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08 Nov 2012

Searching for Sugarman - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Series

Thursday, November 8, 2012 -

4:30pm to 8:30pm

... it became a phenomenon. Two South African fans then set out to find out what really happened to their hero. Their investigation ...

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25 Sep 2013

Using Advocacy to Support Mission: What Your Foundation Can and Can’t Do, Can and Can’t Fund

Wednesday, September 25, 2013 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... may surprise you. And, if they do, you may be missing out on a strategy that can advance your foundation's goals. .....

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NoVo Foundation Examines Unequal Funding for Women and Girls of Color

Release Date:

10/23/2015

... color in early November. The idea for the webinar grew out of an interview I did with NoVo Foundation’s Executive ... to women and girls of color. “There’s a myth out there that for girls and women of color,...

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Open Society Foundation-funded Report Finds Bias Warps the Way African-American Girls are Treated at School

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11/06/2015

... and requiring social correction. These biases play out not only in discipline disparities impacting ... of all African-American female students received an out -of-school suspension, which is six times the rate...

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As Schools Adopt Social-Emotional Programs, A New Guide Funded by the Wallace Foundation Offers Help

Release Date:

05/17/2017

... Navigating Social and Emotional Learning from the Inside Out , published by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School ...

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Burke Foundation’s Catalyst Program Seeking Applications

Release Date:

08/23/2017

... and support to help Catalyst participants figure out how to set up and run a sustainable, effective ... ( https://labs.robinhood.org/info-sessions/ ), and reach out to the Blue Ridge Labs team directly at ...

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Michael J. Fox Foundation and Simons Foundation Making Waves in Basic Science

Release Date:

12/01/2017

... fund, Fischbach notes. “When the study sections can give out from two to five grants each cycle out of 150 [applications], there’s a real bias against ...

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The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

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Health

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Barbara Raab and Farai Chideya of the Ford Foundation Noted As Women Who Shall Lead In The News Industry

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12/18/2017

... as organizations like NPR, PBS, NBC, CBS, and others call out and drive out the ill-behaved scourge on the industry. The purge has ...

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Gender Justice

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Mayor De Blasio and The Rockefeller and Pinkerton Foundations Launch 'CareerLift'

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01/17/2018

... the pilot aims to grow targeted opportunities for formerly out -of-school and out -of-work young adults to help them stay employed and ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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New Commonwealth Fund Survey Sheds Light on Seniors' Opinions of Their Health Care System

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02/08/2018

... for Health Information (CIHI), shows that only 2 out of 3 Canadian seniors (67%) were satisfied with the ... surveyed countries. When it comes to perceived health, 4 out of 5 Canadian seniors surveyed...

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Health

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William T. Grant Foundation Announces Two New Grants to Better Relate Research to Action

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04/13/2018

... two new grant programs focused on getting social research out of the ivory tower and into actual policy and practice. ... young people.” In other words, getting social research out of the ivory tower and into...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Supports Play in Michigan Schools

Release Date:

08/22/2018

... $1,913,587 will enable 50,925 kids in 153 schools and out of school time youth serving organizations in Southeast ... its service offering to schools in the community and roll out existing services to new...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces the 2018 Hilton Humanitarian Prize Recipient

Release Date:

08/22/2018

... also dreamed of transforming urban slums, from the inside- out . As a teenager with 20 cents and a soccer ball, he took ... in six settlements throughout Kenya, providing a pathway out of poverty to over 220,...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

Heckscher Foundation Supported EdTrust–NY Launches New Data Tool “The New York FAFSA Challenge” to Highlight Success and Encourage FAFSA completion.

Release Date:

02/19/2019

... on data released by NerdWallet, New Yorkers are missing out on an estimated $152 million in federal financial aid by not filling out the form — plus state TAP grants and Excelsior ...

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

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Mellon Foundation Grant Helps Capture History, 280 Characters at a Time

Release Date:

03/31/2019

... we were glued to our TVs and to Twitter, trying to figure out what was happening on the ground, because so much ... was going on in Ferguson,” Jules recalls. While walking out of a conference session together...

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Technology

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New York Life Foundation Invests in Expanding Access to Summer and Afterschool Learning

Release Date:

04/23/2019

... of BellXcel since 2007 because its proven success in the out -of-school time space aligns with our efforts to ensure ... "We are dedicated to expanding access to high-quality out -of-school time programs...

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