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2017 Macy Faculty Scholars Named

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06/27/2017

... themes spanning quality improvement, interprofessional education and practice, health equity and health systems ... Scholars are paving the way for health professions education reform and we look forward to...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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Holly J. Humphrey, MD, MACP, Named President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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05/17/2018

... Foundation Holly J. Humphrey, MD, MACP, Dean for Medical Education at the University of Chicago, has been selected as ... national philanthropy solely dedicated to improving the education of health...

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Eugene M. Tobin to Retire from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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07/31/2019

... Eugene M. Tobin, senior program officer for Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities, will retire from ... initiative for institutions that provide a liberal arts education to incarcerated Americans...

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Carolina Espinal Elected Schott Foundation Board Chair

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07/13/2020

... Foundation Board Chair The Schott Foundation for Public Education board of directors has elected Carolina Espinal as ... other leading nonprofit organizations on issues including education , financial literacy...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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JPB Foundation Vice President Donna Lawrence to Become President/CEO of I Have A Dream Foundation

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06/18/2014

... with a guarantee of financial support for post-secondary education for those who graduate from high school. IHDF is at ...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Announces the 2022 Class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows

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04/26/2022

... the field, and the scholar’s plans for communicating the findings to a broad audience. “In recent years, as we have ... for Advanced Study, has been sworn in as minister of education , culture, and science of...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Health

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Peterson: With Primaries Near, Majority Of Voters Want Leaders To Focus On Fiscal Future

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01/26/2016

... will get better or worse in the next few years. The survey results from these three areas are weighted equally ... A reading below 100 indicates negative sentiment. Full survey results on PGPF website...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Action Plan Released to Conserve One of Africa’s Richest Sites for Biodiversity with Support from the Arcus Foundation

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02/14/2018

A team of scientists led by WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) has developed a conservation blueprint to protect one of the most biodiverse regions in Africa: the Albertine Rift, home to mountain and Grauer’s gorillas, golden monkeys, chimpanzees,...

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Animal Welfare

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09 Oct 2012

Service for Impact Working Group Breakfast

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 -

9:00am to 10:30pm

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

... Volunteerism” attendees left with specific ways that funders could help nonprofits meet their goals through ...

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Doris Duke Launches Land Trust Climate Initiative

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01/24/2017

... fled from its changing habitat? Large green groups and funders are lumbering beasts themselves, though, so change ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation Expands Access to Electricity in India

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11/15/2017

The Rockefeller Foundation aims to connect these underserved citizens to sustainable energy sources through their Smart Power For Rural Development initiative.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Moving to An Earned Knowledge Model of Philanthropy

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03/24/2020

... trip came to the South with years if not decades of higher education , social circles including the most distinguished ...

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The Three Vs for Voter Engagement: Validators, Volunteers and Visibility

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08/26/2022

... grantees garnered 79 million impressions with their voter education ads. This year, as New Yorkers faced new districts, ... sites changed, the need for nonpartisan accurate voter education remains significant...

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Carnegie Corporation Awards $10 Million to Four School Districts

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10/02/2013

... districts (including the New York City Department of Education ) design and open new high schools that support ... vice-president, National Program, and director of urban education at Carnegie Corporation. “By...

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Focus on What Works in NYC Schools

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01/06/2014

... has a proven, serious track record in her approach to education reform. She knows the importance of cutting through the ideological clutter that so often surrounds education debates, and focusing on proven...

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Alison Bernstein, Longtime Ford Foundation Official, Dies at 69

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07/12/2016

... managing other grant makers for the organization’s Education , Creativity and Free Expression Program (which is ...

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How to Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Girls of Color

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01/12/2017

... to the most recent data released by the US Department of Education , Black girls were suspended six times more than ...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Justice Reform

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William T. Grant Foundation Supports Research on How Social Context Shapes School Choice for Inner-City Students

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02/10/2017

High school choice policies attempt to improve the educational outcomes of poor and minority students by allowing access to high schools beyond neighborhood boundaries.

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Teach For America New York Executive Director Charissa Fernández On This Year’s Corps, DACA And Teacher Training

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09/21/2017

... Teach for America may be one of the most well-known education nonprofits. The national group recruits new ...

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