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Ford Foundation Supports Universities' Efforts to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20%

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03/04/2016

... than they would have prior to their involvement in the group . UIA recently received $3.85 million in new funding ... University of California, Riverside. Each has committed to working with the others on four...

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Nathan Cummings Announces Increased Payout to Respond to ‘Extraordinary Times’

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05/03/2017

... ‘Extraordinary Times’ These are extraordinary times. For more than 25 years, Nathan Cummings Foundation’s ... the Environmental Protection Agency and National Endowment for the Arts are being undermined...

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Cricket Island Foundation Welcomes New Deputy Director Seema Shah

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07/27/2016

... to us from the Foundation Center where she has worked for the past 7 years as the Director of Research. She has ... design and lead research studies related to international education . Previously she was...

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A Crash Course in the Foundation World: Reflections on Philanthropy New York’s Philanthropy 101

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09/23/2022

... The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Why do foundations exist? For a love of humanity and the public good? To fill a void ... differences in 2021 when I moved to New York and started working at the Alfred P. Sloan...

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Membership Snapshot 4-10-25

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Ford Joins Other Major Foundations in Requiring Funded Projects to Be Open Through Creative Commons License

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02/04/2015

... today that it is adopting an open licensing policy for all grant-funded projects and research to promote greater ...

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16 Apr 2019

Equity Speaker Series: Exploring Racism in America with Richard Rothstein

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9:00am to 11:00am

... the impact philanthropy hopes to achieve. Discover how a shared vocabulary, deeper understanding of race, and an ... NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Previously, he was the National Education Columnist for...

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

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06/13/2018

... from 2013 through 2015 to analyze how opioid prescriptions for Medicare patients changed after their doctors started ... latter is naturally more inclined to prescribe painkillers based on patient need)...

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The Spend-Out/Perpetuity Distraction…and the Merger Option

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02/08/2010

... York There is renewed interest in the issue of lifespan for foundations (spend-out versus perpetuity). Nonetheless, ... these discussions seem like a distraction to me, for two reasons: 1) the perpetuity...

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PIMCO Awards New York City Mission Society Money for College Readiness Program

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11/17/2016

PIMCO Awards New York City Mission Society Money for College Readiness Program The PIMCO Foundation has ... New York City Mission Society, a two-century-old nonprofit based in Harlem, 25,000 dollars to support its...

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Mandy Van Deven Joins the Nathan Cummings Foundation as Director of Communications

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09/10/2019

... NCF, she was the Communications Officer at Foundation for a Just Society, where she pioneered the thoughtful ... several funder affinity groups, including the Human Rights Funders Network and Philanthropy...

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07 May 2014

Philanthropy New York's 35th Annual Meeting, with Hillary Rodham Clinton

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 -

12:45pm to 6:15pm

... States Secretary of State, will be the featured speaker for our 35th Annual Meeting. Sec. Clinton will discuss her ... Advocates Anu Bhagwati , Executive Director, Service Women’s Action Network 4:00-5:30 p.m...

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John A. Hartford Foundation: 'Hospital at Home' Prevents Complications

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10/13/2015

... Foundation: 'Hospital at Home' Prevents Complications For patients in need of the level of care and interventions ... at the John A. Hartford Foundation, a New York City– based private philanthropy...

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Nine Graphs That Show How Hard It Is To Be a Homeless Student In New York City

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08/19/2016

... detailed in a report released Wednesday by the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness — a New York- based nonprofit. The report is notable partly because it ... “We can’t just think about it as a...

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Rico Blancaflor

... our Public Policy Fellowship, build new opportunities for our members to experience our Policy work, and ensure that our issue- based collaboration and convening continues to thrive. Rico ... college students...

Carnegie Corporation Awards $5 Million to Universities for Innovative Programs Linking Academia and Policy

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09/23/2014

Carnegie Corporation Awards $5 Million to Universities for Innovative Programs Linking Academia and Policy ... the transfer of research and expertise between higher education and the policy world in the area of...

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