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PhilTV This Week: Feb. 10, 2017

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02/13/2017

... Administration Surdna Foundation Commits $100 Million to Impact Investing Rita Allen Foundation Supports Digital ... Don’t Care About Your Programmatic Silos New Momentum in Youth Justice Reform PhilTV This...

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Wallace Foundation Launches 'Building New Audiences for Sustainability' Initiative

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04/16/2015

... and somewhat misleadingly known as “the arts” is how to build audiences for the future. Audiences for orchestras, ... the reasons why. A frequent scapegoat is the lack of arts education in the schools, which...

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Century Foundation Report: The Real Price of College

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03/15/2016

... Some people caution against giving too much weight to the advertised price of a college education , pointing out that the availability of financial ... Our research indicates that the current approach ...

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Revson Fellowship Produces Research on Female Face of Genocide

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03/16/2016

... Clark University in Worcester. She has made it her mission to take a hard look at the Holocaust and examine how people came to be so brutal to others. After receiving a B.A. in history and...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Gender Justice

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on For-Profit Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status

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08/12/2016

... Applying for Nonprofit Status The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday denied a request by a Utah-based for-profit college chain to convert to nonprofit status for federal financial aid...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Century Foundation

US States Embrace Baby Boxes

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09/08/2017

... the Finnish practice of distributing “baby boxes” to expectant parents—and taking the opportunity to also educate families about safe sleep for infants. ... mortality rates in the world—a statistic often...

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New York City Wants To Know: How Effective Is Its Training For Pre-K Teachers?

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09/12/2017

New York City Wants To Know: How Effective Is Its Training For Pre-K Teachers? In ... About three years into Mayor Bill de Blasio’s signature education policy achievement, the education...

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Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed

Release Date:

03/01/2018

... Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed As racism and hate continue to dominate the national dialogue, the Schott Foundation for Public Education released the Loving...

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Teagle Foundation Names Andrew Delbanco Next President

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03/22/2018

... years leading the foundation, whose grants support liberal education , with a strong emphasis on the teaching role of ... with a more public role in discussions of higher education . He has a new book coming out...

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Newman's Own Foundation Supports Nutrition Initiatives

Release Date:

10/01/2019

... today announced $2 million in grants have been awarded to nonprofit organizations that are focused on fresh food access and nutrition education . The funding will support nutrition programs all ... helping...

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Kathleen Regan To Join Commonwealth Fund As Executive Vice President and COO

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07/09/2014

Kathleen Regan To Join Commonwealth Fund As Executive Vice President and COO ... E. Craig, Jr. She will join the foundation in November to facilitate a smooth transition. Regan has three decades ... health systems...

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OSF Backed Nonprofit Helping India Move to a Low-Carbon Energy Economy

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11/03/2014

OSF Backed Nonprofit Helping India Move to a Low-Carbon Energy Economy Moving to a low-carbon energy economy, the country can free up a ... developmental projects over the next two decades leading to...

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Open Society Foundations

Mellon Grant Aims to Leverage Linked Data for Enhanced Information Access

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04/28/2016

Mellon Grant Aims to Leverage Linked Data for Enhanced Information Access The ... Foundation has awarded Stanford a $1.5 million grant to support library initiatives that develop and advance the...

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With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, Urban Design Team Proposes Outer Borough Light Rail

Release Date:

06/30/2017

... were awarded $45,000 from the RPA and Rockefeller to address community development and environmental protection ... tri-state areas. RPA's rail line proposal was brought to life by designers at Only If...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Mayor De Blasio Revives Push To Convert Former Greenpoint Hospital Into Affordable Housing

Release Date:

08/31/2017

Mayor De Blasio Revives Push To Convert Former Greenpoint Hospital Into Affordable Housing The city is seeking proposals to transform the site of the former Greenpoint Hospital — ... expressions of interest from...

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Euan Robertson Joins Simons Foundation As Chief Operating Officer

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04/01/2019

... Chief Operating Officer The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce that in April Euan Robertson joined its ... operational and administrative functions. Euan comes to the foundation from Columbia University...

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Report From Century Foundation: English Learners and School Choice: Helping Charter Schools Serve Multilingual Families

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04/30/2019

... regional and national interest in extending access to equitable educational opportunities for ELs has grown ... become an increasingly large portion of the U.S. public education landscape. In 2000, charter...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Immigration

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01 Feb 2018

Supporting Local Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Foundations - Webinar

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1:00pm to 2:00pm

Join PSFG and the Human Rights Funders Network for a funders -only discussion on the challenges to “locally-led” grantmaking and recommendations for how ...

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