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Laurie M. Tisch Elected Co-Chair of Whitney Museum Board of Trustees

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07/01/2015

... arts nonprofit dedicated to increasing access to education , art, economic development, and healthy food. In recognition of her advocacy for arts education , the new Whitney’s first facility for ...

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Wallace Foundation Supports New Professional Standards For School Leaders

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10/26/2015

... year of deliberations, a set of professional standards for education school leaders are set to head out the door. The ... coverage of leadership and expanded learning time at Education Week. . . Wallace...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Funds Primer to Guide Students on College Choices

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10/17/2016

... Choices The Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences has ... backgrounds follow through the wide range of higher education options that they face. In A...

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2017 Macy Faculty Scholars Named

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06/27/2017

... themes spanning quality improvement, interprofessional education and practice, health equity and health systems ... Scholars are paving the way for health professions education reform and we look forward to...

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Salesforce.Org Expands Philanthropic Efforts to Improve Schools

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12/12/2018

... computing company, is doling out its largest grant to an education nonprofit, giving $2 million to New Leaders to help ... for Salesforce, which in the past has focused its education dollars on improving...

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Eugene M. Tobin to Retire from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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07/31/2019

... Eugene M. Tobin, senior program officer for Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities, will retire from ... initiative for institutions that provide a liberal arts education to incarcerated Americans...

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New Member Spotlight: The Pilgrim Foundation

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05/29/2009

... grantee. What current projects or initiatives are you working on? Operating support for: International Justice ... Are you looking to connect or collaborate with other funders on a particular issue or project...

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Funding the Future of Activism

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02/04/2013

... by injustice as they advocate for equality and stand up for human rights. Funding the Future of Activism ...

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Rita Allen Foundation Funds Study to Understand Rejection of Climate Change

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04/27/2016

... Change Climate Central, a Palmer Square-based nonprofit group devoted to studying climate change, has joined several ...

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Bloomberg Charity Scrutinized By India For Anti-Tobacco Funding, Lobbying

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08/29/2017

India has been investigating how Bloomberg Philanthropies, founded by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, funds local non-profit groups for anti-tobacco lobbying, government documents show, making it the latest foreign non-government organization to come...

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Celebrating a Year of Progress on Expanded Learning Time

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05/15/2013

... citizens would come together with leaders in government, education , civil rights, business, academe and community ...

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Carnegie Corporation Awards $10 Million to Four School Districts

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10/02/2013

... districts (including the New York City Department of Education ) design and open new high schools that support ... vice-president, National Program, and director of urban education at Carnegie Corporation. “By...

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New York Community Trust Brings Reading Instruction Program to the Bronx

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04/29/2016

... York Community Trust Brooke Astor Fund for New York City Education , Teaching Matters brought its program to improve ... said Principal Diane Daprocida, who taught special education for 10 years before coming...

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How to Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Girls of Color

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01/12/2017

... to the most recent data released by the US Department of Education , Black girls were suspended six times more than ...

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William T. Grant Foundation Supports Research on How Social Context Shapes School Choice for Inner-City Students

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02/10/2017

High school choice policies attempt to improve the educational outcomes of poor and minority students by allowing access to high schools beyond neighborhood boundaries.

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Century Foundation Hosts Discussion on College Affordability Ideas for the Next Congress and Beyond

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10/01/2018

... momentum recently, as public funding for higher education has fallen and student debt has skyrocketed. Watch ... affordability reforms with the nation’s leading higher education experts, advocates, and...

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NYS Health Foundation Gives $100,000 to Healthy Neighborhoods Challenge

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07/11/2016

... addition, the New York State Health Foundation is putting up $100,000 for the initiative and will provide challenge winners with up to $5,000 in matching funds to carry out their ideas... ...

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker Writes About the Privilege of Being Privileged

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10/20/2016

... of course, there’s an obvious solution—just give it up : spend out your wealth, roll up your sleeves, and get involved in building alternatives ...

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US Trust Study Finds Small Foundations Honing Strategies for Greater Impact

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02/03/2017

... they have a formal conflict of interest policy in place, up from 30 percent in 2005, and 78 percent saying they have an investment policy statement, up from 52 percent... US Trust Study Finds Small Foundations...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Support Facebook Research Initiative to Study Social Media Impact on Elections

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04/09/2018

... The social network announced an initiative that will see a group of scholars analyze the impact of social media on ...

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