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More Children in Greece Are Going Hungry

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04/17/2013

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation 's support of a school lunch program to help combat child hunger in Greece is mentioned in this article. As an elementary school principal, Leonidas Nikas is...

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How our community colleges are falling behind

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05/23/2013

The Century Foundation ’s new report details the large socioeconomic, ... elite institutions. Pop quiz: What's the biggest category of college or university in the United States? Is it big ... research...

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Celebrating a Year of Progress on Expanded Learning Time

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05/15/2013

... Time to Succeed Coalition Co-Chair Chris Gabrieli and Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas. The Time to Succeed ... learning time -- improving the opportunities and chances of success for every student in our...

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Affording Obamacare: New York's New Health Plan Rates

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07/19/2013

A blog post from James Knickman, President and CEO of the New York State Health Foundation . This week's announcement of the costs of the health insurance plans that will be...

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Bill Gates: 'Philanthropy Should Be Taking Bigger Risks Than Business'

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09/25/2013

View video of Bill Gates at the Clinton Global Initiative. If problems ... Gates used his own venture, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , as an example of the difficulties...

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Philanthropy: Beyond Business or Charity

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11/01/2013

Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation , wrote about the problems ... pernicious problem with what has been come to be known as "strategic philanthropy." That is the...

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Scott Stringer Unveils Transition Team

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11/18/2013

Ana Oliveira has been appointed as co-chair of Comptroller-elect Scott Stringer's transition team. Its ... Ana Oliveira, president of the New York Women’s Foundation , and...

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What Inequality Deniers Have In Common With Climate Change Skeptics

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06/16/2014

... Climate Change Skeptics In an op-ed on Quartz, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker says recent attempts to ... Piketty's research into income inequality remind him of earlier efforts to deny that...

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Target Hits $25 Million Goal For School Supply Donations

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08/04/2014

... the school supply donations through the Kids In Need Foundation , which operates a national network of Resource Centers that provide free school supplies for ...

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UJA-Federation Awarded $4 Million Matching Grant for Teen Education

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08/07/2014

... Matching Grant for Teen Education UJA-Federation of New York will receive up to $4,403,119 as a 1:1 matching grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation for a new summer education initiative for NY...

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Viriginia "Ginnie" Sloane Remembered for Her Philanthropic Spirit

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11/04/2014

... "Ginnie" Sloane Remembered for Her Philanthropic Spirit As a philanthropist, Virginia Sloane presided over the Heckscher Foundation for Children for nearly 25 years, helping to give away tens...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches New Clean Energy Initiative

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01/26/2015

... the Heising-Simons family last week announced the launch of a new Clean Energy Initiative to support state-based ... Philanthropies comprises the charitable activities of former New York City Mayor and...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Data Initiatives for Cities

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04/21/2015

... Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's charitable foundation announced the launch Monday. The program will .....

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NYCT Awards Grants Totaling $9.1 Million

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06/15/2015

... a training hub for dancers who are working with survivors of domestic violence and other hardships; the Association for ... in low-income neighborhoods; and the Computers for Youth Foundation , which was...

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Ford's Walker Explores the Value of Civil Society in Recent Report

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07/09/2015

Ford's Walker Explores the Value of Civil Society in Recent Report During my very first days as President of the Ford Foundation , I participated in a roundtable on civil...

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Andrew W. Mellon Study Examines Demographic Composition of Museum Staff

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08/05/2015

Andrew W. Mellon Study Examines Demographic Composition of Museum Staff Women account for a clear majority of art museum staffs in the United States, comprising ... museum demographic survey released by the Andrew...

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New York Community Trust Gives $8.7 Million to Nonprofits Across the City

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10/05/2015

... The New York Community Trust, the City’s community foundation , announces grants to improve the environment, ... and train gifted young artists. These are just a few of the dozens of projects...

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With Mellon Support, Smithsonian to Create National Art Database

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02/22/2016

... The Smithsonian American Art Museum is leading a group of 14 institutions from around the country in an effort to ... spur research and scholarship about American art. One of the first in the nation to make...

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Megan Holmes to Give Annual Italian Art Society/Kress Lecture

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04/15/2016

... in Italy, inaugurated in 2010 with the generous support of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation , encourages intellectual exchange between North ... American art historians and the international community of...

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