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Open Society Foundations Announces $50 Million Gift to ACLU

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11/07/2014

... Million Gift to ACLU In addition to its significance for the ACLU, which is in the early stages of a fundraising ... "social-welfare" organization, the money can be used for political activity. The...

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AXA Announces the 2015 AXA Achievers

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04/21/2015

... discovery and general community outreach in areas such as education , the environment and disease prevention. Every ...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Tackles Workforce Development in Baltimore

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05/28/2015

... nonprofits focused on providing workforce development and education opportunities in Baltimore. These grants are part ... 8.1 percent as of March 2015, compared with 5.5 percent for the state of Maryland. The...

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Pershing Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science Research

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06/02/2015

... to support its leading biology and genetics research and education programs. The uniquely structured grant reflects a ...

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

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06/29/2015

City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public ... only 400,000 computer science students. It’s time our education system prioritizes the skills these jobs demand in a scalable...

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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

... has also influenced a wide range of issues, including education , the environment, cancer research, culture, the ...

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Ms. Foundation Helps Film Lab Fight Elder Abuse Through Film

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09/09/2015

... Through Film The Film Lab ( www.film-lab.org ), known for its filmmaking competitions, educational outreach to ... has received a grant from the Ms. Foundation for Women to produce a film to help combat elder...

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Success Metrics Questioned in School Program Funded by Goldman

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11/05/2015

... of corporate America, a win-win: a bond that paid for preschool for underprivileged children in Utah while also making money ... had helped 109 “at-risk” kindergartners avoid special education...

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

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11/23/2015

... that limited the outbreak’s devastation. However, credit for containing the disease also goes to a legion of ...

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New York Stem Cell Foundation Expands Offices in New York

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12/01/2015

... nonprofit is one of the top stem-cell research and education outfits in the country. It currently occupies ...

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

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02/26/2016

... fellow Robert Shireman, offers specific recommendations for how the U.S. Department of Education could promote a renewed focus on learning at ...

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Carnegie, Helmsley Release Study On Building a Successful Transfer Program

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05/17/2016

... college and university intended to ease the transition for transfer students, education researchers say many of the students still don’t succeed for myriad reasons, from misaligned credit...

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Westchester Community Foundation Helps Students Turn Opportunity Into College Degrees

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06/21/2016

... Green Mountains with four-year degrees partly paid for by the Yonkers Partners In Education and the Westchester Community Foundation's ... students who were vulnerable to dropping out of college ...

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Funded by the New York Community Trust, Redford Center Establishes Filmmaker Grants

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06/22/2016

... will be accepting inaugural submissions starting today for a newly established grant program — Redford Center ... development that are “focused on driving awareness, education and tangible action” on...

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments On Supreme Court Ruling On Affirmative Action

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06/24/2016

... of the University of Texas at Austin came as a relief for affirmative-action supporters. After decades of ... – the high court ruling is being seen by many higher education and civil rights leaders as a...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Brooklyn Museum App

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06/29/2016

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Brooklyn Museum App For the last few years the Brooklyn Museum has been ...

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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

... percent from 2014 to 2024, much faster than the average for all occupations [7 percent].” Nurses are in demand for several reasons, including the country’s aging population; the need to care for...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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

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08/16/2016

... "instructional leaders," a buzz phrase in the K-12 education community that refers to the important role .....

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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

... Low-Income Students Eliminating public university tuition for most families could encourage more low-income young people to pursue higher education by signaling them from a young age that they can ...

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New York City’s Universal Pre-K Program Wants to Teach Parents, Too

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09/09/2016

... Wants to Teach Parents, Too Setting preschoolers up for success takes more than good teachers — it also takes ... why New York City — which has already been lauded for its focus on teacher training and quality...

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