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Why Bloomberg Philanthropies Focuses on Teacher Salaries as A Key Component to Education Reform

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04/30/2018

... levels. Teacher salaries vary widely by district and state , but in too many places, teachers are ...

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

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06/01/2018

... ordered by the student aid commission, acknowledged the state would have to devote more funding to the program to ... higher education advocates are looking to California’ s next governor to set an agenda for...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Announces Perry Cammack as the Program Director of Peacebuilding

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01/29/2019

... to examine the underlying causes of the Arab World’ s profound instability. Previously, Mr. Cammack worked for ... as a member of the policy planning staff of Secretary of State John Kerry from 2013–2015.....

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Macquarie Group Announces Winners of the Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award

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08/27/2019

... States) Monash University (Australia) Murdoch Children’ s Research Institute (Australia) Social Finance (United ...

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Catholic Charities Announces $800,000 Grant from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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01/31/2017

Catholic Charities Announces $800,000 Grant from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation.

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Housing and Homelessness

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Russell Sage Foundation Publishes "Places in Need: The Changing Geography of Poverty"

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06/01/2017

... in Need: The Changing Geography of Poverty" America’ s suburbs are enduring a crisis of poverty. Nearly 17 million ... funding—that it desperately needs. That’ s the provocative argument of Brookings...

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Economic Security

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CollegePoint, An Initiative Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Makes A Hard Decision Less Lonely

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08/15/2018

... someone who can help, a mentor or adviser, virtually. That' s the idea behind CollegePoint , an initiative funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Here' s how it works: When a high school student with a...

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Recording: Resilient Resolve: Supporting Justice in NYC's Nonprofit Crisis

Resilient Resolve: Supporting Justice in NYC' s Nonprofit Crisis New York City' s safety net is under immense strain. Nonprofits .....

Foundations Commit More Than $2-Billion to End Polio

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04/25/2013

... among the foundations joining Bill and Melinda Gates in a new push to eradicate polio. Michael Bloomberg, Ray Dalio, ... philanthropists joining Bill and Melinda Gates in a new push to eradicate polio.....

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Gates Foundation Pledges $220 Million for Women, Children, Adolescents

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09/22/2017

... include a $200 million pledge to the World Bank' s Global Financing Facility Trust Fund in support of the UN' s ... in the GFF Trust Fund leverages domestic government resources ,...

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Russel Sage Foundation Study Reveals Increased SNAP Benefits Can Move Families to Food Security

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03/09/2018

... then measured the resource gap--the difference between the resources a household has and what they would need to be food ...

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Food Systems

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Mike Bloomberg Sends Statement to the United Nations Following Unprecedented Outpouring of Support for Paris Agreement

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06/06/2017

... Mike Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General’ s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, submitted an ... of unity from hundreds of U. S . mayors, governors, state attorneys...

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This Is How to Put Neighborhoods at the Center of Grantmaking

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03/04/2016

... grantees and community leaders when developing major new strategies, some foundations are also adopting ... to ask the question, “How can we as the borough’ s community foundation make a deeply positive impact...

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Close the Divide Between Education and Work

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01/21/2016

... would benefit through these types of partnerships. It’ s good for economic growth and for creating pathways to ... forward to my current role. Through JPMorgan Chase’ s New Skills at Work...

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Scathing Report Highlights Forgotten Role of Community Colleges

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05/26/2013

... Kahlenberg discuss the findings from the foundation’ s new report. Scathing Report Highlights Forgotten Role of ...

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06 Feb 2018

Homelessness Innovations: Are Known Solutions Informing NYC’s Response to Youth Homelessness?

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9:00am to 11:00am

Hurricane Harvey destroyed roughly a third of Houston’ s housing stock and temporarily displaced 70,000 people. In New York City, more than 62,000 homeless people fill municipal ...

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To Get to the Good, You Gotta Dance With the Wicked

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09/19/2013

Four nonprofit leaders — including Gail B. Nayowith, founding Executive Director of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund — respond to a recent SSIR article on how the nonprofit sector sets its goals and achieves impact.

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Mellon Foundation Awards $1.3 Million to Chicago Art Institutions

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06/03/2014

... student access to works of art from the Art Institute' s permanent holdings and leverage the expertise of the museum' s curatorial and professional staff, with the goal of .....

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