Heavy Hitters Debate School Achievement Gap
Release Date:
10/15/2013
... and ethnic groups, and between affluent and low income students ... Heavy Hitters Debate School Achievement Gap ...
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A Free Lunch Coalition Tries to Make School Meals a Mayoral Issue
Release Date:
10/17/2013
... to urge the next mayor to enact a free lunch plan for all students , regardless of income, immediately after taking ...
William T. Grant Foundation Supports Study on Common Core
Release Date:
10/12/2016
... to overhaul academic achievement standards for K-12 students nationwide... William T. Grant Foundation Supports ...
Moody's Foundation Supports 12th Annual Mega Math Challenge
Release Date:
04/19/2017
... as a powerful problem-solving tool and motivates students to consider further education and careers in math ...
Carnegie Corporation Supported Report Finds America's $23 Billion School Funding Gap
Release Date:
02/26/2019
... state’s school funding formula shortchanged its poorest students , and lawmakers directed more money to districts ... funding gaps between districts predominantly serving students of color and those where most...
Open Society University Network Launches to Transform Higher Education
Release Date:
01/23/2020
... he is creating a new university network to better prepare students for current and future global challenges. He is ... courses and joint degree programs and regularly bring students and faculty from different...
Kaberi Banerjee Murthy of Brooklyn Community Foundation: On Immigration and Justice Reform Advocacy
Release Date:
04/18/2017
... of Brooklyn Community Foundation Highlights the Immigrant Rights Fund After the PNY program, " Advocacy Day , " we sat ... to discuss BCF’s initiatives, including the Immigrant Rights Fund and...
OSF Explores Using Blockchain Technology to Help Migrants
Release Date:
01/26/2018
... OSF awarded a $100,000 grant to the Center for Human Rights Science at Carnegie Mellon University, which is ... using blockchain and other new technologies to record rights violations and atrocities. The most...
Dominick Impemba and Susan Kish Join the Foundation Center Board of Trustees
Release Date:
05/01/2013
... of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Iona College in New Rochelle, N.Y., and an M.A. in Cinema Studies ... K. Smith. "Her guidance will be instrumental as we explore how best to deliver...
Sheldon H. Danziger Named New President of the Russell Sage Foundation
Release Date:
02/01/2013
... Securing the Future: Investing in Children from Birth to College ; Working and Poor: How Economic and Policy Changes Are Affecting Low-Wage ...
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy Announces New President
Release Date:
02/17/2017
... Directors. "She is a proven leader with a strong vision of how to mobilize the power of philanthropy to effect positive ... graduated magna cum laude from the Randolph-Macon Woman's College in...
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The Roles of Arts & Culture in Addressing Islamophobia
Monday, March 13, 2017 -
8:00am to 6:00pm
... thought leaders, artists and philanthropy professionals on how arts and culture can diffuse the cultural tensions and ... + Company Hussein Rashid , Adjunct Professor, Barnard College , Columbia University...
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Helping Foster Care Youth Succeed: Skills and Strategies that Support the Transition to Adulthood
Thursday, April 20, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... permanency and long-term support networks; success in college , careers, and other post-secondary pathways; housing ... supports; and building social/emotional and life skills How philanthropy can effectively...
Beth Cobert Named CEO of Skillful at Markle Foundation
Release Date:
04/25/2017
... complex, and transformational initiatives. She knows how to bring together diverse stakeholders to create systemic ... seven out of ten Americans who don’t have a four-year college degree but have great skills...
Markle Foundation and Microsoft Partner to Accelerate a Skills-Based Labor Market for the Digital Economy
Release Date:
06/29/2017
... who have transferable skills, but not a four-year college degree. In response, Microsoft’s corporate giving ... or watch the news without coming across a story about how technology is displacing jobs. And...
Samsher (Sam) Singh Gill Named President of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Release Date:
01/11/2021
... role of news in American democracy; a series of studies on how an emerging generation conceives of freedom of ... from the University of Oxford where he was at New College . His wife, Maíra Reimão, is an...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, American Institutes for Research, and Spencer Foundation Award Grants to Four Partnerships Addressing Social Issues
Release Date:
04/28/2021
... will also supplement a grant to Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology, the Foundation’s first-ever ... relevant research holds the powerful potential to inform how institutions, researchers,...
Random Reflections By A New Author
Release Date:
05/24/2010
... I am blessed from what I learn from these encounters and how these lessons inform my practice. The first reflection is ... become easier, and the distance between needs and resources can be digitally bridged...
Time To Revisit Reporting
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... grant reports: Accountability : a way to know whether and how the grant money has been used for its intended purposes. ... benefit from capacity support, field connections, or other resources that the funder...
Internal Communications for Philanthropy: Maintaining Community in a Time of Isolation
Release Date:
03/31/2020
... of us. It’s been heartening to watch foundations marshal resources to find ways to ease burdens on grantees and step ... for what could be an extended period, we need to re-define how we work together and...