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Christy Loper Joins the Educational Foundation of America

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11/01/2013

... a new Program Officer. Loper will support the Foundation' s environmental grantmaking. She comes to EFA with over ... change. Before her tenure with Rare, she worked for the U. S . National Oceanic and...

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The Educational Foundation of America

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Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education

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09/29/2017

Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education Called the NH Humanities Collaborative, the effort ... New Hampshire have limited overall growth and the state’ s ability to attract and retain...

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Economic Security

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15 Oct 2015

Lunch 4 Learning: Making Universal Free Lunch a Public Health Issue

Thursday, October 15, 2015 -

9:00am to 11:30am

An astonishing 75% of NYC’ s 1.1 million public school students – 780,000 children – ... community and anti-hunger groups launched the Lunch 4 Learning Campaign (L4L) , to lead the effort to bring ... NYC public...

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02 Nov 2015

Winning Ingredients: What Philanthropy Can Learn from the Marriage Equality Movement

Monday, November 2, 2015 -

12:45pm to 4:00pm

Join us for a conversation with key philanthropic leaders and advocates from the field who have worked to achieve the freedom to marry.

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14 Sep 2017

Time of Opportunity: Best Practices in Summer Learning (Part 2)

Thursday, September 14, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... series. The first part was a site visit to a model summer learning program at PS 48 in Jamaica, Queens. Research has ... achievement and opportunity gaps How summer learning can be best...

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Most States Plan To Use Student Absences To Measure School Success

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09/27/2017

... is? Test scores? Culture? Attendance? In the new federal education law (the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA) ... form of chronic student absenteeism. Many of the state' s plans still need to ...

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Wallace Report Connects the Dots of Data Use in Afterschool Systems

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05/31/2016

A growing number of cities are building afterschool systems to provide low-income students with access to high-quality programs that can keep them safe and foster the skills needed to succeed in school and life.

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Using All of a Foundation’s Assets for Mission (F. B. Heron Foundation)

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01/07/2016

Using All of a Foundation’ s Assets for Mission (F. B. Heron Foundation) For foundations in the future to be effective, they need to use all of their resources toward their mission, says Clara...

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Learning in Place

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07/14/2011

... the New York State Office of Children & Family Services. Learning in Place ...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

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Why We Support Media

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07/05/2018

... way, intimately tied to this work. That is: supporting high-quality independent education journalism. ... It was also considered, at least in some circumstances, to be a subtle public...

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20 Nov 2013

Changing the Narrative: Using Storytelling to Expand Your Foundation’s Impact

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 -

7:45am to 11:00am

... the practice of stories-for-change stands, and where it’ s heading — for funders in any issue area — by using the ... publication, “Storytelling and Social Change: A Strategy Guide for Grantmakers.” Starting...

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Opinion: How Nonprofits Can Use Artificial Intelligence To Improve Fundraising

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10/02/2017

Is your AI solution a friend or a tool? To learn more about the use of artificial intelligence to improve fundraising and related philanthropic programs, Ray Wang, CEO and founder of Constellation Research, and I invited Adam Martel to our weekly...

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NY State Health Foundation Releases New Resource on Health Behaviors in New York and the United States

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12/05/2018

Using national survey data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a new NYSHealth data snapshot profiles New Yorkers' health behaviors, focusing on important indicators for population health outcomes: obesity, diabetes, physical...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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25 Jun 2020

Using an Equity Lens in COVID-19 Response and Recovery - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, June 25, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... there is a great risk to populations whose needs will not be supported. How do you identify those needs and what ...

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Family Foundation

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Wallace Foundation Supports New Professional Standards For School Leaders

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10/26/2015

... year of deliberations, a set of professional standards for education school leaders are set to head out the door. The ... and school leaders in 1996. Instead, they will be called Professional Standards for...

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02 Apr 2024

Philanthropic Assistants and Coordinators Network (PACNET) - Elevating Support Roles in Philanthropy

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... for the purpose of sharing questions, experience and resources among peers in a confidential setting. Please join ... assistant to director. Themes we will explore: Career transitions and growth - how to...

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Grant Foundation Shifts Research Focus, Invites Studies that Improve Use of Research

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12/17/2015

... six years, the Foundation has taken up these challenges by supporting research to increase understanding of how research ... teams to identify or test strategies for producing more useful research evidence...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Rockefeller Supports Training Workshops on Impact Investing in Ghana and South Africa

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03/03/2017

... this is new terrain for evaluators, there are several resources on both impact investing and impact ... Foundation and IDRC, we developed and delivered executive education training workshops in Ghana and South...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports GallopNYC Acquisition of Horse Stables in Queens

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01/09/2017

... near Forest Park, Queens, operated for many years as Lynne' s Riding School, in Forest Hills, N.Y. The stable will be known as GallopNYC (Forest Hills). GallopNYC plans to ... riding to the general public...

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