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Ford and Markle Foundations Support National Alliance To Increase College Graduation Rates

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04/19/2018

... Markle Foundations Support National Alliance To Increase College Graduation Rates Eleven large research institutions, ... state and conference lines to increase the rate at which students from low-income and...

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75,000 Apply for State College Scholarships, but Many Won’t Qualify

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08/28/2017

75,000 Apply for State College Scholarships, but Many Won’t Qualify This spring, ... his groundbreaking Excelsior Scholarship program to make college tuition-free for some students at New York’s...

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Century Foundation Hosts Discussion on College Affordability Ideas for the Next Congress and Beyond

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10/01/2018

Century Foundation Hosts Discussion on College Affordability Ideas for the Next Congress and Beyond Free and debt-free college plans have gained significant momentum recently, as ... Watch the live streamed...

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Ford Foundation Awards $1 Million to Help Prisoners Get a College Education

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08/06/2015

Ford Foundation Awards $1 Million to Help Prisoners Get a College Education $1 million over two years to the Bard Prison Initiative, which provides incarcerated students with opportunities to do course work with...

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05 Oct 2021

Making Up For Lost Time: How Funders Can Support Tutoring Interventions That Accelerate Learning

Tuesday, October 5, 2021 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

After nearly 18 months of disrupted learning, many students are entering this school year with significant gaps ... overall and high-dosage tutoring specifically How tutoring organizations in New York City operate...

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28 Oct 2020

How COVID-19 Spurred A Collective Philanthropic Effort in Food Justice – A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 -

11:00am to 12:30pm

Virtual meeting - Register by 10/27

... many foundations rightly focused their attention and resources on emergency food supply, economic relief, and ... fund in CFF's nine-year history, to hear about why and how they are supporting food...

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Fund the People: How and Why to Invest in the Staff of Grantee Organization - Presentation

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05/2018

View materials of the program " Fund the People: How and Why to Invest in the Staff of Grantee Organizations " Fund the People: How and Why to Invest in the Staff of Grantee Organization - .....

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JPMorgan Chase Gives $350M to Workforce Training, Community Colleges

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03/19/2019

... they say could add 3.6 million 18-to 24-year-olds with college degrees and upskill another 28 million workers by ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Survey Reveals Insight into the College Skills Gap

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05/01/2017

Rockefeller Foundation Survey Reveals Insight into the College Skills Gap A March 2017 survey by the Rockefeller Foundation noted that half of recent college graduates are not using skills they learned in .....

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William T. Grant Foundation Supports Study Examining Student Involvement in Racial Justice Movements

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10/14/2016

... Chicago and the University of Michigan, finds that women college students are more active than men in racial justice movements ... Latino students . The finding not only sheds light on...

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Social Justice

Prescription For Making Healthcare Enrollment More Customer-Friendly

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08/01/2014

Prescription For Making Healthcare Enrollment More Customer-Friendly Before open enrollment for Obamacare begins this fall, NY State should ... from consumers.... Prescription For Making Healthcare ...

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08 Dec 2011

Like Peanut Butter and Chocolate: Nonprofit and Community College Workforce Development Partnerships

Thursday, December 8, 2011 -

7:30am to 11:00am

... less service redundancy, and the maximization of resources . One strategy that funders choose to support is ... on the benefits and challenges of nonprofit and community college cooperation. Explore Reasons...

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As Open Enrollment for Obamacare Begins, Confusion Reigns

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11/01/2017

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Health

Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship is Conducting CSR Survey

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06/14/2017

Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship is Conducting CSR Survey The Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship is conducting ... June 30. If you have any questions about this survey or how...

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Teagle Foundation Forum Explores What Liberal Arts Can Offer Underrepresented Students

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10/05/2019

... Explores What Liberal Arts Can Offer Underrepresented Students NEW YORK — At a recent forum marking the Teagle ... arts conversation. Or as former LaGuardia Community College president Dr. Gail Mellow put it...

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IBM Joins With Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math

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09/14/2017

... Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math Today, the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Foundation ... to provide elementary school teachers with targeted math resources for their kindergarten...

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Limitations of School Choice on Accessibility in NYC

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11/09/2017

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How The New York Community Trust Is Shaping K-12 Education in New York

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02/13/2018

How The New York Community Trust Is Shaping K-12 Education ... Slutsky has said. "By joining forces, funders leverage the resources of many to tackle larger agendas, tougher issues or ... low-income parents...

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Aging Out of Foster Care Makes Eating Right a Challenge

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09/18/2017

... to start. Turner realized he rarely received guidance on how to prepare nutritious meals or how to shop for healthy food on a budget so he decided to ...

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