Century Foundation Report: The Real Price of College
Release Date:
03/15/2016
... because of its implications for educational opportunities, student and family pocketbooks, and the economy. Some ...
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A Big STEM Gift from Simons Foundation Grabs Attention in the Field
Release Date:
08/24/2016
... students. The billionaire Simons couple are well-known for their passion for mathematics and the sciences. The Simons ...
Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth
Release Date:
09/30/2016
Voluntary summer-learning programs can help narrow academic achievement gaps between children from low-income families and those from high-income families, a report from the Wallace Foundation and the RAND Corporation finds.
PIMCO Awards New York City Mission Society Money for College Readiness Program
Release Date:
11/17/2016
The PIMCO Foundation has awarded the New York City Mission Society, a two-century-old nonprofit based in Harlem, 25,000 dollars to support its college-readiness program, Learning to Work.
Columbia Law School Receives $15 Million From Greene Foundation
Release Date:
05/12/2017
... to learn and practice essential legal skills as part of their clinical education... Columbia Law School Receives $15 ...
P2CP Program Is Expanding with Support from The David Rockefeller Fund, Ford Foundation, JM Kaplan Fund, Teagle Foundation and Pinkerton Foundation
Release Date:
10/20/2017
... is a special event,” said Dylan Knapp, a current P2CP student who was scheduled to speak on a panel later in the ... P2CP program, which allows incarcerated people to begin their college careers while still...
Our Commitments
Release Date:
06/04/2020
Our Commitments Over the last several days, we have all received hundreds of statements expressing anger and ... be guided by the wisdom of those who have been offering us their expertise around...
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Serving Those Who Served
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 -
7:00am to 2:00pm
... do so for years to come. But how can donors best use their resources to support this population? Join us to learn about ... that can inform meaningful philanthropy for those who have served...
The Spend-Out Presumption And The Value Of Enduring Institutions
Release Date:
02/26/2010
... New York Foundations should explicitly consider their lifespan options. However, in my last contribution , ... that is a good thing; at the same time, foundations that have long histories, existing cultures,...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Support to Thirteen New Cities through the What Works Cities Initiative
Release Date:
12/10/2015
... announced that mayors from thirteen American cities have been selected to join What Works Cities and have publicly committed to enhance their use of data and evidence to improve services,...
Owning My Expertise & Embracing My Leadership
Release Date:
02/10/2022
... just because of our respectable humility but because we have been conditioned to devalue our worth. However, I am reminded that even when women elevated their voices during the Women’s Suffrage Movement, Black...
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2015
The Mainstreaming of Mental Health: Grappling with City, State and Federal Developments Poised to Dramatically Alter Behavioral Health Programs
Thursday, April 16, 2015 -
3:15pm to 5:30pm
... – not just the most acute mental health conditions that have demanded the bulk of the system’s resources in the past? City and State agree on the basics: ... unforeseen barriers and needs for additional...
To Serve Racial Equity, What Are You Doing Less Of?
Release Date:
10/28/2020
... Budget , this frame argues that there are “abundant resources for economic revival”, and that “policymakers have always found resources for their true priorities.” We are...
A Message from the President of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation: Announcing New COVID-19 Grantmaking
Release Date:
04/08/2020
... of LA County’s federally qualified health clinics, which have a special designation to serve clients who are unhoused. ... appropriate temporary housing intervention. · United Way of Greater Los Angeles will...
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2025
Protecting New York City’s Immigrant Small Business Ecosystem - An Event Hosted by Asset Funders Network
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 -
10:30am to 12:00pm
... than twice as likely as native-born residents to start their own business and comprise nearly half of the city’s ... non-profit and philanthropic communities to improve the way we work with, support, and...
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2020
Strengthening the Economic Foundation for Youth During COVID & Beyond - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
... employment, and the inevitability of untenable future student loan debt will cause significant economic insecurity for this ... representing four million youth. While unemployment for their...
6/4/14 - Digital Badges Program - Livestream recording and PPTs
Publication date:
06/2014
View a recording of the livestream and the PowerPoint Presentations and videos presented during the program Expanding Education, Youth Development, and Workforce Opportunities Through Digital Badges.
David Spergel Takes the Helm as President of the Simons Foundation
Release Date:
07/01/2021
... neuroscience and quantum physics . “Marilyn and Jim have built an incredible foundation with terrific people,” ... and you don’t know until you try it whether it will have a big impact.” Before choosing...
The Spend-Out/Perpetuity Distraction…and the Merger Option
Release Date:
02/08/2010
... Life and Endowment Spend-Down . These and other works have valuable things to say. But the Foundation Center survey ... about the future of foundations and the varieties of their “existence.” It is not either/...
Sloan Foundation Partners With Cornell, Georgia Tech, Penn State to Boost STEM Mentoring Among Minorities
Release Date:
08/05/2013
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s partnership with Cornell University, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Pennsylvania State University will fund University Centers of Exemplary Mentoring for minority graduate students in STEM (science,...