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What Big (and not-so-big) Donors Can Learn from Philanthropy, Bloomberg-style

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05/23/2016

... nonprofit sector long enough, you may have noticed that as the Baby Boomer generation ages, the face of philanthropy and giving is undergoing a dramatic shift in ... urban legend to entertain the interns than...

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How Ford, Rockefeller Supported "Street Orgs" in the 1970s

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06/03/2016

... Orgs" in the 1970s The Crips, Black P. Stone Rangers, Sons of Watts, Young Lords Party, Brown Berets and the Vice Lords, ... sometimes negatively impacted their communities. Members of these groups were...

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Century Foundation Researcher Says It's Up to Schools to Ensure Teachers Are Aware of Their Own Biases

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06/07/2016

... Says It's Up to Schools to Ensure Teachers Are Aware of Their Own Biases There are several ways schools could work ... at The Century Foundation who researches issues such as preschool equity, charter...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Brooklyn Museum App

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06/29/2016

... that strikes their fancy in the institution. A team of art educators sit around a cluster of computers near the museum entrance, ready to answer questions from visitors as soon as...

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Originally Funded by Open Society Foundations, ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population

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08/04/2016

... Society Foundations, abruptly left the post in late June, as did her deputy, Jill Harris. The ACLU will also downplay ... emphasis on ballot measures to enact reforms in favor of its more traditional tactics...

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Research to Prevent Blindness- Backed Study Uncovers Major Cause of Vision Loss

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09/29/2016

... to Prevent Blindness- Backed Study Uncovers Major Cause of Vision Loss The eye’s retina works like film in a ... involved in harming rods and cones and have found a way to halt that damage. Targeting the...

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2016 Nobel Prize Winner Yoshinori Ohsumi’s Discoveries Could Change How We Treat Disease

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10/05/2016

... ― a metabolic recycling process in which cells eat parts of themselves to survive and stay healthy. His initial work, ... which could fundamentally change everything from the way we treat dementia disorders to...

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Rockefeller Foundation Gives $150K to Leading Disaster Relief Organization

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11/23/2016

... powered by volunteers, has been awarded a grant of $150,000 by the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation to ... Hands Volunteers to pilot an innovative approach to the way disaster relief is paid for in order to...

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Mellon Foundation Supports Humanities through Open Access, Open Source and Not-for-Profit

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12/21/2016

... Language Assocation (MLA) Commons launched in early 2013 as a platform for communication among MLA members, enabling ... to participate in discussion groups, and to create a range of formal and informal...

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Giving Parents a Prominent Voice in Schools

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03/08/2017

... a Prominent Voice in Schools Trise Moore, who is in charge of family engagement in Washington state’s Federal Way school district, helps parents navigate the system and ...

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NY Community Trust Calls for Funding A Better, Broader Environmental Movement

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05/04/2017

... extremes and violent storms. Low-income communities of color often bear the brunt of our civilization’s legacy of pollution: from the noxious ... climate change and other environmental...

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How To Balance Policies And Guidelines To Prompt Different Levels Of Employee Engagement

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08/30/2017

... Balance Policies And Guidelines To Prompt Different Levels Of Employee Engagement POLICY: A mandatory, definite course ... get back to all customers within 24 hours.” MINDSET: A way of...

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One 'Dreamer' Vows to Finish Med School in The Face of DACA Chaos

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09/06/2017

One 'Dreamer' Vows to Finish Med School in The Face of DACA Chaos Denisse Rojas, a third-year medical student at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, on Tuesday took the news of the...

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Middle-Class Incomes Rise, But Census Report Shows Worrying Disparities

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09/13/2017

... But Census Report Shows Worrying Disparities The incomes of middle-class Americans rose last year to the highest level ever recorded by the Census Bureau, as poverty declined and the scars of...

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Opinion: After Primary Win, Accountability Begins For Eric Gonzalez

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09/14/2017

... no opponent in that race. In effect, this is the beginning of Gonzalez acting as our elected representative, in an office of his own. Over the past six months, the race for Brooklyn ...

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Mellon Grant Funds Stanford University Press Pioneering Digital Academic Publishing Program

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09/26/2017

... Program Stanford University Press is redefining the world of traditional academic publishing through an innovative ... the first academic publishing group to offer scholars a way to publish and peer review...

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Want To Engage Millennials? Try Corporate Social Responsibility

Release Date:

09/28/2017

... in 2017 than they were in late 2016, according to Phase 1 of the Millennial Impact Report. At the same time, employers ... millennials to successfully attract, hire and retain them. As millennials become an...

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What Business Can Learn From Buddhism

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10/02/2017

... learn a few lessons from ancient spiritual teachings, such as those of Buddhism. The fourth largest religion in the world has ... sector, can re-energise their employees by aligning the way...

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Pamela Shifman of NoVo Foundation on the Responsibility of White People in Philanthropy to Dismantle Racism

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02/23/2018

Pamela Shifman of NoVo Foundation on the Responsibility of White People in Philanthropy to Dismantle Racism Racial ... about whom we trust to lead us to change, whom we think of as...

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William T. Grant Foundation Focuses on Inequality Research

Release Date:

05/04/2018

... on Inequality Research The foundation will award grants of up to $600,000 over two or three years in support of research designed to build, test, and increase understanding of approaches to...

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