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$50-Million from Goldman Sachs Seeds Fund for Businesswomen

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03/05/2014

... and the World Bank will partner to raise $600 million in support of female entrepreneurs in developing countries, reports The Chronicle of ... banking giant’s 10,000 Women venture to provide business ...

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Grants Awarded To Improve Usefulness Of Research, To Support Junior Researchers of Color

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07/23/2014

... The William T. Grant Foundation has made $1.6 million in grants to improve the use and usefulness of research ... help improve life outcomes for young people and $634,000 in capacity building grants to support...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Economic Security

Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches New Clean Energy Initiative

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01/26/2015

... at creating a clean, affordable and reliable energy system in the United States. Bloomberg Philanthropies comprises ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Mellon Foundation Gives Inaugural National History Teacher of the Year Award

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03/13/2015

... Anderson has not only been named the best history teacher in the nation, but also the first teacher in Michigan to receiver the prestigious honor from The ... years. She earned her undergraduate degree...

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Carnegie Praised for Preserving the Spirit of Philanthropy

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04/13/2015

Deseret News editorial celebrates wealthy business people who became leading philanthropists.

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NY Rejects All Applications for New Charter Schools

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05/21/2015

... for quality and these applications didn’t measure up,” Education Department spokesman Dennis Tompkins said ... “We invited several of the applicants to reapply in June and we gave them suggestions on how to...

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New York Community Trust Gives $8.7 Million to Nonprofits Across the City

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10/05/2015

... announces grants to improve the environment, arts, education , and other areas. With our support, nonprofits will lead and analyze efforts to improve health in the South Bronx; redesign homeless shelters,...

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Century Foundation Research on School Segregation is Focus of Reporting in The Atlantic

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04/21/2016

... Research on School Segregation is Focus of Reporting in The Atlantic The U.S. Education Secretary John King is frustrated by what he ... Research on School Segregation is Focus of Reporting in...

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Asia Foundation and Lotus Circle Honor Carnegie’s Gregorian

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05/09/2016

... respond to challenges and opportunities facing women in Asia, will honor Dr. Vartan Gregorian, president ... to improve access to university and advanced level education to Afghan women. Proceeds from the...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Gender Justice

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Rockefeller and Lincoln Center Bring Jazz to Young People

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08/01/2016

... and Jazz at Lincoln Center are teaming up to put jazz in the ears of thousands of urban school children across the ... Cities Tour” is expected to reach 9,000 students in 60 schools in five...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Arts

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Heckscher Foundation for Children Helps 104 Graduate from NJ SEEDS Scholars and Young Scholars Program

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08/12/2016

... Scholars Program New Jersey SEEDS, a nonprofit providing education access to high-achieving, low-income students, ... year's Scholars and Young Scholars graduates were placed in a selective school with...

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments on Disrupting the One-Teacher Standard

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09/01/2016

... Fellow Comments on Disrupting the One-Teacher Standard In a perfect world, education experts would shrink class sizes and children would ... teachers themselves according to the needs of students in...

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MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop Launch 'Dream, Save, Do' to Support Financial Empowerment

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09/14/2016

... announced the launch of a new multi-media initiative in Japan called “Dream, Save, Do: Financial Empowerment for ... network and is intended to help children, and the adults in their lives, acquire healthy...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Announces Five Projects for 2016 Green Neighborhoods Program

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10/12/2016

The U.S. Green Building Council and Bank of America Charitable Foundation announced the five projects selected for the 2016 Affordable Green Neighborhoods grant program.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Housing and Homelessness

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William T. Grant Foundation Supports Study Examining Student Involvement in Racial Justice Movements

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10/14/2016

... Foundation Supports Study Examining Student Involvement in Racial Justice Movements A new study, funded by ... that women college students are more active than men in racial justice movements – and that what...

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The Bronfman Fellowship Announces 31st Application Season

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11/03/2016

... of seminars including a free, five-week trip to Israel in the summer between the fellows’ junior and senior years ... from diverse backgrounds to grow into leaders grounded in their Jewish identity and...

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Adam R. Bronfman Family Foundation

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on Trump Policy for Student Loan Forgiveness

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12/14/2016

... handing off the baton to a Republican administration in January, the U.S. Department of Education is racing to finish a slate of Obama administration ... colleges. Since the closure of Corinthian Colleges...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports GallopNYC Acquisition of Horse Stables in Queens

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01/09/2017

... Supports GallopNYC Acquisition of Horse Stables in Queens GallopNYC had acquired the horse stables near ... Queens, operated for many years as Lynne's Riding School, in Forest Hills, N.Y. The stable will...

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Supported by Stavros Niarchos, Global Nonprofit Will Bring Literacy Tools to Refugee Children and Families

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02/14/2017

... Families Worldreader plans to launch Read to Kids Jordan in late 2017. The program will be made possible through a $1 ... (SNF), with additional support from Jordanian social and education entities. Parents...

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