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Bloomberg Philanthropies Donates $50M to Museum of Science

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10/18/2016

... and served as a three-term mayor of New York. But what people might not know is that Bloomberg credits the Museum ... there starting when he was about 10 and through his high school years... Bloomberg...

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Science

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January 11 Is Deadline to Submit a Letter of Inquiry for William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants

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12/14/2016

... for William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants We support high -quality research that is relevant to policies and practices that affect the lives of young people ages 5 to 25 in the United States. We fund...

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RFPs Etc

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Syria’s War Created Millions Of Refugees. Some Might Be Forced To Return Home.

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08/28/2017

... accelerate the pace of returns. At least 5.1 million people have left Syria during the six-year conflict, with ... seeking safety in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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U.S. Median Income Hit $59,039 in 2016, The Highest Ever Reported by Census Bureau

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09/12/2017

... set an all-time record last year, besting the previous high set in 1999, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday. ... rate fell to 12.7 percent in 2016, with 40.6 million people living in poverty, 2.5 million...

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Google Bows out of the “Bidding for Addicts” Business

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09/15/2017

... To compete with each other for the attention of desperate people seeking help, they advertise online, and Google’s ... has hiked the prices for ads on these keywords as high as $70 per click, but that’s...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Health

Experts Recommend Baseline Concussion Tests for Student Athletes

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09/19/2017

... Tests for Student Athletes Concussions among young people are seen as a silent epidemic. As student athletes ... got a concussion playing football his freshman year in High School. "I went to go make a...

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Education

As the Clintons Step Back From Global Stage, Bloomberg Steps Up

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09/20/2017

... celebrities, billionaire philanthropists and business people mingled, made deals and gave away millions, sometimes ... Global Business Forum at the Plaza Hotel, drawing a high -powered crowd and speakers from...

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Clinton Global Initiative

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Minorities and Americans Without College Degrees Showed Greatest Gains In Wealth Since 2013, New Data Shows

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09/28/2017

... the Great Recession — African Americans, Hispanics and people without college degrees — saw large gains in net ... percent of households reached 24 percent in 2016, a record high , and the median net worth of...

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NYers Face Harsher ATM Fees Than Nearly Anyone in Nation, Study Finds

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10/04/2017

... imagination. ATM fees across the nation hit a record high for the 11th straight year, according to the latest study from financial site Bankrate.com. People who use out-of-network ATM fees are often hit with...

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Capital One and Others Fund Tech Training for Youth

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06/29/2018

... Operation Spark is training local youth and adults for high -tech careers of the future. “It should be clear as day ... we have a unique chance to change the landscape for the people of New Orleans and get them...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Workforce Development

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Capital One Foundation

18 Global Cities Selected to Participate in the World Cities Culture Forum’s Leadership Exchange Program Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies & Google Arts and Culture

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10/29/2020

... access to affordable creative space, addressing at- risk cultural venues, models of cultural funding that embrace ...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

With Greater Commitment, Funders Can Solve the Healthcare Workforce Crisis

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10/26/2016

... one in every seven Americans – roughly 46.2 million people – is elderly. [2] That number will continue to grow ... acute primary care, as today’s medical students, facing high tuition and student debt, choose...

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Andrus Family Fund's Peguro Praised in NCRP's Reflections on Resilience and Community Building

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09/28/2016

... allowing further complacency by those with the power and resources to do something about it. As one leader said, ...

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Skoll, Ford and Others Work with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors on How to Listen More to Nonprofits & Speak Less

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09/26/2017

... to investigate how to more effectively apply their resources toward large societal problems like education, ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Pete Peterson and Our Chaotic National Debates

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04/06/2018

... our current political chaos by shifting more political resources toward efforts to find sensible, consensus ...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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University of San Diego Chosen for The Rockefeller Foundation-Acumen Student Social Innovation Challenge

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09/19/2019

... received funding and access to an exclusive set of student resources that leverage the experience of The Rockefeller ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Producers and Speakers: Money and Power in Post-Election America

... to improve access and opportunity for all low-income people and communities of color. Prior to PolicyLink’s ... in grants in areas ranging from women’s rights to labor conditions and incarceration. Abigail is...

The Wallace Foundation Publishes New Report - How Can State Policy Support Local School Districts Develop Principal Pipelines?

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10/06/2021

... that is, a pipeline of parts that interlock to produce high -quality leadership for large school districts. Those ... are: rigorous leader standards; high -quality pre -service preparation;...

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Education

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The Wallace Foundation

Making the Most of Interesting Times – and Achieving the Global Goals

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02/22/2018

... plays an equal role in defining challenges, accepting risk and designing solutions with the greater goal of ... efforts impact the SDGs. As the practice of human resources becomes more closely aligned to CSR...

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