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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Mosquito 'spit glands' Hold Key to Curbing Malaria, Study Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Shows

Release Date:

08/12/2019

... the location of the parasite bottleneck, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have discovered that the ... of cell biology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine . “By enhancing transmission...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

31 Oct 2018

Funding Our Future – the ABCs of Early Care and Education Financing in New York

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine ’s 2018 research report, Transforming the Financing ...

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Impact Investing in Education: An Overview of the Current Landscape

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01/2014

This study, conducted by D. Capital Partners, is part of the Open Society Education Support Program’s efforts to identify innovative financing mechanisms and approaches that can increase the availability and allocation of resources for education systems.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Open Society Foundations

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces Appointment of John R. Ettinger as Chief Executive Officer

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01/02/2012

... serves more than 1.3 million students), a member of the Yale University Council, and a Director of the Martha's ... of the Phillips Exeter Academy, received a B.A. from Yale University, was a Rhodes...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

William T. Grant Foundation Appoints Kenji Hakuta and Mark Soler to Board of Trustees

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07/12/2017

... Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Mark graduated from Yale University and Yale Law School. “We could not be more thrilled that Kenji ...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Avital Havusha Named New York State Health Foundation’s Vice President For Programs

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10/11/2019

... New York policy agenda. Ms. Havusha has also held roles at Yale University’s School of Public Health and at an ... a concentration in health policy and administration from Yale University and her bachelor’s...

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New York Health Foundation

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The Ford Foundation's $1.0 Billion Bond - A Briefing Note from SeaChange Capital Partners

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06/22/2020

... company (about #400 in the world by assets) running a “ Yale Model ” strategy whereby the vast majority of its ...

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Finance & Asset Management

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SeaChange Capital Partners

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Newsmakers: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

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12/23/2013

... research on early child development at Yale University. After high school, I attended a large land ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Ford Foundation

Atlantic on Spending Down: "We’re Actually Gearing Up”

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08/06/2014

Tony Proscio writes that when The Atlantic Philanthropies makes its final round of grants, "they'll be bigger, in both size and the scope of their ambition, than in any comparable period before."

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New Interactive Data Tool from the Education Opportunity Project, Supported by William T. Grant Foundation, Finds that School Poverty - Not Racial Composition - Limited Educational Opportunity

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09/23/2019

Racial segregation leads to growing achievement gaps – but it does so entirely through differences in school poverty, according to new research from education Professor Sean Reardon.

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Study Supported By The Helmsley Charitable Trust Reveals Path to Normalize Blood Pressure Following Spinal Cord Injury

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03/19/2018

Patients with severe spinal cord injury (SCI) often experience chronically low blood pressure that negatively affects their health, their quality of life and their ability to engage in rehabilitative therapy.

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Health

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gifts Landmark Grant to Stimulate Greece’s Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in the Agricultural Sector

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05/24/2018

The three-year project is spearheaded by Rutgers University¬–New Brunswick in partnership with the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA) and American Farm School (AFS).

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Original Instructions: A Challenge to Philanthropy to Expand Health and Educational Opportunities for Native Youth

The Schott Foundation for Public Education in partnership with Native Americans in Philanthropy, with support from Nike N7, recently released a set of recommendations for helping Native youth live healthy lives. These recommendations came directly from Native American leaders who hold expertise across health, physical fitness, education and youth development sectors. The report, Original Instructions , outlines both challenges and opportunities to philanthropy. It’s a first step towards using our resources to recognize and learn from the resilient Native youth

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26 Mar 2010

Getting It Right: Reauthorizing NCLB To Leave No Child Behind

Friday, March 26, 2010 -

9:00am to 11:00am

A COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM presented by Philanthropy New York's Philanthropy Connects Committee, the Donors’ Education Collaborative (DEC), and Public Education Grantmakers Network (PEGNET). WHO SHOULD ATTEND: All...

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Carnegie Supports Report on Incentives to Attend Private Colleges

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04/14/2017

States could save money and increase college-graduation rates by providing modest financial incentives for students to choose private colleges over comparable public ones, according to a report released this week.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Emergency Grants to Prison Education Programs as COVID Crisis Continues

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08/06/2020

The grants will allow incarcerated students across the nation to continue learning while in-person instruction is paused as part of ongoing efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19.

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Mellon Foundation

UCLA to Establish Archive on Policing and Mass Incarceration in Los Angeles with Support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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01/28/2021

$3.65 million grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funds project by ethnic studies centers and Million Dollar Hoods

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