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Open Society Foundations Contributes $4 Million to Aid in the Fight Against Ebola

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09/16/2014

... an international aid organization. Six leaders of the group are scheduled to arrive in Liberia on Tuesday evening ... and assess the needs before returning home to marshal resources . The agency has launched an...

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Century Foundation Pledges Support to Advancing Equity for Women and Girls of Color

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11/18/2015

... Foundation has joined two dozen organizations in pledging resources to the goal of advancing equity through research on ... and empowerment for this historically underserved group . . . Century Foundation...

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Gender Justice

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Commonwealth Fund, Peterson Center on Healthcare, and John A. Hartford Foundations Combine Forces to Improve Health Care, Reduce Costs

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07/29/2016

... Wood Johnsonfoundations said their groups would contribute resources in an effort to meet three urgent goals: help ...

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Girl Scouts Accuse Boy Scouts of Recruiting Girls, Souring Century-Old Friendship

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08/29/2017

In a blistering letter this week, the president of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. accused Boy Scouts of America of trying to undercut the organization through a “covert campaign to recruit girls.”

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Mellon Foundation Grant to USC Libraries and USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance to Support Digital Collection for Dance Heritage

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06/08/2018

... Cohen, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Joe Goode Performance Group , Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Glen Tetley, and Urban ...

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Bloomberg Supported Cities of Service Announces Winners of its Love Your Block Competition

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07/16/2018

... city will receive $25,000 to be used for mini-grants and resources to support citizen groups' and local nonprofits' .....

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Ford Foundation Appoints Javier Valdés as U.S. Director of Civic Engagement and Government

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05/04/2021

... the frontline organizations and visionary leaders working to advance this work around the country, and I’m ... significantly expanded the Foundation’s commitment to youth organizing and civic engagement.....

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DeQuendre Neeley-Bertrand Joins the Schott Foundation as Communications Director

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02/22/2017

... advance the foundation’s mission and raise its profile, working with a team of communications strategists to develop ... advisor to one of the foundation’s partners, the Education Justice Network. Before...

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Century Foundation Launches New Public Policy Pop Up Think Tank - Next 100

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02/21/2019

... collective future, from immigration to racial justice to education to climate change. That’s where Next100 comes in. ... pop-up think tank built for a new brand of policy leaders, working on the issues that...

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United Way To Receive $52 Million Over Four Years To Help Turn New York City Schools Into Services Hubs

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06/16/2014

... not necessarily about new dollars, it's about coordinating resources where they exist so kids can come to school .....

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UBS Announces $10 Million Commitment To Support College Success

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06/20/2014

... million, five-year commitment on Friday to establish a new education platform for improving college success among ...

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New York Life Foundation Supports Ozone Park Students Learning about Start-up Businesses

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10/23/2015

... a pilot program that brings entrepreneurial and technology resources to teach students real-world business skills, in an ... with the New York Life Foundation and city Department of Education . Laura...

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Carnegie Sponsors Search for Nation's Favorite Librarians for 2016 I Love My Librarian Award

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06/17/2016

... field of librarianship. Librarians are valuable community resources that connect people to the information, ...

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Foundation for Child Development Publishes New Index on the Economic Stability of the American Family

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02/06/2017

... This greatly accelerated instability and inequality in the resources parents could devote to their child’s ... development, such as higher-quality early care and education , access to better schools, nutritious...

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The Future of ‘Zipcode as Destiny': Three Scenarios

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01/14/2016

... West Side of Manhattan. Place—separate from but also working in concert with other drivers of poverty and ... make place less important. Specifically, might virtual education and remote or online work reduce...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

United Hospital Fund Recognizes Two New Yorkers and Crisis-Response Foundation for Their Leadership to Improve Health and Health Care

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10/01/2018

... in the nation—twice. He also helmed the city’s Human Resources Administration and the Port Authority of New York ... the developing brain, and elevating public awareness and education . CMI draws young patients...

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Weinberg Foundation Approves $500,000 in Emergency Funding to Those Affected by Hurricane Irma in Florida

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... Duval, Collier, Palm Beach, and Broward counties: Senior Resources Alliance (SRA) ($150,000): To distribute relief ...

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New Report From The Redlich Horwitz Foundation: New York Should Use Family First Act As “Tailwind” for Curbing Congregate Care

Release Date:

04/24/2018

... foster care system, with an eye on placing more foster youth in the homes of relatives and improving support for all ... for the state, including limiting the allowable use of group settings and helping...