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Century Foundation NYTimes OpEd: The Secret to School Integration

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02/23/2016

... NYTimes OpEd: The Secret to School Integration By most measures, America’ s public schools are now more racially and socioeconomically segregated than ...

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Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/23/2016

... (Bloomberg Philanthropies) Mexico has become the most obese country in the world. In a purported effort to ... of Chicago Prof. Jeffrey Grogger found that Mexico' s soda taxes raised sugar-sweetened...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Health

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NoVo and Arcus Foundations Noted for Taking A Stand In Social Movements

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03/17/2016

... the US Capitol. When we think of social movements, these are likely the kinds of images that come to mind—not those ... very big checks. So, in late 2015, when Jon Stryker’ s Arcus Foundation and Jennifer and...

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How Mobile Games Can Help You Identify Your Next Great Employee (Rockefeller Foundation)

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03/28/2016

... struggle to know what to look for, and how to identify the most qualified applicants. When it comes to entry-level ... young job seekers who may be a perfect fit for the job are often overlooked because their...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities: Analysis Method Using Data-Driven Mapping

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03/29/2016

Rockefeller' s 100 Resilient Cities: Analysis Method Using Data-Driven ... quantified their value and helped Norfolk prioritize the most effective ways to stay resilient in a natural or manmade ... systems...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative

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08/26/2016

... leaders with the tools, skills, and support they need — most of it made freely available — to tackle the complex ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Mediratta Publishes New Book on Inequality in School Discipline

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09/09/2016

... she seeks to answer three questions: • Why are some students subjected to harsher discipline than others? • Why are suspensions, expulsions, and arrests so widely used? ... in schools? Inequality in School...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices

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09/2016

... Foundation Evaluation Practices For foundations, there are lots of questions to reflect on when thinking about which ... on survey responses from individuals who were either the most senior evaluation or program staff at foundations in the U. S . and Canada giving at least $10 million annually, or ...

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2016 Grantmakers Salary Survey Benchmarking Now Available

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10/03/2016

... grantmakers that participated this year. This is the most comprehensive study of its kind. The benchmarking ... groups you create you can compare your foundation' s salaries to specific groups of...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Funds Primer to Guide Students on College Choices

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10/17/2016

... income level, and gender; (2) the fact that more students are borrowing more money to pay for college; and (3) the fact that those students most likely to default are those who do not...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In Brooklyn

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01/04/2017

Brooklyn Community Foundation’ s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In Brooklyn Forty people sit in a circle. Most are residents of Crown Heights, a dynamic, culturally ...

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COO Sharon Ullman Named Acting Executive Director of Rauschenberg Foundation

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01/10/2017

... staff since 2010, will be taking a position at Sotheby' s . "Sharon was one of the first people Christy hired and she has served us brilliantly for more than six years, most recently as Chief...

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The Century Foundation Releases New Report on Syrian Rebels' Lessons on Aleppo

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01/27/2017

... Aleppo in December was a turning point in the country’ s civil war. But rebel Aleppo didn’t just fall—it fell ... from the city. Aleppo had been a stronghold of Syria’ s “Free Syrian Army” (FSA) rebels and of...

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Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive

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02/28/2017

... and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U. S . to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive The ... Jonathan Fanton said. "While English continues to be the most commonly used...

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Laura Walker Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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03/28/2017

... Public Radio, has been elected to The Commonwealth Fund’ s Board of Directors, effective April 2017. Under Walker’ s leadership, New York Public Radio’ s audience has grown ... operates eight...

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The Bank of America Charitable Foundation-A Leader in the Growth of Community Development Financial Institutions

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04/04/2017

... Institutions The Bank of America Charitable Foundation’ s most recent gift is another $3.8 million in grant money to fund Local Initiatives Support Corporation' s (LISC)- a community...

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Complete This Survey on Foundation Openness and Shared Insights

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04/19/2017

... to catalyze more openness. In order to gather the most accurate and comprehensive picture, member organizations ...

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JPMorgan Chase’s Investment in Detroit to Reach $150 Million

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05/11/2017

JPMorgan Chase’ s Investment in Detroit to Reach $150 Million JPMorgan Chase & Co. today announced that it will expand the firm' s commitment to Detroit’ s economic recovery, expecting...

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Chef Massimo Bottura's First U.S. Project Will Be a Rockefeller-supported Bronx Soup Kitchen

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05/30/2017

Chef Massimo Bottura' s First U. S . Project Will Be a Rockefeller-supported Bronx ... them, sometimes with help from big-name chefs. Although most Refettorios were initially set up around...

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