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Schott Foundation's Jackson Declares "Our Nation Can No Longer Neglect Marginalized Students"

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04/26/2017

... Yet in each system they encounter—education, community, health —they have their various parts “siloed” rather ... as “failing.” Resolved. More standardized testing will not produce better academic outcomes...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Gates Report Stresses Need for Philanthropy Amid Aid Cuts

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09/13/2017

... goals, a set of 17 targets to improve health , the economy, the environment, and human rights worldwide by 2030. It charts poverty, infant mortality, maternal mortality, HIV ... to the goals. The report, and...

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As Global Obesity Rises, Teasing Apart Its Causes Grows Harder

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09/19/2017

... Grows Harder Asking overweight strangers about their health and eating habits is always going to be tricky for a reporter, but in some contexts it ’s easier than others — say, at a program for ... Moura, Mr...

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Forbes Women's Summit: Pfizer Shares 'the Way Forward' to Driving Social Impact

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06/20/2018

... Caroline shared insights from Pfizer’s global health programs to increase access to medicines. "As a global ... company, and also as stewards of improving global health , we recognize at Pfizer the...

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Aetna Foundation and Newman’s Own Foundation Earn CyberGrants Ovation Awards

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06/27/2018

... for their philanthropic leadership, innovation and use of technology. While they come from different industries ... “CyberGrants uses a hand to symbolize our brand because it represents giving and receiving. ‘...

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Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers Find Alzheimer's One Day May Be Predicted During Eye Exam

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08/23/2018

... Find Alzheimer's One Day May Be Predicted During Eye Exam It may be possible in the future to screen patients for ... of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences. "Our hope is to use this technique to...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Gerstner Philanthropies Awards Over $3 Million For Emergency Grant Program

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01/22/2020

... Philanthropies ( www.gerstner.org ) announced today that it has awarded $3.1 million to 18 social services ...

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Housing and Homelessness

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William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes Lauren Supplee as Senior Program Officer

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09/08/2020

... effective September 8, 2020. In this role, Dr. Supplee will lead the Foundation’s initiatives on improving the use of research evidence and its Institutional Challenge ... As a key member of the Foundation’s...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Sunsetting the Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund at Borealis Philanthropy

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10/11/2023

... Fund at Borealis Philanthropy Borealis Philanthropy will sunset our Racial Equity in Philanthropy (REP) Fund in ... existence provide our partners with unique and necessary resources and/or opportunities...

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Martha Matsuoka Elected New Board Chair for Noyes Foundation

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02/01/2013

Martha Matsuoka, an Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy at Occidental College, was elected Chair of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Board for 2013.

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Warhol Foundation Elects Two New Board Members

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11/01/2012

... art at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, after which it will travel to the Portland Art Museum, Cleveland Museum of ...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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79 percent in neighborhoods hardest hit by Sandy say rebuild even in face of risk

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07/30/2013

... the Rockefeller Foundation) also found that about 1 in 4 Americans believe they live in an area extremely at risk in ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Liza Sutherland Joins Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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01/15/2014

Liza Sutherland has joined the staff of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, where she works with the Donor Services Team and engages with a range of family foundations, corporate clients and individual donors.

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Major Research Groups Are Given Low Marks on Disclosing Donors

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05/06/2014

A New York Times article discusses research on donor disclosures by Transparify, a survey funded by the Open Society Foundations.

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Tart, Goodwin Win Carnegie Writing Awards

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06/30/2014

Under a program funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, Donna Tartt won an award for fiction and Doris Kearns Goodwin won for nonfiction.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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The Roots of Today's Giving Pledge

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07/08/2014

... The Giving Pledge may be vogue today for many wealthy Americans , but as Forbes notes, the idea was first advanced ...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500,000 to Anti-Poverty Effort

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07/17/2014

... Corps, an initiative to train volunteers to help poor Americans connect with programs they may not know about but ... War on Poverty. Bank of America foundation support will underwrite 20 fellows working in...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Rockefeller, Surdna Grantees Named "Champions of Change"

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07/22/2014

Two individuals with organizations supported by both the Rockefeller Foundation and the Surdna Foundation were named Tuesday by the White House as "Champions of Change" for their efforts to ensure that no American working 40 hours a week should have...

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