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Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program Releases Final Report

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05/28/2013

... social justice leaders from 22 countries advance their education and bring new knowledge and skills back to their home countries. On Thursday, May 23, Ford Foundation ... the world at the Ford Foundation...

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Atlantic Philanthropies to Award €15 Million to Address Child Poverty

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08/07/2013

The $19.78 million grant from Atlantic to the Irish state agency Pobal will be used to support children at risk of poverty within the mainstream education and child care systems. Atlantic...

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The Possible Philanthropic Response to Trayvon Martin

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08/19/2013

... Society Foundations and the Schott Foundation for Public Education are cited in a Nonprofit Quarterly article on the possible philanthropic response to the death of Trayvon Martin. Initially angered and .....

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

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07/23/2014

Grants Awarded To Improve Usefulness Of Research, To Support Junior Researchers of Color The William T. ... in capacity building grants to support connections between education...

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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

... week announced the launch of a new Clean Energy Initiative to support state-based solutions aimed at creating a clean, ...

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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

... in the nation, but also the first teacher in Michigan to receiver the prestigious honor from The HISTORY Channel ... years. She earned her undergraduate degree in history and education and her graduate degree...

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Carnegie Praised for Preserving the Spirit of Philanthropy

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04/13/2015

... people. Imagine if Andrew Carnegie had not decided to use his considerable wealth to establish a system of more than 2,000 public libraries, or if he hadn’t donated $125 million to the...

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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 Wednesday. “We invited several of the applicants to reapply in June and we gave them suggestions on...

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

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10/05/2015

New York Community Trust Gives $8.7 Million to Nonprofits Across the City The New York Community ... Trust, the City’s community foundation, announces grants to improve the environment, arts, education...

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

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04/21/2016

... Segregation is Focus of Reporting in The Atlantic The U.S. Education Secretary John King is frustrated by what he ... “ahistorical nature” of conversations today about how to integrate schools. Speaking at a...

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Asia Foundation and Lotus Circle Honor Carnegie’s Gregorian

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05/09/2016

... foundations, and corporations who raise private capital to rapidly respond to challenges and opportunities facing women in Asia, will ... to improve access to university and...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Rockefeller and Lincoln Center Bring Jazz to Young People

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08/01/2016

Rockefeller and Lincoln Center Bring Jazz to Young People The Rockefeller Foundation and Jazz at Lincoln Center are teaming up to put jazz in the ears of thousands of urban school children ... is designed for...

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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, celebrated the ... placed in a selective school with enough financial aid to...

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

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09/01/2016

... on Disrupting the One-Teacher Standard In a perfect world, education experts would shrink class sizes and children would ... be decided with input from 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

... Foundation and Sesame Workshop Launch 'Dream, Save, Do' to Support Financial Empowerment MetLife ... through Japan’s local school network and is intended to help children, and the adults in their...

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

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10/14/2016

... justice movements – and that what drives Black students to engage is different from what drives Latino students. The ... on how students support social action – but what higher education can do to...

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The Bronfman Fellowship Announces 31st Application Season

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11/03/2016

... academic year of seminars including a free, five-week trip to Israel in the summer between the fellows’ junior and ... inspires exceptional young Jews from diverse backgrounds to grow into leaders grounded in...

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on Trump Policy for Student Loan Forgiveness

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12/14/2016

... Having unexpectedly found itself 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...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports GallopNYC Acquisition of Horse Stables in Queens

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01/09/2017

... be known as GallopNYC (Forest Hills). GallopNYC plans to use the stable primarily for full time therapeutic riding programming, but will also offer limited riding to the general public as part of their horse...

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