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Ms. Foundation Launches Campaign to Define 21st Century Feminism

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10/23/2015

... my generation. As female members of Generation X, many of us grew up being told that we could be anything. We could do ... The "glass ceiling" was being broken. This gave us an assumption that we had...

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Gender Justice

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In Chronicle OpEd, JM Kaplan’s Leaders Discuss Innovation Prize

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11/12/2015

In Chronicle OpEd, JM Kaplan’ s Leaders Discuss Innovation Prize In January, our ... to transform society. The J.M.K. Innovation Prize gave us an opportunity to find and fund those projects, priming ... But we’d...

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Carnegie, Helmsley Support Teacher Leadership Projects

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05/03/2016

... Helmsley Support Teacher Leadership Projects The U. S . Department of Education is collaborating with ASCD and ... to Lead, an initiative jointly convened between the U. S . Department of Education, ASCD, and...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Education

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Commonwealth Fund Article Asks: Is Primary Care the Best and Worst Job in Medicine?

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05/26/2016

... the Best and Worst Job in Medicine? About one-third of U. S . and U.K. primary care physicians are dissatisfied with ... primary care doctors face, Harvard Medical School' s Gordon Moore, M.D., interviewed...

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Ford and MacArthur-Backed Survey Finds That Young Voters From Newer Immigrant Families Lean More Liberal

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09/09/2016

... 72 percent of those whose families have been in the U. S . longer agree. Eighty-five percent of first and second ... legal citizens, I think it gives the viewpoint that the U. S . cares," said Juan Tavares...

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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

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Civic Engagement

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Mellon and Doris Duke Foundations Back New Report Highlighting 20 Years of NEFA’s National Dance Project

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11/18/2016

... Back New Report Highlighting 20 Years of NEFA’ s National Dance Project The New England Foundation for the ... complete the report, entitled Moving Dance Forward: NEFA’ s National Dance Project at 20 &...

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Arts

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COO Sharon Ullman Named Acting Executive Director of Rauschenberg Foundation

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01/10/2017

... staff since 2010, will be taking a position at Sotheby' s . "Sharon was one of the first people Christy hired and she has served us brilliantly for more than six years, most recently as ... artistic...

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

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Statement on the Passing of David Rockefeller

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03/21/2017

... of age. For 28 years, Mr. Rockefeller served as the Fund’ s generous inspiration, mentor and the loving head of his ... David Rockefeller, who served as model and inspiration to us , and the wider Rockefeller...

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The David Rockefeller Fund

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Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Awards Research Fellowships to 35 Scholars for Important Work in the Social Sciences and Humanities

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04/26/2017

... journalists, and authors with the goal of strengthening U. S . democracy, driving technological and cultural creativity, ... The winning proposals address issues such as inequity in U. S . education,...

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Workforce Development

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Aetna Supports Projects Using Big Data to Get At-Risk Kids the Services They Need

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05/11/2017

... delivery underscores the fact that public health in the U. S . still has much room for improvement. These disparities are ... a economy is performing — or how large a foundation’ s checks may be. But one tool...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New United Hospital Fund Report Finds AHCA Ill-Suited and Destructive for New York

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06/08/2017

... The American Health Care Act (AHCA), approved by the U. S . House of Representatives and currently under consideration by the U. S . Senate, would undermine the dramatic insurance coverage ... how AHCA...

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NY Community Trust Urges Mega-Donors Can Offset Their Clout By Empowering Community Funders

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06/22/2017

... of lots of new money flowing into the social sector. What' s a cause for concern, though, is that a tiny sliver of the population—which is already hugely powerful in U. S . society—is set to exercise even...

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The New York Community Trust

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F.B. Heron: Charitable Giving Is Only a Small Part of What Foundations Do With Their Money

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06/30/2017

... sixth—of all the charitable giving that happens in the U. S . But some would argue that their biggest impact comes not ... foundations receive is for the grants they make. U. S . law requires most foundations to...

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Commonwealth Fund Report: The United States Health System Falls Short

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07/17/2017

... rose continuously over the past three decades. Yet the U. S . population has poorer health than other countries. Life ... as the baby boom population ages, more people in the U. S .—and all over the world—are...

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How to Improve Diversity in Corporate America

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08/29/2017

... has gone beyond Silicon Valley and Google’ s gender problem. The current impersonator-in-chief would rather divide than unite us , and the lack of moral and spiritual leadership in ... against white nationalism...

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Opinion: Learning from Harvey and Sandy

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08/30/2017

Opinion: Learning from Harvey and Sandy For those of us who experienced Superstorm Sandy, watching Texas suffer ... at risk. Recovery efforts are slowly underway and there’ s no mistaking that it will take years...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Community Development

Growing Number of Companies Opt for Locally Driven Hurricane Relief Efforts, Reports GlobalGiving

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09/08/2017

... driven relief and recovery efforts. GlobalGiving, a U. S . nonprofit, thoroughly vets local charities around the ... are directing their funds to local organizations, many U. S . corporations that have responded...

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Will New Rockefeller Foundation President Break or Reinforce its Mold?

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09/08/2017

... shared his vision for the New York-based foundation’ s future, which includes the use of science and technology ... for inclusive growth and leveraging the foundation’ s influence to create new public-private...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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New York City Wants To Know: How Effective Is Its Training For Pre-K Teachers?

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09/12/2017

... Is Its Training For Pre-K Teachers? In New York City’ s breakneck effort to offer free preschool to all 4-year ... their impact on student achievement. “The question for us is, ‘How do we make pre-K better, as...

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