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The position, which Dinshaw will start February 14, supports efforts to shape and direct funding for higher education, specifically in the humanities and liberal arts.

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The Whiting Foundation Announces New Grants for Public Humanities Projects Expanding Our Understanding of History and Culture

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05/25/2022

11 wide-ranging projects showcase partnerships among scholars, nonprofits, and citizens across the US and beyond

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Is Bail Reform Causing an Increase in Crime? - New Research & Policy Report from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Releases

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01/20/2023

As jurisdictions throughout the U.S. consider reducing or eliminating the use of pretrial detention and cash bail, this report examines whether crime has increased in places that have implemented bail reforms since 2017.

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Citi Foundation Helps NYC Nonprofits & Cornell University Prepare Underserved Youth for Foodservice, Customer Service, & Hospitality Jobs

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07/27/2017

The nonprofit STRIVE New York has broadened its impact on urban youth unemployment by partnering with eCornell and local city organizations to launch Serve UP Harlem, an initiative to prepare 18- to 24-year-olds for career paths in food service,...

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Wallace Foundation: New Report Sheds Light on How Effective Nonprofits Expand Their Reach Through Partnerships

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09/19/2017

... While nonprofits see growing interest among private foundations and government agencies in scaling up successful ...

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Ford Foundation Building Listed As One Of The 100 Most Important Buildings of the 20th Century

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10/11/2017

Pritzker Prize–winning architect Thom Mayne made it his mission to compile the definitive list, which includes the Ford Foundation, with input from Zaha Hadid, Richard Meier, and others.

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Blue Meridian Partners Profiled in New York Times

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10/16/2017

Philanthropists turn to Blue Meridian Partners, a philanthropic fund created by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, to channel their donations into fighting childhood poverty.

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The Century Foundation Has Obtained New Data Showing 99 Percent of Student Fraud Claims Concern For-Profit Colleges

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11/13/2017

The Century Foundation (TCF) has obtained new data from the U.S. Department of Education about nearly 100,000 “borrower defense claims”—applications for loan relief from students who maintain that they have been defrauded or misled by federally...

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The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Provided Critical Funding to Voting Block, a New Jersey Collaborative Reporting Effort

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02/08/2018

At a time when news organizations are losing staff at alarming rates and perceived negatively by 43 percent of Americans, collaborative reporting models rooted in engagement, like Voting Block, are a way for newsrooms to help expand their reporting...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gifts Landmark Grant to Stimulate Greece’s Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in the Agricultural Sector

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05/24/2018

The three-year project is spearheaded by Rutgers University¬–New Brunswick in partnership with the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA) and American Farm School (AFS).

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Simons Foundation's Quanta Magazine Celebrates Five Years of Public Service Science Journalism

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07/17/2018

In an uncertain time in the media business, Quanta Magazine has flourished as a source of deeply reported, well-crafted articles about the cutting edge of scientific and mathematical understanding.

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Dear Colleges: Take Control of Your Online Courses - New Report by The Century Foundation

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09/12/2019

As public and nonprofit colleges have sought to expand their online course offerings, a major industry has developed to help them with that task.

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CEP Study, Commissioned by Mid-Hudson Valley Nonprofits & the Dyson Foundation, Paints Stark Picture for Valley Nonprofits

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04/27/2020

... commissioned by several Hudson Valley-based philanthropic foundations including the Dyson Foundation, Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley, Community Foundation of ... Westchester and Putnam. These and...

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New York Foundation Releases: What Happens When Communities Organize Through a Crisis?

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06/17/2020

The stories shared in this new visual report illustrate the ways community members are caring for one another while also using strategies that engage and activate people to win a more just and equitable city. By securing collective well-being, these...

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Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, CEO of Edwin Gould Foundation, Announced in New Class of Leaders for Pahara-Aspen Fellowship

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01/22/2020

he Pahara Institute, together with the Aspen Institute, announced today the Spring 2020 cohort of the highly selective Pahara-Aspen Education Fellowship. These 24 individuals join the Pahara community of leaders, which is designed to support and...

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Markle Foundation and Microsoft Partner to Accelerate a Skills-Based Labor Market for the Digital Economy

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06/29/2017

With $25.8 million grant, Microsoft Philanthropies joins forces with Markle to enable American workers to connect with businesses facing a shortage of skilled labor in an era marked by technology disruption.

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Arcus Foundation's Support of Mighty Earth Has Major Impact on a Destructive Cacao Industry

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03/29/2018

In 2017, Arcus allocated $350,000 to support Mighty Earth’s work to stop deforestation connected to commercial agriculture, including cacao. This grant, while not huge, has already had outsized impact.

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In Partnership with the Ford Foundation, Coalition of 18 Financial Institutions Commits to Measurable Plan to Improve Economic and Racial Equity

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05/18/2021

Four new commitments to improve economic and racial equity in the financial services industry and the economy at large have been announced.

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Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art Awards More Than $1.7 Million to Fight Bias Against Muslims

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03/30/2017

It is readily apparent that the need for such work is more urgent than ever before: A February 2017 report from the Southern Poverty Law Center cites a 197 percent surge in anti-Muslim hate groups in 2016.

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