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Markle Foundation and Microsoft Partner to Accelerate a Skills-Based Labor Market for the Digital Economy

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06/29/2017

... throughout Colorado and then moving to additional states , the partnership aims to create a skills-based labor market model that can be replicated across the U.S. to help millions of ... or watch the news...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Open Society Foundations Names Kenneth H. Zimmerman as New Director of U.S. Programs

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06/04/2012

... offers a remarkable vehicle to combine vision and resources to further our country’s core principles of ... that work for equality, fairness and justice in the United States . “Collaboration among public,...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Human Services

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Who Is Hilary Pennington? A Few Questions for Ford's New Executive Vice President

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01/25/2018

... me take on enormous responsibility and gave me credit and support in doing it. From the beginning, he treated me as his ... our family. Because of my sister, I have an acute sense of how much...

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29 Nov 2023

Protecting the Right to Seek Refuge - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... new community sponsorship program. What will you learn? How philanthropy can better mobilize resources to protect those seeking safety and refuge in the ...

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Immigration

Largest-Ever Study of Cornea Condition Reveals Hidden Risk Factors, U-M Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness)

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01/13/2016

... could help more people receive newer treatments that can slow the problem and protect their vision. Keratoconus ... many people don’t receive a diagnosis early enough to take full advantage of them. The new...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

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17 Jul 2014

Pulitzer Winner Barton Gellman on Philanthropy’s Role in Better Balancing Competing Demands on Civil Liberties and National Security

Thursday, July 17, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

In the wake of 9/11, government actions have led to an ongoing national debate about how to strike the right balance between civil liberties and ... and the rule of the law. Explore How...

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Learning in Place

Release Date:

07/14/2011

... feel exhilarated; finding yourself in strange surroundings can be jarring, but in a good way. Just over a year ago, the ... (OCFS) . On top of all my other responsibilities, why take this on now? In the way...

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Philanthropy New York's 2022 - 2027 Strategic Framework

... nation has led many in the philanthropic sector to examine how our systems and practices have both deliberately and ... defined the intentional next steps Philanthropy New York can take to...

A Helpful Tool to Combat the Opioid Crisis

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09/11/2017

... programs, which allow doctors and regulators to track how many opioid medications and other controlled substances ... analysis shows that prescription drug monitoring programs can reduce the overuse of...

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Insights from “Risk, Reward, and the Reality: What Don’t We Know About Intermediaries?”

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06/28/2022

... foundations and nonprofits in re-granting foundation resources and providing important technical assistance and hands-on support to grantees. Although they have been around for ... our work through a social...

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Pershing Square Foundation Backs Initiative to Provide Scholarships to Undocumented Immigrants

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05/28/2015

... TheDream.us has announced pledges totaling $30 million in support of its national scholarship fund, which aims to ... twelve hundred "DREAMers" with $25,000 scholarships that can be used to obtain a...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Why Helping Pets Helps People

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12/05/2013

... what’s less known is that overlooking a pet’s needs can actually hamper the delivery of critical social services ... giving toward animal causes has seen a strong upswing, support from institutional funders...

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Animal Welfare

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Vivian Tseng of The William T. Grant Foundation on Meeting this Moment (Part II): Unpacking Anti-Asian Racism

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03/31/2021

... safe, but I suspect my concern for her safety will endure. How could it not? Amid mounting attacks on Asian elders and ... Asian American senior advisors in the White House who can bring knowledge and...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Reveals 45 Atlanta Cultural Orgs Selected as part of $43M Training Program

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08/13/2018

... and Management (AIM) program. A list of the organizations can be found here . The invitation-only program seeks to ... Philanthropies will provide unrestricted general operating support as well as arts...

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Arts

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Long Island Community Foundation Issues RFP for the Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund

Release Date:

12/04/2019

... proposals to restore and protect the health and living resources of the Long Island Sound. We are interested in ... within any part of the Long Island Sound watershed in the states of Connecticut and New York...

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Long Island Community Foundation

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The Annie E. Casey Foundation Issues Report on Undercount of Young Kids in 2020 Census

Release Date:

06/29/2018

... in 2020 Census The Annie E. Casey Foundation today warned policymakers and child advocates of troubling consequences ... Book, its annual look at child well-being in the United States . In this year’s Data Book...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Research for a 21st Century Child Welfare System

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03/24/2022

... for a major system redesign to accomplish this goal. You can hear more about why we need this new research agenda in this video . To support transformation, we must understand where the gaps in ... must give...

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Bold Stories For Big Challenges

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12/17/2013

... soldiers. Mass incarceration. Environmental degradation. How can storytelling possibly help grantmakers confront such huge ... in human rights videos — an example of an infrastructure support...

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Commonwealth Fund Research Shows Elderly in U.S. Have Trouble Paying Medical Bills

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11/21/2014

... could treat. The Commonwealth Fund’s survey looked at how well health systems are caring for older adults, where the gaps in performance are, and how policy reforms can make a difference......

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