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Heckscher Foundation for Children Announces their Newest Leadership Fellow

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09/27/2022

... Leadership Fellows Program extends the reach and impact of the foundation’s venture philanthropy approach to ... is provided as well as access to the foundation’s office space and services, which Fellows may...

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The Juvenile Justice Initiative at Philanthropy New York: Closing Remarks from Judge Judith S. Kaye

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06/22/2010

... and timely response by philanthropy to reduce the flow of children and youth into the juvenile justice system, and ... understand that when I speak of 50 and then 25 years in office , that’s...

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The Building Blocks of Demonstrating Impact

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09/09/2013

... on the best ways to measure and demonstrate the impact of their organization’s charitable work. Lisa Frantzen, Senior Director of Performance Assessment at Changing Our World , presented ... discussed were:...

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Philanthropy 50—No. 39: Jon Stryker

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02/10/2013

Mr. Stryker made the Chronicle’s list of the top 50 donors of 2012 with the $30.1 million he gave to the Arcus ...

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At Ford Foundation, Vice President Rises to Top Job

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07/24/2013

Darren Walker will become the 10th President of the Ford Foundation this September. Darren Walker was born ... worked as a nurse’s aide and he was enrolled in one of the first Head Start programs. He went on to...

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MetLife Foundation Partners with Duke University on CommonCents Lab

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12/08/2015

... Lab (the “Lab”), an initiative that will apply behavioral economics to identify new ways to help millions of Americans improve their saving and spending habits. The ... which is headed by Dan Ariely, the James...

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Simons Supports Penn Physicists Who Discover Why Drying Liquid Crystal Drops Leave Unusual ‘Coffee Rings’

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06/13/2017

... Unusual ‘Coffee Rings’ In previous papers, University of Pennsylvania physicists investigated the “coffee ring effect,” the ring-shaped stain of particles left after drops of coffee evaporate...

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04 Jun 2014

Expanding Education, Youth Development, and Workforce Opportunities Through Digital Badges

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2:45pm to 5:00pm

... first glance, the word “badge” may conjure up images of a Girl Scout’s sash, featuring material badges that ... Mitchell, Director of Education Policy and Partnerships, Office of...

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Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association Receives an Outstanding Rating for its Community Reinvestment Initiatives

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10/28/2015

... Receives an Outstanding on its First-Ever Rating from Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for Community Reinvestment ... financial distress, including several that appeared on the...

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Owning My Expertise & Embracing My Leadership

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02/10/2022

... The Pinkerton Foundation. T he following pieces are part of White People Are Tired of Talking About Racism: A Collection, originally published ... years after getting my master’s degree, I was thinking...

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MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop Launch 'Dream, Save, Do' to Support Financial Empowerment

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09/14/2016

... organization behind Sesame Street, announced the launch of a new multi-media initiative in Japan called “Dream, ...

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Supported by JPB Foundation, Scientists Identify Neurons Devoted to Social Memory

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09/30/2016

... have brain cells that are dedicated to storing memories of other mice, according to a new study from MIT neuroscientists. These cells, found in a region of the hippocampus known as the ventral CA1, store “...

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Simons Foundation Supports Brain Scans That Identify If Baby Sibling Also Has Autism

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02/16/2017

... using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the brains of infants who have older siblings with autism, scientists were able to correctly identify 80 percent of the babies who would be subsequently...

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Funding From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Helps Find First Evidence of Transitive Inference in Lowly Paper Wasp

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05/14/2019

... Duke Charitable Foundation Helps Find First Evidence of Transitive Inference in Lowly Paper Wasp A new University of Michigan study provides the first evidence of transitive inference, the...

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09 Jun 2015

Catch a Ride on a Roller-Coaster! Immigration Issues Facing the New York Region

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8:45am to 11:00am

In the wake of Congressional inaction on federal immigration reform, ... Executive Action are moving forward nationally and in the NYC area - and what's delayed and why How your foundation can ... Nisha...

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Will The City’s Cultural Plan Walk The Talk Of Equity?

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05/19/2017

Will The City’s Cultural Plan Walk The Talk Of Equity? By Michelle Coffey and Kerry McCarthy, co-chairs of the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York ... communities and Michelle Coffey is executive...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Releases Results of 4-Year Study of Restorative Justice Implementation in Schools

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10/08/2020

Brooklyn Community Foundation Releases Results of 4-Year Study of Restorative Justice Implementation in ... school-based pilot program in partnership with the NYC Department of...

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