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Ms. Foundation Seeks to Increase Traction for Childcare Amongst Funders

Release Date:

10/03/2017

... costs more on average than in-state tuition at a public university . Access to affordable childcare would put ... on reaching women of color and low-income women through investment in grassroots organizations...

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Emil Kang Joins Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Program Director for Arts and Cultural Heritage

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07/09/2019

... for the arts. Kang will be joining Mellon from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he has ... and built into one of the nation’s largest and leading university -based performing arts programs...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

A Sense of Urgency: Promoting Child and Family Well-being for Homeless Families

Release Date:

05/30/2018

Jennifer March, Ph.D., Executive Director, Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York writes "The future health and well-being of the next generation of New Yorkers demands that we all do more to prevent homelessness in the first instance, and...

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Philanthropy Should Support States and Cities to Keep Advancing the Climate Movement

Release Date:

12/07/2016

... to succeed. As such, a broad-based coalition for climate action is crucial. We must invest in organizing, educating, ...

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Environment and Climate Change

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces Nine Winners of the Physician Scientist Fellowship

Release Date:

10/10/2019

... phase of training. We are proud to answer that call to action and to award these nine Physician Scientist Fellows with the resources they need to advance their careers and make ...

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Health

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Doris Duke Foundation

Jeff Trandahl Joins Arcus Foundation Board

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03/01/2013

... Trandahl earned a B.A. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland in 1987 and a Certificate in Management from the John F. Kennedy School at Harvard University . He currently serves on the...

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J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces Open Call for Applications to 2019 Innovation Prize

Release Date:

02/06/2019

... funding offers flexibility, letting awardees deploy resources where they are most needed, whether investing in ... part of a cohort of people who approach their work from a community -centered perspective, and...

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

Century Foundation Report: The Real Price of College

Release Date:

03/15/2016

... because of its implications for educational opportunities, student and family pocketbooks, and the economy. Some ...

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Education

A Big STEM Gift from Simons Foundation Grabs Attention in the Field

Release Date:

08/24/2016

Morehouse College in Atlanta recently secured $2.5 million from Jim and Marilyn Simons towards educating math and science students.

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Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth

Release Date:

09/30/2016

Voluntary summer-learning programs can help narrow academic achievement gaps between children from low-income families and those from high-income families, a report from the Wallace Foundation and the RAND Corporation finds.

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The Fatal Stabbing In A Bronx Classroom Was Horrific — But Also Extremely Rare

Release Date:

09/28/2017

... a switchblade. The incident is extremely rare: One student has not killed another inside a school for 25 years, ...

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Education

Carnegie- Funded Report Analyzes Public Support for Charter Schools in New Orleans

Release Date:

06/01/2018

The 2018 Perceptions of Public Education in New Orleans , funded by Carnegie, assesses public opinions about the city’s unique education environment. The annual poll features responses from 700 residents, including 450 parents of public and private...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

The Samuel H. Kress Foundation Funded Study Shows Museum Field Trips Impact Learning

Release Date:

09/28/2018

... an art museum have a measurable impact on key aspects of student learning. The comprehensive study, conducted over a ...

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Arts

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Samuel H. Kress Foundation

United Hospital Fund Names New Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

Release Date:

11/30/2020

... Fund announced that Vaughn R. Murria, Director of Human Resources , was named to the additional position of Chief ... for human resources operations for 12 Manhattan community boards. Prior to...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Supports Database that Tracks Health Equity Implications of State COVID-19 Policies

Release Date:

07/28/2021

... experts, responding quickly to a crisis is critical for community health and well-being. But what about rapid ... response research and policymaking, my team at Boston University and I developed the COVID-19 U...

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Food Funders Working Group

Community Food Funders (CFF) is a philanthropic organizing ... New Jersey, and Connecticut. We provide information, resources , and networking opportunities for funders to invest ... CFF also aggregates and...

11/5/2014 - Should Nonprofits Be Mandated to Pay Living Wages? - Live stream Recording and Presentations

Publication date:

11/2014

View the materials and live stream recording of the program, "Should Nonprofits Be Mandated to Pay Living Wages, and What is Philanthropy’s Role?"

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All Funders

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HR & Operations

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Networks & Working Groups

... HR & OPERATIONS: Foundation Administrators Network , Human Resources Leadership Group SENIOR LEADERSHIP: COO Roundtable ... in your area of interest. Opportunities for collective action : Leverage your...

Backed in Part By The Ford Foundation, Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Named a National Treasure by National Trust

Release Date:

06/19/2018

... the National Trust’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, an initiative with the Ford Foundation and ... stories of African American achievement, activism, and community .” “Nina Simone’s distinctive...