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MasterCard Commits $25 Million to Expand UN Capital Development Fund’s Mobile Money for the Poor (MM4P) Program

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11/10/2014

... The MasterCard Foundation is to donate USD 25 million over five years to the program to increase mobile financial ... with regular access to mobile financial services within five years.... MasterCard Commits $...

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Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth

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09/30/2016

... Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth Voluntary summer-learning programs can help narrow academic achievement gaps between ... on Low-Income Urban Youth (109...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health Program Director Writes About the Route to Better Data

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08/15/2016

The Data for Health initiative, led by the public health team at Bloomberg Philanthropies, aims to support interested governments in creating data systems changes that will be lasting, affordable and impactful.

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Health

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Eve Stotland Joins New York Community Trust as New Program Officer for Education and Human Justice

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03/25/2019

... solve legal problems. She received her B.A. from Brown University and her J.D. from Yale Law School. Eve Stotland ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

8 Characteristics of Successful Venture Philanthropies

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03/2014

The Rockefeller Foundation hosted the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for the launch of a new study on venture philanthropy.

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Economic Security

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Four Early Career Researchers Selected for 2019 William T. Grant Scholars Program

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05/15/2019

... researchers. Scholars receive $350,000 to execute rigorous five -year research plans that stretch their skills and ...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Emergency Grants to Prison Education Programs as COVID Crisis Continues

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08/06/2020

... Foundation Awards Emergency Grants to Prison Education Programs as COVID Crisis Continues NEW YORK, NY, August 6, ... $27.5 million to 24 organizations providing college- and university -level instruction in US...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Backs Food Studies Program at Hostos College

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01/29/2015

New program will include food policy, social justice and health science classes.

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Food Systems

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New After School Programs and Professional Development Bring Digital Literacy with Grants Totaling $414,000

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10/31/2014

New After School Programs and Professional Development Bring Digital Literacy ... their voices on political and civic issues. The programs help students use technology to learn, create, and ... beyond the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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The New York Community Trust

Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... earlier this year, 125 health professions schools and programs around the world have joined and committed to ensure ... schools around the world are invited to join). Columbia University Medical Center,...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Health

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Ford Foundation Backs New Associate's Degree Program at New York State Prison

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03/02/2015

... and can lead to an associate's degree. According to the university , credits earned at the medium-security prison in ... to other colleges. "By expanding access to a university education to...

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Emil Kang Joins Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Program Director for Arts and Cultural Heritage

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07/09/2019

... for the arts. Kang will be joining Mellon from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he has ... and built into one of the nation’s largest and leading university -based performing arts ...

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Arts

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Ford Foundation Appoints Maria Torres-Springer As Next Vice President for US Programs

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02/01/2019

... Maria Torres-Springer As Next Vice President for US Programs The Ford Foundation today announced the appointment ... of Maria Torres-Springer as its next vice president for US programs . She will join the...

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Joan Minieri Appointed Executive Director of Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock on Long Island

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10/06/2016

... years of experience to the table. She is a leader in the field and someone who shares our values and priorities,” ...

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Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock

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Casey Family Programs Launches New Mapping Tool to Help Advocate for Prevention of Abuse and Neglect

Release Date:

03/16/2018

Casey Family Programs Launches New Mapping Tool to Help Advocate for Prevention of Abuse and Neglect Casey Family Programs , a national grant maker in the child welfare field , has launched the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Launches Program to Support Community Development in Underserved U.S. Regions

Release Date:

10/23/2014

... (CDFG). The Program will deploy the Bank’s philanthropic resources for community development through high-performing ... investments in New York City. This concentration of CRA resources stands in contrast to...

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Community Development

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Capacity Building Program Grantees

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02/25/2021

... toward a more diverse, equitable and inclusive field . Each grantee will receive up to $60,000 over two years ... their workplaces – and ultimately, the conservation field – are as inclusive and equitable as...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Environment and Climate Change

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Andrew W. Mellon Supports Fellowship Program Diversifying the Intellectual Leadership of Scholarly Publishing

Release Date:

06/29/2017

... reason, I was especially interested to learn about the University Press Diversity Fellowship Program , an initiative ... designed to diversify the acquisitions departments at university presses. Last week, I...

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