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College and Career Readiness: Are We Measuring What Matters?

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06/11/2013

... Vice President, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation In today’s global economy, students must be well prepared ... have dire consequences: It is widely known that obtaining a complete and quality college...

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The Foundation Center's IssueLab

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11/2012

... Center has launched the next generation of IssueLab, a website that provides free and open access to resources ...

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Our Schools, Cut Off From the Web

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06/16/2013

An op-ed on the need for all people to have access to a fast and open Internet by Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas. ON June 6, at a middle school in Mooresville, N.C., President Obama set...

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World Bank Looks to Leverage Partnerships With Foundations

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06/02/2013

... increase the number of such partnerships — which include a recent effort with the Ford and Open Society foundations ... global poverty and boost incomes for the bottom 40 percent in developing countries by...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Calls for Proposals to Community-based Archives

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05/12/2019

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation invites community-based archives in the United States and its territories to submit proposals to fund one or more of the following areas of need.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Awards Grants to Nonprofits to Partner with Schools for 4-Year Pilot Initiative

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10/15/2015

... to Partner with Schools for 4-Year Pilot Initiative in Collaboration with NYC DOE and Mayor’s Leadership Team ... four Brooklyn public schools beginning this fall, via the new Brooklyn Restorative Justice...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Small Victories in Affordable Housing? We'll Take it!

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01/19/2018

Small Victories in Affordable Housing? We'll Take it! By Patricia ... Swann, Senior Program Officer, Thriving Communities, New York Community Trust The affordable housing shortage is no longer just a...

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The New York Community Trust

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Housing and Homelessness

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Student Debt and Social Justice: Five Things You Should Know

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09/10/2014

... My son starts fourth grade today and while we still have a few years before he heads off to college, he’s already dreaming of future careers (currently in the lead: zoologist). But my work at Ford, where I...

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A Starting Point for Gender Equity in Grantmaking

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05/16/2018

A Starting Point for Gender Equity in Grantmaking By Michael ... a gender equity problem when women are over-represented in the sector?” This is a question I...

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Understanding Risk Tolerance in Grantmaking

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08/10/2015

... Lee Equity Partners This post originally appearted in the Stanford Social Innovation Review . In the 2015 Masters Golf Tournament, winner Jordan Spieth, ... ball more firmly when they putt attempting to avoid...

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17 Jun 2025

Collaborating to Find Systemic Solutions to the "Pathway Gap" in Postsecondary/Workforce Advising

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

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Watch the Recording In recent years, the NYC education and workforce sectors have ... and more. Over the last several months, there have been a number of conversations among key stakeholders around some ... please...

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Wallace Video Series Shows How Illinois Revamped Requirements for Preparation of Principals

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10/18/2016

... Revamped Requirements for Preparation of Principals New York City (October 18, 2016) - The Wallace Foundation today released a four-part video series exploring Illinois' bold actions to ... based on...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Jeanette Vega as Managing Director; Martin L. Leibowitz and Monica Lozano Join The Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees

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04/02/2012

... Director. Dr. Vega will lead the Foundation’s work in Health, including development of strategy, implementation ... Transforming Health Systems Initiative, and pursuit of new work in the...

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Polly Singh Promoted to Program Officer at Wallace Foundation

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03/01/2012

Polly Singh, a Program Associate at The Wallace Foundation , has been promoted to the post of Program Officer in the philanthropy’s Learning and Enrichment unit. Singh, ... afterschool system building initiatives...

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16 Feb 2012

Funders Supporting Veterans

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7:30am to 10:00am

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

Since September, funders have met twice at Philanthropy New York to learn about the issues facing returning veterans ... the possibility of collaborating and coordinating in order to increase grant effectiveness...

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13 Dec 2010

What Are the Department of Education's Priorities for 2011 and Beyond? A Special Preview for Education Grantmakers

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1:30pm to 3:30pm

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A Philanthropy New York Collaborative Webinar presented with the Foundation ... community, has spurred transformative changes in education policies and practices at the national, state, ... their...

NYC Among First Group of Cities Chosen for Rockefeller Resiliency Challenge

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12/11/2013

... Centennial Challenge. Each of the cities, selected by a distinguished panel of judges including former president ... will receive resources to help them build their resilience in order to endure catastrophic...

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Congratulations from PNY, February 2014

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02/12/2014

... and initiatives that have triggered innovative activity in the field of philanthropy. Ben Shute , the Program ... Common Cause/NY on February 11 at the University Club in New York City...

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Huge Gap Found Among States In Long-Term Services Quality and Access

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06/20/2014

Huge Gap Found Among States In Long-Term Services Quality and Access The quality and ... depends in large part on where you live, according to a new report by AARP, The...

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