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Alliance for Charitable Reform Hosts Annual Summit for Leaders

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04/11/2017

... giving and educate lawmakers about the critical role of charitable giving. The ACR Roadmap for Action - a ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $150M for An Initiative To Elevate Civic Discourse

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06/27/2017

... from the European Union followed by the unexpected victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 U.S. presidential election has ... Voters, political parties and media organs on both sides of the Atlantic are sharply...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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14 Dec 2017

Leveraging Small Grants for Big Impact - Webinar

Thursday, December 14, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... reaction. Ripple effect. Reverberation. There are plenty of ways to describe this simple truth: small actions can have big results. This webinar will feature the stories of foundations that have created out-...

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IBM Joins With Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Foundation announced the availability of Teacher Advisor With Watson 1.0, software that uses Watson ... artificial intelligence technology– trained by some of the nation’s leading math...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

As Incident Reports Rise, City Officials Seek New Answers to Combat Domestic Violence

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09/18/2017

... Answers to Combat Domestic Violence Increases in reports of domestic violence have gotten the attention New York City ... from Mayor Bill de Blasio to the NYPD to members of the City Council. The de Blasio...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants

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11/01/2017

... Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson. “Everyone in higher education has to be more imaginative and daring in thinking ... so many people were surprised by the intellectual power of prison inmates. “Everyone was...

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Mellon Foundation

New Report From Silicon Valley Community Foundation Helps Companies Align With the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals

Release Date:

12/11/2017

... Achieving universal access to energy. Ending inequality in education . These are just some of the objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a United Nations ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Scholarship Program at Duke Aims to Increase Underrepresented Minorities in Graduate Stem Disciplines

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01/18/2018

... a new program focused on increasing its population of underrepresented minority students studying science and ... from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the University Center of Exemplary Mentoring program will...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Ms. Foundation for Women Announced Roz Lee As The New Vice President of Strategy and Programs To Its Staff

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01/24/2018

... for Women Announced Roz Lee As The New Vice President of Strategy and Programs To Its Staff Today, the Ms. ... Women announced Roz Lee as the new Vice President of Strategy and Programs to its staff. “I am...

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Gender Justice

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Awarded $1.3 Billion to Nonprofit Organizations in 2017

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02/12/2018

... grantmaking included $436 million (34 percent) in support of nonprofits in its nine-county service area. SVCF also continued its tradition of international grantmaking, awarding a total of $...

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New York Times Op-Ed "Good Leaders Make Good Schools" Cites Important Wallace-Commissioned Research Report

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03/13/2018

... somewhere out in the country; we just do a terrible job of circulating them. For example, if you want to learn how to ... average, to 77.5 percent from 56.9 percent. The percentage of Chicago students going to...

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Century Foundation Report Reveals NY’s For-Profit Colleges Leave Students with Debt and Little Impact on Earning Potential

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03/26/2018

... argues that for-profit schools display a pattern of failing to meaningfully serve their students, especially ... default rates on student loans. For example, 47 percent of for-profit school students default on...

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Open Society Foundation Creates $10 Million Fund for Rohingya

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04/03/2018

... Creates $10 Million Fund for Rohingya On the eve of the South Asian monsoon season, the Open Society Foundations have announced the creation of a $10 million emergency assistance fund to help Rohingya ... to...

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With Support from The Andrus Family Fund, Firelight’s Impact Producer Fellowship Announces 2018 Cohort

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06/21/2018

... year to train social justice-minded artists and activists of color. The organization advances that goal today (June 6) with the selection of a new class of fellows. “We believe that in order...

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Arts

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McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund Launches at the Aspen Institute

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07/10/2018

... The McNulty Foundation announced the inaugural recipients of the McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund, a new fund at the Aspen ... social ventures at vital inflection points. A total of $110,000 will be granted to six...

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John P. & Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation

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Funded by the Carnegie Corporation, New Digital Tool Gives Parents a Gut Check on Their Childs Readiness for the New School Year

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08/07/2018

... New School Year Today Learning Heroes announces the launch of its Readiness Check , an innovative, digital tool to help parents and guardians have a better understanding of how well their child has learned...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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With Support from the Wallace Foundation Ailey's 60th Anniversary New York City Center Season Opens Wednesday 11/28

Release Date:

11/21/2018

... Mission: Impossible - Fallout. Tyson - known for a myriad of roles across television and film, including Roots, Fried ... three Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and on November...

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New Survey from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Shows Increases in African American Curators and Women in Leadership Roles

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01/29/2019

... W. Mellon Foundation, in partnership with the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD), the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), and Ithaka S+R announced the results of ... by people...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Arts

Gender Justice

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Mellon Foundation

Heckscher Foundation Supported EdTrust–NY Launches New Data Tool “The New York FAFSA Challenge” to Highlight Success and Encourage FAFSA completion.

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02/19/2019

... their wealthier peers to attend schools with low rates of completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), dozens of New York high schools that serve large shares of ... for...

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