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The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness

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09/13/2017

... President of OxFam America. Maxman was among a diverse group of people working on poverty eradication who contributed to a recent roundtable ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Chefs Learn to Influence Food-Systems Policy

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09/25/2017

... thorniest policy issues in the food system. The diverse group came from 12 states, one U.S. territory and Washington, ...

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Food Systems

The NYPD's Growing DNA Database Raises Concern

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09/26/2017

... bells. WNYC and The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom focused on guns in America, took a look at the growth of law enforcement DNA databases. Click on the audio above to hear our story, and click here to read ...

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Justice Reform

Mellon Grant Funds Stanford University Press Pioneering Digital Academic Publishing Program

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09/26/2017

... program. The press was the first academic publishing group to offer scholars a way to publish and peer review ...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Rising Rate of Uninsured People

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05/02/2018

... Rising Rate of Uninsured People The Commonwealth Fund on Tuesday released a survey of working -age Americans that found that 15.5 percent were ... and March 2018. That’s up from 12.7 percent of that ...

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Health

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Ford Foundation Provides Initial Funding for Black Feminist Fund

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03/25/2021

... for Black Feminist Fund The Ford Foundation announced on Thursday that it’s providing US$15 million to help ... each other,” McHarris says. There is also no comparable group looking at connecting this kind of...

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Gender Justice

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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

... its negative effects. And at a time when cutbacks in federal and state funding threaten to adversely impact infrastructure and education , mayors are willing to advocate for increased state ... Mayors released...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Community Development

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Citi Foundation

03 Dec 2019

Moving Justice Forward: Perspectives from Manhattan DA Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 -

8:30am to 10:00am

... in transformative projects that strengthen and support youth , families and our communities. DA Vance will be joined ... for State & Local Governance Designed for All interested funders . Registration 8:15...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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Children, Youth and Families

Justice Reform

Public Policy

17 Apr 2020

Responding to the Rise of Anti-Semitism - A Webinar

Friday, April 17, 2020 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... of Anti-Semitic incidents around the United States and in NYC . How do we understand why this is happening now? What ... The Nathan Cummings Foundation Designed for All interested funders Registration 9:30 - 11...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Jewish Interests

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Learning Forward Launches Free, Online Learning Guide to Enrich Principal Preparation Programs

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05/06/2014

“The Principal Story Learning Guide” – based on PBS documentary and more than a decade of research, ... 13 years of work with school districts and from research on education leadership funded by...

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Water.org Receives $2.9M Grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation in East Africa

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10/22/2014

... in Kenya. In addition, Water.org's health and hygiene education programs will reach at least 8,000 people, ... activities are implemented in 15 communities, focusing on the behavioral change needed to...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Mastercard Foundation Announces New University Partnerships in Africa

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12/08/2014

The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program is a 10-year, $500 million initiative.

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International/Foreign Affairs

Dan Cardinali Named New President and CEO, Independent Sector

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02/23/2016

... Fellow, a trustee for America’s Promise, a director on the board of Child Trends, and a director on our very own Independent Sector board. And, in May 2011, ... Barack Obama to the Presidential Advisory...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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New York Community Trust Supports Artists at Museum of Arts & Design

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03/03/2017

... York Community Trust and introduced to the Museum by its Education Department in 2016, the fellowship provides ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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Open Society Foundation Funds Program with Elmo And Big Bird Talking To Refugees

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05/09/2017

... to autism. Soon, they could be bringing smiles — and education — to millions of refugee children forced from ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations

New York’s Most Controversial Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a Little Easier To Pass

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09/13/2017

... teachers to pass a tough new exam, the state’s top education policy makers are lowering the score needed to ... Board of Regents voted Tuesday to drop the passing score on the edTPA — a test that requires...

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With A New School Year Underway, Hundreds of Teaching Positions Remain Unfilled In New York City

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09/26/2017

... are typically the hardest to staff, according to postings on a city database in mid-September. There were almost 1,700 ... openings. Still, they indicate a critical need for special- education teachers and...

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How a Quirky Art Prize Tied to the DeVos Family Went Political

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09/28/2017

... thought hard about whether to use an image of the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, in her entry to this ...

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Arts

Ford Foundation to Support 'Student-Centered' Learning Systems

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10/26/2017

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Ford Foundation are teaming up with three national organizations that promote whole-child initiatives for a new program that will award up to $150,000 each to 10 communities that propose new ideas for meeting...

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