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Morgan Stanley

New Interactive Data Tool from the Education Opportunity Project, Supported by William T. Grant Foundation, Finds that School Poverty - Not Racial Composition - Limited Educational Opportunity

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09/23/2019

... Opportunity Fifty years ago, communities across America began efforts to make school districts more racially ... that students’ early test scores do not predict academic growth over time, indicating that...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Announces 20 Leaders for 2019 Cohort

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06/06/2019

... As part of the programme, Fellows will receive financial resources and embark on a leadership journey in which they ... amandla.mobi Constance Mogale , national coordinator, Rural Democracy Trust Elana Needle...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Ford Foundation Funded, "Zero Weeks" Director Ky Dickens, Interviewed By Women And Hollywood

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11/07/2017

... release. Her 2009 award-winning feature doc “Fish Out of Water” secured international distribution by Netflix ... for us in your own words. KD: “Zero Weeks” is about America ’s paid family leave crisis and the...

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Gender Justice

Peter G. Peterson Foundation and Ford Foundation Launch US 2050

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11/29/2017

... link to the country’s fiscal and economic health. “ America is rapidly changing and we know that our population, ... 2050 will hopefully provide the evidence necessary to map out and deliver a more equitable...

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Economic Security

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

With Support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Dumbarton Oaks and JSTOR Launch the Plant Humanities Initiative

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11/13/2018

... a key focus of many Spanish botanical expeditions to South America , including those by Hipólito Ruiz López and José ... who succeeded in obtaining seeds and seedlings from South America by stealth. Britain...

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Science

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Mellon Foundation

Leaders of the Ford, Open Society, MacArthur, Hewlett, and Packard Foundations Pledge to Do More to Help Charities Pay Overhead

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09/04/2019

... to Help Charities Pay Overhead In an unusual move, five of America ’s wealthiest foundations have joined forces to do ... said they don’t yet know how much it will cost to carry out their efforts so they haven’...

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Open Society Foundations

Four Frameworks for Living Liberation

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07/01/2021

... This post took me too long to write and I couldn't figure out why. I wanted this piece to focus on what for me is a ... that in my places of work, I’ve been given space and resources to not only name what...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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Giving Thanks for What's Right With Our Health System

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11/26/2014

... health system sometimes joke that at least we'll never be out of a job, because there's always so much more that needs ... in actually keeping people healthy, with many more resources focused on...

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Health

JPB Foundation Partners with Others in Support of Energy Efficiency for All

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02/12/2016

... efficiency. "One of EEFA’s missions is to point out where the challenges are and try to address them in those ... said Cai Steger, project director of EEFA at Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Freedom Together Foundation

F.B. Heron's Clara Miller on Changing Operating Models to Expand Effectiveness and Impact

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06/10/2016

... Models to Expand Effectiveness and Impact When we set out on Heron’s current journey, we did so with the idea of ... of operating model might we build if we focus all of our resources on achieving our mission...

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Mastercard's Singh on How Companies Can Help Cities Close the Data Gap

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10/21/2016

... many companies do business. Starbucks, for example, rolls out new beverages and chooses its store locations by ... Nearly half pointed to a shortage of staff and financial resources dedicated to gathering and...

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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Report Amplifies Black Community Leadership in Improving Quality of Education

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05/26/2017

... students performing below grade level and dropping out of school, respondents urged more funding for public ...

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Environment and Climate Change

Filling New York Harbor with Millions Of Oysters to Fight Pollution

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09/28/2017

... oyster populations in New York Harbor. Oysters filter out excess nitrogen—the harbor's primary .....

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Ms. Foundation Seeks to Increase Traction for Childcare Amongst Funders

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10/03/2017

... Traction for Childcare Amongst Funders Childcare is out of reach for working families, but few funders have ...

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Surdna Foundation, Open Society Foundations and Ford Foundation Collaborate to Start Amplify Fund

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01/05/2018

... of community development grantmakers, will roll out its own grants through its latest project, the Amplify ... Amplify Fund is all about giving communities the power and resources to influence local...

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Community Development

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Ford Foundation Partners with Other Funders to Increase Educational Attainment in the Rio Grande Valley

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05/03/2018

... students now match or outperform their Texas peers in nine out of 11 key indicators – from high school graduation ... improve educational outcomes across the region by aligning resources that create a cradle-...

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United Way of New York City and NYU Langone Partner to Open New Food Pantry in Sunset Park

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06/03/2019

... survey that one in three families in our community ran out of food at some point in the past year,” said Kathy ...

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United Way of New York City

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... F.B. Heron Foundation Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation FJC Research to Prevent Blindness Ford .....

President's Message: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Announces More Than $5.4 Million in Grants

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04/13/2022

... grassroots community leaders and analyzes policies to root out structural racism in our state’s largest systems, along ... the larger community, 4. Referring people to community resources , 5. Socially Serving...

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Arts