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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Poll Finds Racial Divide in Financial Readiness for Retirement

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05/19/2017

... gap between white and other minority groups extends beyond pensions, 401(k) s or other retirement accounts. The survey shows older white ...

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With Support from Carnegie, New Science Standards Deliver Students from Textbooks to ‘Real-World' Applications

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05/19/2017

... and according to the New Jersey Department of Education' s Science Coordinator Michael Heinz, the standards shift a student' s thought process to "how things happen, why things happen ... in...

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How to Improve Diversity in Corporate America

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08/29/2017

... of Charlottesville, the issue of ‘diversity’ has gone beyond Silicon Valley and Google’ s gender problem. The current impersonator-in-chief would ... leadership. These different types of business include...

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The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... — for past-due lunch balances that their parents have not paid. (In one notable example last year, an Alabama ... like Community Food Advocates praised the administration’ s “universal lunch” approach for...

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Into Battle: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... Initiative, they took some heat for incorporating it as an LLC—since such entities can operate with little transparency. But the young couple are not alone among top donors in choosing this model—Laurene .....

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Skoll, Ford and Others Work with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors on How to Listen More to Nonprofits & Speak Less

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09/26/2017

... problems, and demonstrating the possibility of moving beyond incremental change to real transformation,” their ...

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Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Issues Consensus Report On Diabetes In Association With The ADA

Release Date:

11/22/2017

... (HbA1C) testing, which provides a measurement of a person' s mean blood glucose levels over the past three months. HbA1C ... type 1 diabetes (T1D) technologies and research have made it feasible to assess...

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How Salesforce is Innovating Corporate Philanthropy and Workplace Giving

Release Date:

03/09/2018

... nonprofit arm Salesforce.org, is leading Silicon Valley’ s charge toward more integrated models of corporate ... capitalism game plan. Dubbed Philanthropy Cloud, it ’ s a “social giving...

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Yuri Tschinkel of The Simons Foundation, Elected to German National Academy of Sciences

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05/14/2018

... Yuri Tschinkel, director of the Simons Foundation’ s Mathematics and Physical Sciences division, has been ... Academy of Sciences. The honor recognizes Tschinkel’ s mathematical contributions, which focus on...

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Michael Bloomberg Announces 2nd Annual Global Business Forum and One Planet Summit

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07/11/2018

... issues by reaching a better understanding of one another' s challenges and mutual opportunities, thereby strengthening ... growth, economic inequality and climate change threats – it has never been more...

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Economic Security

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Citi Foundation Partners with LISC, Commits $10 Million to Help Train American Workers for Growing Job Sectors

Release Date:

07/16/2018

... facing shortages of skilled workers. The Citi Foundation' s investment in the Bridges to Career Opportunities ... decades-long relationship between the foundation and LISC. It also signals an expansion of...

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New United Hospital Fund Report Identifies NYC Neighborhoods Where Medicaid Might Better Support Members’ Health by Addressing Housing Insecurity

Release Date:

07/26/2018

... health outcomes, for thousands of its members by moving beyond medical care to address their need for safe, secure ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Releases Publication on Operating for Limited Life

Release Date:

12/11/2018

... close its doors by 2020 reflected founder Chuck Feeney’ s Giving While Living approach to philanthropy and his ... funds to achieve maximum impact within that time frame and beyond . Establishing an end date...

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Laurie M. Tisch: Perfecting the Art of Philanthropy

Release Date:

12/13/2018

... windows offer a grand view of Central Park. Yet Tisch’ s view goes far beyond that. While her family is known as long-standing ...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Weinberg Foundation Partners with Major Donors in Groundbreaking $25M National Initiative to Increase Mobility from Poverty

Release Date:

02/04/2019

... Bets, or Mobility LABs, and announced during Robin Hood’ s conference – No City Limits: Reimagining the Poverty ... Fight 2019 – will be built around part of Robin Hood’ s work to identify and invest in...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Jamie Merisotis Becomes Council on Foundations' Board Chair

Release Date:

05/14/2019

... 2018, and began his term as Board Chair at the Council’ s Leading Together 2019 conference. He succeeds Javier Soto, ... around the country and across the globe. In today’ s environment, where society is more...

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MIT Receives $8 Million From Simons Foundation for Quantum Research

Release Date:

06/04/2019

... ultra-quantum matter (UQM) allows for quantum phenomena beyond what can be realized at the level of the individual ...

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The Whiting Foundation Announces New Grants for Public Humanities Projects Expanding Our Understanding of History and Culture

Release Date:

05/25/2022

... to reflect on history, philosophy, and culture, they not only enrich their own lives – they can also change the ... work to deploy the humanities for the public good. Since it began in 2016, the WPEP has given...

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28 Mar 2019

Enlisting a Critical Constituency: Youth Civic Learning and Engagement

Thursday, March 28, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... leading the Montgomery Bus Boycott. His early impact was not just a sign of precocity. He brought a youth perspective ... effectively employ evidence-based strategies in NYC and beyond Civic readiness as a...

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Committee for Children Launches Out-of-School Time SEL Program with Support from The Wallace Foundation

Release Date:

03/26/2019

... -- Committee for Children (CFC) announced today that it is creating a new social-emotional learning (SEL) program ... care, summer camps, and other learning environments beyond the classroom, through support...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Wallace Foundation

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