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Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Announces New President

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07/01/2013

... to both the advancement of independent secondary education and basic neuroscience research. John was the ... at Teachers College and the Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience, among other initiatives...

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17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks

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01/30/2014

... who have vowed to divest the fossil fuel stocks in their endowments and invest at least five percent of their assets in clean-energy companies, reported The Chronicle of ... Philanthropy. Seventeen foundations...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Investing: Can You Apply Your Values to Create Value?

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05/06/2014

F.B. Heron Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation discussed in Forbes article on impact investing. I’ve been privileged to have the unique experience in my professional life of spanning different sectors – ... the...

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Open Society Foundations Announces $50 Million Gift to ACLU

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11/07/2014

... Society Foundations Announces $50 Million Gift to ACLU In addition to its significance for the ACLU, which is in the early stages of a fundraising campaign that will end ... has earmarked the gift for...

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Foundations Should Push for Disclosure of Corporate ‘Welfare’ Deals

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12/18/2014

... how much revenue they lose to business tax breaks granted in the name of economic development. While many ... to them, this accounting change could be a major boon in helping channel public attention and...

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Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare Announces Initiative to Address "Invisible Wounds of War"

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02/12/2015

The program will offer specialized training to help treat post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, among other illnesses.

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Tackles Workforce Development in Baltimore

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05/28/2015

... Charitable Foundation Tackles Workforce Development in Baltimore The Bank of America Charitable Foundation today announced $352,500 in grants to 29 nonprofits focused on providing workforce development and...

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City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools

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06/29/2015

... OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools At a time when the public and private ... is struggling to fill innumerable open positions. Jobs in computing fields are among the...

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2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Awarded to Those Who Dedicate Private Wealth to the Public Good

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08/25/2015

... Among the most charitable and visionary philanthropists in America, the recipients embody the spirit of giving set ... has also influenced a wide range of issues, including education , the environment, cancer...

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Ms. Foundation Helps Film Lab Fight Elder Abuse Through Film

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09/09/2015

... competitions, educational outreach to support diversity in media and its production arm featuring diverse ...

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How Do You Build a Field? Lessons from Public Health - Rockefeller Foundation

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11/23/2015

... educators and others who led the public health response in West Africa and beyond. We owe the existence of these ...

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New York Stem Cell Foundation Expands Offices in New York

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12/01/2015

New York Stem Cell Foundation Expands Offices in New York The New York Stem Cell Foundation inked a ... nonprofit is one of the top stem-cell research and education outfits in the country. It...

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Century Foundation Report Examines The Real Value of What Students Do in College

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02/26/2016

... Report Examines The Real Value of What Students Do in College Most students attend college to learn skills ... all. A new report, The Real Value of What Students Do in College , from TCF senior fellow Robert...

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Robertson Foundation Gifts $25M to Success Academy Charter School Network

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04/13/2016

Success said that the gift would help it achieve its goal of expanding to 100 schools, from 34, within the next 10 years, as well as allow the network to share its curriculum and pedagogy with other educators.

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Westchester Community Foundation Helps Students Turn Opportunity Into College Degrees

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06/21/2016

... journey from Yonkers to Southern Vermont College in two words: culture shock. Last month, Ramos and three ... students graduated from the private liberal-arts college in Vermont's Green Mountains with...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Brooklyn Museum App

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06/29/2016

... talk to staff about anything that strikes their fancy in the institution. A team of art educators sit around a ... and as a result, are providing more information in some places or making changes to displays...

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NYCT, Jonas Center, John A. Hartford and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Highlighted in Health Affairs

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07/20/2016

... Hartford and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Highlighted in Health Affairs The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) ... the average for all occupations [7 percent].” Nurses are in demand for several reasons,...

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U.S. News Article Cites Wallace Report on School Leadership

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08/16/2016

... little was known about how much support principals in the United States receive to be effective "instructional leaders," a buzz phrase in the K-12 education community that refers to...

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Century Foundation Expert Says Tuition-Free College Wouldn’t Admit More Low-Income Students

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08/18/2016

... encourage more low-income young people to pursue higher education by signaling them from a young age that they can ... from disadvantaged backgrounds: their fear of falling in national college rankings if they...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500K to Support Solar Energy in Developing Countries

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10/20/2016

... Charitable Foundation Gives $500K to Support Solar Energy in Developing Countries GivePower Foundation, a non-profit ... of America Charitable Foundation, totaling $1 million in grant funding in...

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