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2017 Macy Faculty Scholars Named

Release Date:

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

Release Date:

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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Ford, OSF and Others Join Forces to Safeguard Internet Liberties

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02/05/2015

... project to a global communications phenomenon. Now, say a group of foundation leaders, it’s time to make sure it is a force for good. The group , which includes several heavy hitters from the ...

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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

Release Date:

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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Is There an App for That? New Thinking on Kids and Digital Media

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03/10/2016

... teaching and learning . Given philanthropy’s impact on education and workforce policy, it is imperative that funders ... Media Learning Fund in The New York Community Trust and NYC ...

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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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Justice Reform

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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

Release Date:

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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City Schools Buy Marked-Up Supplies Thanks To DOE System

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... — thanks to an in-house purchasing system set up by education officials. Every school must funnel its purchases through a city Department of Education portal called the Financial Accounting Management ...

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

Release Date:

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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The Future of News

Release Date:

05/08/2009

By Vincent Stehle Chair of the Board of Directors, Philanthropy New York Program Director for Nonprofit Sector Support, Surdna Foundation The future is bleak for daily newspapers. The combination of a severe economic downturn...

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21 Jan 2016

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 8:00am to Friday, February 5, 2016 - 5:00pm

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers (ESS) provides an introduction to grantmaking and philanthropy for program officers with less than two years of experience in the philanthropic sector. The three day course will help newcomers...