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Support from MasterCard Facilitates Launch of the Global Girls Entrepreneurship Project

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03/25/2015

... The Global Girls Entrepreneurship Project is a new NFTE initiative which offers dedicated programming, specifically designed for young women in high school . Through the program, girls will have access to...

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Technical Assistance and Strong Relationships: Key to Quality Capacity Building

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09/15/2014

... blog. The Robert Bowne Foundation has supported out-of- school time (OST) literacy programs since 1968 and will close ... to realize that potential. These organizations needed: leadership that supported staff...

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If You Want to Go Further – Invest in Advocacy

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03/20/2017

... by the fact that forty percent of New Yorkers have a high school diploma or less [1] . This isn’t a small problem ... changing skill requirements and variety of specific human resources needs. This paid off:...

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How Can Philanthropy Elevate Entrepreneurialism Through Crisis?

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07/22/2020

... shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), including critical N95 respirator masks, I made a promise to fill the ... ways to actualize the PPE effort: Existing expertise: Leadership experience in...

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Grace Farms Foundation

How One Foundation Became The First (Trust-Based) Follower

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01/06/2021

... community and staff. Our role as funders is to provide resources to nonprofits and let them decide how those funds ... holistically at companies—and made assessments based on leadership , the management team,...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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13 Jan 2010

Opening a Second Front Against the Dropout Epidemic

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7:30am to 11:00am

... Every year, 1.2 million students drop out of high school . Nationwide the typical freshman class shrinks 40% ... for adolescents -- targeting youth who have already quit school , or at-risk middle schoolers...

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Mellon Foundation Appoints Farah Jasmine Griffin and Clint Smith as 2021 Fellows in Residence

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07/26/2021

... and writing as well as advise on programs, convenings, and conversations in collaboration with Foundation leadership and ... Black American History . Previously, Smith taught high school...

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PNY Announces New Racial Equity Working Group

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12/02/2021

... and other practice shifts in service to equity. It is critical that all members have a basic understanding of ... for submission of applications February 15, 2022: Conversations with every applicant during the...

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Toward a New Gospel of Wealth

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10/01/2015

... reverberates loud and clear—and I deeply admire the leadership and example of philanthropists and foundations ... First of all, no one in philanthropy has the independent resources to solve our collective...

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Lauren Hadi Joins the Schott Foundation as Senior Vice President of Advancement

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12/16/2020

... work with our philanthropic partners to channel more resources to the education justice movement and our ... and access. She worked on the College Board’s public school projects to promote college readiness...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Changing the Debate on Education Policy

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06/07/2012

... effective programs and direct services are important, even critical , but long-term, sustained change requires public ... across all four speakers was the need for equity in school finance and the importance of...

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Sharing What Matters: Foundation Transparency

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03/2016

The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) examined the perspectives of foundation CEOs and learned that there is much agreement on the audiences for their transparency efforts. Foundation CEOs also agree about what they believe is the most important information to share with those audiences.However, foundation practice lags behind CEOs’ beliefs.

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces $3 Million in New Funding for Data Science Platform Global.health To Strengthen Pathogen Surveillance and Response

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11/01/2022

... investors, businesses, and governments to combine their resources to scale funding solutions and bring about ... at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School , C o- F ounders of Global.health,...

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Kristen Woolf joins EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation as Vice President of Programs

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03/20/2019

... eighteen years of developing optimal ways to channel resources to where they matter most, with a strong focus on ... people. Prior to EMpower, Kristen held several senior leadership positions, overseeing...

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With Support From the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Cleveland Museum of Art Announces Establishment of Center for Chinese Paintings Conservation

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07/25/2018

... Museum of Art. “While these superb works occupy a critical place in Chinese art history, they also represent a ... the Cleveland Museum of Art establishes its role as a critical node in this professional...

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Connecticut Seventh-Grader Wins SIFMA Foundation’s National InvestWrite ® Essay Competition

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04/26/2019

... participants write individual essays to reflect their critical thinking, analysis and creative talents. Since ... the company’s assets. Brian Kalwat highlighted the leadership of Walt Disney. Kalwat indicated...

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SIFMA Foundation

Spend Out vs. Perpetuity: Raising the Question

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08/05/2009

... decision to spend out by family foundations. If my private conversations with executive directors and foundation board ... chooses to spend out, there are helpful individuals and resources at the ready. The...

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Pinkerton Honors a ‘New York Treasure,' Sister Paulette LoMonaco

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12/17/2019

... Sister Paulette LoMonaco and her 50 years of extraordinary leadership in service to the children and families of New ... capital grant for Good Shepherd’s South Brooklyn High School –an innovative transfer...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Among Funders Backing Environmental Leaders from Diverse Backgrounds

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11/30/2017

... the climate work of the Chorus Foundation, and a growing initiative at the Democracy Alliance, to name a few. The ... years to grad students in the Pacific Northwest pursuing leadership positions in the...

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