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American Express-Supported Awards Go to Michael Brown, CEO of City Year, and United We Dream’s Julieta Garibay

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11/02/2015

... of the first undocumented youth-led organizations in the nation . She was also a founding board member of United We ... first and largest immigrant youth-led organization in the nation , serving in multiple...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Opinion: Health Reform Lives!

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11/23/2015

... — and spurious legal challenges failed to protect the nation from the scourge of guaranteed health coverage. Still, ...

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Health

Wallace Foundation Supports New Professional Standards For Educational Leaders

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11/30/2015

The Council of Chief State School Officers has released the long-awaited set of professional standards for educational leaders.

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Education

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Bank of America Awards $1 Million to Nonprofits Tackling Poverty in Detroit

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12/08/2015

... improve housing, hunger and jobs in communities across the nation . . . Bank of America Awards $1 Million to ...

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Indian Government to Remove Ford Foundation from Watch List

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01/08/2016

Restrictions against the Ford Foundation placed by the Indian Government are being lifted after the foundation registered itself under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA.)

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Wallace Updates Popular Cost Calculator for Out-of-School-Time Programs

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02/17/2016

The Wallace-commissioned Out-of-School-Time Cost Calculator is a free, online tool designed to help providers estimate the costs of delivering a variety of after-school and summer programs. It's been updated and made accessible for mobile.

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Wallace Foundation

Dan Cardinali Named New President and CEO, Independent Sector

Release Date:

02/23/2016

... serves as president of Communities In Schools, Inc., the nation ’s largest dropout prevention organization. He is ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation Taken Off Watch List by Indian Government

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03/21/2016

Days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the U.S., the Home Ministry issued orders to remove the U.S.-based Ford Foundation from the “prior permission” category.

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Ford, Atlantic Philanthropies Bring U.C.L.A. Center on Police-Community Ties to John Jay College

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03/22/2016

A national research center focused on interactions between the police and the communities they serve will open this summer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, with the college’s first endowed professor as its director.

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Justice Reform

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Aetna’s 1.5M Competition Encourages Cities and Towns to Get Healthier

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04/06/2016

Entrants will be judged based on their ability to enter into cross-sector partnerships.

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Health

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JPB Foundation Grant Helps Affordable Housing Providers Install Solar Power

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04/13/2016

The technical assistance service, launched to coincide with the Housing California conference in Sacramento, is funded by a grant from The JPB Foundation and is intended to reduce barriers to entry and help affordable housing providers install solar...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds $1M Public Art Project

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04/15/2016

The Spartanburg City Council approved design concepts for a $1 million public art project funded entirely by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

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Arts

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New York Women's Foundation Celebrates Leaders in Philanthropy

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04/18/2016

... Melissa Mark-Viverito and the New York City Council, the nation ’s first-ever effort solely dedicated to supporting ...

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Gender Justice

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Mellon Foundation Contributes to 'THATcamp' on Humanities and Technology

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04/21/2016

THATCamp is a national series of events promoting digital humanities – broadly defined as the use of technology in the research and teaching of humanities.

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Education

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Simons Foundation Gives $40M for Astronomy Facility in Chile

Release Date:

05/12/2016

The Simons Foundation has given $38.4 million to establish a new astronomy facility in Chile’s Atacama Desert, adding new telescopes and new detectors to existing instruments.