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Foundations Work Together to Improve Broadband Service in Low-Income Communities

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12/10/2014

... to historic buildings or passing bonds to pay for new fiber networks. Though the group is in its infancy, its early expansion is a signal of what seems to be a shift in the way Americans are thinking ...

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Technology

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Warns Against Education Tax Credit

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01/30/2015

... to reform education, particularly teacher evaluation. But what escaped notice was his reference in the State of the ... education tax credit, or ETC, a term unfamiliar to most New Yorkers. We would all do well...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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Education

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Rita Allen Foundation Wants to Solve the Problem of 'Reader Alienation'

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04/03/2015

... knock over their grande latte, and audibly mutter, " What 's the point?" This problem is particularly acute ... $515,000 to technology and media organizations to "support new work to build...

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Education

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Backs Study Exploring Taskmaster Brain Region

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09/25/2015

... through a sequence of tasks, you aren’t far off. In new research, Brown University scientists report evidence ... their backpacks, kiss your spouse. No one cued you about what to do next, but you remembered to...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Health

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Tow Foundation Founder to Serve on NP Board Taking Over Philadelphia’s Struggling Newspaper of Record

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01/12/2016

... for a struggling business, that’s pretty close to what the storied Philadelphia Inquirer and its sister ... the outlets, to the nonprofit Institute for Journalism in New Media, part of the Philadelphia...

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Communications/Media

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The Tow Foundation

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Share Research on 'The Theory of the Foundation'

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03/23/2016

... The essay called for leaders to stop focusing on what Drucker labeled “how to do” techniques, and instead ... in response to changing conditions. Today, we need a new “theory of (or perhaps for) the foundation...

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Ford and MacArthur-Backed Survey Finds That Young Voters From Newer Immigrant Families Lean More Liberal

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09/09/2016

... with families who have been in United States longer, a new GenForward poll shows. Eighty-seven percent of those age ... who will prove that they're loyal or they care about what this country has given to...

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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

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Civic Engagement

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Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS

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09/23/2016

Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS What can microbes from space tell scientists on Earth? The ... is launched. The microbes are now the focus of a brand new research partnership between NASA and...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Mastercard's Singh on How Companies Can Help Cities Close the Data Gap

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10/21/2016

... companies do business. Starbucks, for example, rolls out new beverages and chooses its store locations by analyzing ... According to a recent report by Bloomberg Philanthropies' What Works Cities...

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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

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

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12/14/2016

... might be exacerbating economic inequality, according to a new study by a University of Kansas professor. “Young ... Emily Rauscher, a KU assistant professor of sociology. “ What makes this a concern is that...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In Brooklyn

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01/04/2017

... sixty years. All were there to answer the key question, “ What is our shared vision for Crown Heights?” Over the next ... from thriving. Last, suspending skepticism, they imagined new solutions... Brooklyn...

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NY Community Trust Urges Mega-Donors Can Offset Their Clout By Empowering Community Funders

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06/22/2017

... social good and we're excited by the prospect of lots of new money flowing into the social sector. What 's a cause for concern, though, is that a tiny sliver of .....

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The New York Community Trust

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Is Rezoning In East Harlem A Trojan Horse For Gentrification?

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08/30/2017

... in East Harlem gets a facelift every few months — a new mural painted by the Harlem Art Collective, which formed ... of chalk and a prompt encouraging passersby to write what gentrification means to them. . ...

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A Smarter Response: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy Looks to Leverage Donor Dollars

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09/11/2017

... Facebook and want to help? You don’t even have to open a new tab. Many of you may have seen the prompts from Google ... and Facebook to donate to Hurricane Harvey recovery. What you may not have noticed is...

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The Studio Museum Has a Vision for Its Home. And a Power Player at the Helm.

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09/26/2017

... Thelma Golden. The infectious, informal atmosphere is what Ms. Golden hopes to capture in the museum’s new building by the architect David Adjaye, whose design is ...

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Arts

Giving Could Plunge $13 Billion Under Tax Plan, Nonprofit Leader Says

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09/28/2017

... leaders would preserve the charitable deduction under a new tax proposal made public Wednesday, a key battle line for ... House and congressional leaders say they want to simplify what they describe as an...

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NYT Interviews Schott Foundation VP Edgar Villanueva

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11/28/2018

... of power and resources, Edgar Villanueva writes in his new book, “ Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal ... was angry. But there’s plenty of books that criticize. What would I do differently? I felt...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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MIT Receives $8 Million From Simons Foundation for Quantum Research

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06/04/2019

... matter (UQM) allows for quantum phenomena beyond what can be realized at the level of the individual atom or ... physical properties, and provide ideas designed to enable new realizations of quantum materials...

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