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Bessemer Trust Among Experts Tapped by NYTimes for Piece on Social Change Major Gifts

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05/16/2016

... through. Instead, according to research by the Bridgespan Group , a philanthropic consultant, they tend to fall back on ... bets. Those may be worthy recipients but, in the eyes of some in the philanthropic...

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Rockefeller Family Fund Leads Summit To Oppose Pipelines In Georgia

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06/17/2016

... happen. “This unusual alliance, there has been a lot of talk about that,” said Tonya Bonitatibus, the executive director of the environmental group Savannah Riverkeeper. “I would say that it...

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Should You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate?

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09/22/2017

... including our own research,2 for which we studied hundreds of social change initiatives over multiple years and ... and orchestrator. An agitator brings the grievances of specific individuals or groups to the...

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Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?

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10/13/2017

Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in ... male allies tend to have three things in common as agents of organizational change. Debra Meyerson and Megan ... where a male colleague makes a...

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New York State Health Foundation Releases Snapshot: Success in the Empire State: Health Insurance Coverage Trends

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11/15/2017

... aimed at expanding coverage took effect at the beginning of 2014. This NYSHealth-produced data snapshot examines ... York State before and after the major coverage expansions of the ACA were implemented...

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William T. Grant Foundation Supported Study Finds Trump Immigration Policies Take Mental Toll on Latino Parents

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03/22/2018

... families’ mental health is suffering because of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration ... The study, which was published this month in the Journal of Adolescent Health, collected data from 54...

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Racial Equity Resource Guide

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05/2014

... and data on racial inequities, their impact on communities of color and the process for healing racial wounds so that ... and tools of individuals and organizations that have been working to foster racial healing and racial equity in ... and training curricula for organizations and individuals working to achieve racial healing and equity in their ...

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Michelle Alexander Joins Ford Foundation as Senior Fellow

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10/07/2015

... book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness , has spurred debate and action nationwide. ... at Ford, Michelle will continue her advocacy efforts while working on a new book that...

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Mellon Foundation Supports Zimmerli Art Museum's Examination of American Art Circa 1966

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10/06/2016

... Foundation Supports Zimmerli Art Museum's Examination of American Art Circa 1966 When the Zimmerli's curators first devised two complementary exhibitions of American art titled Circa 1966 - one...

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Shatterproof Awarded $600,000 Grant by Helmsley Charitable Trust

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01/31/2017

... Trust Shatterproof, the leading national nonprofit working to reduce the devastation of addiction, has received a $600,000 grant from The Leona M. ... Shatterproof works to end the stigma and suffering...

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Amsterdam News Profiles Harlem Native George Suttles of the John A. Hartford Foundation

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02/16/2017

Amsterdam News Profiles Harlem Native George Suttles of the John A. Hartford Foundation A little over a month ago, ... adults. Suttles’ work at the foundation consists of working with strategic...

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Supported by Mellon Foundation, Hybrid Publishing Platform Launches In Beta Form

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04/07/2017

... Publishing Platform Launches In Beta Form The University of Minnesota Press on Tuesday launched a beta version of Manifold , a publishing platform it hopes can straddle ... scholarly work. The press, along...

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NEFA Expands National Theater Project with Doris Duke Foundation Funding

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12/13/2017

... for the Arts announces plans to increase the impact of the National Theater Program, with help from a $750,000 ... and ensemble theater artists and to build a network of organizations committed to...

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Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies

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07/24/2014

... educational outcomes, writes Kavitha Mediratta, the head of racial-equity program at The Atlantic Philanthropies, in Education Week. Zero-tolerance policies "hurt students’ ... ability to learn and thrive...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Donates $1.6 Million to Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia

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10/21/2014

... fund its EduCare Program. In recent years, Ethiopia's education system has experienced significant growth in primary school enrollment rates, but the number of students dropping out of...

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New After School Programs and Professional Development Bring Digital Literacy with Grants Totaling $414,000

Release Date:

10/31/2014

... to use digital tools to educate young people in and out of school. One project, for example, lets kids create ... and engineers. Another uses digital “playlists” of physical challenges to get teens to exercise...

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Coalition to Support Grieving Students Launches GrievingStudents.org

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01/13/2015

... National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement and ten of the leading professional organizations in the K-12 education space. The Coalition is comprised of organizations whose members play...

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MetLife Foundation Increases Access to Online Capital for Small Businesses

Release Date:

02/27/2015

... minority, and immigrant entrepreneurs access capital and education online and achieve business health and growth. ... and grow a small business through financing and business education . The $1 million grant...

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Ford Foundation Backs New Associate's Degree Program at New York State Prison

Release Date:

03/02/2015

... to other colleges. "By expanding access to a university education to incarcerated students, the NYU Prison Education Program aims to help redress inequities that result ... in the world — over two million...

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Century Foundation Report Calls for Funding Reform for Community Colleges

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05/28/2015

... Community colleges tend to receive the least amount of public financial support compared to other institutions, ... released by the Century Foundation today -- "How Higher Education Funding Shortchanges...

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