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Century Foundation Releases Report on NYC Universal Pre-K

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05/13/2015

... Lessons from New York City’s Universal Pre-K Expansion: How a Focus on Diversity Could Make It Even Better is a study in two parts. The first provides background on how universal pre-K programs fit into the...

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A New Lens for Disaster Recovery

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09/16/2015

... their voices are often absent from conversations about how best to move forward. Insights from these communities are ... to rebuild; they advance collective knowledge about how marginalized groups experience...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Ford Foundation Taps Elizabeth Alexander as Director of the Creativity and Free Expression Program

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10/07/2015

... inequality, Elizabeth will guide efforts to examine how cultural narratives impact and shape social movements, and how media and the arts can contribute to a fairer and more ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado

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04/29/2016

... The document builds off wildfire and flood plans to show how hazards are interlinked—and how they impact businesses and low-income people. The ...

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Century Foundation Report Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students

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06/02/2016

... A new report from the Century Foundation examines how to improve outcomes for students who begin college ... "When College Students Start Behind" offers a redesign of how community colleges should...

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Wallace Selects Seven Universities to Participate in $47M Initiative

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10/13/2016

... training at universities. The initiative seeks to explore how university programs can improve this training so it reflects the evidence on how best to prepare effective principals; these insights will ...

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Doris Duke Launches Land Trust Climate Initiative

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01/24/2017

... change funder. At least that ought to be the case. Because how do you conserve a wetland that’s drying up? How do you protect a dwindling species when it’s fled from ...

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Opinion: Nonprofits Have a Big Stake in Overtime-Rules Debate

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09/05/2017

... up in Washington, business groups do all they can to show how their interests are in line with those of mission-focused ... known as "operational anxiety" as they try to figure out how to pay for...

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Regents Approve Plan to Evaluate and Improve New York Schools

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09/12/2017

... of Education for review and approval. The plan details how the Regents will implement the federal law, including how individual schools will be evaluated and identified for ...

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Sustainable Innovation: 5 Questions Every Company Should Ask Itself

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09/25/2017

... taught a course at Stanford in the early ‘60s called ‘ How to Ask a Question’: “Each of man’s advances was ... started by a question….Knowing what questions to ask and how to ask them is sometimes more...

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Most States Plan To Use Student Absences To Measure School Success

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09/27/2017

... Plan To Use Student Absences To Measure School Success How do you judge how good a school is? Test scores? Culture? Attendance? In ...

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A Quick Word With…Michael Hamill Remaley

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02/12/2014

Philanthropy New York Senior Vice President of Public Policy ... senior vice president, public policy & communications, Philanthropy New York, who also created this series for the ... you are particularly...

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Burman, Viera Named to Board of Funders for LGBTQ Issues

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08/14/2014

... for LGBTQ Issues. Rohit has spent more than decade in philanthropy , previously working at JP Morgan Chase ... and the MetLife Foundation. Rohit serves on the board of Philanthropy New York, and is a member of...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and F.B. Heron Foundation Place More Emphasis on Impact Investing

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03/19/2015

... away from its legacy but a sign of a broader trend in philanthropy . The conventional approach private ... have used ever since Mr. Rockefeller created his philanthropy was simple: Invest the assets and then...

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San Diego Grantmakers Hires Beeta Jahedi as Senior Director of Learning and Programs

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06/22/2015

... its capacity to better Unite , Activate , and Elevate philanthropy in San Diego through the pursuit of several key ... in poverty, family planning, arts education, and effective philanthropy . She also brings...

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Michael R. Bloomberg Partners with Commissioner Arias Cañete to Support European Transition from Coal Power

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09/18/2018

Together Bloomberg Philanthropies and the European Commission will convene leaders from the financial and business sectors to further develop financially actionable strategies for a low-carbon transition and aim to highlight the economic...

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From Katrina to the “Next Sandy”: Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Recovery for Older Adults

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04/03/2013

Altman Foundation Program Officer Rachael Pine served as moderator for our recent program on the impact of disasters, like Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, on vulnerable populations.

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Movement Building and System Change

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05/17/2012

This spring, we hosted a members briefing (co-sponsored by the North Star Fund, The New York Women's Foundation, The Daphne Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund) that focused on strategies that funders can pursue to help community-based...

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A Glass Half Full: Japan’s Disaster Response at One Year

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03/27/2012

One year ago, the Executive Director of the Japan Center for International Exchange, James Gannon, shared his thoughts on relief and recovery efforts for the Japanese earthquake with our members.

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