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Simons Foundation Supports Study That Finds Bacteria Can Survive In Oxygen-Free Marine Environments

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12/19/2016

... species don’t survive in low oxygen except some hardiest of organisms. Recently, some MIT oceanographers have ...

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CEO Pay at Large Nonprofits Increases 4%

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09/12/2017

... from GuideStar. Still, the raises remain below those of the mid-2000s, when at some large nonprofits they crossed ...

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Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now

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11/19/2012

The Schott Foundation for Public Education ’s new report paints a bleak picture—nationally, 52 percent of black males, 58 percent of Latino males, and 78 percent of white males...

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Philanthropy Takes Fore as Bloomberg Exits N.Y. Mayoralty

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04/30/2013

... his return to private life after three terms as mayor of New York. The newspaper interviewed Mr. Bloomberg and ... about his and his family foundation’s brand of largely data-driven giving—which has included...

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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 ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies to Award €15 Million to Address Child Poverty

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08/07/2013

... agency Pobal will be used to support children at risk of poverty within the mainstream education and child care systems. Atlantic Philanthropies, which makes charitable donations on behalf of...

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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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$50-Million from Goldman Sachs Seeds Fund for Businesswomen

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03/05/2014

... World Bank will partner to raise $600 million in support of female entrepreneurs in developing countries, reports The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs and the World ... banking giant’s...

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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. Grant Foundation has made $1.6 ... in capacity building grants to support connections between ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches New Clean Energy Initiative

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01/26/2015

... the Heising-Simons family last week announced the launch of a new Clean Energy Initiative to support state-based ... Philanthropies comprises the charitable activities of former New York City Mayor and...

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Mellon Foundation Gives Inaugural National History Teacher of the Year Award

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03/13/2015

... from The HISTORY Channel and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. “It’s unbelievable,” said Anderson, 43, of New Boston, who is the recipient of the 2014 National ... years. She...

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Carnegie Praised for Preserving the Spirit of Philanthropy

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04/13/2015

Carnegie Praised for Preserving the Spirit of Philanthropy Those “associations” have blessed many through the years, as have the largesse of successful business people. Imagine if Andrew Carnegie ... to use his...

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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 ... advocates...

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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 ... and train gifted young artists. These are just a few of the dozens of...

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

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04/21/2016

Century Foundation Research on School Segregation is Focus of Reporting in The Atlantic The U.S. Education Secretary John King is frustrated by what he describes as the “ahistorical nature” of...

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Asia Foundation and Lotus Circle Honor Carnegie’s Gregorian

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05/09/2016

... The Asia Foundation and The Lotus Circle, a community of U.S. individuals, foundations, and corporations who raise ... women in Asia, will honor Dr. Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation ...

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Rockefeller and Lincoln Center Bring Jazz to Young People

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08/01/2016

... at Lincoln Center are teaming up to put jazz in the ears of thousands of urban school children across the globe. “Jazz for Young ... is designed for students with limited access to arts education...

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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 accomplishments of 104 students completing its Scholars and Young Scholars...

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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 ... at The Century Foundation, said, "The configuration of teachers—the number per...

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