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Immigrants, Their Children Integrate Well into US Society but Not in All Areas, Report Finds

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09/24/2015

... into US Society but Not in All Areas, Report Finds As U. S . immigrants and their descendants integrate into society, ... crime and family patterns. Co-sponsored by the U. S . Citizenship and Immigration...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Immigration

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Russell Sage Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Brooklyn Museum App

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06/29/2016

... Their final product is the ASK Brookly Museum app. It' s a chat interface that lets museum-goers talk to staff about ... visitors as soon as they comes through the app. But it' s teaching the museum...

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Arts

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Three PNY Members Join GCIR Board

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01/30/2017

... Yasui , Senior Program Officer, Youth Opportunity and Learning , Ford Foundation Shawn Morehead , Program Director, Promising Futures, Education and Human Justice, The New York Community Trust ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Study Finds Test-Score Growth at NYC Charter Schools Outpaces District Schools

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10/04/2017

... school students show growth equal to 23 extra days of learning in reading and 63 more days in math each year, ... schools. Released Wednesday by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford...

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Carnegie Corporation Trustee Louise Richardson Named Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford

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05/29/2015

... institutional advancement with a distinguished academic career . Her leadership of the 600-year-old institution has ... student experience, and development of the university’ s infrastructure. Prior to joining...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Mellon President Elizabeth Alexander is one of the TIME 100 most influential people of 2022

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05/26/2022

... issue: " Elizabeth Alexander is many things. She’ s a poet , a philanthropist , an educator, and an ... W. Mellon Foundation—the largest funder of arts and education in the U. S .—she has...

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Rockefeller Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announce Finalists in $10M Economic Opportunity Challenge

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09/17/2018

... country. Later this year, up to ten of the finalists will be named grantees, receiving $1 million grants and tailored technical assistance. The Communities Thrive Challenge hopes ... and energy from local...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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A Forever 41’s Perspective on Social Media

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05/28/2015

... tweet characters? You get the picture. March seemed to be my social media immersion month as I attended the ... and Corporate Citizenship, and Philanthropy New York’ s “ Using Social Media to Engage Your...

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Communications/Media

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New York Life Foundation

04 Jun 2019

Stonewall 50: Lessons in Unerasing Underrepresented Histories

Tuesday, June 4, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Community Trust New York Foundation The New York Women' s Foundation North Star Fund Proteus Fund Robert Sterling .....

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Chosen by Librarians, 2016 Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Announced

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01/12/2016

... Center from Jan. 8 – 12. Viet Thanh Nguyen' s bravura debut novel, "The Sympathizer," illuminates the ... winners—and four other finalists—that readers won't be able to put down or soon...

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Arts

Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Convening Virtually: Embracing Change and Community

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12/03/2020

... Embracing Change and Community By: Carolyn Peters, Learning Services Associate, Philanthropy New York What once ... way we do work. We have very quickly learned to adapt and be kinder to one another for the...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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18 Jul 2012

Corporate Community Involvement Conference

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 7:30am to Friday, July 20, 2012 - 8:45pm

Fairmont Copley Plaza, 138 St. James Ave., Boston MA

... emerging trends and opportunities which are, and will be , significantly changing both Corporate and Social ... disasters and third world issues in an amazing way. Be surprised to learn why consumers really...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Xavier de Souza Briggs as Vice President of Economic Opportunity and Assets

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11/01/2013

... de Souza Briggs as Vice President of the foundation' s program on Economic Opportunity and Assets. Briggs will ... and Justice, and Hilary Pennington , Vice President of Education , Creativity and Free...

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation Appoints Ursula Burns to Board of Trustees

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02/20/2015

... a respected international business leader. She began her career at Xerox in 1980 as a mechanical engineer intern, and ... in company history, helping to catapult Xerox’ s presence and extend its reach in the...

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20 May 2015

Should we be afraid? Scariest Trends in Philanthropy - Webinar

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... editor of Inside Philanthropy, posted a blog called Be Afraid: The Five Scariest Trends in Philanthropy. Callahan’ s ‘trends’ all relate to philanthropy in the US. Are ... has grown in many aspects of US life...

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For Women, the World Remains an Extremely Dangerous Place

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03/11/2015

... United Kingdom, Colombia to Burma, Sudan to Russia—to be more specific, in every nation on earth—sexual violence ... of sex crimes committed in countries within the ICC’ s jurisdiction. The ICC has, however,...

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Health

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Open Society Foundations

Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Data for Health Initiative is Closing Gaps in Health Data in 19 Countries

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04/12/2017

... data is – or that nearly two-thirds of the world’ s deaths go unrecorded, which is incredible,” said Mr. ... priorities including how and where to direct public health resources . Knowing how many people are...

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Health

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African Philanthropy Forum to Promote Transformation of the Continent 'From Within'

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04/22/2013

... (APF). Like the GPF, the APF will take the form of a peer- learning network of philanthropists — grant-makers and ... by Africans in Africa, while taking part in the GPF’ s global community... African...

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