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Wallace Report Connects the Dots of Data Use in Afterschool Systems

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05/31/2016

... are building afterschool systems to provide low-income students with access to high-quality programs that can keep ... the skills needed to succeed in school and life. But how can educators ensure that these...

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Teagle Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million in Grants

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03/16/2014

... institutions and other organizations working to help students prepare for and succeed in college . Grants awarded to higher education institutions ...

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Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice Welcomes Joy Chia as New Executive Director

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07/20/2021

... (OSF), where she has most recently been the Women’s Rights Program’s Team Manager. She led the program’s work ... putting our values and principles into practice—in both how we as Astraea work with and fund...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Announces New Staff and Board Members

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10/15/2020

... Fund. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Calvin College and holds a Master's degree in Public Policy from the ... Kennedy School, and a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College where he majored in...

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29 Oct 2018

Equity Speaker Series: Exploring Racism in America with Ibram X. Kendi

Monday, October 29, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... leading authors, artists, and activists. Explore how racism shapes our policies, influences our institutions, ... the impact philanthropy hopes to achieve. Discover how a shared vocabulary, deeper...

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16 Apr 2019

Equity Speaker Series: Exploring Racism in America with Richard Rothstein

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9:00am to 11:00am

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The Fund for the City of New York Announces Lisette Nieves as President

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08/10/2020

... whom we are all in debt. But I also leave with a sense of how far we have yet to go to realize our vision of what this ... improve communities. She is an honors graduate of Harvard College and holds an M.A...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Report Amplifies Black Community Leadership in Improving Quality of Education

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05/26/2017

... that the quality of education for African-American students can be improved, a report funded by Bloomberg ... (41 percent). To address the challenges African-American students face, including students...

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New Publication Examines the Funding Model For Public Research Universities (Carnegie Corp.)

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02/04/2016

... research universities continue to devote most of their resources to their core activities: teaching and research. ... by 34 percent per FTE student—while the number of students they educate increased...

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Navigating Backlash: Lessons for a Thriving Multiracial and Multicultural Workplace

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02/10/2025

... abolished slavery, granted citizenship, and erected voting rights for African Americans. But the end of Reconstruction ... and the Selma to Montgomery marches catalyzed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting...

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16 Jun 2021

Equity Means All, Not Some: Lessons from the Past 20 Years of Education Reform in New York City, and What Should Come Next

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 -

12:00pm to 12:30pm

... build on their successes and commit to ensuring that all students have access to a quality education. In preparing ... ensure fairness among our members, we reserve the right to limit the number of attendees...

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Maricella Espinosa-Blohm

... and as an assistant to the staff of Northeastern’s College of Engineering Student Services. She will graduate ...

Mastercard Foundation Announces New University Partnerships in Africa

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12/08/2014

... MasterCard Foundation announced that over 2,300 university students will be able to hit the books in classrooms in ... in the Scholars Program, including Ashesi University College in Ghana, the first African...

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Twenty-Seven Foundation Executives Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box'

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08/14/2015

... aid as I went back and tried to matriculate through college , I was denied admittance into several universities ...

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One 'Dreamer' Vows to Finish Med School in The Face of DACA Chaos

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09/06/2017

... of some 800,000 "Dreamers" who were permitted to attend college and work in the U.S. for two-year periods without .....

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Capital One and Others Fund Tech Training for Youth

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06/29/2018

... in software development. Upon graduation, participating students , many lacking college degrees, successfully find careers with an average ...

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Newsmakers: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

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12/23/2013

... Foundation and a distinguished lecturer at the Baruch College School of Public Affairs and affiliated faculty ... voted to appoint me president. Actually, I wasn’t sure how to respond, beyond saying, “Yes!”...

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Channeling the Power of Collaborative Funding for Good

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03/29/2024

... This power is often over community leaders who require resources to pursue liberation and justice within a sector ... a crucial role in the philanthropic ecosystem, channeling resources to impacted communities...

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