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Originally Funded by Open Society Foundations, ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population

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08/04/2016

Originally Funded by Open Society Foundations , ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail ... 2014 with a $50 million gift from the Open Society Foundations , abruptly left the post in late June, as did her ... and...

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Century Foundation Expert Says Tuition-Free College Wouldn’t Admit More Low-Income Students

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08/18/2016

Top public schools fear falling in national college rankings if they accept students with lower test scores.

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Supported by Simons Foundation, Study Finds Genetics, Early Term Ultrasound Linked to Autism Severity

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09/02/2016

The data was derived from 2,644 families among 12 research sites across the United States.

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City Council to Examine Young Men's Initiative Funded by Bloomberg and Open Society Foundations

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09/21/2016

... Men's Initiative Funded by Bloomberg and Open Society Foundations The Young Men’s Initiative, Bloomberg said, ... Men's Initiative Funded by Bloomberg and Open Society Foundations .....

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Zegar Family Foundation Supports 'Sunday in the Park' Starring Jake Gyllenhaal at City Center

Release Date:

10/04/2016

City Center thanks Gala Performance Underwriters Luigi Caiola and Sean McGill and is grateful for additional support from the Zegar Family Foundation.

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Ms. Foundation for Women President Attends White House’s First South by South Lawn

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10/05/2016

I was with a group of amazing women from both coasts, including Teresa Younger from the New York-based Ms. Foundation for Women.

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Food Bank of South Jersey Receives $50,000 Child Hunger Impact Grant from Morgan Stanley Foundation

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10/13/2016

The Food Bank of South Jersey (FBSJ) announced today that it has been awarded a $50,000 Child Hunger Impact Grant from the Morgan Stanley Foundation.

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Contributes to Mayo Performing Arts Center 2016-2017 Season

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11/03/2016

Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey.

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Ms. Foundation for Women Founder Gloria Steinem Wraps Up Domestic Violence Awareness Month

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11/03/2016

Gloria Steinem, writer, lecturer, political activist, and feminist organizer, told students to listen to each other and themselves Wednesday night in Schwab Auditorium.

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Results from The Moody's Foundation-sponsored National Survey of America's Top Math Students Provides Glimpse into their Academic Success

Release Date:

04/05/2017

According to the survey, sponsored by The Moody's Foundation, the majority of students queried (84 percent) do their homework in a room by themselves. Almost half of the students (47 percent) spend more than 11 hours a week doing homework, while 29...

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Markle Foundation Collaborates With LinkedIn, Arizona State and edX to Address Technology’s Impact on Jobs

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04/14/2017

The U.S. needs new tools to measure and monitor technology, jobs and skills to cope with the advance of artificial intelligence and automation, according to a group of economists and computer scientists.

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Ford Foundation and Citi Fund Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture $22.3 Million Renovation

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10/17/2017

The New York Public Library’s renowned Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem celebrated the reopening of several renovated spaces after a nearly two-year, $22.3 million renovation funded funded by the Ford Foundation, Citi Bank,...

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Century Foundation Study Reveals that Most Student Loan Fraud Claims Involve For-Profits

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11/09/2017

The study by The Century Foundation represents the most thorough analysis to date of the nearly 100,000 loan forgiveness claims known as borrower defense received by the agency over the past two decades and paints an alarming picture of the state of...

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Century Foundation Fellow Addresses How this Higher Education Bill Will Only Increase Inequality

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12/12/2017

Anti-poverty activists are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to veto a bill that would allow students at for-profit colleges to get the same kind of tuition assistance being offered to their non-profit counterparts.

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Funded by The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Scientists Develop Sun Shield to Prevent Coral Bleaching

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03/27/2018

A group of scientists developed a "sun shield" that they hope can help prevent coral bleaching, which spread across the Great Barrier Reef in Australia in 2016 and 2017.

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Findings from Century Foundation Report Lead Higher Education Advocacy Charge in California

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06/01/2018

Among the recommendations of an April report from the progressive think-tank The Century Foundation was a call to shift the focus of the Cal Grant program from covering tuition costs to helping students meet the full cost of attending college.

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19 Jun 2019

Using Advocacy to Support Mission: What Your Foundation Can and Can’t Do, Can and Can’t Fund

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2:30pm to 5:00pm

... to all the same rules as legislative lobbying Private foundations may fund 501(c)(4) organizations The answers ... funding] of 501c4s is another important tool for private foundations to consider How to get...