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Burke Foundation and New Jersey Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics Launch Alliance to Promote Maternal Health and Child Development

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01/05/2023

... ongoing expansion of Centering, an innovative group -based approach to delivering prenatal and pediatric ... of the worst pregnancy, birth, and infant health outcomes in the country. The situation is especially...

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The Century Foundation Releases Report: How Robots Are Beginning to Affect Workers and Their Wages

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10/17/2019

... on the economy. Yet most analysis tends to be prospective in nature, and estimates of future impacts on employment vary ... too, are mixed. This report analyzes the impact of robots in the years following the...

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Ford Foundation Launches Global Fellows Network to Tackle Inequality Worldwide

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06/01/2020

... who are advancing innovative solutions to end inequality in communities most affected around the globe. The program is ... to fight inequality, is critical at this moment. The first group of Ford Global...

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The Open Society Economic Justice Program Invests in Race and Gender Equity

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10/22/2020

The Open Society Economic Justice Program Invests in Race and Gender Equity New York—The Open Society ... new fund focused on reducing racial and gender bias in investment decisions. The $87.9 million fund is the...

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Ford’s Walker Says ‘Unusual Coalition’ Won’t Be Last of its Kind

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02/20/2015

... this emerging consensus. The Ford Foundation has been working on this and related issues for years, supporting ... expect would never partner together—and supported by funders whose work is very often at cross...

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PhilTV: Beyond Red Versus Blue: Millennial Perspectives on Reuniting America

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11/08/2016

... Millennial Perspectives on Reuniting America Presented in partnership with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund "Those who have come of age in the Bush-Obama era are moving beyond the left-right ... WELCOME...

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NoVo Foundation Looks to Girls As Change Agents

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07/10/2015

... Girls and young women of color have made important gains in education , health and economic security in recent years. ... graduation rates, higher participation in post-...

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Atlantic's Feeney Awarded Inaugural Stead Medal for International Philanthropy

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09/21/2015

... more than $7 billion to bring about lasting change in the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people around ... and Northern Ireland; and strengthened and expanded higher education , university infrastructure...

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The Covenant Foundation Announces the 2018 Recipients of The Covenant Award

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06/06/2018

... recipients of the Award, which is among the highest honors in the field of Jewish education . “The work in which each of these remarkable educators is engaged ...

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UJA-Federation of New York Announces Additional $11 Million in Grants and Loans to Those Affected by COVID-19

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03/31/2020

... to attend college, and most hold jobs to pay for their education . Many are now without their part-time jobs, leaving ... services to New Yorkers, and (3)to join the $75 million NYC Covid-19 Response &...

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Advancing Women in Science: A Groundbreaking Model

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08/27/2012

... resource is the brainpower of its citizens. Today, in the knowledge-based economies of the West and, ... to neglect half its talent. Among tenured researchers in the hard sciences, women continue to be...

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Pennsylvania College Consortium Created With $800,000 From Mellon Foundation

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07/03/2014

... From Mellon Foundation Ten liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania will use an $800,000 grant from The Andrew W. ... Ursinus, and Washington & Jefferson Colleges. The group is being supported by a grant from...

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Ford Foundation President Refocuses Grant Outreach

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09/02/2014

... Darren Walker, who became president of the Ford Foundation in October 2013, says he will restart grants to peace and ... contributes to programs that deal with urban issues, both in the United States and...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Mentioned in Atlantic Article On School Discipline Reform

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06/30/2016

Brooklyn Community Foundation Mentioned in Atlantic Article On School Discipline Reform The ... suit, which is being backed by the charter-school advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools. The suit claims that...

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Mellon Foundation Awards Wilson College $100K to Strengthen Writing Instruction

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07/25/2016

... writing instruction for students, especially those in their first year. Wilson plans to use the funding to ... capacities -- central components of a liberal arts education . The Mellon Foundation award, which...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Contributes to Mayo Performing Arts Center 2016-2017 Season

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11/03/2016

... Brigade Touring Co., the famed improvisational comedy group , comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center on Thursday, ... New Jersey. The 2016-2017 season is made possible, in part, by a grant the New Jersey State...

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More Than Half of City's 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools: Watchdog

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09/21/2017

... schools, according to a new report from the watchdog group Class Size Matters. Despite the Department of Education ’s addition of more seats and new buildings, many ...

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