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The Other 95 Percent: How Foundations Can Give All They’ve Got

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05/09/2016

Melissa Beck at the Educational Foundation of America says there are three reasons to divest: economics, ethics and alignment with grantmaking.

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HSBC Gives $1.5M to Scale Up Horizons Learning Programs

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05/16/2017

... these graduates go on to college or other post-secondary education . Demand for summer programs is high, and ...

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Simons Foundation, Stony Brook University Partner to Improve Diversity in STEM Fields

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05/11/2022

Stony Brook University has announced a major new initiative funded by the Simons Foundation and its sister foundation, Simons Foundation International

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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JPMorgan Chase Commits $30 Million to Support Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Students

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06/16/2022

... to successfully navigate transitions from post-secondary education to in-demand jobs of the future. Even before the ... “Recognizing the transformational impact that a college education can provide, JPMorgan...

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Ford and RBF Lead Charge to Publicize Diversity Data

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07/01/2015

... might have. GuideStar is joined by the D5 Coalition, a group of 26 nonprofits and donor organizations, and Green 2.0, a group that advocates for increased diversity at environmental ...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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The Affordable Care Act: Keeping Our Eyes on the Ball

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10/24/2013

... over the next year. How will we really know if the law is working as intended, and if and when its provisions need to ... ability to enroll. Federal and state governments are working to repair these technology...

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ESSA Explained: Inside the New Federal K-12 Law

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01/13/2017

... back much of the federal government's big footprint in education policy, on everything from testing and teacher ... No Child Left Behind Act, which ESSA replaced and updated. Education Week's Alyson...

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Supported by WT Grant Foundation, Research Finds School Choice Policies Impact Segregation

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05/23/2017

... According to Erica Frankenberg, associate professor of education and demography and co-director of the Center for Education and Civil Rights at Penn State, the new generation ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Provides Support to Sheltering Arms to Open New Building to Serve Children and Families

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08/25/2017

... Sheltering Arms, Georgia’s largest nonprofit early education and child care organization, announced the opening ... Atlanta, the center will provide high quality early education and care to children six weeks...

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Regents Approve Plan to Evaluate and Improve New York Schools

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09/12/2017

... approved a plan laying out the state’s goals for its education system, as required by the sweeping federal education law signed by President Barack Obama in 2015 known ... state can now submit its plan to the...

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Philanthropy New York's 43rd Annual Meeting - Purpose as Compass: A Recap

... – our donors and our partners – to push us to think about who has power and how does that show up in our work? ... “The promise of data is the promise of sharing truth about people and the world, and so they...

Taking Care of Business (in the Business of Taking Care)

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12/09/2015

... includes 80,000 church members. How do you think about community leadership? Consider Clara Miller. Since ... included: · You need to be clear about your vision and purpose, and align your operating model .....

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation Welcomes Isabel Sousa-Rodriguez As New Program Officer

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04/17/2019

... The Hazen Foundation is dedicated to supporting youth and communities of color in dismantling structural ... resources of the Foundation to the goal of engendering a youth of color centered movement for racial...

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How Foundations Can Be the Risk Takers They Want to Be

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06/25/2014

... recently to a nonprofit executive director describe to a group of grant makers and nonprofit peers the innovative ... seems all I ever hear is talk among my fellow grant makers about wanting to fund innovation...

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It’s Time Responsible Business Became Business as Usual

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03/22/2016

... Corporation I recently had the opportunity to speak with a group of graduate students about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and my own career ... wages, forced and underage labor, human rights abuses,...

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