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Responding to Crisis/Opportunity: The F.B. Heron Foundation’s Opportunity Fund

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03/22/2010

... preserve wealth for low-income families. We are pleased to have John Weiler, Heron’ s Senior Program Officer, describe the Fund and its work for ... to Crisis/Opportunity: The F.B. Heron Foundation’ s...

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Celebrating a Year of Progress on Expanded Learning Time

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05/15/2013

... a simple mission: to ensure all children in our nation' s communities have more and better learning time in school. We envisioned ... and chances of success for every student in our nation' s...

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Inaugural Bellagio/PopTech Fellows Announced

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08/07/2013

The Rockefeller Foundation and PopTech have announced the inaugural recipients of the ...

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Carnegie Corporation Awards $10 Million to Four School Districts

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10/02/2013

Part of the foundation' s multiyear, $28 million Opportunity by Design initiative, ... demands of the Common Core curriculum. “These districts have the commitment to reshape high schools so that all .....

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Moving to Crown Heights this Summer

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04/09/2014

... to Crown Heights this summer. This August, Brooklyn’ s community foundation will have a memorable new address in the heart of the borough: ... DUMBO to Crown Heights, Brooklyn Community Foundation’ s...

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Leadership for Education Innovation

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05/24/2014

... government and philanthropy sectors behind me, I have come to see that an ecosystem for learning is essential; ...

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Private Funding Provides Lifeline For Stem Cell Researchers

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07/07/2014

... stem cell lines. “Without philanthropy we would not have a single stem cell research program in this country,” said Susan Solomon, C.E.O. of New York’ s Stem Cell Foundation.... Private Funding Provides...

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Nineteen Ford-Funded Films Nominated for 2014 Emmys

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07/17/2014

... Emmys include 19 documentaries and film projects that have received support from the Ford Foundation' s JustFilms initiative. “The 2014 nominations are a .....

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 10-Fold Increase in Grant Distributions

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07/25/2014

... foundation also announced that since January, supporters have committed or pledged an additional $1.8 million through ...

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Simons Foundation Gives Stony Brook University $25 million

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09/12/2014

... Billionaire philanthropists Jim and Marilyn Simons have donated $25 million to Stony Brook University, one of ...

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Morgan Stanley Presents Black Women in Business Awards

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03/12/2015

... African-American women annually and for seventeen years I have been amazed by the heights these women continue to ...

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American Express Awards $5 Million to Boost Volunteering

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03/18/2015

... American Express and the American Express Foundation have announced a four-year, $5 million grant to the National ... public lands. The grant will support efforts by the U. S . Department of the Interior and...

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ASPCA Honored as Finalist for North American Employee Engagement Awards

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05/08/2015

... Awards Forward-thinking businesses across North America have been shortlisted for awards to recognize their ...

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Ford's Walker Addresses a Solution for Inequality in CNN OpEd

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06/18/2015

Ford' s Walker Addresses a Solution for Inequality in CNN OpEd ... -- intentional policies and ingrained prejudices -- that have over many decades tilted the scales in favor of some, while limiting...

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Can You Run A City Based on Happiness?

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07/17/2015

Can You Run A City Based on Happiness? It’ s hard to imagine anyone being unhappy living in Santa ... surfers, students, and celebrities mixed with vacationers have a good time. But not everyone’ s...

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Research to Prevent Blindess Finds New Clues to Vision Loss in Macular Degeneration

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09/02/2015

... Clues to Vision Loss in Macular Degeneration Scientists have identified a pathway that leads to the formation of ...

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Nominate Your Colleagues for the PNY Board of Directors

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12/07/2015

... its goals forward and strengthen the organization. You have a wide network of colleagues and we ask that you ... from diverse backgrounds. In the spring of 2016, we will have two seats to fill! We seek...

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ASPCA Marks 150th Anniversary With First NYC Paws Parade

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04/11/2016

... marked its 150th anniversary on April 10 with the city' s first-ever NYC Paws Parade that began at Madison Square ... the country — the day also celebrated local groups who have worked hard to protect...

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Carnegie President Credited In Co-Creation of Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity

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04/29/2016

... will be granted annually to an individual whose actions have had an exceptional impact on preserving human life and ...

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Russell Sage Foundation Study Finds Gaps in Educational Attainment Among Students of Different Incomes

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05/04/2016

... high- and low-income students shrunk, inequality may have shifted to higher education, with gaps growing in ...

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