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Funded by a $1 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the University Center of Exemplary Mentoring program will award 10 scholarships of $40,000 over five years to students who pursue paths in biology, chemistry, civil...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President

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01/19/2018

... helped launch the foundation's BUILD initiative, a five- year $5 billion investment in the long-term capacity and .....

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New Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Tackles College Hunger

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01/22/2018

... ( HCC ) students, 60 percent of whom leave school within a year of enrolling... New Research Funded by the William T. ...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Announced Roz Lee As The New Vice President of Strategy and Programs To Its Staff

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01/24/2018

... Roz is co-chair of the Out in the South Initiative, a five- year project with the goal of leveraging $60 million in ...

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Talking Politics

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02/06/2018

... followed that rule in my personal life over the last year . It seems every conversation eventually wends its way ... But the candid grantee feedback we’ve seen over the last year suggests that might not be the...

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Carnegie Corporation Funds Report Revealing 4 Actions to Improve the Future of Higher Education

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02/07/2018

Following four national priorities, including increasing completion rates and strengthening the student educational experience, could exponentially improve the future of higher education, according to a report based on two years of research.

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Newman’s Own Saved from Major Tax Hit

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02/12/2018

Newman’s Own Foundation was saved last week from a 200 percent tax increase by a late minute amendment to the federal budget enacted by Congress.

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces the 2018 Sloan Research Fellows

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02/15/2018

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announces the selection of 126 outstanding U.S. and Canadian researchers as the recipients of the 2018 Sloan Research Fellowships. The fellowships, awarded yearly since 1955, honor early-career scholars whose...

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NoVo Foundation Announces Three Winners of the Pathways to Freedom Challenge

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02/15/2018

The Partnership for Freedom today announced the three winners of its Pathways to Freedom challenge. Atlanta, Chicago, and Minneapolis were selected to participate in a first-of-its-kind anti-trafficking challenge to develop citywide approaches to...

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"Risk Is a Fact of Life." A Conversation with Stephen Heintz of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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02/16/2018

... sector. American foundations give away about $60 billion a year , a significant sum of money except when you compare it ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Selects Top 35 Innovative Urban Ideas as Finalists in 2018 Mayors Challenge

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02/21/2018

... $100,000 per city, a new addition to the competition this year . The Mayors Challenge returns to the U.S. as one of the ...

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Ford, Hilton Foundation, and JPB Foundation Join others in Collaborative Fund to Address Housing Instability

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02/23/2018

Understanding that stable homes provide an important platform for individual success and thriving communities, nine of the nation’s largest private foundations have joined forces to create the Funders for Housing and Opportunity collaborative, with...

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New York State Health Foundation Funded Study Finds Most NY Health Providers Are Not Ready to Care for Veterans

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03/01/2018

Only about 2 percent of the physicians and other health care providers in New York State are equipped to provide timely and quality care to veterans in the community, according to a new RAND Corporation study.