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Two Hedge Fund Billionaires Donate $1M Each to Pro-Charter School Advocates

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10/21/2015

... Excellent Schools have declined to name the nonprofit’ s funders since it was founded in 2012. But a July filing with the state’ s Joint Commission on Public Ethics shows finance titans Dan ...

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Education

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JPMorgan Renews Veterans Partnership with $13.8M Commitment

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03/01/2016

... million commitment through 2020 to support the Institute’ s mission of advancing the post-service lives of America’ s service members, Veterans and their families. Since its ... and around the world, have...

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Veterans

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Greenwall Study Says Decision Makers Hold Overly Optimistic Expectations for Critically Ill Patient Outcomes

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05/17/2016

... for Critically Ill Patient Outcomes More than half of the family and friends making decisions for critically ill ... have significantly different estimates for the patient’ s survival than their doctor—but...

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Clark Foundation Brothers Feuded, But Also Made Two Towns Arts Destinations

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06/20/2016

... be tracing footprints left by members of same influential family : the Clarks. A wealthy, weighty clan who came to prominence in the 19th century, the Clark family left a large and lasting imprint on two towns...

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Arts

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Simons Foundation Continues Quest to Understand and Treat Autism on Both Ends of the Spectrum

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07/19/2016

... care for Kellen and other autistic children. That’ s why she and her family were the first in Houston to participate in the largest-ever study of autism in the U. S ., the Simons Foundation...

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Ms. Foundation Is One of the Hosts of Gathering to Advance New Economic Agenda for Women

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09/19/2016

... Workers Alliance, Make It Work, Caring Across Generations, Family Values @ Work, Forward Together/Strong Families, Ms. ...

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Rockefeller Study Shows Female CEOs Get Blamed for Failure More Frequently Than Men

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10/26/2016

... CEOs Get Blamed for Failure More Frequently Than Men It’ s not your imagination or a just a hunch: Female chief ... confirms. As you might expect, female CEOs’ personal and family lives are much more...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Houston's Undocumented Immigrants Left Destitute And Fearful In Harvey's Wake

Release Date:

09/07/2017

Houston' s Undocumented Immigrants Left Destitute And Fearful In ... rose on their first floor apartment, Rosa Sosa and her family fled to a vacant unit on the second floor. They ... stuck around, stubbornly...

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Immigration

Diverse Charter Schools In New York City to Get Boost from Walton Money

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09/14/2017

... In New York City to Get Boost from Walton Money The Walton Family Foundation, the philanthropy governed by the family behind Walmart, pledged Tuesday to invest $2.2 million ...

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Education

It's Time to Apply to High School in New York City

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09/18/2017

It' s Time to Apply to High School in New York City It' s officially a very busy time of year for New York City' s eighth graders. The high school admissions season is .....

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Education

Poverty Falls, Income Rises. Should De Blasio Get the Credit?

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09/20/2017

... second year in a row, according to data released by the U. S . Census Bureau last week and crunched by economist James ... of the Center for New York City Affairs. Real median family income rose slightly more...

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The Simons Foundation Awards “Science Everywhere” Grants to Teachers

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11/03/2017

... outside the classroom, The Simons Foundation and Overdeck Family Foundation join forces to award five teachers $5,000 ... campaign supported by Science Sandbox and the Overdeck Family Foundation, provided...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Science

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Sheila Burke and Simon Stevens to Join Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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08/22/2013

... member and former executive dean at Harvard University’ s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Simon Stevens, ... especially critical to informing The Commonwealth Fund’ s work as the major provisions of...

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The Promise and Limitations of Philanthropy in Education Reform

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10/07/2015

... on education seem quite shocked that Mark Zuckerberg’ s $100 million donation did not create a perfect, model ... early childhood development, out-of-school learning, family well-being, community leadership,...

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PhilTV: Funders, “Blow People’s Minds” on Gender Norms to Reduce Teen Suicide

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01/15/2016

Funders, “Blow People’ s Minds” on Gender Norms to Reduce Teen Suicide By ... where should funders prioritize support, knowing there’ s so few dollars available to tackle mental illness for ... of: Lena Alhusseini...

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Gender Justice

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Stonewall Community Foundation

New Menino Survey of Mayors Reveals Top Priorities For Cities Across The Country (Citi)

Release Date:

01/21/2016

... Priorities For Cities Across The Country (Citi) The U. S . Conference of Mayors in partnership with The Boston ... priorities of mayors in cities across the country. America' s mayors are on the front...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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20 Jun 2016

Philanthropy, Refugees, and the Global Humanitarian Crisis: World Refugee Day - Webinar

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1:00pm to 2:30pm

... and age in innovative ways to create a cohesive sense of family and community across the country. Our two prior ...

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Immigration

United Hospital Fund Analyzes Medicaid Spending On and Service Utilization By Children In New York

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07/08/2016

... new complementary reports from United Hospital Fund’ s Medicaid Institute present data on Medicaid spending for ... of work that examines opportunities to improve children’ s health, especially in the context...

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