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06 Jun 2012

Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting: Innovative Approaches to Better Serve Youth and Young Adults

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Attendees will learn from presentations by JobsFirstNYC and the New York City Department of Education about new initiatives to better connect youth and young adults with an increasingly competitive labor market. Particular emphasis will be placed on...

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12 Jul 2012

Education Working Group Lunch: 2013 Reform Review Project

Thursday, July 12, 2012 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... 2 billion dollars in efforts to reshape New York City’s schools . While some foundations based outside the City have ... been invested heavily. Mayor Bloomberg’s control of the school system, gained early in...

13 Jun 2013

A Conversation with Robert C. Granger, President of the William T. Grant Foundation

Thursday, June 13, 2013 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... during his tenure to improve the quality of after- school programs. Representatives from a local and a national ... remarks, drawing connections to their own funding of after- school programs. The panelists...

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10 Mar 2014

The City Budget: Understanding a Vital Lifeline for New York’s Nonprofits

Monday, March 10, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York

... • David Birdsell (Moderator), Dean, Baruch College School of Public Affairs • Carol Kellermann, President, ... • Martha Stark, Distinguished Lecturer, Baruch College School of Public Affairs Designed for All...

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Michael Hirschhorn To Step Down From IHRFG

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08/07/2014

... He was an Assistant to the Chancellor of the NYC Public Schools and a Visiting Non-Profit Executive at Yale’s School of Management. He also serves as President of the ...

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Mark Abrahams Joins FJC as Chief Financial and Investment Officer

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08/19/2014

... for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the NYU Stern School of Business. Additionally, he also serves as an ... Administration degree in Finance from the NYU Stern School of Business. He holds a Bachelor’s...

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Cary A. Kravet Joins the Board of United Hospital Fund

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02/23/2015

... degree from Emory University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School . He also studied at the Wharton School of Business. He and his wife, Lisa, have two children. ...

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Health

Social Innovation Fund Awards $11.3 Million Grant to LISC to Expand Education, Career Services for Low-Income Individuals

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08/04/2015

... this persistent challenge. "Even among those with a high school education, many still lack skills beyond the level of middle school . We've found a way to help close this gap-and we are .....

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The Daphne Foundation Appoints Yvonne Moore to Its Board of Trustees

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04/28/2016

... and a MS in Nonprofit Management from the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy at the New School . She has completed post-graduate studies in democracy ...

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John A. Hartford Foundation’s Berman to be Honored, Give Commencement Address at Quinnipiac U.

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05/20/2016

... of Humane Letters from Quinnipiac University at the school 's Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 22. Ms. Berman ... also deliver a Commencement address to the undergraduate School of Nursing on the...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Health

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New Board President Selected to Lead the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

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07/11/2016

... of CUNY; the International Advisory Council of the Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative; and the Harvard Law School Venture Fund Advisory Group. In 2015, Ms. Butler Plum ...

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DeQuendre Neeley-Bertrand Joins the Schott Foundation as Communications Director

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02/22/2017

... by the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the National School Public Relations Association, the Association of ... is an educator, having taught courses at the high school and community college levels, and...

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New Study Supported by Simons Foundation Finds Math and Science are Kids' Favorite Subjects, But Parents Value Reading and Writing Skills More

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04/18/2017

... Writing Skills More Though more than half of parents with school -aged children say math or science is their child's ... and the Simons Foundation to catalyze outside- school math and science learning...

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Schott Welcomes Mark Paley and Roger Vann to the Board of Directors

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08/15/2017

... recognized network of groups working with out of school youth. His first position in Boston was with Boston ... he was the first black student to integrate his elementary school . Schott Welcomes Mark Paley and...

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

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10/23/2017

... 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 ...

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Boys and Girls Clubs Do Have to Change to Run Quality Arts Programs, Wallace Study Finds

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11/29/2017

... doesn’t constitute a top-notch art program. Many after- school providers would like to expand their arts activities ... goal is to offer high-quality arts experiences in after- school programs serving low-...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Invests $2.5M in Youth Initiatives for 2017

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12/14/2017

... , which aims to develop a racially just alternative school disciplinary model in partnership with the NYC ... of Education and the Mayor’s Leadership Team on School Climate and Discipline... Brooklyn Community...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds New Research on the Energy and Environmental Implications of the Digital Economy

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04/18/2018

... Energy & the Environment at UC Berkeley and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies , has received a ... Environment at UC Berkeley, and Reid Lifset from the Yale School of Forestry and...

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Environment and Climate Change

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New Study, Supported By The Jewish Foundation for Education of Women, Finds College Brings Significant Benefits to Single Mothers and Society

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06/06/2018

... to live in poverty than single mothers with only high school , with AAs also bringing big benefits, according to ... over their lifetimes than had they only completed high school . Single mothers' own...

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