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05 Oct 2021

Making Up For Lost Time: How Funders Can Support Tutoring Interventions That Accelerate Learning

Tuesday, October 5, 2021 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

... partner with the district, schools, and other community- based organizations How funders can support and encourage ...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Children, Youth and Families

Russell Sage Foundation Study Finds Gaps in Educational Attainment Among Students of Different Incomes

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05/04/2016

... study published in the journal AERA Open looks at income- based gaps in educational attainment. While the difference in ... low-income students shrunk, inequality may have shifted to higher education, with...

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Russell Sage Foundation

Bloomberg Report Shows Mayors Concerned About Budget, Infrastructure

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04/11/2018

... United States increasingly are feeling pressure to address policy and funding issues that once were the purview of ... a report from Bloomberg Philanthropies finds. Based on a survey of a hundred and fifty-six...

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Responding To Covid-19: Suggestions and Recommendations for Donors as of March 2020 from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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03/24/2020

... community preliminary guidance that we will update as the context shifts relating to key principles and general funding ... in providing services or conducting research for a public health and financial crisis...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Helmsley Charitable Trust and Health Care System Partners Aim to Increase Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates

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02/18/2020

... remarkable effort that brings the University's incredible resources closer to people's homes, giving them a better .....

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Health

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Kiisha Morrow Appointed as Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s First-ever Chief People and Culture Officer

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09/20/2022

... legal and social impact sectors, will oversee all human resources operations and workplace culture initiatives —leading the foundation’s commitment to a ... transform our society as a whole, I can think of no...

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Doris Duke Foundation

Thomas W. Nichols Joins Arcus as New Vice President of Finance and Operations

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01/15/2014

... the scientific and economic foundation for environmental policy . At the Center, Nichols led a team comprising financial management, grants management, human resources , information technology and administration...

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Arcus Foundation

Century Foundation Releases New Report: “14 Progressive Priorities for the New Congress”

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11/07/2018

... the country to tackle some of the nation’s most pressing public policy challenges, from unprecedented levels of income and ... importance for the equitable distribution of government resources...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Public Policy

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The Century Foundation

New Census Figures Offer Hope in Buffalo's Fight Against Child Poverty

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10/02/2017

... least 2010. The poverty rate for minority groups remains higher than the overall poverty rate in the city, but the ... W. Brown. "The collaborative plan that we have put in place in the city is helping to...

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14 Jun 2024

Fireside Chat: Diving into Industry Innovations & False Solutions

Friday, June 14, 2024 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... hinder our ability to make a just transition real on the ground . As always, we will discuss issues from an equity ... Learn more about frontline-led climate solutions, where resources are needed and their...

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Environment and Climate Change

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William T. Grant-Funded Study Explores Effect of Financial Distress on Academically Prepared Minority Students

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09/10/2015

... after enrolling in college without adequate financial resources . “Students were surveyed in the fall, winter ... trajectory of Black and Latino college freshmen from five public and private universities in...

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Economic Security

William T. Grant Foundation

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Trump’s Stake in Housing Complex Spurs Lawsuit Over Sale

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09/29/2017

... real-estate investor Disque D. Deane and San Francisco- based investment firm Belveron Partners who collectively own ...

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Housing and Homelessness

Open Society Foundations Announce Young Feminist Leaders Fellows

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10/28/2019

... this year’s fellows are an artist and domestic worker based in Mexico City who will make a podcast about labor ... climate crisis, another fellow and human ecologist based in Colombia will document the work of...

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Ford Foundation Expands Flagship BUILD Program to Provide $1 Billion to Hundreds of Organizations

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04/07/2021

... to work in lockstep with our partners by giving them the resources and the flexibility they need to carry out their ...

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Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

Using an Ecosystem Approach to Define Nonprofit Strategy

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10/05/2016

... – “our last plan expired” – but have reached a place where they seek pathways to scale or grow their ... services to other organizations), as well as influencing policy or affecting larger societal change...

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TCC Group

Ford Foundation Appoints Dr. Francisco Cigarroa to Board of Trustees

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10/28/2014

... full board and serve six-year terms. Trustees set broad policy relating to grant making, geographic focus, ... continents and have extensive experience in the worlds of higher education, business and finance,...

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OpEd: CEO Lori Bezahler on Edward W. Hazen Foundation’s Decision to Empty Its Coffers

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03/06/2019

... supporters of social-justice organizations, have rallied resources to protect fundamental rights that seemed suddenly ... the Black Voter Project, which combats voter suppression based on race, have also...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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US Trust Study Finds Small Foundations Honing Strategies for Greater Impact

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02/03/2017

... respondents saying they have a formal conflict of interest policy in place , up from 30 percent in 2005, and 78 percent saying they have an investment policy statement, up from 52 percent.....

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Bank of America Private Bank

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New President Selected to Lead the William T. Grant Foundation

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03/01/2013

... John D. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and Educational Policy Studies and Director of the Wisconsin Center for ... with a deep commitment to doing first-class science in the public interest. He inherits a...

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