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Bangladeshi Law Student Receives Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

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04/19/2016

Bangladeshi Law Student Receives Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New ... it was a generous community that helped them to realize their American Dream. Now, Hossain is 25 and studying law at ... for college...

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Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans

Bloomberg Philanthropies to Lead Coalition to Get Low-Income Students Through College

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10/28/2014

... families fall through the cracks, a range of institutions have set out to change the situation. Dozens of school ... has started a program to advise every college-qualified student from a modest background on...

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Ford Foundation Supports Universities' Efforts to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20%

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03/04/2016

Ford Foundation Supports Universities' Efforts to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20% An alliance made up of 11 major ... Alliance (UIA) reported that they're on track to expand their combined annual degree...

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SIFMA Funded Programs Provide Financial Literacy to Millions of Students

Release Date:

10/02/2014

... Game™. The program is an online simulation in which student teams in grades 4-12 manage a hypothetical portfolio ...

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An Analysis of Bloomberg Philanthropies Boost for Disadvantaged Students at Top Schools

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12/22/2016

... open up the doors to elite schools that, by some measures, have done a terrible job of ensuring they are ladders of ... upward mobility—especially for an economically diverse student body. Why does this matter...

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Clark Foundation Emphasizes Access to Higher Ed for City Students

Release Date:

06/27/2017

... college in a timely manner or cause them to drop out of their programs altogether. “Before we close the book on our own research, we really wanted to have this conversation and bring up some of the most...

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Jonas Center Support For Online Tutorials Helps Healthcare Students

Release Date:

06/17/2014

... and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing have made available a new series of online lessons to ...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

19 Jul 2010

College-Ready or Not? Preparing High School Students for Success

Monday, July 19, 2010 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, NYC

... Throughout the country, college-going and graduation rates have become a source of concern and debate. Policymakers, ... may be of value. For example, actively engaging youth in their schools and communities...

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Report Funded by Stavros Niarchos Foundation Shows Many Aging NYC Parks Have Infrastructure Problems

Release Date:

06/26/2018

... by Stavros Niarchos Foundation Shows Many Aging NYC Parks Have Infrastructure Problems New York may be known as a ... highways, parks, pools—they’re all nearing the end of their natural life. So I’d say a very...

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Community Development

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Opinion: Disaster Preparedness Requires a 211 System; New York City Still Doesn’t Have One

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... Requires a 211 System; New York City Still Doesn’t Have One Over the last few weeks, New Yorkers have watched with great anxiety as Texas, Florida and Puerto ... Requires a 211 System; New York City Still...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

26 Oct 2011

Raising the Bar for Students and Schools: Chancellor Walcott’s Strategic Priorities

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 -

8:30am to 10:00am

Bank of America Tower, One Bryant Park (6th Avenue and 42nd Street)

... security. To prepare our children for success, we must have schools that expect and support higher learning ...

02 Aug 2023

Demystifying Trust-Based Philanthropy Part 6 of 6 - What Does Trust-Based Philanthropy Have to Do With Racial Equity?

Wednesday, August 2, 2023 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... is very nuanced and dynamic. In fact, funders who have embraced this approach are finding that it requires ... perspectives from foundation leaders and others who have grappled with similar or related...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Transparency

22 Sep 2022

How Funders Can Best Support "Non-Traditional" College Students

Thursday, September 22, 2022 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... and across the country, higher educational institutions have recognized that so-called "non-traditional" college ... degree. This population, who may be single parents; in their late 20s, 30s or 40s...

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Children, Youth and Families

Economic Security

Education

Workforce Development

Blast from the Past: Nonprofit Agencies Fearful on Reagan

Release Date:

11/17/2016

Blast from the Past: Nonprofit Agencies Fearful on Reagan Philanthropy New York would like ... for valuable perspective. Blast from the Past: Nonprofit Agencies Fearful on Reagan ...