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27 Apr 2011

Success in College for New Majority Students: Applying What Works

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... residents: part-time students, new immigrants, young and older adults, low-income students, ethnic and racial groups ... goals, funders who are themselves stewarding constrained resources seek evidence of what...

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Does Funder Risk Aversion Stifle Innovation?

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09/12/2013

... DoSomething.org into a national powerhouse platform for youth driving social change. It began as many discussions ... role in supporting the use of mobile phone technology to foster human development in poor...

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

What Drives Education Officials

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06/07/2012

... backwards from the question, “What does a successful adult need?” Despite Ms. Fertig’s probing questions, ... controversial and complex issues like shrinking private resources , budget cuts and schools closings...

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Corporate Philanthropy: The Challenges and Opportunities

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06/19/2009

... not, but it is every bit as important to us to make good , solid investments in the right partners as it is for ... working in the corporate sector is that we have multiple resources available—for our partners...

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Newman's Own Strives to Improve Military Quality of Life

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09/03/2015

... a public-private partnership that connects the military's resources with the skills of surgical and medical specialists ... Los Angeles, providing complex surgeries and mental health care for service...

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Newman's Own Foundation

A Letter from Ronna Brown

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09/23/2020

... Philanthropy New York members have come together to pool resources to address both immediate and long-term needs. And ... the sense of being part of a strong, engaged and mutually supportive community is...

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The Role of Philanthropy in Addressing the Greek Crisis

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08/21/2015

... €100 million was directed towards our “Recharging the Youth ” initiative, aiming to help address Greece’s overly high youth unemployment rate, by seeking to create better ... and Culture. The second initiative...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

The Rise of Women (in Philanthropy)

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09/24/2012

... the journey. This post originally appeared on Greater Good , the Arabella Advisors blog , on September 18, 2012 and ...

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Mark Zuckerman Named New President of The Century Foundation

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02/24/2015

... workplace discrimination, increasing wages for home health care workers, and expanding access to job training. Prior ... role in helping improve the lives of average Americans and promoting bedrock democratic...

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The Century Foundation

Five Qs for…Douglas Bauer, Executive Director, Clark Foundation

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03/30/2012

... in human services and the arts. If there’s any good news, it’s that the state of New York is looking at a ... filling some of these gaps. We all know, however, that the resources available to private...

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Children, Youth and Families

New York Community Trust Awards Grants to 56 Organizations in All Five Boroughs

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10/15/2019

... less than a high school diploma, regardless of the health care providers’ race or ethnicity. With $300,000 from The ... Fund for Public Health in New York will work to better care for black women in New York...

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The New York Community Trust

Philanthropy Delaware Welcomes New Chief Executive Officer, Tynetta Brown

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10/26/2020

... have access to national best practices and philanthropic resources . She will be responsible for the day-to-day ... PRIDE Council Affinity Group, which focused on LGBTQ+ youth , adult health,...

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If You Want to Go Further – Invest in Advocacy

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03/20/2017

... the New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Adult Education and Workforce Development: WIOA Opportunities to Work Together I love a good challenge: a big, hairy, hard-to-tackle challenge. .....

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Centering Disability Justice

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02/06/2019

... alternative-text descriptions, and changes in our human resources practices. We detail these and other efforts in a ... At the staff level, we’ve begun to support learning and resources that enable funder...

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PhilTV This Week: Feb. 24, 2017

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02/24/2017

... T. Grant and Sloan Foundations Support Study That Finds Good Sleep Promotes Postive Experiences, Less Conflict ...

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Purpose as Compass

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03/24/2022

... desired social outcome we seek,” rather than “what is good for the organization?” Purpose as Compass ...

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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

... seed funding can partner with the sector toward a greater good , so we highly encourage health departments to begin the ... tool with which state governments and others can pool resources , providing an “all-in...

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Atlantic Announces $40M for Fellowship to Reduce International Health Disparities

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02/01/2016

... of major investments to improve access to quality health care for people in both Southeast Asia and the United States. ... ambitious but achievable: to raise the quality of health care , health outcomes and,...

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