance on their own could become...

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Atlantic Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, JPMorgan Chase Foundation, MetLife, Bank of America Partner to Provide $30M Social Impact Loan Fund

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11/17/2015

Atlantic Philanthropies, Ford Foundation , JPMorgan Chase Foundation , MetLife, Bank of America Partner to Provide $30M Social Impact Loan Fund ...

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Covenant Foundation Funds Expansion of Shinui, the Network for Innovation in Part-Time Jewish Education

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11/08/2016

Covenant Foundation Funds Expansion of Shinui, the Network for Innovation in Part-Time Jewish Education Four new Jewish learning agencies – Builders of ... Jewish ...

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