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Verizon Foundation to Match Employee Contributions to Nepal Relief Efforts

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04/28/2015

... all fees for calls and multimedia texts between the U. S . and Nepal from April 25 until May 31 to show its support ... $25. The cap on donation matching is set at $1,000. The program starts today and will...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Disaster Relief

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Long Island Community Foundation Supports Treatment for Military Veterans and Their Families

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05/19/2015

... LICADD will work to increase awareness of the M-FIT program to reach more veterans and their family members, ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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Long Island Community Foundation

MetLife Foundation Partners with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors to Help Financial Service Providers Better Serve Low-Income Clients

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06/05/2015

... Performance Through Improved Cross(X)-Sell (OPTIX), a program to provide microfinance institutions and cooperatives ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Community Development

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MetLife

Want to Create a Movement? Create a Community.

Release Date:

06/10/2015

... is also who is sharing your message that counts. Let’ s look at how the drowning prevention community is using this ... to create a weeklong water safety and drowning prevention program called ZAC Camp in...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Initiative to Increase Arts Integration in Research Cirricula

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08/06/2015

... Universities (a2ru) and the University of Michigan' s ArtsEngine program have received an $800,000 grant from the Andrew W. ... from the Mellon Foundation toward the efforts of U-M' s...

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Mellon Foundation

Weinberg Foundation Matching Grant Initiaitive Raises More than $9 Million for Workforce Development

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08/20/2015

... of workforce development. Specifically, this 1:1 match program seeks to increase the number of funders, as well as ... not only matched but exceeded the Weinberg Foundation’ s support of $3.6 million,...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Ford and Luce Foundations Support Scholars Bringing Fresh Eyes to Well-worn Topics in SE Asia

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11/23/2015

... thinks he has landed on unexplored territory. Ham’ s research project, Narratives Analysis on Hydropower Dam ... and make sense of (or fail to make sense of) each other’ s points of view. . . According to...

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Ford Foundation

Hilton, Tow, Surdna and Edna McConnell Clark Noted as Important Funders for Foster Youth

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01/08/2016

... are funding programs and projects in diverse ways. Let’ s look at some of the funders who are working to support this ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Jane Forbes Clark of Clark Foundation Speaks at Baseball Hall of Fame on Family Legacy and Generosity

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01/11/2016

... at the National Baseball Hall of Fame about her family' s history in and vision for Cooperstown. At least another 100 people were turned away as the Hall' s Grandstand Theater filled to capacity,...

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Woodruff Foundation Reflects on Its First Decade

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02/11/2016

... Its First Decade Friday, January 29, was Bob Woodruff' s 10th Alive Day . As we reflect on the day that a roadside bomb nearly took Bob' s life in Iraq, we celebrate the impact that moment has had...

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Veterans

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JPB Foundation Supports Best Practices, Models for Green Infrastructure in Underserved Communities

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03/10/2016

... convening will kick off the Great Urban Parks Campaign, a program aiming ultimately to increase and improve the use of ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Freedom Together Foundation

Revson Fellowship Produces Research on Female Face of Genocide

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03/16/2016

For a Charles H. Revson Foundation Fellowship, Sarah Cushman researched the lives of women at the Birkenau concentration camp.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Gender Justice

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Wallace Foundation to Invest $47 Million In Redesigning Principal Preparation

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03/16/2016

Strong principals are critical components of successful schools, and Wallace Foundation will be investing millions of dollars in research into what makes a principal effective.

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Peterson Foundation's Fiscal Summit Convenes Leaders To Discuss Economic Priorities for Next President

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05/11/2016

Peterson Foundation' s Fiscal Summit Convenes Leaders To Discuss Economic ... the next president, at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation' s 2016 Fiscal Summit: Leadership for a Secure Future. The .....

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation Appoints John Irons as Director of Inclusive Economies

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05/19/2016

... 'Impact Investing.' As director, he will advance Ford' s work in addressing inequality to pave the way for economic ... Markets. An economist by training, Irons led work on U. S . employment,...

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Ford’s Walker in Harvard Business Review: What Foundations Are Missing About Capacity Building

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07/05/2016

Ford’ s Walker in Harvard Business Review: What Foundations Are ... gone so far as to issue this brave statement about Ford’ s historical practice of only allowing 10% of their project ... requiring that 90% go...

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on For-Profit Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status

Release Date:

08/12/2016

... on For-Profit Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status The U. S . Department of Education on Thursday denied a request by a ... four colleges in six states as well as an online degree program , will have to...

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A Big STEM Gift from Simons Foundation Grabs Attention in the Field

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08/24/2016

... mathematics and the sciences. The Simons Foundation ’ s Education & Outreach programs seek to "stimulate a deeper .....

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Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices

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09/2016

... individuals who were either the most senior evaluation or program staff at foundations in the U. S . and Canada giving at least $10 million annually, or ...

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