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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Backs Study Exploring Taskmaster Brain Region

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09/25/2015

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Backs Study Exploring Taskmaster Brain Region If you sometimes ... through a sequence of tasks, you aren’t far off. In new research , Brown University scientists report evidence that a...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million Jobs

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01/06/2017

Commonwealth Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million ... another reason not to roll back Obamacare too quickly: New research suggests that repealing two major provisions of ... to nearly 3...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Rona Sheramy Appointed Executive Director of the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women

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03/01/2017

... Appointed Executive Director of the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women The Board of Directors of the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women (JFEW) is pleased to announce the ... participant at...

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NY Community Trust Supports Wide Range of Education Technology Efforts

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08/12/2014

NY Community Trust Supports Wide Range of Education Technology Efforts The NY Community Trust's ... Philanthropy describes the Trust's approach to funding education technology as "cautious" and...

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New Study Commissioned By Staten Island Foundation Reveals Disparity on North Shore

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09/18/2018

New Study Commissioned By Staten Island Foundation Reveals ... of Staten Island faces disparities in housing, income, education and access to essential services when compared to ... Shore also faces large...

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Century Foundation Fellow on Legacy Admissions Begetting Educational Inequality

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07/29/2016

... its stated fundraising goal of $1 billion. A 2009 study found that the University of Georgia and six members of ... at The Century Foundation and a prolific writer on higher education issues... Century...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Helps Expand Cornell's Prison Education Program

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10/06/2015

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Helps Expand Cornell's Prison Education Program The Cornell Prison Education Program that's brought college study to approximately 100 inmates at Auburn...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Diversity & Inclusion Action Kit

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04/2011

The 2011 Action Kit, designed around the Diversity Framework, Minnesota Council on Foundations' groundbreaking guidelines that frame the discussion of grantmakers' diversity practices around the four roles they play in a civil society, is intended to help foundations identify what steps they can take to advance diversity and inclusion.

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Diversity, Inclusion and Effective Philanthropy

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11/2012

Part of the Philanthropy Roadmap series, this guide aims to explain how diversity and inclusion can be used as practical considerations for getting better and more impactful results in philanthropic giving.

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Sharing the Nonprofit Perspective on Diversity

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07/23/2018

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Sharing What Matters: Foundation Transparency

Publication date:

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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Sloan Teaching Awards Honor High School Math and Science Educators

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12/04/2014

... Science Educators A science teacher helping students study the East River, a mathematician teaching immigrants in ...

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UJA-Federation Awarded $4 Million Matching Grant for Teen Education

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08/07/2014

UJA-Federation Awarded $4 Million Matching Grant for Teen Education UJA-Federation of New York will receive up to ... grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation for a new summer education initiative...

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Ford Foundation Awards $1 Million to Help Prisoners Get a College Education

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08/06/2015

... Awards $1 Million to Help Prisoners Get a College Education $1 million over two years to the Bard Prison Initiative , which provides incarcerated students with ... Awards $1 Million to Help Prisoners Get a...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Backs Workforce and Educational Development Opportunities

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06/30/2015

... low-income individuals and families to financial education , job training, workforce development and mentoring ... working to connect individuals in our community to the resources they need to lead financially...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Among Backers of Education Post News Site

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09/01/2014

Bloomberg Philanthropies Among Backers of Education Post News Site Education Post, a nonprofit group that plans to launch ... national discussion about the challenges of public education , and...

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Bank of America Grants $250,000 to Support Conservation Education Programs

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07/20/2018

Bank of America Grants $250,000 to Support Conservation Education Programs The Bank of America Charitable Foundation ... and Aquarium a $250,000 grant as part of its broader initiative to aid environmental...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Report Amplifies Black Community Leadership in Improving Quality of Education

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05/26/2017

... Black Community Leadership in Improving Quality of Education Although many African-American community leaders believe inequities in public education are a critical problem, many also are optimistic that the...

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