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Ford Releases Investment Returns; More Grant Makers May Be On the Way

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... over those same five years, a sample portfolio of low -cost, passively invested index funds from Vanguard, with ... stocks and try to time the markets — and simply held low -cost index funds. Individual...

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Russell Sage Foundation Author James Rosenbaum, Writes About Alternatives To Four-Year College Degrees

Release Date:

10/23/2017

... to improve them in hopes of college admissions. Since low test scores can hurt a school’s reputation and funding, high schools sometimes find ways to exclude low achieving students on test days, presaging...

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Elon University Joins Multi-campus Collaborative Initiative Funded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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06/20/2019

Elon University has been selected to participate in a collaborative, community-based humanities and civic engagement initiative launched by the Bringing Theory to Practice project.

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Three Prominent Foundation Leaders Join Foundation Center Board of Trustees

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04/20/2015

... 2015. "Mr. Lewis, Dr. Christopher, and Ms. Argilagos bring enormous experience in the nonprofit, foundation, ... Mr. Lewis joined the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York City as president in 2013. The...

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W.K. Kellogg Foundation

04 Dec 2024

The Power of Networks to Advance Youth Development: Honoring Janet Kelley’s Legacy and Contributions

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 -

3:30pm to 6:30pm

Philanthropy New York; 320 East 43rd Street; NYC 10017 (Ford Foundation Building, Auditorium)

... the attributes of successful networks, how networks can bring together stakeholders to create lasting impact, and ... paper honors the history of after-school programming in New York City, primarily focusing...

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

Annie E. Casey Foundation and TCC Group Collaborate on Nesting to Achieve Impact: Lessons for Family Funders from a National Foundation

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10/26/2021

... Nesting refers to the process of embedding any new investment in a community within a pre-existing ... preexisting community infrastructure (if any) into which new grant-supported work can integrated Be...

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Research To Prevent Blindness-Backed Project Identifies Potential Biomarkers Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Release Date:

09/12/2017

... be found through special laboratory tests, according to a new study led by AMD researchers based at Massachusetts Eye ... published online today in Ophthalmology, describes a new technique known as "...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

14 Feb 2018

Roundtable on DREAMers: How Do We Protect and Support DACA Recipients, Dreamers and Their Families Now?

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... through families and communities across the nation. In New York alone, there are approximately 42,000 DACA ... and their families, there’s no question we’re in new territory. None of us is sure what will...

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26 Apr 2016

Learning from LA - Is Our Sister City Supporting Nonprofits Better?

Tuesday, April 26, 2016 -

1:30pm to 3:30pm

... in LA and about the strategies that might be employed in New York to increase the sustainability of the nonprofit ... differences in the nonprofit environment in California and New York, and how can we learn...

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Casey Family Programs Among Supporters of Grandparents Rally on Lawn of U.S. Capitol

Release Date:

05/10/2017

... entering foster care, after years of decline. For every child in foster care, nearly 20 children are being raised by relatives outside the child welfare system and are receiving little to no support. ...

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To Combat Islamophobia, Start Where You Are

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03/23/2016

... Start Where You Are by Maria Mottola, Executive Director, New York Foundation I woke up yesterday morning to the news ... But there’s also an undercurrent of mistrust as new groups of people make their homes...

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05/2023

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17 Nov 2021

The Philly DA: Advancing Criminal Legal Reform from the Inside Out

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 -

12:30pm to 1:45pm

... for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) Philanthropy New York Justice Reform Group The Philly DA: Advancing ...

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With Support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Glacier Ice Art Installation Aims to Encourage Public Action Against Climate Change

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11/10/2015

... LP, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and three-term Mayor of New York City. Michael Bloomberg also serves as the UN ...

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20 Apr 2016

Strategy, Struggle and Participation: Three Questions to Improve Your Social-Change Stories

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Storytelling helps social-change groups do better at everything that they ... print copy of “ Storytelling and Social Change ,” the new second edition of the guide from Working Narratives.* ...

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10 Sep 2019

Census 2020 Messaging Testing Results - A Webinar Series Hosted by FCCP

Tuesday, September 10, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia Philanthropy New York Philanthropy Northwest Sustainable Agriculture & ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Promotes David Gilmore to Role of Deputy Chief Investment Officer

Release Date:

01/06/2021

... to diversify its investment manager portfolio.” In his new role, Mr. Gilmore will also assume additional team ... to carefully manage the Foundation’s assets, which helps to advance the long-term,...

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Best Conference EVER!: #ForumCon18

Release Date:

07/25/2018

... keynote and plenary speakers who made us think in new ways and forced us to question why we do what we do. In ... with my policy peers in which I heard about important new initiatives taking place in other...