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NEFA Expands National Theater Project with Doris Duke Foundation Funding

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12/13/2017

... Foundation. NEFA launched the National Theater Project in 2010 to support innovative devising and ensemble theater ... and cultivating audiences for their work. NTP invests in the creation and touring of...

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The Century Foundation Has Obtained New Data Showing 99 Percent of Student Fraud Claims Concern For-Profit Colleges

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11/13/2017

... (TCF) has obtained new data from the U.S. Department of Education about nearly 100,000 “borrower defense ... list of schools accused of predatory behavior. Now, in response to a Freedom of Information Act (...

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Citi Foundation and Living Cities Announce Selection of Five Cities to Join City Accelerator Initiative

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05/20/2015

... Orleans, and Seattle will receive support to adopt leading practices in community engagement through the City Accelerator, a $3 million initiative to advance innovation in local government...

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NoVo Foundation’s Peter Buffett Talks about ‘Philanthropic Colonialism

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11/02/2015

... especially from people already doing the work well. In a wide-ranging interview with WMUK's Earlene McMichael, .....

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Hartford Foundation-Supported Survey Finds Most Doctors Ill-Equipped to Give End-of-Life Care

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04/15/2016

... important to talk with patients about the care they want in their final days. But most physicians work in systems that provide little help, and often they don’t ... people fear spending their last days...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Century Foundation Report Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students

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06/02/2016

A new report from the Century Foundation examines how to improve outcomes for students who begin college needing remediation.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Grown Men Are Exploiting Loopholes In State Laws To Marry Children

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08/30/2017

Grown Men Are Exploiting Loopholes In State Laws To Marry Children Loopholes in state laws are allowing child marriage to flourish in the ... by the Tahirih Justice Center, a nonprofit...

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Google Sued by 3 Female Ex-Employees Who Say It Pays Women Less Than Men

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09/15/2017

... who worked at Google are suing the company over its salary practices , accusing the search giant of discriminating ... paying them less than men who do similar jobs. In the suit, which was filed Tuesday...

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Rockefeller Foundation Helping Cities with Novel Financing for Climate Issues

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08/16/2017

... $342,000 to underwrite the costs for two municipalities in issuing environmental impact bonds, pioneered by The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Washington, D.C. More than a dozen cities have ... project works...

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Mexican-Born Artist To Build Wall In New York Park

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09/06/2017

Mexican-Born Artist To Build Wall In New York Park At 7am on 7 September, a group of Mexican friends led by the artist Bosco Sodi will start to build a 26-ft long wall in New York City’s...

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New York State Health Foundation Publishes Study on Doctor-Drugmaker Relationship

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06/13/2018

... gifts and meals from the makers of addictive opioid drugs in 2014 and 2015 prescribed more opioids than their peers who ... they are paid or are they paid after they prescribe more? In this case, we wanted to...

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New York Health Foundation

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Ford, Carnegie, Bronfman and Others Support New Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good at Boston College

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10/21/2015

... on Philanthropy and the Public Good to examine public policy issues in charitable giving, Boston College Law School announced today. The forum's inaugural event takes place on Friday,...

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SeaChange Capital Partners Writes "Coming Back from Bankruptcy: How We Fixed Healing Arts Initiative"

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06/06/2017

... Inc., declared bankruptcy a year ago, it was the last in a series of tragic events that was seemingly the death ... took over the organization because we thought its vital programs could be saved. That choice...

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Judy Miner Joins Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s Board of Directors

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01/24/2020

... board of directors with over four decades of experience in higher education . Her experience spans instruction, student ... College, NOVA Workforce, Silicon Valley Leadership Group , Year Up,...

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Ford Foundation and Open Society Initiative for West Africa Launch New Fund to End Sexual Violence in West Africa

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12/02/2021

... for West Africa Launch New Fund to End Sexual Violence in West Africa Lagos, Nigeria (December 2, 2021) —Today, ... of $3.75 million to launch Kasa! Ending Sexual Violence in West Africa , a bold five-year...

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The Sister Fund Welcomes Tina Cherena as Its New Executive Director

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10/01/2012

... and give voice to the marginalized, especially women working for healing in the world from a faith-based perspective. Cherena brings ... her undergraduate and graduate studies in Community...

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