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National Service and Grassroots Youth Organizing Groups: A Strategy for Building Diverse Nonprofit and Civic Leadership for New York

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01/14/2010

... to support and involve grassroots youth organizing groups. Research from youth activism in education reform shows that ... support and capacity for securing national service resources , conduct the monitoring...

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Insights from “A Fireside Chat on the ‘True Costs’ of Nonprofits”

Release Date:

08/03/2022

... policy of around 15 percent of direct costs. However, research shows that smaller organizations tend to have higher ... and the communities that they serve. Additional Resources : Resources...

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Wallace Foundation Invests $30 Million to Strengthen Supervisors Of School Principals

Release Date:

06/24/2014

... overlooked supervisor position has emerged as central to improving principals’ performance,” said Wallace ...

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Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”

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12/20/2017

In an interview with the Funder’s Forum, Wallace Foundation President Will Miller explains the “unified approach” that underlies the foundation’s initiatives and describes how a focus on continuous improvement fits into this.

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Maricella Espinosa-Blohm

Maricella Espinosa-Blohm is Philanthropy New York’s current co-op intern from Northeastern University.

Joe Miller Joins The Century Foundation as Director of Digital Communications

Release Date:

02/01/2013

Joe Miller is the new Director of Digital Communications for The Century Foundation.

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Johnson & Johnson to Provide Scholarships for Rutgers Students in Health-related Fields

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11/12/2015

Marking the 250th anniversary of Rutgers University, Johnson & Johnson made a pledge of up to $50,000 for student scholarships in health-care related fields.

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Rockefeller Brothers Supported Report: Wind Energy Could Get Cheaper

Release Date:

03/18/2016

The University of Delaware released a report showing offshore wind energy in New England would be far less costly under projects that are newer and bigger than Cape Wind.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Publishes New Volume: 'Higher Education Effectiveness'

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04/08/2016

"Effectiveness" and "efficiency" are dirty words to some people in academe, often promoted by government technocrats or by those who believe higher education can be reduced to measurable outcomes that show up on the bottom line.

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Gives $5.5M to Launch Mobile Simulation Initiative for Rural Emergencies

Release Date:

07/27/2016

... to rural emergency medical services, hospitals and universities for training on advanced trauma and cardiac life ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Supported by Mellon Foundation, Hybrid Publishing Platform Launches In Beta Form

Release Date:

04/07/2017

With the launch, the press is moving to gather feedback and refine the platform as it enters the third and final year of a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Leon Levy Foundation Supports Bird Migration Forecasts

Release Date:

04/27/2018

For the first time, new maps are using radar to forecast nighttime clouds of migratory birds and track their flights in near real-time. A potential boon to conservation efforts.

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Animal Welfare

Environment and Climate Change

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Leon Levy Foundation

11/14/2014 - The Science of Convening - Notes

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11/2014

View Notes from the program, " The Science of Convening. "

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Newly Created Heckscher Foundation Workforce Development Grants Aim to Create More Than 1,100 Full-Time Jobs in New York

Release Date:

07/19/2023

$7.6 Million in Grants Will Support Innovative Hiring Programs for State’s Underserved Youth

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Children, Youth and Families

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Philanthropy New York's Kimberly Roberts Interviews Julie Kashen and Rakeen Mabud, Authors of Nevertheless, It Persists: Disrupting the Vicious Cycle of Institutionalized Sexism

Release Date:

09/30/2020

... at The Century Foundation, and Rakeen Mabud, Director of Research and Strategy at TIME’S UP Foundation to talk about ... issue is that those who have always held the majority of resources and power have a...

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Gender Justice

Education Tech Nonprofit Launches with Gates, Carnegie Support

Release Date:

02/06/2013

... personalized learning a reality for every U.S. student by improving the effectiveness, variety and affordability of ... personalized learning a reality for every U.S. student by improving the effectiveness,...

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Education

Technology

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

MetLife Foundation, Sesame Workshop Launch Financial Knowledge Program

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11/22/2013

PND reported that the MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop have announced a five-year, $20 million partnership to improve financial knowledge and strategies among low- and moderate-income families around the world.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies' Global "To Do" List Has Familiar Look

Release Date:

08/23/2014

... levels in Mexico; reducing traffic in Rio de Janeiro; improving road safety in India and Kenya; and preventing ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Century Foundation Releases New Report on Labor Market Recovery

Release Date:

11/06/2014

... on Labor Market Recovery The unemployment rate is improving —at 5.9 percent in October, it is nearly back to ... What explains the disconnect between a supposedly improving economy and our belief that things...