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Health

The Other 95 Percent: How Foundations Can Give All They’ve Got

Release Date:

05/09/2016

... face it - climate change is the greatest challenge of our time , fossil fuels are the primary driver of climate change, ... change. Stephen Heinz sparked an exciting new idea in this framework – foundations...

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The Educational Foundation of America

A New Guide Helps Foundations Become More Transparent

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04/2014

... an arm of the Foundation Center, which provides resources to grant makers. The guide offers concrete steps on ...

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Evaluation

TRANSformational Impact: U.S. Foundation Funding for Trans Communities

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02/2015

... its record high of $8.3 million in 2013, the philanthropic resources provided hardly seem commensurate with the severe ...

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Report

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DDCF Creates Doris Duke Physician Scientist Fellowship

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03/12/2019

... number of respondents expressed that increased protected time for research and financial support for an additional ... expert panel of scientists. Each selected fellow will work under the supervision of a...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Doris Duke Foundation

15 Apr 2015

NYCHA Goes Green: Urban Ag & Workforce Development

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... city-wide Building Healthy Communities Initiative rolling out of the Mayor’s Office, the New York City Housing ... developed by Green City Force. Come hear about this dynamic partnership aimed at addressing...

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Food Systems

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Wiliam T. Grant Foundation Announces Institutional Challenge Grant to Support Research-Practice Partnerships

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04/06/2017

... to build the capacity of researchers to produce relevant work and the capacity of agency and nonprofit partners to use ... obstacles that inhibit partnerships, including limited resources and capacity, as well...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

NYCT Awards Grants Totaling $9.1 Million

Release Date:

06/15/2015

... Youth Foundation, which was awarded $75,000 to help middle school students use technology to improve math skills in ...

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The New York Community Trust

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18 Dec 2012

Philanthropy's Response to Sandy: News on Housing, Aging, Health, Youth and Long-Term Infrastructure and Environmental Planning

Tuesday, December 18, 2012 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

... areas, such as housing, care for aging populations, youth programs , healthcare and long-term infrastructure and ... the speakers for this call, but we wanted to get the date out to you as soon as possible with...

Georgetown University President, Vice-Chancellor of St Andrews (Scotland) and Former President of Portugal, Join Carnegie Corporation Board of Trustees

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01/01/2013

... promoting the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding . As one of America’s most respected ... English-speaking world. She is a renowned scholar whose work focuses on international terrorist...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Philanthropy New York's Listserv Policy

... When using an Auto Reply message for times you are out of the office, please be sure to "Create a Rule" (this is easily done with Microsoft Outlook’s Out of Office Assistant) that would prohibit...

New Commonwealth Fund Survey Sheds Light on Seniors' Opinions of Their Health Care System

Release Date:

02/08/2018

... seniors reported the lowest satisfaction with the overall quality of the health care they received. Despite ... for Health Information (CIHI), shows that only 2 out of 3 Canadian seniors (67%) were satisfied...

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PNY Makes Public Video from Session on Digital Badges

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06/12/2014

View the livestream recording and PowerPoint Presentations from the program Expanding Education, Youth Development, and Workforce Opportunities Through Digital Badges.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Technology

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Century Foundation Study Finds Socioeconomic Integration Helps Narrow Achievement Gaps

Release Date:

10/19/2016

... Socioeconomic Integration Helps Narrow Achievement Gaps School districts and charter schools across the country ... the Century Foundation finds. According to the report, " School Integration in Practice...

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William T. Grant Foundation President Discusses Inequality In English Language Education

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10/26/2017

... increased in all but 15 states since 2004. When the 2014 school year began, at least 10 percent of K-12 students in ... to the National Center for Education Statistics.The programs available to these students...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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What Is Effective Philanthropy?

Release Date:

06/05/2019

... level, our grants have to enable grantees to do their work . In a larger sense, our grants need to contribute to a ... Creating the connective tissue between grantee work and this wider world is part of the...

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Siegel Family Endowment

UJA-Federation of NY CEO Gives Tips on Teaching Youth about the Holocaust

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05/04/2016

... Holocaust insensitivity will not be ignored. The Princeton school system, where the teens go to school , has expressed a commitment to work more actively with its student body to prevent...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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JPMorgan Chase Announces $20M for New Skills for Youth Initiative

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01/11/2017

... New Skills for Youth Initiative The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. today ... increase the number of students who graduate from high school prepared for careers...

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Useful Skills for Grantmakers

Publication date:

06/2012

There isn't one single college major or job experience that will fully prepare you for a career in grantmaking.

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Job Seekers

Simons Foundation Funded Research Finds That Neural ‘Tug-Of-War’ May Explain Fragile X Learning Issues

Release Date:

01/24/2018

... which appears in PLOS Biology . “We now have a better understanding of a cognitive deficit that is characteristic ... memory or recollecting information from memory. This dynamic is one of the keys to better...

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