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New After School Programs and Professional Development Bring Digital Literacy with Grants Totaling $414,000

Release Date:

10/31/2014

... get in shape, prepare for college, and share their voices on political and civic issues. The programs help ... school. One project, for example, lets kids create hands- on projects with guidance from...

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The New York Community Trust

Coalition to Support Grieving Students Launches GrievingStudents.org

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01/13/2015

... ten of the leading professional organizations in the K-12 education space. The Coalition is comprised of organizations ...

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New York Life Foundation

MetLife Foundation Increases Access to Online Capital for Small Businesses

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02/27/2015

... minority, and immigrant entrepreneurs access capital and education online and achieve business health and growth. ... and grow a small business through financing and business education . The $1 million grant...

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Ford Foundation Backs New Associate's Degree Program at New York State Prison

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03/02/2015

... to other colleges. "By expanding access to a university education to incarcerated students, the NYU Prison Education Program aims to help redress inequities that result .....

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San Diego Grantmakers Hires Beeta Jahedi as Senior Director of Learning and Programs

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06/22/2015

... portfolio of grants in poverty, family planning, arts education , and effective philanthropy. She also brings ...

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San Diego Grantmakers

Dodge Foundation Suports NJ Schools Grants for Field Trips in Pilot Program

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03/14/2016

The Community Foundation of New Jersey and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation are announcing today that their pilot program, Field Trip New Jersey, has awarded more than $45,000 in grants to schools supporting educational field trips.

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Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker In NY Times Piece on Criminal Justice

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07/15/2016

Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker In NY Times Piece on Criminal Justice In 1962, 85 percent of white Americans ... had as good a chance as white kids of getting a good education . The next year, in another Gallup...

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Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive

Release Date:

02/28/2017

... the final report and recommendations of the Commission on Language Learning, a national effort established to examine the current state of U.S. language education , to project what the nation's ...

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Schott Foundation's Jackson Declares "Our Nation Can No Longer Neglect Marginalized Students"

Release Date:

04/26/2017

... rates of development. Yet in each system they encounter— education , community, health—they have their various parts ...

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Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White

Release Date:

08/30/2017

The recent finding by The New York Times that black students are still vastly underrepresented at the nation’s top colleges and universities is one sign of how little the country has managed to do to close racial gaps.

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With Trump Moving to End DACA, New York City Leaders Pledge Support for Students and Teachers

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09/06/2017

... Teachers Just hours after the Trump White House announced on Tuesday that it would move to rescind protections for ... of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals would have on the more than 30,000 New York City...

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Immigration

A DeVos Speech on Title IX Heightens Advocates’ Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent

Release Date:

09/07/2017

A DeVos Speech on Title IX Heightens Advocates’ Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent On Wednesday, the U.S. Education Department confirmed that the education secretary, Betsy DeVos...

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Gender Justice

Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones New Head of Fellowship Program

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12/05/2018

... justice scholar, educator, advocate, and author, focusing on U.S. urban policy, immigration, and workers’ rights. In ... in Brazil, South Africa, and Vietnam. She directed the Education and Leadership...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products (STOP)

Release Date:

03/07/2018

... tobacco industry tactics and practices to undermine public health. STOP will function as a robust global ... the World Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) that...

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Next Gen Donors: Shaping the Future of Philanthropy

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04/2013

... State University in an analysis of their new research on next generation donors. A relatively small group of Generation Xers and Millennials will inherit over ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

New York City’s Community Foundation Announces $6.5 Million in Grants to 81 Nonprofits

Release Date:

10/16/2013

New York City’s Community Foundation awards $6.5 Million in grants to 81 New York City nonprofits.

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Community Development

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The New York Community Trust

Nonprofits Join Forces to Give Black Men a Brighter Future

Release Date:

12/08/2013

Shawn Dove, Manager of the Open Society Foundations' Campaign for Black Male Achievement, is among the leaders interviewed in a Chronicle of Philanthropy article about philanthropic projects supporting young African-American and Hispanic males.

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Open Society Foundations

Representing the Old And New in Brooklyn

Release Date:

03/10/2014

Brooklyn Community Foundation Chairman Alan Fishman, who has donated $1 million to the foundation, was also the Wall Street Journal's Donor of the Day.