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Foundation for Child Development Announces Appointment of Deborah A. Phillips as New President

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07/02/2012

... foundation dedicated to the well-being of America’ s children, has announced the appointment of Dr. Deborah A. ... and policy efforts on the effects of early childhood education on children’ s...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Saul Chernick Joins the Joan Mitchell Foundation as Professional Development Program Coordinator

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02/01/2012

... Professional Development Program Coordinator for their Art Education Program. The Foundation facilitates a variety of ... programs for children, teens, and young adults. Chernick’ s work focuses on the...

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12 Mar 2012

Conversations for Grantmakers: Hydrofracking Plus and Minus

Monday, March 12, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Join us for a discussion about the effects natural gas drilling has on community infrastructure. Amy Panek from the Park Foundation and Marilyn Bok from the Community Foundation for the Twin Tiers will also talk about their work to educate the...

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16 May 2012

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Donors Breakfast

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 -

8:00am to 10:00am

Beekman Tower Hotel, 3 Mitchell Place, NYC

... Corporate Social Responsibility, Youth, Women, Health, Education , Poverty, Food and Water Security, Rural ... Land Management, HIV/AIDS, and Indigenous People' s Rights. Explore Funding opportunities on...

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21 Jun 2012

Funders of Women and Girls Network Lunch

Thursday, June 21, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor, NYC

... around social equality and economic security for NYC’ s women and girls, within the context of class, ... sexual orientation. The agenda for this meeting will be announced a few weeks prior to the meeting...

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Jessi Stafford Joins The Century Foundation as Blogger & Social Media Specialist

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10/15/2013

... . In her position, she produces content for the foundation' s Blog of the Century and develops and executes TCF' s social media strategy, including day-to-day management of ... Stafford'...

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The School That Will Get You a Job

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02/13/2014

TIME Magazine examined Chicago' s Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy, where every student graduates ... name of one of the first African-American women ever to be granted a U. S . patent, in 1885,...

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UJA-Federation Announces $50 Million Day School Challenge Fund

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06/09/2014

Calling it the first-ever New York-area effort of its kind, UJA-Federation of New York has announced a $50 million Day School Challenge Fund, positioning participating schools to raise an aggregate $150 million.

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Warren Buffett Honors His Hero, The Billionaire Who Secretly Gave It All Away

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06/18/2014

... 400 Lifetime Achievement Award for Philanthropy. “It’ s a real honor to talk about a fellow who is my hero and Bill Gates’ hero. He should be everybody’ s hero.” Feeney cofounded Duty Free...

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Kopp Joins Changing Our World As Managing Director

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08/12/2014

... competitions sponsored by the United States Department of Education . Kopp Joins Changing Our World As Managing ...

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All Health Care is Local: The Power of Community to Drive Improvement

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09/11/2014

... to Drive Improvement In many communities across the U. S ., poverty is a depressingly reliable indicator of health ... performance, in part because access to care tends to be more limited in impoverished areas...

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Carnegie Corporation Awards $5 Million to Universities for Innovative Programs Linking Academia and Policy

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09/23/2014

... the transfer of research and expertise between higher education and the policy world in the area of global affairs. ... the Corporation held a competition challenging the 22 U. S .-based members of the...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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SIFMA Funded Programs Provide Financial Literacy to Millions of Students

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10/02/2014

... Many investors today are financially illiterate. That’ s right, illiterate. Defined as “having or showing a lack ...

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NYCT Funding Pilot Program for In-school STI Testing

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10/17/2014

... point in their lives, most sexually active people will be infected with a sexually transmitted infection, or STI. ... shame, and stigma tend to characterize the nation’ s discussions about STIs—even though...

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The New York Community Trust

Health

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SeaChange Capital Partners Announces New Fund to Make Program-Related Investments in New York City

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11/24/2014

... some amount of financial return. These organizations may be involved in health and human services, housing, education and youth development, community and economic ... equity-like securities. Each investment...

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Ford Foundation Joins Bipartisan Coalition to Change Criminal Justice System

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02/20/2015

... found at least one thing they can agree on: The nation’ s criminal justice system is broken. Koch Industries, the ... Other partners include the Leadership Conference Education Fund, Right on Crime and the...

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Justice Reform

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Studies Impact of Volunteerism

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03/06/2015

... the results of a study by MDRC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education and social policy research firm. The yearlong ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Markle Foundation President Examines China as a Source of Jobs for the U.S. in WSJ OpEd

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06/04/2015

... President Examines China as a Source of Jobs for the U. S . in WSJ OpEd The 2016 presidential-campaign season will ... 2022. Those consumers want better health care, world-class education and a cleaner...

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