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Markle Foundation and Microsoft Partner to Accelerate a Skills-Based Labor Market for the Digital Economy

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06/29/2017

... approach to connecting American workers and businesses in a rapidly evolving labor market. While advances in ... and access professional training at any stage of their career . At the same...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Two New Members Join The William T. Grant Foundation Board

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11/01/2013

... joined its Board of Trustees. Dr. Carter is a Professor of Education and (by courtesy) Sociology at Stanford University, ... and Faculty Director of the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Ford, ConEd: Bronx Children’s Museum Construction Begins

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07/24/2017

... The Bronx is finally getting its own children’s museum! NYC Parks and NYC Department of Design and Construction joined elected officials and community leaders in breaking ground for the long-...

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15 Oct 2021

Philanthropy 101 - Speaking the Same Language

Friday, October 15, 2021 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... This interactive course will help participants gain the working knowledge they need to understand and navigate the ... of philanthropy, as they begin to build the relationships in the sector that will support...

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29 Oct 2021

Philanthropy 101 - Fundamentals of Grantmaking

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10:00am to 12:00pm

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12 Nov 2021

Philanthropy 101 - Foundation Governance and Legal Issues

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10:00am to 12:00pm

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10 Dec 2021

Philanthropy 101 - The Big Conversations in Philanthropy

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10:00am to 12:00pm

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Century Foundation Scholar Releases Report on The Future of Statewide College Promise Programs

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03/07/2018

... Report on The Future of Statewide College Promise Programs In the past few years, dozens of states, localities, and ... decline in the percentage of state budgets going to higher education , 3...

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Ford Foundation appoints Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye as regional director for West Africa

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10/07/2021

... West Africa. Aniagolu-Okoye began the Lagos-based role in September. Aniagolu-Okoye succeeds the late Innocent ... human rights and social inclusion for all especially youth , women and people with disabilities...

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Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide

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01/04/2016

... Obama poised to act on his own authority to try to stem gun violence, his gun control allies are using big-money ... shifting tactics to try to remake the political landscape in the national gun debate,...

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Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Surdna Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation Launch the Tipping Point Fund to Help Scale the Impact Investing Field

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12/05/2019

... the practice of impact investing. With $12.5 million in initial funding, the TPF will make strategic grants to ... the impact investing industry. Based on this analysis, the group identified two key areas that...

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23 Feb 2023

Pushing Philanthropic Practice to Support Black Migrants - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, February 23, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... There are more than four million Black immigrants residing in the United States, with the top nations of origin being ... migration for Black immigrants and refugees How they are working to build power...

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15 Jul 2024

The Value of Learning in Grantmaking to Migrant Communities - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Monday, July 15, 2024 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... extended an invitation to PNY members.* Centering learning in our work allows us to refresh and recalibrate grantmaking ... shape grantmaking strategy? What will you learn? How funders have adjusted their...

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Century Foundation Reports on Ways Forward on Health Care Reform

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01/25/2018

... coverage. Leading experts from across the country convened in Washington, D.C. to discuss the path forward for health ... can be seen here , was grounded by articles published in the January issue of The...

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ASPCA Board of Directors Names Matthew Bershadker President and CEO

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05/01/2013

... most recently as Senior Vice President of the Anti-Cruelty Group (ACG). Bershadker will assume the position June 1, ... leadership, the ASPCA has risen to new heights in its response to cruelty and natural...

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Animal Welfare

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Post Election: Can Philanthropy Move The Conversation On Gun Safety?

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11/03/2016

... from PNY President Ronna Brown, originally published in the New York PhilanthroPost November 2016 president’s ... attitudes and spur action, and demonstrate the ways that funders have chosen to use this work...

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Edwin Gould Foundation Accelerator's BEAM Addresses Equations & Inequality in NY Times Feature

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02/17/2017

... Accelerator's BEAM Addresses Equations & Inequality in NY Times Feature The extreme racial homogeneity in the rarefied realm of young math wizards has drawn little attention in a...

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Should You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate?

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09/22/2017

... A framework for understanding the roles you can play in a movement for social change. In this article, we build on research on social change,1 ... three distinct roles played by those who participate ...

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Open Society Foundations Appoint Gail Aidinoff Scovell as General Counsel

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07/01/2013

... she has worked since 2007. “Her firsthand knowledge of working with a rapidly expanding international organization, her range of professional experience from education to arts to tax law, and her reputation as...

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