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For Teachers Working Through DACA, a Bittersweet Start to the School Year

Release Date:

09/07/2017

For Teachers Working Through DACA, a Bittersweet Start to the School Year ... Brooklyn sixth graders about liquids, gases and solids. In between science classes at a charter school in East New...

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Century Foundation Study Finds Explosion in the Number of School Districts Working on Integration

Release Date:

10/14/2016

Century Foundation Study Finds Explosion in the Number of School Districts Working on Integration A study released Friday by the ...

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Pinkerton Foundation, Born of Detective Agency, Prefers to Work Unobserved

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11/17/2016

Pinkerton Foundation, Born of Detective Agency, Prefers to Work Unobserved The Pinkerton Foundation, formed in 1966 by the family that made its fortune in private ... gave 35 million dollars to...

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Duke & Mellon Foundations Sponsor Provocative Dance Work on the Legacy of Confederate Symbolism

Release Date:

11/19/2015

... Foundations Sponsor Provocative Dance Work on the Legacy of Confederate Symbolism Wideman/Davis Dance, the UofSC ... Wideman-Davis and Thaddeus Davis, Co-Artistic Directors of Wideman/Davis Dance and Assistant...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Works to Build a Better South Bronx

Release Date:

07/10/2015

... a master plan to design, build, and fund a new network of connected open spaces that will improve quality of life and deliver measurable health benefits for South ... improve pedestrian safety, and increase...

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Rockefeller Foundation Starts News Site to Spur Resilience Work

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02/15/2017

... considers building resilience , defined as "the capacity of individual, communities and systems to survive, adapt and grow in the face of stress and shocks, and even transform when...

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Stonewall Community Foundation: Working Towards a Better Future Since 1990

Release Date:

06/18/2014

Stonewall Community Foundation: Working Towards a Better Future Since 1990 The needs of New York City's LGBT community are so vast and varied, it ... community.... Stonewall Community Foundation: ...

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Ford Foundation Asks if Capitalism Can be Made to Work Better for Society

Release Date:

10/02/2014

... if Capitalism Can be Made to Work Better for Society In the Ford Forum, the inaugural issue of what appears to be intended as a regular publication “to ... Darren Walker poses an interesting question to a...

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Partnership with MasterCard Foundation Working to Strengthen Board Governance in Africa

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11/13/2014

Partnership with MasterCard Foundation Working to Strengthen Board Governance in Africa The Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion ... recognized as critical to the growth and sustainability of...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Mellon Funds Efforts to Bring Medieval Works to the Digital World

Release Date:

02/24/2016

... a 15th-century text that shows the Earth as the center of the universe. Or touch the pages of an oversize religious songbook, adorned with gold leaf and painted in bright hues on calfskin,...

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Mellon Foundation

Bloomberg-supported Cities Work on Assembling the Open Government Puzzle

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... be hard to notice when something is missing, particularly in an age of such abundance. But amid the internet's vast and churning piles of information, there are pieces missing from the...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Census 2020: Focus on the Real Work in Communities, Not the Legal/Political Morass

Release Date:

07/11/2019

Census 2020: Focus on the Real Work in Communities, Not the Legal/Political Morass By Tim Delaney, President & CEO, National Council of Nonprofits The two weeks following the U.S. Supreme ... continue, even...

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Atlantic Seeks To Sustain Gains From Past Work As Grantmaking Nears Conclusion

Release Date:

07/30/2014

... is taking steps "to effectively realise and sustain gains in the core issues and fields that we and our grantees have ... this end, Atlantic’s final grants will draw on several of the issues, themes and...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

11 Jun 2015

Ten Ways Philanthropic Families Work With Community Foundations - Webinar

Thursday, June 11, 2015 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... staff along with an important update on the work of NCFP’s Family Philanthropy Through Community Foundations Initiative. Presenters Audrey Jacobs, Director of The Center for Family Philanthropy, The Community...

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Working with Grantees: The Keys to Success and Five Program Officers Who Exemplify Them

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05/2010

... foundation-grantee relationships hinge on the prowess of individual program officers, whose abilities may vary ... foundation. This research explores what grantees value in their relationships with program officers and identifies ... Five high-performing program officers share their stories. Working with Grantees: The Keys to Success and Five Program ...