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Name-Dropping: Donors Get Tired. Models Do, Too

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09/28/2017

... for the organization’s reactivation campaigns began to stagnate, she assumed the cause was a factor other than ... relied on a reactivation model, a set of parameters used to select names based on their...

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What a Corporate Funder Is Doing to Meet Urgent Humanitarian Needs Through Technology

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09/29/2017

What a Corporate Funder Is Doing to Meet Urgent Humanitarian Needs Through Technology ... delivering huge amounts of material. And all this needs to happen quickly in places where infrastructure may be ... chain...

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Obesity Was Rising as Ghana Embraced Fast Food. Then Came KFC.

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10/02/2017

... Daniel Awaitey enrolled in computer courses, dropped out to work in a hotel, then settled into a well-paying job in ... met on a dating website. So he had reasons and the means to celebrate his 27th birthday...

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After Stabbing, Teachers Will Get Training on Defusing Behavior Issues

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10/03/2017

... chancellor, Carmen Fariña, said Monday that, in response to last week’s fatal stabbing at a school in the Bronx, the ... Department would focus its training for teachers on how to defuse behavior crises and...

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The New Bedtime Story Is a Podcast

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10/03/2017

... “Wow in the World” debuted in May, he’s listened to every episode three times. “It’s a little funner” ... works better.” When the show’s co-host Guy Raz came to James’s hometown this summer for a live taping...

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New Initiative Aims to Have Every New York City Public School Student See a Broadway Show

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10/10/2017

New Initiative Aims to Have Every New York City Public School Student See a Broadway Show The Broadway League has teamed up with the New York City Department of Education to launch the first year...

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Universal Deduction Bill Draws Measured Praise

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10/13/2017

... organizations have applauded legislation introduced to create a universal charitable deduction for all taxpayers but note concerns about limiting it to a third of the standard deduction. U.S. Rep. Mark Walker...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Spark Prize Support 20 Local Nonprofits with $100,000 Match on Giving Tuesday

Release Date:

10/17/2017

... its #BrooklynGives on Giving Tuesday campaign, which aims to drive awareness and donations to a diverse cohort of 20 local nonprofits. The Foundation will match up to $100,...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Discovers Smart Artificial Beta Cells Could Lead To New Diabetes Treatment

Release Date:

10/30/2017

... Research Discovers Smart Artificial Beta Cells Could Lead To New Diabetes Treatment CHAPEL HILL, NC - Treating type 1 ... blood glucose levels and kept those levels normal for up to five days...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Health

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08 Feb 2018

Choosing and Using Multiple Vehicles for Family Giving - Webinar

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12:00pm to 1:30pm

... National Center for Family Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family foundation staff and trustees only.* ... families are using multiple tools and strategies to achieve their goals. Join NCFP as we...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Encourages Donors to Give Where They Live with $100,000 Match

Release Date:

11/20/2017

Brooklyn Community Foundation Encourages Donors to Give Where They Live with $100,000 Match Brooklyn is setting out to prove that it’s New York City’s most generous borough ... is led by Brooklyn Community...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Just How Little Access to Healthcare Americans over 65 Have

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12/11/2017

Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Just How Little Access to Healthcare Americans over 65 Have A survey, produced by ... their counterparts in other countries and are more likely to go without needed health care...

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Aging

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Philanthropy New York Is Now Accepting Applications For Its Two-Year Public Policy Fellowship

Release Date:

01/25/2018

... New York Public Policy Fellowship program aims to identify early-career professionals who will benefit from ... networking within the philanthropic sector. It is designed to increase our organizational...

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President of Markle Foundation, Zoë Baird, on Gender Imbalance at WEF

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01/26/2018

... Zoë Baird, on Gender Imbalance at WEF Women make up just 21% of attendees at the World Economic Forum, an ... said there were noticeably fewer women when she first came to Davos 17 years ago. But she said that...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Ralph Wilson Foundation Launches STEM Initiative in New York, Michigan

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03/20/2018

... Michigan. Through the initiative, the foundation will work to boost the number of girls and minority youth participating ... ideas that better connect, inspire, and prepare students to pursue postsecondary...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

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Education

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Citi Foundation Launches RFP for $4.5MM Youth Workforce Fund

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04/10/2018

... invites leading youth-focused community organizations to submit their innovative ideas for connecting low-income young adults, ages 16-24, to workplace skills training and employment opportunities ... million...

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RFPs Etc

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Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Announces 31 Winners of Fellowships for Important Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences

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04/25/2018

... extraordinary scholars and writers will each receive up to $200,000 toward the funding of significant research and ... high-caliber scholarship that applies fresh perspectives to some of the...

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Newman's Own Foundation Forms Native American Nutrition Cohort

Release Date:

05/08/2018

... suggest that 23% of Native households don't have access to adequate food due to lack of money or other resources. Insufficient access to ... healthy food options leads to...

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