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Simons Foundation Collaboration to Study the Physics of Glass

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07/13/2016

... example, glass is made by cooling a liquid rapidly until it solidifies. But when and how does that change occur? When ... The answers to those questions would have implications far beyond understanding the...

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William T. Grant Foundation Supports Research on How Social Context Shapes School Choice for Inner-City Students

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02/10/2017

... and minority students by allowing access to high schools beyond neighborhood boundaries. These policies assume that ... be able to select a school that supports their child’ s learning and promotes educational...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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How Debt Is Threatening Retirement Dreams

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09/21/2017

... Americans are carrying burdensome debt into their 50s and beyond . The biennial MRRC study surveys more than 20,000 ...

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How NYC And Missouri Are Reforming Juvenile Justice — Without Razor Wire Fences

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10/10/2017

... mature red oak, inside a brick converted church rectory, beyond a threshold of mosaic tile, live five juvenile ... delinquents. They sleep in beds with plaid quilts, not on metal slabs. The walls are painted...

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New Report from PNY and Partners Examines Philanthropy’s Role in Hurricane Sandy Recovery

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10/28/2014

... disasters.” Philanthropy & Hurricane Sandy goes beyond the numbers to assess the activities of funders in ... in their response to disasters. “After a devastating event such as Hurricane Sandy, stress...

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Why Helping Pets Helps People

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12/05/2013

... ( ASPCA ) The bond between pets and humans goes way beyond simple obligation and affection. Very often, things ... typically benefits just as much as the animal. That’ s easy to picture. But what’ s...

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Animal Welfare

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Partnering With State Governments to Strengthen Families: Early Lessons From the Work Support Strategies Initiative

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06/25/2013

... through a deep, persistent economic downturn, America’ s work support programs have served as an essential backstop ... low-income families, stabilize their work lives and make it possible for family...

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The New Nonprofit: A Model for Innovation Across Sectors

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03/14/2013

... are an even more vibrant and crucial sector of the city’ s workforce, employing 15 percent of the city’ s ... role of nonprofits in New York’ s diverse economy, it comes as...

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Uniting Around a Shared Vision: Philanthropy and Citizens United

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10/04/2012

... speakers served up several during Philanthropy New York’ s recent panel on the Supreme Court’ s Citizens United ... in the long term may be closely related to having goals beyond shareholder...

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Philanthropy and the ACA: Helping People Engage in Their Own Health and Health Care

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08/08/2012

... United Hospital Fund While the Supreme Court’ s decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is being parsed ... about the ACA’ s implications and the opportunities it opens up. The richness of...

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The Business of Philanthropy: “Exit Interviews” with Former and Departing Foundation CEOs

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06/30/2011

... Indicators—have become routine features of the funder’ s landscape. But does a total embrace of a culture so reliant ... and some that can’t are absolutely critical. Whether it ’ s in a...

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Mellon Foundation and Digital Preservation Coalition Sponsor Formation of Task Force for Email Archives

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11/03/2016

... Christopher Prom, assistant university archivist/Andrew S . G. Turyn Endowed Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Kate Murray, IT specialist in the Technology Policy Directorate at...

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As Funders of Equity and Education, Connect Research to Action for School Integration

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11/21/2016

... with their deeply segregated reality . Although it has been more than 60 years since the Supreme Court' s landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, efforts at ... decisions, market forces and other...

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The New York Community Trust

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Time To Revisit Reporting

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10/04/2017

... to reduce the burden on nonprofit grantseekers. But it ’ s crucial that we turn back to the other end of the ... admired funder that they consider a great partner. In any event , though,...

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What DAFs are Learning from the Community Development Sector

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08/05/2019

... capital. DAF donors are increasingly interested in going beyond simply supporting their favorite nonprofits and ... creativity in financial structuring for public mission, it has only recently begun to tap...

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It’s Time to Fund Children’s Mental Health

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04/15/2021

It ’ s Time to Fund Children’ s Mental Health By: Joan ... start of the pandemic, allowing for support to expand far beyond in-person reach. A collective philanthropic ... people...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Restaurant Industry Is Structured on Racism. The Restaurant Workers Community Foundation Wants to Rebuild It.

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04/14/2021

... Restaurant Workers Community Foundation Wants to Rebuild It . Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurant ... workers in crisis, and restaurants. Soon, the foundation’ s logo — two hands holding...

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