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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Science

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Many Students Around the World Can’t Read or Add, World Bank Says

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09/27/2017

... of millions of students are spending years in school while learning virtually nothing, and many countries are neglecting ... even the most basic life skills,” write the report’ s authors, Deon Filmer and...

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Borealis Philanthropy and Ford Foundation Launch $1 Million Disability x Tech Fund to Advance Leadership of People With Disabilities in Tech Innovation

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02/28/2023

... $1 million Disability x Tech Fund, the only national fund supporting disability-led groups working to bring about ... justice and technology. The Disability x Tech Fund’ s inaugural cohort of grantees is...

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Disabilities

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Borealis Philanthropy

Three Practical Tips for Spreading and Scaling Youth Programs

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05/11/2017

... As any educator who works with teens will tell you, that’ s no easy feat. That left Negron with a new challenge: how to ... Horizons started a program aimed at combatting summer “ learning loss” in children...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Children, Youth and Families

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The New York Community Trust

Surdna Foundation Names George Soule As Director Of Communications

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06/03/2013

... joined the Foundation on June 11 to lead the organization' s internal and external communication efforts. Soule will ... He will strive to improve how Surdna shares its learning to enable good ideas to...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Communications

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Surdna Foundation

Markle Foundation's Rework America Task Force Is Bridging The Tech Skill Gap

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10/23/2017

Markle Foundation' s Rework America Task Force Is Bridging The Tech Skill Gap ... an Oxford University study says 47% of American jobs could be at risk due to computerization over the next 20. This ... For...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Workforce Development

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08 Dec 2016

Food as a Community-Building Tool

Thursday, December 8, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... leaders to advocate for and increase access to community resources Understanding a community’ s needs, strengths, and how to address any barriers ... who are interested in food justice, community-building,...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Food Systems

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces the Addition of Four New Staff and Six New Board Members

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01/28/2015

... role in building Brooklyn Community Foundation’ s internal operations and capacity to implement its new ... and Operations at Teach For America where she led a team supporting the strategic direction and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Arts

Community Development

LGBTQ

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Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now

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11/19/2012

The Schott Foundation for Public Education ’ s new report paints a bleak picture—nationally, ... philanthropy can and must play a leading role in investing resources and support for young black...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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A Key to Getting Corporate Money? Find Employees to Champion Your Cause

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09/19/2017

... gender, sexual orientation) or interests (animal welfare, education ) — can be great conduits between companies with philanthropic ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

The State of Philanthropic Infrastructure

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08/05/2015

... new collaborative ventures. It was a creative and useful mechanism to encourage the development of new ... wonderfully engaging as she examined the Ms. Foundation’ s mission and shared examples of how...

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Artist Catherine Opie Elected to Warhol Foundation Board

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12/15/2015

... President of the Warhol Foundation, said, ”Cathy Opie’ s distinguished work as an artist, educator and arts leader ... Foundation in imaginatively carrying out Andy Warhol’ s wish to nurture and support the...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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Arts

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Open Comment Period: Simplifying the Excise Tax on Private Foundations

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08/01/2012

... set this flat rate at 1.39 percent, which was designed to be revenue neutral, but according to the Joint Committee on ... next 5 years. In the current scenario, when a foundation’ s assets are reduced, they...

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The Tinker Foundation Welcomes Bradford K. Smith to its Board of Directors

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05/02/2013

... the leading authority on organized philanthropy in the U. S ., the Foundation Center is increasingly becoming a go-to ... to groups worldwide, as in two recent projects providing technical assistance in the...

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Ford Foundation

Finding My Power and Community in Philanthropy

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08/03/2017

... me three lessons: Find Your Community : Grantmaking can be isolating. It can be difficult to explain to friends and ... like Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy and PNY’ s Young Leaders...

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13 May 2013

Conversations for Grantmakers: CORe — Community Opportunity and Reinvestment

Monday, May 13, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

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New York State invests enormous resources in our cities. Despite these significant resources , ... seeks to better align state support with local need, while supporting successful community-based...

Adam Falk Named Next President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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06/29/2017

... P. Sloan Foundation has named Adam Frederick Falk to be the next president of the Foundation, effective January ... of the Faculty, and Professor of Physics. Falk holds a B. S . from the University of North...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

For-Profit Colleges Say the Gainful Employment Rule Will Kill Access. Don’t Believe Them. - New Report from The Century Foundation

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09/25/2023

... and energy to complete a postsecondary program, will I be better off than if I never pursued college at all? ... Likewise, the federal government—specifically, the U. S . Department of Education...

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