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Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals

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09/08/2014

Students and teachers are always being evaluated, but the principals that lead them should also be scrutinized. The Wallace Foundation has earmarked $75 million to create programs to recruit and train stronger principals.

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Ford Foundation Partners with Mozilla to Draw Young Engineers into Nonprofit Sector

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09/30/2014

Ford Foundation is partnering with Mozilla to create a fellowship program so young engineers can affect tech policy.

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Ford Foundation Works to Promote Government Action on Income Equality

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11/18/2014

... The Ford Foundation sought to create a message that would build public support for government action to close the ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Leverages Federal Spending for Disaster Relief

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12/04/2014

Rockefeller Foundation has been a key player in preparing NYC for weather disasters.

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JPMorgan CEO's $100 Million Plan to Turn Detroit Around

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02/18/2015

CEO Jamie Dimon was featured on CBS News to discuss the organization's $100 million, five-year commitment to Detroit.

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MasterCard Foundation Initiative to Bring Economic Opportunities to Rural East Africa

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03/17/2015

The five-year, $25.9 million partnership with TechnoServe will provide jobs and training for 48,000 young people in Rwanda, Kenya Tanzania and Uganda.

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Rita Allen Foundation Wants to Solve the Problem of 'Reader Alienation'

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04/03/2015

... technology and media organizations to "support new work to build civic literacy and engagement...." Rita Allen .....

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New York Life Foundation Backs Pilot Program for Future Entrepreneurs

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04/20/2015

... Starting in seventh grade, students will begin to build their applied technology skills, while as ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Rockefeller Foundation Commits $64 Million to 100 Resilient Cities

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07/29/2015

The foundation's latest commitment brings its total support for RC100 to $164 million.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Ford Statement on Importance of Arts Amidst Pressing Poverty

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08/18/2015

According to Darren Walker, Ford Foundation President, arts funding is critical to advancing social justice.

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Arts

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million to 11 Arts Organizations

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09/03/2015

... from DDCF while five are receiving Phase II support to build and expand upon previously funded projects. Each grant ...

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The Nation Asks if Child Protective Services Has Gone Too Far

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10/05/2015

A debate sparked by the free-range parenting movement has drawn attention to the threats and intrusions poor, minority families have long endured.

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Attempts Murdoch Ouster at News Corp. Annual Meeting

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10/16/2015

Laura Shaffer Campos, of the Nathan Cummings Foundation, failed to lead a shareholder revolt to diminish the Murdoch family's control on News Corp.

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Communications/Media

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Prevails in Property Demolition

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10/19/2015

The Hillsborough Township's (NJ) Historic Preservation Commission has approved the Duke Foundation's application to demolish the former home of heiress Doris Duke.

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American Express Puts Nonprofit Leadership Programs Online

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10/29/2015

Seeking to improve the leadership skills at nonprofits around the world, the American Express Foundation is starting an ambitious new digital effort to train aspiring charity executives.

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