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Diane Sierpina Promoted to Program Director of Justice Programs at the Tow Foundation

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02/12/2014

... youth-centered justice system reform in Connecticut, New York and nationally through her leadership roles with the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance, the New York Juvenile Justice Initiative, and the Youth...

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Simons Foundation Launches Simons Collaboration on the Many Electron Problem

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03/03/2014

... a program focused on developing, implementing and applying new methods for determining the quantum mechanical behavior ... together scientists who have developed the most exciting new approaches. It addresses...

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Stonewall Community Foundation: Working Towards a Better Future Since 1990

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06/18/2014

... Working Towards a Better Future Since 1990 The needs of New York City's LGBT community are so vast and varied, it is ... As the only public foundation focused on the needs of New York City's lesbian...

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Wallace Foundation Invests $30 Million to Strengthen Supervisors Of School Principals

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06/24/2014

... Will Miller. “To strengthen this critical role, this new initiative will require districts to rethink how their ... Wallace’s director of education leadership. “This new initiative aims to help districts move...

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Engaging Teens Through "Hunger Games" and Skateboarding Culture

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06/25/2014

... Skateboarding Culture Grants totaling $663,000 from The New York Community Trust to boost digital media learning will ... do after school to the next level,” says Kerry McCarthy, New York Community Trust...

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Lincoln Center Partnership To Train and Place Arts Teachers In NYC Schools

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07/07/2014

... Center, CUNY’s Hunter College School of Education, the New York City Department of Education, and the United ... to increase the number of certified arts educators in New York City public schools," said...

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Kopp Joins Changing Our World As Managing Director

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08/12/2014

... Our World as a managing director. He comes to his new role from the Cathedral Corporation, where he served as ... Kopp also has served as both vice president of the New York and Vermont chapters of the...

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Carnegie Corporation Awards $5 Million to Universities for Innovative Programs Linking Academia and Policy

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09/23/2014

... Linking Academia and Policy Carnegie Corporation of New York announced the five recipients of major grants aimed ... solutions for bridging this gap. The Corporation sought new ideas with an emphasis on face-...

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Ford Foundation Partners with Mozilla to Draw Young Engineers into Nonprofit Sector

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09/30/2014

... tech geeks working for nonprofits and in government. New research from Mozilla and its partner, the Ford ... Liberties Union, Amnesty International, Free Press, the New America Foundation's Open...

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Arcus Awards Grant to Alliance of Baptists to Support Inclusion and Racial Justice

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10/09/2014

... announced Oct. 8 receipt of a $104,400 grant to support a new initiative promoting LGBT inclusion and racial justice ... that promote LGBT equality around the world, will fund the new “Congregational...

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United Hospital Fund Report Details Lessons Learned in Reducing Avoidable Hospital Readmissions

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10/14/2014

... Learned in Reducing Avoidable Hospital Readmissions A new United Hospital Fund report details lessons learned from ... on reducing readmissions. The initiative involved seven New York City hospitals in its...

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Philanthropy’s Special Role in Supporting Community Recovery from Disasters

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10/29/2014

... and Canada. Many of the hardest hit communities were in New York and New Jersey – the storm’s destruction has been well ...

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Century Foundation Announces Janice Nittoli "Forward Thinking" Award

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11/03/2014

... doubling the foundation’s endowment and adding sixteen new policy experts to TCF’s roster. Under her watch, TCF ... led to a change in U.S. policy in Afghanistan, and major new work on community colleges, on...

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Arcus Develops Action Plan to Save Great Apes in Africa

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04/08/2015

... Wildlife Conservation Society, WWF, and partners in a new conservation plan. A new report--titled "Regional Action Plan for the Conservation .....

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Backs Campbell Brown's Nonpartisan Education Website

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07/15/2015

... or is it advocacy? In the case of the Seventy Four, a new news site focused on education, the answer appears to be ... was an education adviser to billionaire and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg...

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Bank of America Funds of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Program

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07/29/2015

... Program The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is launching new partnerships in cities across the nation to boost ... and nurture an appreciation of wildlife conservation among new audiences. The Service...

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Wall Street Not Giving Up On U.S. Social Impact Bonds

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07/30/2015

... $9.6 million plan to reduce recidivism among teenagers at New York's Rikers Island jail. Last month, the program's ... did not reach its goal, its architects including the New York City's Mayor...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Resident-Led Grantmaking Program in Crown Heights

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08/03/2015

... Insights, which surveyed over 1,000 people. As part of its new core program strategy focused on Youth, Neighborhoods, ... Brooklyn’s under-served neighborhoods, starting in its new home of Crown Heights and...

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Bank of America Foundation President Seeks to Increase Youth Development Opportunities

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08/19/2015

... to education to the environment. In fact, according to new data, young people are giving more at a younger age than ... seeing that this generation of young people is exploring new ways to make a difference...

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The Promise and Limitations of Philanthropy in Education Reform

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10/07/2015

... PNY President Ronna Brown, published originally in the New York PhilanthroPost Monthly October 2015 edition. ... not create a perfect, model school district. Philanthropy New York members who have long...

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