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Janet Robinson is New Chair of Carnegie Corporation Board, Kurt Schmoke is New Vice Chair; The Honorable Ann Claire Williams and John S. Hendricks Join Board

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03/01/2012

The Carnegie Corporation of New York has announced that Janet Robinson, former President and CEO of The New York Times Company, has agreed to serve a one-year term as Board Chair and Kurt Schmoke, Dean of Howard University Law School and former...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Century Foundation Fellow Co-Authors Report on Admission Preferences of Low-Income Students

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01/11/2016

Top higher-education instutions should set an admissions preference for low-income students because such students now face unjustified barriers and constitute only 3 percent of enrollment at the elite schools, according to a landmark report issued...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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The Century Foundation

After the Election, Building the Beloved Community

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11/23/2016

Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, writes, "As I go through my own efforts to assess and understand the last year in our national life, I find myself asking uncomfortable questions about my own institution and the social sector as a...

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Nathan Cummings, Ford, Heron & Others Are Leaders in the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance

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07/27/2017

The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance announced the launch of its expanded network of impact investing leaders dedicated to advancing this growing market.

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Ford’s Walker Named to Independent Sector Board

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11/18/2014

... in 2015 are: Sonya Campion, President, Campion Advocacy Fund Dan Cardinali, President, Communities in Schools Jim ...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

The Charles H. Revson Foundation Awarded Over $3 Million in Grants to 12 Recipients.

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06/21/2022

... America. The Education Program supports institutions and projects that seek to provide broad access to knowledge, ...

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Co-Chief Investment Officer of Carnegie Corporation of NY Meredith Jenkins Goes to Trinity Wall Street

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01/19/2016

... areas including Africa and Russia. She helped select top fund managers and build a successful eight-member team. ...

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Trinity Wall Street

Learning Together to Grow the Field

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09/17/2021

... larger evidence base for the field. Laureus USA helped to fund the creation of Hello Insight: Sports Tool -- a pre/post ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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What’s at Stake and What’s at Play: My Reckoning with Philanthropy

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12/02/2022

... system. We must think critically about the programs we fund and the landscapes they operate in, even if they may be ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Three Ways Funders Delude Themselves About Equity

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04/26/2017

Kris Putnam-Walkerly, global philanthropy advisor, writes "Funders, for the most part, want to do the right thing and operate with the best of intentions. But within those good intentions, funders too often suffer from what I call 'delusional...

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Doris Duke, Ford, Nathan Cummings, JPB, Open Society and Others Support Initiative to Transform Our Nation’s Cultural Landscape

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11/15/2017

... launch of the African-American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (AACHAF). The multi-year national initiative is aimed at ... contributions of African-Americans by establishing a grant fund for the protection and...

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Arts

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Morgan Stanley Employees Have Contributed Over 56,000 Volunteer Hours in U.S. Strategy Challenge Since 2009

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06/05/2015

The Morgan Stanley Challenges has benefited over 90 nonprofit organizations since its inception.

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Studio Museum in Harlem Unveils Design for Expansion

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07/06/2015

Ford Foundation is one of the key backers of the expansion.

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Arts

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Simons Foundation Invites LOIs for Significant Mathematical, Theoretical Studies

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08/24/2015

... them would constitute a major scientific milestone. Projects should have clearly defined initial activities and ...

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The Simons Foundation

The Ultimate in Contest Philanthropy: MacArthur Foundation’s $100 Million Jackpot

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06/03/2016

... of five (unseen to you) experts who will screen the projects sending finalists to the board who will make a ...

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Alfred P. Sloan, Time Warner 'Fast Track Grant' Goes To Film That Explores Science and Technology

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06/07/2016

... and Technology Today Film Independent announced the 10 projects selected for the 14th annual Fast Track film finance ... is designed to help producer-director teams propel their projects forward through...

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Marist College, Rockefeller Archive Center Partner on Open-Source Technologies for Digital Archival Processes

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08/24/2016

Marist College and the Rockefeller Archive Center (RAC) have partnered to develop and implement a sustainable and robust platform capable of supporting the complex archival management of digitized and born-digital records.

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Rockefeller Archive Center

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Education

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Carnegie Supports a Roadmap for Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel

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06/12/2017

Under what conditions can nuclear waste management be both commercially viable and conducted in accordance with strict safety, security, and nonproliferation standards? What are the domestic and international implications of nuclear waste management...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

2017 Macy Faculty Scholars Named

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06/27/2017

... innovation project at their home institution. Their projects deal with important themes spanning quality ...

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