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Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare Passes Halfway Mark to Prepare 1,000 Faculty and Clinical Leaders by 2020

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02/05/2014

... The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, the nation ’s leading philanthropic funder of graduate nursing ...

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Veterans

New Gifts Offer Clues on Bloomberg’s Philanthropic Direction

Release Date:

02/27/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies' annual letter and its recent grants - including a $10 million initiative to prevent child drowning deaths in Bangladesh - indicate where the former mayor's philanthropic efforts will focus next, reports The Chronicle of...

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After-School All-Stars Receives $4 Million Grant From New York Life Foundation

Release Date:

03/08/2014

After-School All-Stars has received a $4 million grant from the New York Life Foundation to expand its services in six U.S. cities, reports Philanthropy News Digest.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science

Release Date:

03/15/2014

... Last April, President Obama assembled some of the nation ’s most august scientific dignitaries in the East ...

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Science

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The Simons Foundation

Using Outsourcing To Help Alleviate Poverty In Africa and South Asia

Release Date:

06/19/2014

A small number of companies, nonprofits and foundations–including The Rockefeller Foundation--want to see if the rapidly growing global supply chains that process data and operate call centers can be deployed to help alleviate poverty in Africa and...

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Sloan Foundation Aims To Increase Native Americans In Advanced Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Studies

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06/23/2014

Four universities will share $2.4 million from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in a three-year, collaboration to increase the number of indigenous Americans obtaining advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math.

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Laura Packer Named Executive Director of Howard Gilman Foundation

Release Date:

07/07/2014

Laura Packer has been named executive director of the Howard Gilman Foundation, effective July 22.

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Pennsylvania College Consortium Created With $800,000 From Mellon Foundation

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07/03/2014

Ten liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania will use an $800,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a new consortium designed to help them save money and improve academic programs by collaborating across campuses.

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Rockefeller, Surdna Grantees Named "Champions of Change"

Release Date:

07/22/2014

Two individuals with organizations supported by both the Rockefeller Foundation and the Surdna Foundation were named Tuesday by the White House as "Champions of Change" for their efforts to ensure that no American working 40 hours a week should have...

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Surdna Foundation

Ford Is Among Funders Exploring How To Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting

Release Date:

08/28/2014

The Ford Foundation is among national and local funders exploring how to respond to social justice issues that have surfaced since the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., and the police response to the protests that...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Among Backers of Education Post News Site

Release Date:

09/01/2014

With the backing of several leading foundations, Education Post, a new nonprofit group, will encourage respectful and fact-based dialogue on public education.