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Heintz and Wayne Pay Tribute To Richard Rockefeller Who Died in Plane Crash

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06/20/2014

... and Wayne Pay Tribute To Richard Rockefeller Who Died in Plane Crash Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz and Chair Valerie Rockefeller Wayne pay tribute in a message on the...

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NYCT and Tiger Foundation Among Funders of Single-Sex Education

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10/28/2014

... site has cited this as among "the fastest-growing trends in the educational landscape of 21st-century America." Single-sex education has been thriving in New York. This fall, Public Prep, a network...

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People with Health Insurance Still Can't Afford All the Care They Need

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11/14/2014

... these out-of-pocket costs, according to the Commonwealth Fund Health Care Affordability Tracking Survey.... People ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Taps Skilled Workforce in Kenya

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02/17/2015

Rockefeller Foundation Taps Skilled Workforce in Kenya CloudFactory today announced it has received a $2 ... lives by connecting high-potential but disadvantaged youth in Africa to sustainable digital employment...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Rita Allen Foundation Study Addresses Impact of Political Advertising

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03/20/2015

... issues by a ratio of 45:1. The study — paid for, in part, by the Democracy Fund and the Rita Allen Foundation, and with analysis ... provided by the Sunlight Foundation — examined newscasts in...

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Pershing Square Foundation Backs Initiative to Provide Scholarships to Undocumented Immigrants

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05/28/2015

... TheDream.us has announced pledges totaling $30 million in support of its national scholarship fund , which aims to provide scholarships to at least five ... colleges. The latest pledges from Graham and Ackman...

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'Investment Club' of Foundations Pays Off for Nonprofits

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06/05/2015

... But for the residents of the Port Morris neighborhood in the South Bronx, returns from the program-related ... that received a $250,000 loan from the New York Pooled PRI Fund . Per Scholas will use the loan to...

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

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Bank of America Provides Light to 500 Schools in the Developing World

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08/13/2015

Bank of America Provides Light to 500 Schools in the Developing World GivePower Foundation—a ... poverty by providing solar-powered lighting to schools in the developing world—is expanding. Through a $500,000 .....

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Environment and Climate Change

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Ford Foundation Taken Off Watch List by Indian Government

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03/21/2016

Days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the U.S., the Home Ministry issued orders to remove the U.S.-based Ford Foundation from the “prior permission” category.

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Robertson Foundation Gifts $25M to Success Academy Charter School Network

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04/13/2016

... a $25 million gift, its largest ever, from the hedge fund billionaire Julian H. Robertson. Success said that Mr. ...

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Open Society Foundations Tackles the Challenge of Prisoner Reentry

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04/26/2016

... Sentencing Commission under revised guidelines approved in 2014... Open Society Foundations Tackles the Challenge of ...

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Justice Reform

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JPB Foundation Measures Bike-Share Equity in the U.S.

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04/26/2016

JPB Foundation Measures Bike-Share Equity in the U.S. When it comes to bike equity in the U.S., the focus on measuring participation rates for ... low-income people and people of color are underrepresented...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Community Development

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Carnegie, Helmsley Release Study On Building a Successful Transfer Program

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05/17/2016

... institutions better serve students who often get stuck in the quagmire of process and policies. Although almost ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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With Surdna and Open Society Support, Equitable Economic Development Fellowship Launches

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06/29/2016

... and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) are convening today in Portland, Oregon to launch the first-ever Equitable ... Fellowship. Six cities were chosen to participate in the inaugural year of the ...

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Guttman Foundation Leads Funder Collaborative All About Child Care in New York City

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07/25/2016

... Foundation Leads Funder Collaborative All About Child Care in New York City Early childhood education has been getting ... Guttman Foundation has emerged onto this funding scene in a big way... Guttman...

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Children, Youth and Families

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U.S. News Article Cites Wallace Report on School Leadership

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08/16/2016

... little was known about how much support principals in the United States receive to be effective "instructional leaders," a buzz phrase in the K-12 education community that refers to the important...

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Carnegie's Kim Lew Voices Concerns on Low-Return Environments for Foundation Endowments

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08/24/2016

... data show that while foundations increased their spending in 2015, their financial position was undercut by weak stock ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Weighs in: What Kids Should Know by the Time They're Done With School

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08/30/2016

Century Foundation Senior Fellow Weighs in : What Kids Should Know by the Time They're Done With School The Atlantic asked prominent voices in education—from policy makers and teachers to activists ... and...

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Supported by Simons Foundation, Study Finds Genetics, Early Term Ultrasound Linked to Autism Severity

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09/02/2016

... the United States. “There has been a real struggle in why there are so many kids with autism,” said lead author Sara Webb, UW Medicine researcher in psychiatry and behavioral sciences. “Where does this .....

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