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Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals

Release Date:

09/08/2014

... has, traditionally, been overlooked. How about a new education reform push, one that focuses less on the ... too — what and how students are learning. The Wallace Foundation has offered six urban school...

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D.C. Schools Attracted Record Amounts of Philanthropy in Recent Years

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08/27/2015

... charter schools or to organizations, including the New Schools Venture Fund, that support charter schools.... ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

"Resilience" Bonds Could Help in Climate Disaster, Rockefeller Report Says

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12/10/2015

... disasters, according to a report funded by the Rockefeller Foundation . A traditional catastrophe bond is issued by ...

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As Blizzard Looms, Morgan Stanley-supported 'Operation Warm' Gives NYC Children Free Coats

Release Date:

01/22/2016

... announced Thursday that 13,000 young students will receive new winter jackets paid for by private donors. The bulk of ... go to 32 elementary schools that are part of the city’ s “community school” initiative...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Funds Camden Coalition to Establish National Healthcare Center

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03/09/2016

... The Atlantic Philanthropies and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation . The center would help improve care for ... “Across the country, innovators are developing new models of health care delivery that lower costs...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS

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09/23/2016

... of the space station including the air. Based on NASA 039 ; s data, more than 200 astronauts had already crossed the ... is launched. The microbes are now the focus of a brand new research...

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Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers

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10/07/2016

Atlantic 039 ; s Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 039 ;Most Generous 039 ; Givers A new ranking by Forbes puts Warren Buffett at the top the list ... in...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Russell Sage Publishes Study on the Problems of Parents Funding College Education

Release Date:

12/14/2016

... supporting — and paying more — for their children’ s college education, but that development also might be exacerbating economic inequality, according to a new study by a University of Kansas professor. “Young...

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Supported by Rockefeller, Study Finds Gig Economy Media Reporting Disconnected from Worker Reality

Release Date:

12/20/2016

... Disconnected from Worker Reality Media coverage of America 039 ; s independent workers leans more positively than the ... conversation that actual workers have on social media, a new media...

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Rockefeller and Unreasonable Institute Give $1M to Groups Fighting Urban Poverty

Release Date:

01/12/2017

... are flocking to metro areas: more than 75% of the globe’ s population is expected to be urban by 2050. Figure out how ... Cities Accelerator, a partnership between The Rockefeller Foundation and Unreasonable...

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Target Corporation Supports Water Harvesting Cistern to Transform Blighted Properties

Release Date:

03/29/2017

... assets. The all-volunteer organization will debut a new recreational space and water harvesting cistern this ... TerraCycle®, and Target Corporation. The organization’ s cistern will be located on its...

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Target Corporation

Morgan Stanley Announces Creation of Innovative Play Spaces for Children in 14 Cities With KaBOOM!

Release Date:

02/02/2018

... KaBOOM! Morgan Stanley today announced the creation of 14 new play spaces for children through a Morgan Stanley Foundation grant to KaBOOM! and the hands-on efforts of hundreds of its employees throughout the...

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Salesforce.org Announces Advancements to the Salesforce.org Education Cloud Platform

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09/20/2018

... Link 2.0, innovations with alumni and donor relationships, new Higher Education Data Architecture (HEDA) capabilities ... work in jobs that don 039 ;t yet exist 2 . Salesforce.org 039 ;...

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Video: Celebrating 20 Years of Open Society Institute–Baltimore with Patrick Gaspard and the 2018 Open Society Institute Community Fellows

Release Date:

04/01/2019

... to open societies around the world. We also introduced the new 2018 cohort of Open Society Institute–Baltimore ...

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Open Society Foundations

Tribeca Film Institute Announces 2019 Sloan Filmmaker Fund Grantees

Release Date:

04/04/2019

... Grantees The Tribeca Film Institute and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have announced the three TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund ... and “Wiring Utopia” have been chosen as the new grant winners. Related stories Film...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) Welcomes Marcus F. Walton as President and CEO

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07/16/2019

... of Marcus F. Walton, a non-profit industry veteran, as its new President and CEO. Throughout his distinguished career, ... of practitioners and grantmakers to help evolve the strong foundation established by...

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More Than Money: Making a Difference with Assistance Beyond the Grant

Publication date:

12/2008

... with Assistance Beyond the Grant reveals that only when foundation staff provide assistance beyond the grant in one ... Three exemplary foundations are profiled: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Winter Park Health Foundation , and the Wallace Foundation . More Than Money: ...

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26 Feb 2015

What to Look for in a Nonprofit’s Financial Statement

Thursday, February 26, 2015 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

... Not-for-Profit organizations, will also be presented. The program will also consider "red flags" and offer some ratio ... of reading and interpreting financial statements What 039 ; s...

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New Staff

10 Mar 2016

Looking at the 990 Part I (March 3) and Part II (March 10)

Thursday, March 10, 2016 -

8:45am to 10:30am

This program is a part of a four-part Interpreting Financial ... : February 25 – What to Look for in a Nonprofit’ s Financial Statement March 3 – Looking at the 990 Part I ... with less than two years of...

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Professional Development

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HR & Operations

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14 Oct 2021

Mismatched: The Philanthropic Response to the Call for Racial Justice - A Webinar Hosted by PRE

Thursday, October 14, 2021 -

12:30pm to 2:00pm

... and political momentum in 2020, a sea change in U. S .-based grantmaking for racial issues appeared to be ... activism on a massive scale that continued into the new year. But what really happened in 2020? What...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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