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Morgan Stanley, TruFund Financial Services and Ford Foundation Announce Launch of $26 Million Impact Developers Fund

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06/22/2020

... needed capital to emerging impact businesses that lack access to adequate affordable capital, including minority and ... technical support to emerging impact developers that lack access to adequate capital and...

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Economic Security

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Century Foundation Releases Report on Pursuing Adequate Funding of Community Colleges

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10/25/2018

... America, policymakers must provide community colleges the resources necessary to successfully educate the country’s ...

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Boutiques for the People

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09/27/2016

... a range of colleges and universities. The Metro College Success Program , which is a partnership between San ... promising young people, while others prefer to take a more open approach. While these programs...

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The Wallace Foundation Names Rotunda Floyd-Cooper, Ed.D., Director of Education Leadership

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03/01/2023

... an associate superintendent in Montgomery County Public Schools , Floyd-Cooper brings deep experience in a ... in creating the conditions for teaching and learning is more important than ever...

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New Grants Approved by The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees

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12/10/2020

... hospital-level care in the home. Due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, there is heightened reason to favor ... Mobility) with both caregivers and their care recipients. More than 41 million caregivers...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Paul Connolly Joins Bessemer Trust

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09/03/2013

... firm that has over $88 billion under supervision for more than 2,100 clients, including over 400 family and ... at TCC Group, I have been privileged to work alongside a great set of teammates as we have built...

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Understanding Risk Tolerance in Grantmaking

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08/10/2015

... One insightful study showed that professional golfers are more accurate and strike the ball more firmly when they putt ... analysis would suggest and when the likelihood of success becomes as...

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03/2011

... In addition, FAN member Gail Pesyna , VP for Human Resources and Program Management at the Alfred P. Sloan ...

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Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Scholarship Program at Duke Aims to Increase Underrepresented Minorities in Graduate Stem Disciplines

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01/18/2018

... and mechanical engineering. The scholars will also have access to a support network of faculty mentors to help them ... be the ninth such program in the country. In addition to providing the students...

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Cricket Island Foundation Welcomes New Deputy Director Seema Shah

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07/27/2016

... as help continue to build out our funding model and think more strategically about our field building and ... for the past 7 years as the Director of Research. She has more than fifteen years of experience in...

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Bon Iver Collaborates With NY Women's Foundation to Bring Gender Equity Issues Centerstage

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12/06/2016

... on gender inequality and sexual assault. Now perhaps more than ever, these organizations need additional support, ... Foundation dedicated to eliminating barriers and creating pathways for women and girls to...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Women & Girls

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Open Society Foundations to close OSI-Baltimore after 25 years; will invest $20 million to seed the future of social justice philanthropy

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02/16/2023

... In keeping with Open Society’s legacy in Baltimore, the resources will enable OSI to make final investments in the ... the Baltimore Community Fellowship , which has supported more than 200 grassroots social...

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A Key to Getting Corporate Money? Find Employees to Champion Your Cause

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09/19/2017

... or interests (animal welfare, education) — can be great conduits between companies with philanthropic dollars ... nonprofits seeking support. Such groups are also sometimes more willing to give to an array of...

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Take It From the Nonprofits: Even in a Crisis, Funders Are Falling Short on Equity

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07/29/2021

... needs of nonprofits – needs which have never been more acute? For PEAK, a nonprofit and philanthropy-supporting ... of swiftly and equitably delivering responsive, flexible resources to nonprofits facing...

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Mellon Foundation Appoints Sheree Carter-Galvan as Chief Legal Officer

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01/11/2023

... Museum’s General Counsel’s office, oversaw its Human Resources and Revenue Security departments, and served on the ... as Senior Associate General Counsel at Yale University for more than 12 years; there she...

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Reflections on Board Service: Something to Consider

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12/01/2017

... The power of those networks enabled us to do our work more effectively and created strong relationships with peers. ... that involved board, staff and constituent discussions on public policy, discussed...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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Why STEM? The Key to Future Innovation Needs Funding Now

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03/03/2015

... science and technological innovations have accounted for more than half of the United States’ economic growth since ... How can we change this? The obvious answer is to get children excited about learning STEM...

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Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards $5 Million to Evaluate Virtual Diabetes Specialty Clinic Model

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08/10/2020

... to geography, many people with diabetes in the U.S. lack access to an endocrinologist who can provide expert guidance ... lead to better outcomes. As a result, they may not have access to up-to-date...

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