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From Poverty to Giving Away Millions: Darren Walker Shares His American Dream

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11/11/2014

Ford Foundation President, Darren Walker, shares his story in People Magazine.

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Foundations Should Push for Disclosure of Corporate ‘Welfare’ Deals

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12/18/2014

Foundations Should Push for Disclosure of Corporate ‘Welfare’ Deals For the first time ever, ... they lose to business tax breaks granted in the name of economic development. While many foundations and ... company...

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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

... Announces Initiative to Address "Invisible Wounds of War" The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans ... the Bob Woodruff Foundation today announced an expansion of their partnership to provide...

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Goldman Sachs Contributes $2 Million to LaGuardia Community College

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03/16/2015

... Community College Gail O. Mellow, the president of LaGuardia Community College, a two-year institution in ... call. It was Lloyd C. Blankfein, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, who surprised her with 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 ... Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico - college scholarships of $10,000. Of...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Tackles Workforce Development in Baltimore

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05/28/2015

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

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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

... is not equipped to fill them. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that by 2020, there will be 1.4 ... only 400,000 computer science students. It’s time our education system prioritizes the skills...

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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

2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Awarded to Those Who Dedicate Private Wealth to the Public Good The eight recipients of the prestigious Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy were ... has also...

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Ms. Foundation Helps Film Lab Fight Elder Abuse Through Film

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09/09/2015

... combat elder abuse. The film, titled “The Opposite of a Fairy Tale,” addresses elder abuse through a fictional narrative designed to increase awareness of a widespread societal problem and to provide viewers...

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Immigrants, Their Children Integrate Well into US Society but Not in All Areas, Report Finds

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09/24/2015

... a new report found their well-being declines in the areas of health, crime and family patterns. Co-sponsored by the ... Services, the Sept. 21 report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and...

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Success Metrics Questioned in School Program Funded by Goldman

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11/05/2015

... Program Funded by Goldman It was, in the vernacular of corporate America, a win-win: a bond that paid for ... had helped 109 “at-risk” kindergartners avoid special education . The investment also resulted in a...

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

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11/23/2015

... The world cheered as Sierra Leone was declared free of Ebola earlier this month. An army of courageous physicians, nurses, technicians, and lay care ... credit for containing the disease also goes to a legion...

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New York Stem Cell Foundation Expands Offices in New York

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12/01/2015

... The Wall Street Journal. The 10-year-old nonprofit is one of the top stem-cell research and education outfits in the country. It currently occupies 20,000 square feet of space in two New York...

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

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02/26/2016

Century Foundation Report Examines The Real Value of What Students Do in College Most students attend ... their degree at all. A new report, The Real Value of What Students Do in College , from TCF senior fellow...

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

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04/13/2016

... that Mr. Robertson’s gift would help it achieve its goal of expanding to 100 schools, from 34, within the next 10 ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Names 33 Winners of Its Prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellows

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04/19/2016

Carnegie Corporation of New York Names 33 Winners of Its Prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellows Carnegie ... one or two years of scholarly research in areas including education ,...

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Bangladeshi Law Student Receives Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

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04/19/2016

... and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans A stroke of luck made it possible for Akbar Hossain and his family to ... Now, Hossain is 25 and studying law at the University of Pennsylvania. He was recently...

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