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Rockefeller Foundation Research Finds College Degree Can Be A Blunt and Inaccurate Way For Evaluating Real Talent

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03/22/2017

Almost half of employers (43%) said it was hard to source entry-level candidates, according to new research from The Rockefeller Foundation.

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Supported by Sloan Foundation, Study Finds New Quantum Liquid Crystals May Play Role in Future of Computers

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04/21/2017

The Science study, titled "A parity-breaking electronic nematic phase transition in the spin-orbit coupled metal Cd2Re2O7," was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Army Research Office's Defense University Research Instrumentation...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Science

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Peterson Foundation Fiscal Summit Convenes Nation’s Leaders To Discuss “Rising Debt in a Changing Economy”

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05/24/2017

Leading voices and policymakers from across the political spectrum gathered to discuss the national policy agenda, its connection to our growing national debt, and solutions to put us on a better path, at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s 2017...

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker, One of Rolling Stones 25 People Shaping the Future

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11/22/2017

Under the leadership of Darren Walker, the Ford Foundation is taking a different tack.

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John A. Hartford Foundation Named One of Nation’s Top Funders Addressing Aging America

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12/15/2017

... Gogian Family Foundation and the Eisner Foundation, two foundations that support the elderly in Los Angeles, where ...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Aging

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds Program to Improve Retention and Graduation Rates for All Students

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04/27/2018

Wabash College has received an $800,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to improve retention and graduation rates for all students with special emphasis on students from particular populations that have been historically disadvantaged in...

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Education

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The Annie E. Casey Foundation Issues Report on Undercount of Young Kids in 2020 Census

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06/29/2018

The Annie E. Casey Foundation today warned policymakers and child advocates of troubling consequences for the nation’s kids with the likely undercount of about 1 million children under age 5 in the 2020 census, as the Foundation released the 2018...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Census 2020

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Rockefeller Foundation Names Deborah Wright as New Managing Director for U.S. Jobs and Economic Opportunity

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07/30/2018

The Rockefeller Foundation today announced that Deborah Wright has been named managing director for the Foundation’s U.S. Jobs & Economic Opportunity initiative.

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New York Women's Foundation Fund for the MeToo Movement and Allies Awards Grants to 8 Groups

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10/15/2018

Eight groups across the nation have been awarded funding from the New York Women's Foundation for their efforts to fight sexual violence.

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Brandee McHale Returns to Citi Foundation as President and Managing Director and Head of Community Investing and Development

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03/03/2020

Citi Foundation taps a familiar face, Brandee McHale.

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Promotes David Gilmore to Role of Deputy Chief Investment Officer

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01/06/2021

Since joining the Foundation in 2014, Mr. Gilmore has served as Managing Director of Investments.

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Feedback Partners with Rockefeller Foundation, 40 Organizations to Combat Food Waste in NYC, DC

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04/19/2016

London-based environmental nonprofit Feedback has announced a US campaign with The Rockefeller Foundation as well as a coalition of more than 40 organizations and chefs to combat food waste.

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Food Systems

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Novo Foundation Executives Publish Op-Ed Declaring Trump Era a Time to Double Down to End Injustice

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01/10/2017

... country prepare for the White House transition next week, foundations and other nonprofits are grappling with the ...

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PhilTV This Week Jan 13 Features Sloan, NY Women's Foundation, Novo and Atlantic Philanthropies

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01/13/2017

... Feeney Gives Away the Last of His Fortune Free To Fail? Foundations Face Few External Performance Pressures Towards ...

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Respected Anthropologist Danilyn Rutherford Steps Into New Role as President of Wenner-Gren Foundation

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08/09/2017

The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research's next president respected anthropologist Danilyn Rutherford has assumed her leadership duties.

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Leaving Rikers: What the New York Women's Foundation Is Doing for Women in New York City's Worst Jail

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04/09/2019

... and lately, more funders have been paying attention. The foundations taking on mass incarceration include MacArthur, ... the Open Philanthropy Project, Ford, Open Society Foundations and the Charles Koch...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Names Leisle Lin and William B. Petersen as New Senior Vice Presidents

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02/01/2012

... performing in the top quartile of endowments and foundations in the Cambridge universe. Prior to coming to ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Kresge Foundation, NCB Capital Impact Launch $30 Million Detroit Revitalization Fund

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09/18/2013

With support from MetLife and the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, among others, the fund will provide long-term fixed-rate loans to mixed-use, mixed-income, transit-oriented projects that promote density, diversity, vibrancy and...

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Weinberg Foundation Matching Grant Initiaitive Raises More than $9 Million for Workforce Development

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08/20/2015

... Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, in partnership with the ... both the Jewish and nonJewish communities. Sixty-one foundations or individuals not only...

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