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Pershing Square Awards $5.4 Million to Oxford MBA Scholarship Program

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02/16/2016

... Graduate Scholars Program at the University of Oxford' s Saïd Business School. Established in 2013 with a gift of £4.5 million ($6.6 million) from the ... to pair an MBA earned in a year with one of...

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Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?

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12/09/2016

Hazen Foundation' s Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students? It’ s been said that a ... has tripled to about 2.2 million since 1982. As of 2013 , 8 million...

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Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace

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09/15/2017

Report Finds U. S . Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace ... household wealth trends (as have occurred between 1983 and 2013 ) continue indefinitely into the future, by 2053 the ... 20 years afterward...

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A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids

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09/26/2017

... Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids In 2013 , the New York city council approved a plan for a ... business owners appears to have been for naught. “It’ s a waste of the city’ s...

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Documents Show NYC’s Education Department Failed to Answer 526 Public Records Requests Over Past 3 Years

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10/05/2017

Documents Show NYC’ s Education Department Failed to Answer 526 Public Records ... sent an intriguing public records request to the city’ s Department of Education. “Under the Freedom of ... I request all e-mail...

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Wallace Foundation Case Study Examines Arts Programming at Boys and Girls Clubs

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10/06/2017

... around the country, in the first three years of Wallace’ s Youth Arts Initiative. The initiative is based on Something to Say, a 2013 study of successful arts-focused organizations that ... larger, generalist...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Appoints Distinguished Writer, Poet, Scholar, and Arts Advocate Elizabeth Alexander as President

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02/07/2018

... have elected Elizabeth Alexander to be the Foundation’ s next President, effective March 2018. Alexander will succeed Earl Lewis, who has served as President since 2013 . Alexander, a renowned writer, poet, and...

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Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’s Board of Trustees

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06/06/2018

Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’ s Board of Trustees The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced ... commitment to educational access and the liberal arts. We are delighted to welcome her to the Mellon board...

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22 May 2018

Education and Homelessness - Working Together for Students Experiencing Homelessness (Part 1 of 2) - A Webinar

Tuesday, May 22, 2018 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

*This program is hosted by our partner, Funders Together to End Homelessness, who has extended an ... students experience homelessness with their families or alone, for a week or a year, the experience is .....

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11 Jun 2018

Education and Homelessness - Working Together for Students Experiencing Homelessness (Part 2) - A Webinar

Monday, June 11, 2018 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

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Program Focuses on Getting City Workers to Live Healthier Lives

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01/22/2015

... Live Healthier Lives The city has created a Culture of Health team to explore programs that would prod city workers ... the cross-agency work group assembled by Mayor de Blasio are incentives used by other...

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NYCT Announces the Retirement of Program Director Len McNally

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02/10/2015

... at The New York Community Trust as Program Director for Health and People with Special Needs. In his tenure at The ... than $112 million in areas covering bio-medical research, health policy and services,...

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OSF Featured in Enterprise for Utilizing Storytelling in the Grantmaking Process

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04/13/2015

... organizations. Brett Davidson, director of the Health Media Initiative at the Open Society Foundations, a nonprofit that focuses on public health and human rights around the world, has used Narativ trainers. “...

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Verizon Foundation Launches Diabetes Study

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05/29/2015

... Diabetes Study The Verizon Foundation and Baptist Health have announced a pilot program to study whether mobile technology can improve the health of diabetes patients. The foundation is putting up ...

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How to Recruit Panelists for Your Next Program

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09/22/2016

... Next Program Brian Byrd, program officer at the NY State Health Foundation, explains how he chose the panel for the PNY Program, "Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York...

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City Launches Coordinated Effort to Serve LGBTQ Youth

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09/20/2017

... services for LGBTQ youth. The effort includes a focus on health programs, homeless services, suicide prevention and ... launched the initiative Tuesday, which city officials are calling NYC Unity, by calling...

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Scott Stringer Unveils Transition Team

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11/18/2013

... appointed as co-chair of Comptroller-elect Scott Stringer' s transition team. Its members include Lisa Garcia Quiroz, ... Stringer appointed Ana Oliveira, president of the New York Women ’ s...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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$50-Million from Goldman Sachs Seeds Fund for Businesswomen

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03/05/2014

... money for the venture, which builds on the banking giant’ s 10,000 Women venture to provide business education in developing countries. The World Bank’ s International Finance Corporation is...

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Andrew W. Mellon Study Examines Demographic Composition of Museum Staff

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08/05/2015

... Study Examines Demographic Composition of Museum Staff Women account for a clear majority of art museum staffs in ...

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