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Time to Change How We Think About Early Education, International Study Finds

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10/09/2018

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Westchester Community Foundation Awards Grants for Workforce Development

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05/28/2020

Westchester Community Foundation Awards Grants for Workforce Development Westchester Community College will work with its ... Laura Rossi, executive director of Westchester Community Foundation ...

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Jacqueline Jones Named President of Foundation for Child Development

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07/01/2014

Jacqueline Jones Named President of Foundation for Child Development Jacqueline Jones, a national leader in the ... early learning, has been named president of the Foundation for Child ...

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Public-Private Partnership With Ford, Surdna, Niarchos, Bloomberg, Mellon, and Rockefeller Award Placemaking Grants Totaling $11 Million

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12/09/2016

Public-Private Partnership With Ford , Surdna, Niarchos, Bloomberg, Mellon, and Rockefeller ... as a core sector of comprehensive community planning and development , has announced grants totaling $11 million to...

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How Foundations Can Support Nonprofit Leadership Development

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03/02/2018

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Ford Foundation announces five-year, $25 million grant to women-led global worker networks calling for a just economic recovery for the world’s 2.1 billion informal workers

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11/16/2021

Ford Foundation announces five-year, $25 million grant to ... 2.1 billion informal workers NEW YORK – Today, the Ford Foundation announced a five-year, US$25 million grant to...

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Ford-funded Study Points to Potential Security Weakness in Online Voting Registration Systems

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09/06/2017

Ford -funded Study Points to Potential Security Weakness in ... suggest that the government didn't invest enough money or resources into security," Yoo said. "But it's just the nature ... This...

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28 Jan 2013

Unlikely Partners Leveraging Private Schools as Resources for Expanding Learning Opportunities for Public School Students

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8:00am to 10:30am

... in NYC and youth-serving organizations that leverage the resources of private schools to expand learning time for ... with Philanthropy New York and sponsored by The Wallace Foundation , Altman ...

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Google to Invest more than $1 Billion in Digital Literacy, Workforce Development

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10/13/2017

... Invest more than $1 Billion in Digital Literacy, Workforce Development Google announced new online tools and more than ... to help close the education gap, prepare people for the changing of work and ensure...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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17 Jul 2014

Pulitzer Winner Barton Gellman on Philanthropy’s Role in Better Balancing Competing Demands on Civil Liberties and National Security

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2:45pm to 5:00pm

... U.S. From the swift enactment of the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and creation of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, ... the rule of the law. Explore How philanthropy can play a role in balancing civil rights...

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Ford and #ReasonsforHope Foundations Want You To Know They Make A Difference—Not Just Write Checks

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08/10/2016

Ford and #ReasonsforHope Foundations Want You To Know They ... happening in our country." It all started with Ford Foundation CEO Darren Walker, who was attending the international...

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$4 Million From Ford, Mellon, and Alice Walton Fund Goes to Promote Diversity on Museum Boards

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01/15/2019

$4 Million From Ford , Mellon, and Alice Walton Fund Goes to Promote Diversity ... a push to make museums more accessible and inclusive. The Ford , Andrew W. Mellon, and Alice L. Walton foundations ... institutions...

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26 Jan 2013

CEO Workshop: Transforming Your Role and Impact in the Foundation and Community

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7:30am to 5:00pm

... session, to be held in conjunction with the Council on Foundation 's 2013 Family Philanthropy Conference , is designed for the community of family foundation CEOs who are eager for new knowledge and skills...

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RE.invest Initiative to Partner With Eight Cities to Develop Resilient Stormwater Systems

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05/29/2013

The Rockefeller Foundation -funded initiative is a two-year effort to help ... two-year initiative, which is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation , will help cities rethink the way they design, ... finance urban...

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Can Feedback Fuel Change at Foundations?

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05/2011

When foundations make a commitment to getting consistent feedback from their grantees that is candid and comparative, they can make substantive changes that result in different—and better—grantee experiences. Foundations that use the Grantee Perception Report (GPR) more than once are making changes that are benefiting the organizations they fund. In addition to describing the data, the report identifies four keys to driving change as a result of the GPR, based on CEP’s experience delivering results to some 200 foundations.

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Study Reveals The Hidden Lives of America’s Poor and Middle Class (Citi and Ford Foundations)

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01/06/2016

... Lives of America’s Poor and Middle Class (Citi and Ford Foundations) It hardly bears repeating that there has ... households for a full year (with funding from the Citi Foundation , Ford...

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Century Foundation Releases Report on Finding Common Ground on International Tax Reform

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11/17/2016

Century Foundation Releases Report on Finding Common Ground on International Tax Reform Democrats and Republicans alike ... tax conference featuring Rep. Sandy Levin... Century Foundation...

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International Critical Theory Consortium Launches With Mellon Foundation Help

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02/02/2017

International Critical Theory Consortium Launches With Mellon Foundation Help The consortium, a special project of the ... three-and-a half-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation . A...

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Open Society Foundations Supports International Online Journalism Event

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02/24/2016

Open Society Foundation Supports International Online Journalism Event The Knight Center ... for Journalism has released its program for the 17th International Symposium on Online Journalism (...

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