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Research to Prevent Blindness Expands Career Development Award

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06/24/2020

Research to Prevent Blindness Expands Career Development ... biomedical inflation, which increases costs for the resources needed to perform research . RPB is also increasing the number of CDA...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

05 Oct 2012

New Adolescent Brain Research and its Implications for Services

Friday, October 5, 2012 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Webinar

... is appropriate. Explore An overview of what recent research says about adolescent brain development and the ... Madelyn Freundlich , Author, The Adolescent Brain—New Research and Its Implications for Young...

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Studies Impact of Volunteerism

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03/06/2015

... low cost option for schools, according to the results of a study by MDRC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education and social policy research firm. The yearlong randomized control trial ...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Amazon Will Adopt a ‘Rooney Rule’ to Increase Board Diversity After Its Initial Opposition Sparked Employee Outrage

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05/15/2018

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MetLife Foundation to Support Financial Education in Rural China

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07/20/2015

MetLife Foundation to Support Financial Education in Rural China The MetLife Foundation has ... through banks, mobile vans, and rural service centers, the initiative aims to expand access to financial services for...

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MetLife

Here Are Mellon's Goals for Liberal Arts Education

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09/13/2016

Here Are Mellon's Goals for Liberal Arts Education Readers of IP's higher education vertical know we've devoted a lot of ink to the ... 21st century... Here Are Mellon's Goals for Liberal Arts...

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Mellon Foundation

Deutsche Bank, Newman's Own, MetLife, Fortitude Fund, and FB Heron Foundation among list of Funders Supporting the Nonprofit Investing Directly in Poor Families

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01/26/2018

... Fortitude Fund, and FB Heron Foundation among list of Funders Supporting the Nonprofit Investing Directly in Poor ... that’s a key pitch of the Family Independence Initiative (FII). And funders...

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Fortitude Fund

Newman's Own Foundation

A Big Move to Build Our Community

... for our members and increased technological capacity. Moving to the newly reconfigured Ford Foundation Center for ... “serve as a connector of people, institutions, ideas and resources , as well as a catalyst...

29 Oct 2019

Funders Briefing | Northern California Wildfires and Public Safety Power Shutoff: Who’s Affected, What’s Needed from Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by Northern California Grantmakers

Tuesday, October 29, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... power. These events burden people with the least access to resources and barrier to mobility including 1) people with ... practices for supporting people with the least access to resources : 1) people with...

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Disaster Relief

Environment and Climate Change

NYS Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, Unfiltered

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02/17/2016

NYS Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, Unfiltered by ... and letting the discussion flow wherever it may. For many funders , recently appointed New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen...

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PNY News

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Education

Education Tech Nonprofit Launches with Gates, Carnegie Support

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02/06/2013

... improving the effectiveness, variety and affordability of education technology.” With some major names behind it as funders and advisors, the new nonprofit inBloom aims “to ... improving the effectiveness,...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

08 Oct 2015

Making Space for Tinkering, Design-Thinking and Technology in Education

Thursday, October 8, 2015 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... Proponents believe that the movement will transform education and close the digital divide; critics have argued ... Join us for this conversation about makerspaces and how funders can play a role in this...

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New York City

The University of Washington Commits to Recruiting and Retaining Low-Income Students Through Bloomberg Philanthropies-Funded American Talent Initiative

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01/09/2018

... Through Bloomberg Philanthropies-Funded American Talent Initiative Juan Guerra , current chair of the UW Department ... many of them are first-generation, they don’t know [the resources ],” said Rickey Hall, UW...

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New York Education Officials Move to Block Rules Allowing Some Charter Schools to Certify Their Own Teachers

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02/12/2018

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Education

The Century Foundation Launches the Bridges Collaborative, An Unprecedented Grassroots Initiative to Advance School Integration

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10/06/2020

... the Bridges Collaborative, An Unprecedented Grassroots Initiative to Advance School Integration The Bridges ... on school integration, is unique in the world of K-12 education for its size, diversity, and...

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Social Justice

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The Century Foundation

11 Jan 2022

Economics, Equity, and the Case for Supporting the Care Infrastructure in Greater New York - A Webinar Hosted by AFN and NYWF

Tuesday, January 11, 2022 -

9:30am to 11:15am

... those who give and receive care. In June of 2021, Asset Funders Network released a national brief that detailed how ... vision we want to see around caregiving and what role can funders play in advancing this...

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01 Nov 2019

2020 Election Series: Making it Real: The Link Between Issue Organizing, Ballot Initiatives, and Building Power - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Friday, November 1, 2019 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

*This program is hosted by our partner, Funders ' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP), who has ... long term power? How do efforts like early voter education lay the foundation for issue-based change to...

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All Funders

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Civic Engagement

Supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Dance/NYC Launches Immigrant Artists Initiative

Release Date:

02/27/2018

... W. Mellon Foundation, Dance/NYC Launches Immigrant Artists Initiative On Sunday, at its annual Symposium for the dance ... As part of this initiative , Dance/NYC unveils foundational research...

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Arts

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Markle Foundation’s Skillful Initiative Welcomes 35 Career Coaches From Indiana for its First Convening Governor’s Coaching Corps

Release Date:

03/19/2019

Markle Foundation’s Skillful Initiative Welcomes 35 Career Coaches From Indiana for its ... professionals who play a pivotal role in our workforce and education communities,” Gov. Holcomb said in announcing the...

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Workforce Development

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

Doris Duke, Ford, Nathan Cummings, JPB, Open Society and Others Support Initiative to Transform Our Nation’s Cultural Landscape

Release Date:

11/15/2017

... Nathan Cummings, JPB, Open Society and Others Support Initiative to Transform Our Nation’s Cultural Landscape The ... a new generation of activists to advocate for our diverse historic places.” Leaders in...