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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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Social Justice

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards $1.725 Million for Hopkins & Community College of Baltimore County Partnership on Humanities

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05/19/2017

... awarded a combined $1.725 million to partner on humanities education , the community college announced Thursday. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York awarded $980,000 to CCBC and $745,000 to Hopkins. ...

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Shared Parenting Improves Divorce Outcome For Kids

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09/11/2017

What two factors vastly increase the likelihood of a healthy and happy future for kids after divorce? Mom and Dad.

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Education & Youth

Opinion: Who Gets to Define Campus Rape?

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09/18/2017

... of perpetrating it? That is the core question raised by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s decision this month to ... on how universities handle sexual misconduct complaints. In a strongly worded speech, Ms...

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Women & Girls

City to Build 1,000-Seat High School in Long Island City

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10/04/2017

City to Build 1,000-Seat High School in Long Island City The city will construct a new high school with room for nearly 1,000 students in Dutch Kills, according to the Department of Education ...

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Following Years Of Political Tumult, Charters Are A Non-Issue In Mayoral Race

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10/10/2017

... Years Of Political Tumult, Charters Are A Non-Issue In Mayoral Race In May 2013, when Bill de Blasio was trying to make a name ... whom he cast as the embodiment of the same Bloomberg-era education...

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OSF Turns to Strasbourg Court to Get Hungary's NGO Law Repealed

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09/24/2018

... it would challenge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg Hungarian laws that make it a crime to help ... for asylum, or helps illegal migrants gain status to stay in Hungary, can be jailed. Orban...

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Century Foundation Quoted in Article on School Desegregation Lawsuit

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01/27/2016

Century Foundation Quoted in Article on School Desegregation Lawsuit Alex ... Determined to provide his five children with a quality education , he and his wife were able to send their two oldest ... in...

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Phil TV This Week April 14

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04/14/2017

... by Mellon Foundation, Hybrid Publishing Platform Launches In Beta Form Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Data for Health Initiative is Closing Gaps in Health Data in 19 Countries Funded by the...

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12 Jul 2017

ComNetworkNY: Coffee Klatch With Your Philanthropic Peers

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8:30am to 10:00am

... is intended for communications managers and directors working in philanthropic organizations. RSVPs are limited to 70 ... New York and ComNetworkNY, the local organizing group of The...

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Changing Corporate Behavior through Shareholder Activism

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09/2010

... work and reports on the numerous concrete changes in corporate behavior that NCF has helped to promote through ...

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Disaster Relief 2.0: The Future of Information Sharing in Humanitarian Emergencies

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03/2011

... volunteer and technical communities worked together in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and recommends ways to improve coordination and ... Disaster Relief 2.0: The Future of Information Sharing in Humanitarian Emergencies ...

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Ann Raffel Joins John A. Hartford Foundation as Information Technology Officer

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06/04/2012

... their technology needs. Before that position, she worked in the Information Services department at VillageCare, which ... Folklore from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. " Working in...

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Reflections from Foundations on the Hill

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03/24/2011

In our latest blog post, Philanthropy New York's Executive .....

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Using Competitions and RFPs: Requests for Proposals

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12/2004

... it make sense to hold a grant competition or use an RFP? In addition to looking at management issues to consider along ...

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Smarter Philanthropy for Greater Impact

Publication date:

03/2014

This special supplement includes eleven perspectives on “scaling what works”—what it means, what it takes to do it right, and what needs to happen to increase the impact of successful solutions to social challenges.

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Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director Discusses How African Cities Need Urgent Back-Up Plans

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01/17/2017

... unemployment and climate change are expected to increase in tandem. The Rockefeller Foundation works with governments ... for Africa, to discuss the continent’s resilience in the face of catastrophe.....

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