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Vivian Tseng of The William T. Grant Foundation on Meeting this Moment (Part II): Unpacking Anti-Asian Racism

Release Date:

03/31/2021

... or labelled “White adjacent.” The social science research community bears a good deal of responsibility for ... Medical Association similarly finds that less than 0.2% of research funding from the National...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Social Justice

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Diversity and Inclusion

Publication date:

06/2014

Reference documents pertaining to the topic of Diversity and Inclusion for Board members.

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Board & Trustees

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18 May 2023

Setting a New Standard: The Role of Philanthropy in Grantee Working Conditions

Thursday, May 18, 2023 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... their teams. Join our experts to hear an overview of their research and explore how grantmakers can support their ... nonprofit staff. Through a hybrid structure of data-backed research in the field and...

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Liza Sutherland Joins Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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01/15/2014

... of the Boston Foundation and for three years as a Research Associate at American Institutes for Research . Liza received her B.A. in Communications with a ...

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Close That Gap: William T. Grant Foundation Zeroes in on Inequality and Kids

Release Date:

03/30/2015

... Zeroes in on Inequality and Kids Once in a while, research on an issue is so galvanizing that it can entirely ... American Dream in Crisis is just the latest indicator that research on kids and inequality may...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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William T. Grant Foundation

Bloomberg-Funded Study: Industry Initiatives to Prevent Drinking & Driving Lack Scientific Evidence of Effectiveness

Release Date:

02/22/2016

... new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests. Reporting Feb. 18 in the American Journal ... drinking and driving between 1982 and 2015. . . The research was conducted during the Global...

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Health

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Names 33 Winners of Its Prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellows

Release Date:

04/19/2016

... Andrew Carnegie Fellows in recognition of their proposed research on an array of topics in the social sciences and ... up to $200,000 to fund one or two years of scholarly research in areas including education...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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With Support From Simons Foundation, Rett Syndrome Study Finds Mechanisms Underlying Its Visual Deficits

Release Date:

11/02/2016

... Study Finds Mechanisms Underlying Its Visual Deficits In research published in the "Proceedings of the National ... researchers at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and the Picower Institute...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo Joins Jim and Marilyn Simons to Dedicate Flatiron Institute

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09/14/2017

... the foundation’s new Flatiron Institute, an intramural research division of the Simons Foundation that tackles big ... the Flatiron Institute is an interdisciplinary research organization whose stated mission...

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Study Supported by Doris Duke Foundation Reveals Mumps Resurgence Due to Waning Vaccine Protection in Adults

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03/23/2018

In the study, which was published in Science Translational Medicine , the researchers pooled and analyzed 6 epidemiological studies of mumps vaccine effectiveness conducted over past decades in the United States and Europe.

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Fair Futures: A Cross-Sector Partnership Transforming How New York City Supports Young People Impacted by Foster Care

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06/28/2023

... to guide service delivery and track outcomes, and other resources . Later that year, the funders hosted an event at ...

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Trinity Church Philanthropies

18 Jun 2018

No Place Like Home: Responding to the Unique Needs of Homeless Children and Their Families

Monday, June 18, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... in shelters and hotels Development of permanent housing resources for homeless children and their families ...

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NYC Cultural Agenda Fund Places Marker on Racial Justice Initiative Ahead of City’s Cultural Plan Release

Release Date:

10/12/2016

... the City. With $10,000, BRIC will undertake convening and research activities to ensure that the needs of the Downtown ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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Lessons Learned from a Journey to Impact Investing

Release Date:

03/13/2017

Phillip Henderson, president of the Surdna Foundation, writes about a nine-month learning process that led to the Surdna board unanimously voting to commit approximately 10 percent of its endowment — $100 million — toward impact investing.

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You Can't Hack Trust

Release Date:

06/17/2019

... including the donor-advisor relationship. Their research shows that relationships are stronger and more ...

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Moore Philanthropy

Heads Up: These Tax Reform Proposals Could Help or Hurt Nonprofits

Release Date:

08/16/2017

... by $4.8 billion. According to Independent Sector research , expanding the charitable deduction to non-itemizers ...

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PNY News

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