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Schott Foundation President on How to Keep our Schools Safe

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03/09/2018

... Parkland, Florida, the young gunman attended his mother’ s funeral and was asked if he was upset. His response ... message: You can’t reach a child who doesn’t think you care . Self-actualization through...

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Report: What Works - and Doesn't - in NYC Schools

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10/08/2013

Beth Fertig reviews the Education Funders Research Initiative’ s first two reports for The Times’ SchoolBook blog. (PNY ... schools still face huge challenges in getting all students ready for...

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State Education Chancellor Defends Teacher and School Evaluations

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11/22/2013

Our Education Funders Research Initiative event was also covered by WNYC, ...

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Weinberg Foundation Details Chief Investment Officer Transition

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03/22/2022

... Foundation Chair. “We also celebrate David Gilmore’ s seamless transition to the role of CIO, reflecting the ... serving low-income and vulnerable individuals and families .” Since 2014, when Mr. Hook and Mr...

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The Century Foundation Releases Report on Achieving Financial Equity and Justice for HBCU's

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09/14/2021

... Report on Achieving Financial Equity and Justice for HBCU' s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are ... (for example, STEM, computer sciences, nursing, and allied health...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President

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01/19/2018

... a role in which she will oversee all of the foundation' s programs in the US and globally. Previously, Pennington ... move to increase efficiency and ensure its programs are designed to achieve collective...

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Wallace Foundation Supported Research Finds 'Principal Pipelines' to Develop School Leaders May Be Affordable Way to Improve Schools

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06/22/2017

... there has been little information about what level of resources would be required to do so. RAND' s report fills this gap. Researchers found that developing a ... on costs from all six districts. It does...

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22 Jan 2020

Now is the Time: How Philanthropy Is Tackling Gun Violence

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High rates of gun violence are an undeniable tragedy of life in today’ s America. And while mass shootings grab the headlines, ... sale of firearms How to treat gun violence like a public health...

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JPB Foundation Looks to Historically Black Colleges as Clean Energy Leaders

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03/29/2018

... access to clean energy in low-income communities. It’ s one of those projects that’ s after a handful of impacts, not the least of which is to ... adoption in neighborhoods surrounding the colleges. It’...

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Environment and Climate Change

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A New Way to Sustain the Campaign: Foundation Center and Open Society Foundations Launch BMAFunders.org

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03/28/2013

... and the private sector, our board lifted the Campaign’ s term limit and provided CBMA staff with much-needed ... Foundation Executives and Grantmakers For Children Youth & Families , but also to nonprofits...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation Announces Hiring of George Suttles as Program Officer

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01/06/2017

... Manager in the Philanthropic Solutions division of U. S . Trust, where he served as a relationship manager for ... and was formerly a program officer at the New York State Health Foundation. "We ...

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Sunsetting the Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund at Borealis Philanthropy

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10/11/2023

... have in sharing and distributing power? Does REP’ s continued existence provide our partners with unique and necessary resources and/or opportunities needed to meet and grow ... allowing our grantee partners...

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29 Jan 2025

Using Philanthropic Assets beyond Grantmaking: Shareholder Engagement as a Tool to Drive Change

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 5:30pm

... for corporate operations and policies can have a profound impact on the racial, economic, environmental and social ... opportunities, including practical tools, strategies and resources to complement the work...

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Announcing the 2019 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Recipients

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08/12/2019

... Andrew Carnegie. The announcement was made at Carnegie’ s ancestral home in Dunfermline, Scotland. Carnegie remains one of the most influential philanthropists in history, having ... Andrew Carnegie, each...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Post-Sandy Assistance Needed for Long Term

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05/22/2013

... applauded. The trail of destruction left in Sandy’ s wake demanded immediate relief. However, in a disaster ... the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers looked for resources that would help guide funding...

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TCC Group Exlpores a New Approach to Capacity Building

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02/03/2015

... or a set of stakeholders can have a powerful effect on the impact it can achieve. And while situations vary, there are better and worse ways of seeing. Consider the term ... and mocked as a placebo. But the...

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DDCF Announces Inaugural Awardees of Child Well-being Leadership Development Grants

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04/23/2019

... improvements in the well-being of vulnerable children and families in the U. S . “Effective and diverse social sector leadership is ... that unduly burden U. S . communities contending with...

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Ford Foundation Study Cites 'Unfairness' as the Leading Factor in Flight from Tech Jobs

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05/01/2017

... the Ford Foundation and the Kapor Center for Social Impact set out to better understand why people leave theoretically cush tech jobs. What are the motivations of "tech leavers"? More than anything...

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Assessment Released on SeaChange Capital Partners' The New York Pooled PRI Fund

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06/03/2021

... investments with nonprofits that need access to flexible, impact -first loans. While PRIs should be the type of impact investing most attractive to foundations, 52 years after the enabling...

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