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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

... admit more applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds: their fear of falling in national college rankings if they accept students with lower test scores, and their reluctance to invest in the extra support...

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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

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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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Covenant Foundation Funds Expansion of Shinui, the Network for Innovation in Part-Time Jewish Education

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11/08/2016

The expansion coincides with Shinui’s new partnership with The William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education at The Jewish Theological Seminary, designed to document successful change and innovation strategies through reflection and research...

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MetLife Foundation Supports Activities for Veterans and Military Families through Blue Star Theatres Grant

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12/16/2016

... relationships between participating Blue Star Theatres and their local military community. The selected theatres will ...

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Mellon Foundation Supports Humanities through Open Access, Open Source and Not-for-Profit

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12/21/2016

With the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, are happy to have launched a pilot of Humanities Commons with our society partners, the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, the Association for Jewish Studies, and (coming...

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Edgar Villanueva of Schott Foundation Says Less Than .3% of Funding Goes to Native Communities

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02/02/2017

Less than .3% of funding goes to native communities. What are ways funders can be creative in engaging native communities?

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Representatives Tour Renovated Labs at University of Miami

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03/31/2017

... a difference for critically ill, premature babies and their families, the local leadership of the Bank of America ...

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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

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04/05/2017

... of America's Top Math Students Provides Glimpse into their Academic Success According to the survey, sponsored by ... the majority of students queried (84 percent) do their homework in a room by...

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With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, Urban Design Team Proposes Outer Borough Light Rail

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06/30/2017

Four teams consisting of architects, urban planners and designers were awarded $45,000 from the RPA and Rockefeller to address community development and environmental protection in four different tri-state areas.

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Serving Up Success: Citi Foundation Grant Funds FIU Assistance to Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs

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08/25/2017

... incubator to help new food and beverage entrepreneurs grow their companies with workshops, mentorship and assistance ... communities who are within two years of starting their companies and committed to...

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With Federal Funds Shrinking, Math and Science Funders Including Simons Foundation Step Up

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08/28/2017

While STEM giving is one of the hottest funding areas in higher ed philanthropy, most of the gifts we profile are earmarked for tangible and conventional goals—a new science building, teacher training, diversifying the ranks of science majors, and...

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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

... get the same kind of tuition assistance being offered to their non-profit counterparts. They argue the bill, passed ... of institutions whose graduates are struggling to pay back their loans. “This bill only...

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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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