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Philanthropy Should Support Frontline Workers During Pandemic and Beyond - from Arabella Advisors

Release Date:

03/27/2020

... In the longer term, grant makers should put philanthropic resources toward bolstering regional supply chains that ... to high school, children of all ages and their parents rely on an informal and formal...

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Arabella Advisors

Don’t Say “When Did You Stop Caring About Children?” and Other Guidance for Child Advocates

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09/23/2010

... and Company As state budget deficits and competition for resources mount, child advocacy groups and their funders ... testing among 240 engaged citizens, plus a national online survey to measure the effects of...

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Wallace Foundation Releases New Report: How Principals Affect Students and Schools: A Systematic Synthesis of Two Decades of Research

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02/17/2021

... impacts on student achievement and attendance, as well as teacher satisfaction and retention. Among key findings and ... as the four months of increased learning generated by a teacher at the 75th percentile,...

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Fear, Hope, and Hunger: Inside the Crisis at the Southern Border

Release Date:

10/03/2019

... to side with the Trump administration to ban most Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the United States ... El Buen Pastor—the Good Shepherd—where a retired teacher -turned-Pentacostal pastor, Juan...

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Tides

The Nation’s Eyes on Rikers: A Report on Community Leader-Identified Priorities, Opportunities for Funders and Key Organizing Objective

... appraisals of potential funding strategies and additional resources for funders seeking collaboration on justice ...

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Social Justice

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Philanthropy New York

NYCT Announces Finalists for 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards

Release Date:

10/13/2015

... and fulfilling lives. • TNTP (formerly known as The New Teacher Project): Based in Brooklyn, TNTP’s mission is to ... injustice of educational inequality by providing excellent teachers to the students who...

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Ford Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation Shares National COVID-19 Testing Action Plan

Release Date:

04/28/2020

... million workers without income. And while locking down our economy is crucial for saving lives now, it has tremendous ... launching a Covid Community Healthcare Corps so every American can easily get tested...

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Three Education Ideas for NYC’s New Mayor

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10/15/2013

... struck by three proposals. 1. Provide more time for teacher collaboration. If we want to help students, we need to give teachers the tools and time to improve their practice. Shael ... technology, engineering...

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The Century Foundation

Supported by Ford Foundation, GenForward Poll Shows Clinton’s Edge With Young People Crosses Racial Lines

Release Date:

10/25/2016

... African-Americans, Latinos and Asian-Americans, but the survey also shows a shift to her among young whites in the last month. GenForward is a survey of adults age 18 to 30 by the Black Youth Project at ...

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Century Foundation Releases New Report: “14 Progressive Priorities for the New Congress”

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11/07/2018

... schools. They would help expand Medicaid and ensure every American has access to affordable health insurance. They ... reduced housing costs, and guaranteed paid leave to parents . They would help rebalance the...

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Tang Museum at Skidmore College Receives Grant from the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund to Build Endowment and Expand Education Programs

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07/21/2020

... program has moved online. Museum educators also conduct teacher training for K-12 educators from around the region. ... that enabled Skidmore faculty to expand the use of museum resources in their coursework,...

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Melissa Daar Carvajal Joins the Schott Foundation as Communications Director

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01/21/2021

... local experience. As a proud Mission High School mom and teacher 's wife, Melissa has collaborated with her school ... to secure new state and local legislation to safeguard resources for public education...

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As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... to code in a few months and join the high-paying digital economy . Students and their hopeful parents shelled out as much as $26,000 seeking to jump-start ...

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The Foundation for Child Development Announces a New Manager of Finance and Administration and Three New Appointments to Its Board of Directors

Release Date:

01/20/2022

... where he completed his master’s thesis on reducing new teacher turnover rates. “Ryan brings a solid background in ...

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Foundation for Child Development

Arie Weissman and Jennene Tierney Appointed To Arcus Foundation Management Team

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04/01/2013

... and Jennene Tierney was appointed Director of Human Resources . Both bring to Arcus a wealth of experience in ... agency. Jennene Tierney will be responsible for all human resources initiatives, services,...

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Surdna’s Garcia Interviewed in Philanthropy News Digest

Release Date:

05/12/2016

... part frustration, part anger, but mostly anxiety about the economy and our economic future. Where have good jobs for ... Are technology and globalization benefiting or hurting the economy ? And where will new...

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Sharing What Matters: Foundation Transparency

Publication date:

03/2016

The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) examined the perspectives of foundation CEOs and learned that there is much agreement on the audiences for their transparency efforts. Foundation CEOs also agree about what they believe is the most important information to share with those audiences.However, foundation practice lags behind CEOs’ beliefs.

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Center for Effective Philanthropy

Darren Walker Reflects on the Polling Results Released on the Coverage of Race in the News Media 50 Years Post-Kerner Commission

Release Date:

03/06/2018

... you turn on the news or read the paper. But a recent survey commissioned by the Ford Foundation indicates that ... may be exacerbated by the makeup of our media. The survey ’s primary goal was to analyze...

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Arts

Communications/Media

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Ford Foundation

Every Person Counts: Why the Census Must Be Rescued

Release Date:

08/08/2018

... inclusive, connecting impoverished communities with the resources they need, and so much more. But none of that ... Every decade since 1790, the government has counted the American population, as required by...