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Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth

Release Date:

09/30/2016

Voluntary summer-learning programs can help narrow academic achievement gaps between children from low-income families and those from high-income families, a report from the Wallace Foundation and the RAND Corporation finds.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Columbia Law School Receives $15 Million From Greene Foundation

Release Date:

05/12/2017

Columbia University has announced a 15 million dollar gift from the Jerome L. Greene Foundation to endow a full-tuition scholarship program and clinical professorship and increase public service opportunities for deserving law school students.

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Education

After School Stabbing, Parents Ask: Where Were Metal Detectors?

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09/28/2017

When word came that two students had been stabbed inside a Bronx high school on Wednesday, the parents of several students in the elementary school housed in the same building voiced anger at a lack of metal detectors there and demanded action from...

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The Samuel H. Kress Foundation Funded Study Shows Museum Field Trips Impact Learning

Release Date:

09/28/2018

... an art museum have a measurable impact on key aspects of student learning. The comprehensive study, conducted over a ...

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Arts

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Make Room for Makerspaces

Release Date:

12/08/2015

... Associate for the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund in The New York Community Trust Makerspaces are community-oriented ... is taking place at Philanthropy New York on January...

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The New York Community Trust

NY Life Marks Fifth Year of Partnership to Provide Bereavement Services

Release Date:

01/20/2016

... Year of Partnership to Provide Bereavement Services The New York Life Foundation today announced that it has committed ... from $10,000 to $100,000. This is the fifth year the New ...

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New York Life Foundation

Equitable Opportunities for Effective Philanthropy

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06/08/2022

... Volkwijn, Senior Director, Member Engagement, Philanthropy New York When you first stepped into philanthropy, whether you ... and offered space for me to disagree. Although I was new to...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Elizabeth Knup to Lead Its China Office

Release Date:

06/03/2013

... this moment of transformation in China, when we see many new opportunities for advancing social change — to ensure ... all segments of Chinese society gain access to community resources and government services...

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Ford Foundation

“Grads of Life” Builds Capacity for Demand-Driven Solutions to the U.S. Youth Employment Challenge

Release Date:

10/02/2014

... Investment and Opportunities Act, which introduced a new emphasis on job placement and employer engagement in ... to hiring youth but face difficulties implementing new policies and practices to capture the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Rockefeller Foundation

01 Apr 2020

Service for Impact - A Webinar

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... and challenges, brainstorm on solutions, and explore new opportunities to make a difference in society while ... will build on past years’ dynamic learning but add a new approach. The focus of this year’s...

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Corporate Funders

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Volunteerism

Nathan Cummings Report Offers Insights into Mission-Aligned Investing

Release Date:

04/19/2021

... and opportunities for mission-aligned investing and offers resources for institutional investors interested in shifting ... need to reexamine this arrangement and establish new ground rules, new...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Sharon Percy Rockefeller, Mellody Hobson and Admiral James Stavridis to Board of Trustees

Release Date:

12/11/2017

... Foundation announced today the appointment of three new members to its Board of Trustees: Mellody Hobson, Sharon ... financial literacy to humanities to global security, our new trustees have the skills and...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Rockefeller Foundation

28 Feb 2019

The Underpinning Stories: Climate & Capacity - A Webinar Hosted by CLIMA Fund

Thursday, February 28, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... among participants. Participants will walk away with new understanding of the hypotheses that fellow funders hold about addressing the climate crisis and new ideas about how we are supporting climate solution...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Environment and Climate Change

09 Feb 2016

Service for Impact

Tuesday, February 9, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... and challenges, brainstorm on solutions, and explore new opportunities to make a difference in society while ...

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Issue-Based

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Volunteerism

Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products (STOP)

Release Date:

03/07/2018

... Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products (STOP) , a new global watchdog that will aggressively monitor deceptive ... take action, the tobacco industry is pushing to find new users, particularly among young...

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Member News

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times

Release Date:

10/13/2015

For-profit colleges that have been accused of fraud are still receiving U.S. funds.

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Inside Higher Ed Profiles Teagle Foundation Gathering on Liberal Arts and Online Education

Release Date:

04/12/2016

At hybrid learning conference, participants discuss how to get students who signed up for a traditional liberal arts experience excited about online education.

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The Teagle Foundation

Mellon Foundation Awards Wilson College $100K to Strengthen Writing Instruction

Release Date:

07/25/2016

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Wilson College a $100,000 grant to strengthen writing instruction for students, especially those in their first year.