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William T. Grant Foundation President Discusses Inequality In English Language Education

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10/26/2017

... in youth educational outcomes and how to better use research to influence policy, Gamoran said. His lecture ...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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A Decade After Katrina, Can Philanthropy Make Black Lives Matter?

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08/28/2015

... 4, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act , the crowning achievement of the civil-rights movement, ... Resource Generation, and others, have explicitly dedicated resources to support black-...

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North Star Fund

Fear, Hope, and Hunger: Inside the Crisis at the Southern Border

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10/03/2019

... as if I had landed in The Twilight Zone and was traveling through two different yet similar time periods. In ... we try to keep each other’s spirits up, I cry almost every day." Continuing Developments...

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Tides

What Is Effective Philanthropy?

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06/05/2019

... believe that strengthening the nonprofit sector as a whole through practicing Effective Philanthropy can happen through supporting individual organizations, sharing lessons ... convening grantees and funders,...

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Siegel Family Endowment

Open Society Launches Fund for a Free and Democratic Ukraine

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03/03/2022

... and to enhance international accountability efforts through credible documentation of war crimes. This will include resources for investigative journalists, artists, and scholars, as well as for ...

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Open Society Foundations

Borealis Philanthropy Introduces Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color Fund's New Program Associate, Steph Beeman

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05/23/2023

... Fund. My role functions to facilitate the movement of resources and support to the grassroots organizers and ... to learn from Dani (while I can) and Nichelle as we walk through this first year together. I am...

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19 Mar 2025

Building People Power & People's Budgets in NYC: A Briefing With The People’s Plan

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2:00pm to 4:00pm

... and fight for more, both for a People’s Budget that puts resources where they’re needed most, and for a more ... Please join us to learn how TPP is building people power through the people’s budget, and how...

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05 Mar 2020

Financial Series: What to Look for in a Nonprofit's Financial Statement

Thursday, March 5, 2020 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

... know what questions to raise for further analysis. Walk through a set of sample financial statements, focusing on ... an ability to analyze an organization’s financial health through its audited financial...

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Funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Launches Chicago Music Pathway Initiative to Diversify the Next Generation of Musicians

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10/25/2018

... Symphony Orchestras (CYSO), Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts), Chicago Sinfonietta, DePaul University School ... will serve as the Steering Team to implement CMPI. Student musicians from Merit and...

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Mellon Foundation

Warhol Foundation Board Lifts 8-Year Funding Ban on the Smithsonian

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01/15/2019

... The Board of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has voted to lift its eight-year funding ban on the ... a member of the Yanktonai Dakota tribe, was a pioneering student of Dorothy Dunn, an...

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Simons Foundation Initiative Provides Support for Early Career Scientists

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03/25/2015

... Career Scientists They will award up to 70 grants every 2.5 years to promising scientists who have great ... 50 percent of their total effort to the direct conduct of research .... Simons Foundation Initiative...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Strives to Provide Free Psychiatric Evaluations to 10,000 NYC Kids

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08/21/2015

... Free Psychiatric Evaluations to 10,000 NYC Kids One in every five American children and adolescents -- or 17.1 ... Foundation. The grant will be used to fund the HBN Research Vehicle which is the cornerstone...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Looming Overhead: The Persistent Debate Over Administrative Costs

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10/22/2013

... But I think most strategic grantmakers agree that not every good thing is something that foundations should pay ... people to give will struggle more in this area (policy research , for example, does not...

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Diane Sierpina Promoted to Program Director of Justice Programs at the Tow Foundation

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02/12/2014

... than $2 million a year. Sierpina has been an advocate of evidence -based, youth-centered justice system reform in Connecticut, New York and nationally through her leadership roles with the Connecticut Juvenile...

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John A. Hartford Foundation’s Corinne H. Rieder honored by American Geriatrics Society with the David H. Solomon Memorial Public Service Award

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05/20/2014

... practice change and innovation; supporting team-based care through interdisciplinary education of all health care providers; and developing and disseminating new evidence -based models that deliver better, more...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Century Foundation Analysis Noted, Poverty in Syracuse Examined

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11/20/2015

... near the overpass of I-81, an elevated highway that cuts through the heart of the city. There are no supermarkets ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Housing and Homelessness

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The Century Foundation

At the City Council, Better Gender Balance Among Chiefs of Staff

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09/20/2017

... underway to improve female representation in the Council through future elections. But, at one level at least, the ... City Council member is often a path to elected office, as evidence by the victory in last...

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Gender Justice

We’re Not Just Fighting the Good Fight

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09/22/2014

... in its public policy work. With limited staff and resources , we choose our issues carefully based on their ... for the U.S. Senate passage of the America Gives More Act , we first asked their leaders, and...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Welcomes Leticia Peguero, Vice President of Programs

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11/27/2018

... at the intersections of social and racial justice and the arts . In her new role, she joins the Foundation’s ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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