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Digital Badges: What They Are and Why Funders Should Pay Attention (Part 1)

Release Date:

06/13/2014

... are online summaries of the knowledge and skills acquired through courses, projects, or other activities. Panelist Carla Casilli, Director of Design and Practice at the Badge Alliance , explained that each...

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The New York Community Trust

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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Martha Matsuoka Elected New Board Chair for Noyes Foundation

Release Date:

02/01/2013

... an Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy at Occidental College, was elected Chair of the Jessie ...

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Stephanie Bencivenga Joins Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Release Date:

01/01/2013

... a Master of Public Administration degree with a Public Policy concentration from Baruch College, where she graduated ...

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26 Feb 2013

Health Care Reform’s Impact on Women and Families: Are Funders Ready to Make the Most of 2013?

Tuesday, February 26, 2013 -

7:45am to 11:00am

... now find themselves with the opportunity to support a new policy initiative where the programs we implement will define ... Funders of Women and Girls and co-sponsored by the Health Policy Working Group ...

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Christy Loper Joins the Educational Foundation of America

Release Date:

11/01/2013

... Reef Conservation Program. Loper holds an M.A. in Marine Policy , and a Ph.D. from the University of Delaware College ...

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The Educational Foundation of America

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11 Leading Philanthropies Respond to White House Report on Young Men of Color

Release Date:

05/30/2014

[Open Society Foundations, Atlantic Philanthropies, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation] The White House’s My Brother’s Keeper Task Force today released a report on policies, regulations, and programs that have the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Economic Security

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Century Foundation Intern Discussion Series Kicks Off With Look At Regulating Marijuana Sales

Release Date:

06/11/2014

... Sales The Century Foundation kicks off its annual policy forum series for summer interns in NYC with a ...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods

Release Date:

06/11/2014

... was introduced in 2008 by the Mayor's Office of Food Policy and the New York City Department of Health and Mental .....

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Foundations Shouldn’t Shrink From Supporting Marches to Curb Climate Change

Release Date:

10/19/2014

Mertz Gilmore VP Lukas Haynes addresses how climate marches are critical to advocacy, policy changes and perception shifts.

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The Ploughshares Fund Strives to Create a Nuclear-Free World

Release Date:

11/17/2014

... scores of anti-war groups highly critical of U.S. foreign policy and military expansion. The fund identifies itself ...

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National Journal Notes Ford, Open Society Role in Net Neutrality Victory

Release Date:

03/13/2015

... personal, feud. Beyond a split over the merits of the new policy , civil rights groups are accusing each other of ...

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Technology

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Close That Gap: William T. Grant Foundation Zeroes in on Inequality and Kids

Release Date:

03/30/2015

... may be poised to break out and help fuel changes in public policy . Putnam is one of many researchers now grappling ...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Inside the Russell Sage Foundation

Release Date:

04/15/2015

... role in moving inequality to the center of politics and policy in recent years.... Inside the Russell Sage ...

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UJA-Federation Launches Campaign for Passage of Education Tax Credit

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05/27/2015

OU Advocacy-Teach NYS, the nonpartisan public policy arm of the Orthodox Union, together with the ...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Philanthropists, Lawmakers Behind New Push for College Education in Prison

Release Date:

07/29/2015

Move comes as criminal-justice policies place more emphasis on preparing inmates for life beyond bars.

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Commonwealth Fund Supported Study on Task-Shifting from Physicians to Nurses in Europe, U.S., Other Countries

Release Date:

10/27/2015

... with advanced training. For a study published in Health Policy , researcher Claudia Maier, a 2014–15 Harkness/Braun ...

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Health

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Wallace Foundation Supports New Professional Standards For Educational Leaders

Release Date:

11/30/2015

... public on Monday, was approved last month by the National Policy Board for Educational Administration. They had been ...

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Century Foundation Report: Speeding the Recovery of Unemployment Insurance

Release Date:

03/30/2016

According to Speeding the Recovery of Unemployment Insurance, a new report by TCF senior fellow Andrew Stettner, our current unemployment insurance system is facing a funding crisis that has made the safety net weaker than any time in its history.

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Peterson Center on Healthcare Supports New Initiative to Forecast Trends in U.S. Healthcare Spending

Release Date:

04/19/2016

Grant awarded to University of Washington to analyze drivers of healthcare spending and identify future trends to guide efforts to improve health outcomes and bend the cost curve.

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