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An Old Idea is New Again: Tackling Large Complex Problems by Investing in Communities

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04/10/2018

Gisela Alvarez, New York Community Trust writes "My years as a grantee taught me an important lesson: meaningful and lasting change must come from the communities most affected by the change. Now, in a funder capacity, as the Coordinator for the...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Grant to the Bard-Brooklyn Public Library College Degree Program

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10/30/2019

... ethos.” Together, BPL and Bard provide critical resources for classroom success including dedicated ... opportunities for college within America’s prison systems . These programs transform the negative impacts...

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Jessi Stafford Joins The Century Foundation as Blogger & Social Media Specialist

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10/15/2013

... social media strategy, including day-to-day management of profiles on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr, Google+, ...

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More Details Emerging About Greer's Ouster from Nathan Cummings Foundation

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06/10/2014

The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that Simon Greer, who was hired to give the Nathan Cummings Foundation a more prominent profile, "was apparently fired just as he began to put in place a radical overhaul."

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Ford Foundation, Cannes Film Market Launch Documentary Film Push Against Inequality

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02/02/2016

The Ford Foundation’s and Cannes Film Market’s networking mini-mart Doc Corner announced a two year-partnership to raise global awareness on social justice, working against inequality.

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Lisa Green Hall Joins Nathan Cummings Foundation's Investment Committee

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04/24/2017

Lisa joins John Levy (Chair), Myra Drucker and William Goetzmann, who currently serve as independent advisory members on the Investment Committee.

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Tillerson in Focus as Exxon Climate Change Investigation Intensifies

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07/06/2017

Tillerson in Focus as Exxon Climate Change Investigation Intensifies "Wayne Tracker" cannot be forced to testify under oath. He does not exist. But the man who used the "Tracker" alias, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, can be...

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Casey Family Programs Report Finds NYC ACS Leader in Child Safety Practices

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07/10/2017

Casey found that ACS was performing well on a number of counts, particularly its data collection and utilization practices — an area where the report called ACS “a national model.”

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Philanthropy vs. Tyranny: Inside the Open Society Foundations' Biggest Battle Yet

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08/21/2017

The Open Society Foundations is bigger than you think. In fact, it may be the largest philanthropic organization ever built, with branches in 37 countries.

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Sloan, Skoll Foundations & Carnegie Support PBS NewsHour Exploratiopn of Future of Higher Education

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08/23/2017

PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruffwill air its annual special 5-part “Rethinking College” series, profiling five innovative programs designed to make college more affordable and provide non-traditional students the higher education they need to compete...

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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

In New York City’s breakneck effort to offer free preschool to all 4-year olds, officials have banked on teacher training as a key way to ensure that quality keeps up with access.

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Student Sues Columbia Over ‘Deliberate Indifference’ to Harassment Claims

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10/03/2017

In the latest allegation of sexual harassment by a high-profile academic, a prominent historian at Columbia University has been accused of forcing himself on a 29-year-old female doctoral student and disparaging her to colleagues when she rebuffed...

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Wallace Foundation Case Study Examines Arts Programming at Boys and Girls Clubs

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10/06/2017

The study explores the efforts of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), a federation of more than 4,000 clubhouses around the country, in the first three years of Wallace’s Youth Arts Initiative.

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Arts

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Surdna Foundation Funds Exhibit Mapping 150 Years of Activism in New Orleans

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01/05/2018

... have a more forgotten role. The exhibit also offers profiles of notable activism efforts from the past 150 years. ...

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A Road Less Traveled….

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11/01/2011

... “raising the age,” and improving the quality of care for youth detained in the juvenile justice system. What ...

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Initiative Launched to Improve Accountability of Climate Change Adaptation Finance

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12/12/2012

... by Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute and the World Resources Institute to increase the transparency and ... Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute, and the World Resources Institute with funding...

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What Does It Take to Spend Down Successfully?

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08/2015

... they intend to give away all of their philanthropic resources within a specific, limited timeframe and then close ... their grantmaking. But most hope that by exhausting their resources in relatively short order, they will be able to ...

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4 Organizations Team On Mapping Tool For U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

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09/20/2017

In a collaborative partnership, Global Impact, Blackbaud, the Council on Foundations and the Foundation Center have developed and launched a resource to support organizations in aligning and tracking charitable giving to the United Nations (U.N.)...

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