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Wallace Foundation President Will Miller Tackles Education Reform in NYTimes Editorial

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04/17/2015

Wallace Foundation President Will Miller Tackles Education Reform in NYTimes Editorial The problem is that great principals often don’t end up in the schools that need them most — those with poor and ... Wallace...

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Impact of Silicon Valley Community Foundation on Education around the Country Noted

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06/07/2017

Impact of Silicon Valley Community Foundation on Education around the Country Noted In San Francisco’s ... grants” and encouraging them to behave more like start- up founders and less like bureaucrats. In Maryland...

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MacArthur and Master Card Foundations Invest $24 Million in Secondary Education

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05/06/2014

... Foundations invest $24 million in international secondary education , reports Triple Pundit. At the Global Philanthropy ... launched in 2012 that seeks to increase secondary education access and improve...

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23 Oct 2012

Embracing the Power of Education - GFE 16th Annual Conference

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 10:30am to Friday, October 26, 2012 - 3:30pm

Join Grantmakers for Education and the nation's largest gathering of education grantmakers at their annual conference, which ... program is "Mostly Open." Designed for All interested funders...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Backs Campbell Brown's Nonpartisan Education Website

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07/15/2015

Bloomberg Philanthropies Backs Campbell Brown's Nonpartisan Education Website Is it news, or is it advocacy? In the case of the Seventy Four, a new news site focused on education , the answer appears to be yes...

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Technology

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Rona Sheramy Appointed Executive Director of the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women

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03/01/2017

... Appointed Executive Director of the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women The Board of Directors of the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women (JFEW) is pleased to announce the ... relevant than in our...

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16 May 2018

Funding a Racially Just Food System - Funders Briefing Hosted by Community Food Funders

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... program is hosted by our partner, Community Food Funders (CFF), who has extended an invitation to PNY members. ... , Co-Director, Soul Fire Farm Designed for All interested funders . Registration 12:00 - 2:00...

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Food Systems

Open Society Foundations Announces Camilla Croso as New Director of Education

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07/22/2020

... Foundations Announces Camilla Croso as New Director of Education NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations are pleased ... Camilla Croso, a leading global advocate for the right to education , will lead our newly...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Backs Workforce and Educational Development Opportunities

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06/30/2015

... low-income individuals and families to financial education , job training, workforce development and mentoring ... “Our philanthropic investments are one way that we’re working to connect individuals in our...

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Google Pledges $1 Billion to Fund Non-Profit Education

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10/13/2017

Google Pledges $1 Billion to Fund Non-Profit Education Google says over the next five years it will ... $1 billion on nonprofit organizations helping to raise education levels around the world and commit its...

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17 Jan 2013

A Holistic Approach to Education Reform in Brooklyn’s Community School District 16

Thursday, January 17, 2013 -

7:30am to 10:30am

... effective partnerships with community organizations and education support organizations; focus resources on gaps in ... that structurally improve the effectiveness of a CSD16 education . Foster the development...

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Open Society University Network Launches to Transform Higher Education

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01/23/2020

... Society University Network Launches to Transform Higher Education DAVOS, SWITZERLAND—George Soros announced today ... . It will integrate teaching and research across higher education institutions worldwide...

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24 Feb 2015

Explore the Intersections of Education & Workforce Issues with Dalila Wilson-Scott & Will Miller

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 -

3:00pm to 5:30pm

... serve as the interlocutor of this program. Thoughts on education , workforce or the intersections of the two? Pose ... President, Surdna Foundation Designed for All interested funders . Registration 3:45-4:00 PM...

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Ford Foundation to Support Ongoing Work of Generation Indigenous Response Fund

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02/21/2019

... housed at The Minneapolis Foundation that supports Native youth organizing by Native-led non-profit organizations. The ... was launched by President Obama after listening to Native youth on the Standing Rock...

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Salesforce.org Announces Advancements to the Salesforce.org Education Cloud Platform

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09/20/2018

Salesforce.org Announces Advancements to the Salesforce.org Education Cloud Platform Salesforce.org, the philanthropic ... today announced advancements to the Salesforce.org Education Cloud platform. Specifically...

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Report Shows Link Between Children's Outcomes and Mothers' Educational Attainment

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07/10/2014

... have not graduated from high school lag on economic, education and health outcomes, compared with children of ... from the Foundation for Child Development. Mother’s Education and Children’s Outcomes: How Dual...

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New Humanities in Place Program at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards More Than $15 Million to Organizations Doing Place-Based Work

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09/30/2021

... support projects, initiatives, and infrastructure effort working to better identify, document, create, and care for ... interaction, and exchange of stories and experiences, working toward a fuller...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Deutsche Bank, Newman's Own, MetLife, Fortitude Fund, and FB Heron Foundation among list of Funders Supporting the Nonprofit Investing Directly in Poor Families

Release Date:

01/26/2018

... Fortitude Fund, and FB Heron Foundation among list of Funders Supporting the Nonprofit Investing Directly in Poor ... pitch of the Family Independence Initiative (FII). And funders are listening. In simplest...

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Newman's Own Foundation

09 Jun 2021

New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative Quarterly Meeting - Do CUNY enrollment declines place equitable recovery goals at risk?

Wednesday, June 9, 2021 -

9:00am to 10:30am

Join the New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative and field leaders for a deep dive on ... for the college leaders, industry partners, and funders working to increase student career success...