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Surdna Launches $18M Program Related Investment Fund

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04/15/2014

Surdna Foundation launched $18 million Program Related Investment (PRI) revolving fund to support its mission of fostering just and sustainable communities in the United States.

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Sloan Foundation Aims To Increase Native Americans In Advanced Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Studies

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06/23/2014

... of Alaska, University of Arizona, Montana University System , and Purdue. The new national network, the Sloan ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Nick Hodges Named COO and Senior Vice President For Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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07/09/2014

Nick Hodges has been named chief operating officer and senior vice president for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.

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Microsoft Is Teaching Cybersecurity to Cities Around the World—For Free

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01/16/2015

Program is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities initiative.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Technology

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City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools

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06/29/2015

... computer science students. It’s time our education system prioritizes the skills these jobs demand in a scalable ...

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Technology

Helmsley Charitable Trust-Backed Program Explores DNA Damage Response to Find New Cancer Treatments

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08/28/2015

... have discovered critical details of how a cell's response system tells the difference between these two perpetual .....

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Russia Bans Soros-Backed Foundations as Security 'Threat'

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12/02/2015

... "a threat to the foundations of the constitutional system of the Russian Federation and the security of the .....

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Social Justice

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Open Society Foundations

Century Foundation Report: Speeding the Recovery of Unemployment Insurance

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03/30/2016

... by TCF senior fellow Andrew Stettner, our current UI system is facing a funding crisis that has made the safety ...

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Economic Security

UJA-Federation of NY CEO Gives Tips on Teaching Youth about the Holocaust

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05/04/2016

... insensitivity will not be ignored. The Princeton school system , where the teens go to school, has expressed a ...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Inaugural All Female Festival Launches In New York

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05/09/2016

Participants include Rosario Dawson, Reshma Saujani (Girls Who Code), CFDA winner Aurora James, and YouTube vlogger Lindsey Stirling.

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Gender Justice

Mellon Foundation Awards Wilson College $100K to Strengthen Writing Instruction

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07/25/2016

... to establish the Wilson Writing Academy, a comprehensive system of instruction that will shape students' writing .....

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Why Ford Foundation Is Underwriting Black Lives Matter

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08/08/2016

The Ford Foundation is planning on studying and underwriting what it calls a “new and dynamic form of social justice leadership and infrastructure,” by investing in the Black-Led Movement Fund.

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Kalief Browder's Mother Paid a Cost Far Higher Than His Bail

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10/21/2016

... Last Friday his mother, Venida, who was fighting for the system to pay for what it did to her son, fell victim to it ...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Launches 2017 Fellowship Program

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11/04/2016

The Nathan Cummings Foundation is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for the fourth cycle of the Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellowship, which provides three individuals with up to $150,000 each to pursue a visionary social justice...

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Gap Foundation Supports Advancements in New Ecosystems for Learning

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11/14/2016

LRNG was launched in 2015 as a partnership between the Gap Foundation, the Boys & Girls Clubs, Electronic Arts, the Fossil Foundation, the National Writing Project, the Best Buy Foundation, musical artist John Legend, along with the John D. and...

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Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students

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11/23/2016

Communities in Schools is a federated network of about 165 separate 501(c)(3) in 25 states and the District of Columbia.

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