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17 Jan 2013

A Holistic Approach to Education Reform in Brooklyn’s Community School District 16

Thursday, January 17, 2013 -

7:30am to 10:30am

... organizations and education support organizations; focus resources on gaps in CSD16 educational enrichment and ... of saturated capacity and community necessity, external resources can be applied to affect...

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GroundTruth, Supported By The Henry Luce Foundation and Ford Foundation, Launches Report America, Designed To Reignite Local Journalism

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11/06/2017

... journalists with foreign experience. In Schreckinger’s case , that meant traveling north up the Burma Road through ... — until GroundTruth founders Charles Sennott and Kevin Grant found him in the hotel pool...

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Communications/Media

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26 Oct 2011

Everything You Need to Know You Learned Before Kindergarten: Ready for Kindergarten/Ready for Life

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... Learn Initiative? The NYSED’s Early Learning Challenge grant application? Statewide implementation of QualityStars ...

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Crain's New York Profiles Rockefeller Foundation President Rajiv Shah

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05/15/2018

... the Rockefeller Foundation to eliminating worldwide poverty while also focusing more energy on its U.S. efforts. ...

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NoVo Foundation Commits $10 Million to Help End Sexual Exploitation

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02/20/2019

... sexual exploitation whose paths to the sex trade involved poverty , discrimination, intergenerational violence and ...

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Gender Justice

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Day Of The Girl: A Worldwide Reminder That Gender Parity Awaits

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10/25/2016

Sarah Middleton, Vice President for Global Corporate Citizenship at PIMCO and Executive Director of the PIMCO Foundation, writes that closing the gender gap entails giving women access to employment and financial mechanisms, but advancement is going...

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To Build Community, Start with a Question

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11/19/2014

... build it to take on daunting issues, including entrenched poverty and surging inequality. Up to that point, in just ... wanted to hear about their experiences, the services and resources they need and desire,...

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

Building a Bigger Tent for Effective Philanthropy

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07/07/2015

... marketing expert and author, suggests in his article " Making Ideas Catch On " that ideas become more contagious ... In both cases, the benefactors certainly cared about making outstanding performing...

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Aetna Foundation Pledges Funding To 25 Community-Based Nonprofits To Promote Active Living and Increase Access To Healthy Foods

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11/13/2017

With a new round of grants, the philanthropic arm of Aetna is getting out of doctors’ offices and into the neighborhoods where Americans live, work and play to improve health outcomes. The foundation pledged $2 million in grants to 25 community-...

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New York Life Foundation Announces New National Initiative to Help Schools Support Students Who Have Lost a Parent or Loved One

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10/11/2018

... to give presentations about grief in schools and the resources available for educators. Schools then have the opportunity to receive a grant if they strive to become grief-sensitive. In ...

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Russell Sage Foundation to Publish Book on Home Health Care Work: Shouldn’t It Be Work Worth Doing?

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08/29/2017

... maybe a high school education and little if any training, making $20,000 a year. And that’s if you are lucky. If you live in rural America, you may already have a hard time finding ...

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10 Mar 2016

Looking at the 990 Part I (March 3) and Part II (March 10)

Thursday, March 10, 2016 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... scrutinize the finances, governance and accomplishments of grant applicants and recipients. What information can be ...

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Pfizer Invites Proposals for Psoriatic Arthritis Educational Projects

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05/15/2019

Pfizer Invites Proposals for Psoriatic Arthritis Educational Projects Through its Global Medical Grants program, Pfizer supports independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement, education) focused on improving patient...

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Check Out the Other Action on Times Square Everyone Is Talking About

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09/01/2015

... we spent much of the summer putting together a fantastic slate of fall events that tackle a wide variety of issues. ... Not Enough: Civic Engagement After the Big Win October 7 - Making Board Service More...

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The Rockefeller Foundation’s Public Charity Expands Project ACT to Provide At-Risk Communities Nationwide With Free At-Home Covid-19 Tests

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06/29/2022

... tool with which state governments and others can pool resources , providing an “all-in” price that drives down ... free at-home tests directly to those in need, including in rural Maine where testing access is...

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Why Philanthropy Should Help Strengthen Community Colleges

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04/17/2014

... These and other statistics are compelling and make the case for why philanthropy should turn its attention to ... out of remediation. Be comprehensive in our approach to making the most compelling case...

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Education

27 Apr 2011

Success in College for New Majority Students: Applying What Works

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... goals, funders who are themselves stewarding constrained resources seek evidence of what works best with these groups ...

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Wallace Foundation Supported Research Finds 'Principal Pipelines' to Develop School Leaders May Be Affordable Way to Improve Schools

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06/22/2017

... there has been little information about what level of resources would be required to do so. RAND's report fills ... likely prioritize developing better principals with the resources they have now,'...

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Rockefeller Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announce Finalists in $10M Economic Opportunity Challenge

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09/17/2018

... visits with all 20 groups, ten will receive a $1 million grant . The other finalists will receive $5,000. Finalists ... believe that community organizations often hold the key to making that dream possible,”...

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