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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs the National Dance Project

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04/13/2015

... Dance Project in 1996 to encourage the creation of new dance work to share with audiences in communities ...

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D.C. Schools Attracted Record Amounts of Philanthropy in Recent Years

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08/27/2015

... according to an analysis by two professors at Michigan State University of grants by the 15 largest philanthropies ... charter schools or to organizations, including the New Schools Venture Fund, that support...

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The Century Foundation Examines Russia's Syrian Conflict Strategy

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09/24/2015

... 28, on the heels of a shrewdly publicized deployment of new Russian troops and military equipment to Syria. ...

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Immigration

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Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality

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11/09/2015

... Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality Under a new strategy announced today, the Ford Foundation will double ...

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Ms. Foundation CEO Puts Spotlight on Needs of Women and Girls

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02/05/2016

... was organized by NewMexicoWomen.Org, a program of the New Mexico Community Foundation designed to address issues affecting the state ’s women and girls. . . Ms. Foundation CEO Puts ...

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Gender Justice

Schools Are Finally Starting To Embrace Integration as a Method Of Closing The Achievement Gap (Century Foundation)

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02/11/2016

... a proven educational innovation: school integration. A new report from The Century Foundation, a progressive think ...

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Ford Foundation Names Kathy Reich as Director for Effort to Strengthen Institutions and Networks

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04/29/2016

... The Ford Foundation named Kathy Reich as director of a new foundation initiative to help strengthen institutions and ...

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Anthony Bourdain and Rockefeller Foundation Partner On Food Waste Documentary

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11/01/2016

... he takes on the issue of food waste around the world in a new documentary. "Wasted! The Story of Food Waste" will be .....

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Food Systems

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Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive

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02/28/2017

... a national effort established to examine the current state of U.S. language education, to project what the ... English: cognitive benefits, important habits of mind, and new and valuable perspectives on the...

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The Henry Luce Foundation

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Soros Hits Back at Hungary’s PM for Attempting to Shutter a Soros-Founded School

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06/01/2017

... billionaire accused Orban of building a “mafia state ” in Hungary. In doing so, he reached for a term that ... of law across the region. Orban’s Fidesz party passed new legislation in April that threatens its...

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Reading, Math Disparities Persist At Capital Region Schools

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08/29/2017

... in Albany, where 42 percent of white students passed the state 's 2017 English language arts exam compared to 27 ... percent of black students. The achievement gap is nothing new . Nationwide, numerous...

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Opinion: Small Charities Should Lead by Example in Paid Parental Leave

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08/29/2017

... of Challah for Hunger, a Philadelphia nonprofit, and my new role as mother. This was because our organization has a ...

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Wellcome Trust and the Simons Foundation Fund Researchers Uniting to Create International Brain Lab

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09/19/2017

... way that physicists team up in mega-projects to hunt for new particles. The International Brain Lab (IBL), launched ...

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A Think Tank To Benefit Farm Animals

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09/27/2017

... They take advantage of taxpayer-funded research at state universities. Prison inmates raise cattle in Kentucky, ... all these policies, and what, if any, are the benefits? A new nonprofit organization called...

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Food Systems

Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding

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10/05/2017

... activists have launched a recall campaign against the new mayor of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, a suburb of some 25,000 ... and to expand first responder services. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that a group...

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ArtNet News Details Joan Mitchell Foundation 2017 Grant Recipients

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11/15/2017

... made eligible to apply for the Joan Mitchell residency in New Orleans. This year’s 25 recipients are a diverse bunch, ...

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Simons Foundation-Funded Research Reveals That Bacteria in Giant Aquarium Mirror Natural Ocean Microbes

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11/07/2018

... break down nitrogen compounds at aquariums, and the new study shows that some bacterial communities there emulate ...

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