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Rockefeller Supports Training Workshops on Impact Investing in Ghana and South Africa

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03/03/2017

... Foundation and IDRC, we developed and delivered executive education training workshops in Ghana and South Africa ...

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EAC Network Teams Up with Bank of America, Long Island Community Foundation for “Fresh from the Garden” Senior Initiative

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03/15/2017

... free, three-step initiative to healthier living: nutrition education , cooking demonstrations, and produce distribution. ...

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Food Systems

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Alliance for Charitable Reform Hosts Annual Summit for Leaders

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04/11/2017

Nonprofit leaders who attended got to hear from congressional staff, administration officials and other policy experts about what the charitable sector can do to protect charitable giving and educate lawmakers about the critical role of charitable...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $150M for An Initiative To Elevate Civic Discourse

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06/27/2017

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $150M for An Initiative To Elevate Civic Discourse Great Britain’s ... to donate a whopping $150 million to a joint research, education and public policy program with Johns...

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Indian Child Welfare at Casey Family Programs is Highlight for Native American Students in Crisis

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08/02/2017

... grade; he’s certified to teach high-school continuing education and agricultural science. Nearly all of the young ... Native Americans. Bridges is a public school, created as an alternative for teens who aren’...

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14 Dec 2017

Leveraging Small Grants for Big Impact - Webinar

Thursday, December 14, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... their relatively small grants. Whether it’s health care, education , or the environment, the foundations and funds ...

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IBM Joins With Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math

Release Date:

09/14/2017

Today, the IBM Foundation announced the availability of Teacher Advisor With Watson 1.0, software that uses Watson artificial intelligence technology– trained by some of the nation’s leading math experts, with feedback from more than 1,000 teachers...

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As Incident Reports Rise, City Officials Seek New Answers to Combat Domestic Violence

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09/18/2017

... Committee on Courts and Legal Services will hold an oversight hearing on New York’s Domestic Violence Courts ... willingness to report incidents thanks to several education and resource initiatives by the city...

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Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants

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11/01/2017

... Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson. “Everyone in higher education has to be more imaginative and daring in thinking ...

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Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Scholarship Program at Duke Aims to Increase Underrepresented Minorities in Graduate Stem Disciplines

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01/18/2018

... of physics and co-principal investigator for the UCEM, in an email. “Given that genius resides in every generation, ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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New Menino Survey of Mayors, Supported By Citi and The Rockefeller Foundation Reveals Top Issues for Mayors

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01/23/2018

... funding threaten to adversely impact infrastructure and education , mayors are willing to advocate for increased state ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Community Development

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Ms. Foundation for Women Announced Roz Lee As The New Vice President of Strategy and Programs To Its Staff

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01/24/2018

... community organizing, legislative advocacy, and popular education . As Director of Social Justice Initiatives at the ... of LGBT communities in the southern United States. She is an outgoing board member of...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Awarded $1.3 Billion to Nonprofit Organizations in 2017

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02/12/2018

... the issues they care about most — including STEM/STEAM education , economic and community empowerment, and ...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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New York Times Op-Ed "Good Leaders Make Good Schools" Cites Important Wallace-Commissioned Research Report

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03/13/2018

... Chicago schools are cramming six years’ worth of education into five years of actual schooling. These ...

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Century Foundation Report Reveals NY’s For-Profit Colleges Leave Students with Debt and Little Impact on Earning Potential

Release Date:

03/26/2018

... from a longitudinal survey by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Some previous data measured only ... data measured students who took loans, which didn’t give an accurate comparison to...

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Open Society Foundation Creates $10 Million Fund for Rohingya

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04/03/2018

... contamination and the spread of disease. The fund includes an $8 million gift to BRAC , an international development organization based in ... to sanitation and hygiene infrastructure, health care, ...

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BNY Mellon and Ashoka Launch Social Innovation Challenge

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05/09/2018

... of financial wellbeing—one that includes employment, education , health, human behavior, social currency, gender ... solutions that ensure financial wellbeing at an individual, community and societal level...

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With Support from The Andrus Family Fund, Firelight’s Impact Producer Fellowship Announces 2018 Cohort

Release Date:

06/21/2018

... at Firelight Media writes about the fellowship in an emailed statement. “With this fellowship, we aim to nurture an ecosystem of producers, cultural strategists, digital ... the intersection of filmmaking,...

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Arts

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Funded by the Carnegie Corporation, New Digital Tool Gives Parents a Gut Check on Their Childs Readiness for the New School Year

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08/07/2018

... Heroes announces the launch of its Readiness Check , an innovative, digital tool to help parents and guardians ...

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