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NYCT Seeks Applicants for the Nonprofit Excellence Awards Program

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03/12/2015

... program kicks off today. Applications are available now at http://npexcellence.fcny.org and are due on May 1, ... are “Trust-branded” like this awards program. Why is this one so important? There are a few...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Backs Panel to Explore Ways to Keep Women in STEM Fields

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03/23/2015

... don’t advance as quickly as their male counterparts. Now an academic panel has developed a seven-point plan for ...

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Close That Gap: William T. Grant Foundation Zeroes in on Inequality and Kids

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03/30/2015

... and Kids Once in a while, research on an issue is so galvanizing that it can entirely shift how we think ... Robert Putnam’s Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis is just the latest indicator that research on...

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Ford’s Push for the Reproductive Rights of Young Women in the Niger Delta

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04/13/2015

... lot of sense, especially in Nigeria. Women in that country now have the highest fertility rate in the world, bearing 7.5 ...

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ASPCA Cautions Against Using New Cannabis Treats for Ailing Pets

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04/23/2015

... Cannabis Treats for Ailing Pets With medical marijuana now legal in 23 states, and recreational use permitted in ... well as Washington, D.C., a burgeoning cannabis industry is blooming in America. The latest...

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Leadership Changes Announced at Gap Foundation and Gap, Inc.

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05/15/2015

... has been promoted and has taken on a new role. She is now Executive Vice President, Gap Inc. Global Talent & ... Vice President, Gap Inc. Global Sustainability. Dan is well positioned to...

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Ford and RBF Lead Charge to Publicize Diversity Data

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07/01/2015

... from nonprofits, began posting demographic data last year. Now nonprofits can voluntarily post information on their ... orientation, and any disability they might have. GuideStar is joined by the D5 Coalition...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Are Too Many Seniors Taking Antidepressants?

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07/31/2015

... receiving attention for mental health issues—may now need to shift, says Donovan Maust, the geriatric ...

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

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08/13/2015

... lighting to schools in the developing world— is expanding. Through a $500,000 donation from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, GivePower Foundation now plans to provide light to an additional 1,000...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO

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10/16/2015

... their jobs within a few months of each other in 2001. Now they have one more thing in common, something that many ...

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Wallace Foundation Funds Research to Evaluate Public-Private Model in Buffalo Schools

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11/03/2015

... expanded its reach and political influence in the city. Now outside reviewers will evaluate its approach and compare ... researchers with Teachers College at Columbia University, is looking at public-private...

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New National Standards for Principals Flow from Wallace Work

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12/10/2015

... for a position long focused on bureaucratic compliance but now increasingly becoming critical to developing outstanding ...

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NYTimes Examines Hartford Foundation Work on Geriatrics

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01/29/2016

... funds programs to improve the care of older adults. “ Now we need to make sure we have all the supports in place to ...

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Wallace Updates Popular Cost Calculator for Out-of-School-Time Programs

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02/17/2016

... Out-of-School-Time (OST) Cost Calculator is an online tool designed to help OST providers and others ... study to date on the costs of high-quality programs. Now it’s been updated with 2015 numbers—by the lead...

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Rockefeller Family Fund Divests from Fossil Fuels and Exxon

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03/24/2016

... which it called “morally reprehensible.” This is significant in that John D. Rockefeller Sr. made his money ... Thus, by some lights, the fortune that the charitable fund is now divesting was...

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Bangladeshi Law Student Receives Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

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04/19/2016

... that helped them to realize their American Dream. Now , Hossain is 25 and studying law at the University of Pennsylvania. He ...

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Ford Foundation's $190M Revamp Receives Landmarks Approval

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04/21/2016

... Revamp Receives Landmarks Approval The Ford Foundation can now move forward with the planned revamp of its iconic ...

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Peterson Foundation President Has OpEd in Time Magazine on Millenials and National Debt

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04/29/2016

... offered his opinion on America’s national debt, which is at its highest level since 1950 and is on a path to grow rapidly in the coming decades. While ... economic security for these young people? Millennials...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Helmsley-Supported Research Discovers Protein That Controls Strength of Body’s Circadian Rhythms

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05/27/2016

... like heart disease, sleep disorders and cancers. Now , scientists at the Salk Institute and collaborators have ... of this circadian rhythm in mammals. The discovery is unusual in the field, as most circadian...

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