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NoVo Foundation Looks to Girls As Change Agents

Release Date:

07/10/2015

... the country they are more likely to be suspended from school or become involved with the criminal justice system. Furthermore, even when they perform well in school , education simply does not pay the same...

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Arcus Director Examines the Story Behind LGBT History Month

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09/04/2015

... In January 1994, a suburban St. Louis high school history teacher, Rodney Wilson, suggested that LGBT ... But which month? Pride Month, June, would not work because school was out, and other months were spoken...

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Hartford and Atlantic Funded Study Finds Four in Ten Older Adults Have Trouble Managing Health Needs

Release Date:

10/14/2015

... care are too much to handle, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests. The findings ... of Health Policy and Management at the Bloomberg School . . . Hartford and Atlantic Funded...

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Rockefeller Foundation Funds Tickets for Students to See 'Hamilton'

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10/28/2015

... and philanthropists are hoping it will excite high school students as well. The Rockefeller Foundation and ...

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Casey Family Programs Contributes to Initiative in Three Cities to Beat Youth Homelessness This Year

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08/11/2016

... This Year For most kids, the end of summer means back-to- school shopping and hanging up swimsuits in exchange for new ... to find a stable place to live before the start of another school year. According to...

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A Golf Center Grows in Harlem

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... competing against the top player from the Bronx High School of Science, one of the city’s best teams. As his ... Mosholu Golf Course in the Bronx, toward the end of the school year last May. Everyone fell...

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Child-Welfare Agency Gets Props for New Approach to Helping Families Navigate Challenges

Release Date:

09/20/2017

... past weekend to remove a young boy who reportedly told school officials on Staten Island that his mother beat him ... agency was called into the controversial dispute involving school officials and parents who...

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The Prudential Foundation Honors Teen for Efforts to End Gun Violence

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05/01/2018

... along with a personal award of $5,000, a trophy for his school and a $5,000 grant from The Prudential Foundation for ... he said by phone Monday evening. The Warren Central High School senior organized We LIVE...

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A Sense of Urgency: Promoting Child and Family Well-being for Homeless Families

Release Date:

05/30/2018

... jobs and schools; creates stigma; creates barriers to school stability and educational success; impedes access to ... and career preparedness. In fact, 53% of NYC public school students living in shelter...

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Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’s Board of Trustees

Release Date:

06/06/2018

... on June 5, 2018, that Heather Gerken, Dean of Yale Law School , has been elected to its Board of Trustees. “Heather ... law and election law. A founder of the “nationalist school of federalism,” her work...

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New Grant from Mellon Foundation Launches Boston Classical Music Initiative

Release Date:

09/27/2018

... fund the musical education of middle- and high- school -age classical musicians from historically ... Bogers , the dean and director of the NEC Preparatory School , serves on the BEAM initiative’s steering ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation is a Proud Supporter of the Special Olympics

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10/29/2018

... by SNF aims to increase the impact of Special Olympics’ school -based inclusive sports and education programming in ...

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Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $100 Million to Help Increase Number of Black Doctors in the U.S.

Release Date:

09/03/2020

... College, Howard University College of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Charles R. Drew University of ... from completing their degrees or by forcing Black medical school graduates to pick...

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Some Measure of Leadership

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04/23/2009

... business executives will volunteer their time and company resources to nonprofit executives; and (3) seek substantial ...

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Relinquishing Purse Strings: Orlando Bagwell Leaves Ford Foundation’s JustFilms

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02/15/2013

... again. As a substitute teacher in Boston during the 1970s school -busing crisis there, Orlando Bagwell was attacked by a ...

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The Role of Philanthropy and Advocacy in Healthcare Reform Implementation

Release Date:

02/21/2013

... York, New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, and Duke University’s Center for ...

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New York Life Foundation Awards $1 Million to Comfort Zone Camp

Release Date:

07/13/2013

... success strategy and goal of helping reduce the high school dropout rate by half in the next five years... New ...

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William T. Grant Foundation Awards $1.7 Million for Research to Benefit Youth

Release Date:

08/03/2013

The seven grants totaling nearly $1.7 million are in support of researchers and organizations working to understand and improve the environments in which youth spend their time.