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Reducing Summer Learning Loss: Thoughts from Ron Fairchild

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03/09/2010

... and make better use of existing facilities and community resources . Fund intermediary organizations to establish state ... the economic crisis. You’ll find more on this subject in our paper, It’s Time for...

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Finding the Courage to Break the Silence

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11/17/2023

... witnessed and participated in a deafening silence within our sector around the atrocities in Palestine and Israel. As ... during meetings and programs with members and within our own office. Still, it wasn’t...

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College and Career Readiness: Are We Measuring What Matters?

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06/11/2013

... student groups in the New York City public school system. Our resources are deployed to ensure children and youth are in ... Capital One), College Ready Communities , to leverage the resources...

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Closing the Queer Funding Gap

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07/21/2014

... only 24 cents goes to LGBTQ issues.” These scant resources are scattered among many community efforts. Of that ... 5 percent of us give to the LGBTQ organizations that serve our community. We started talking...

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Looming Overhead: The Persistent Debate Over Administrative Costs

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10/22/2013

... of what is driving out-of-control health care costs is our fee-for-service system, where we pay for every test and ... is that foundations don’t have an infinite supply of resources . Every dollar we spend on...

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Jonas Center Announces New Focus on Environmental Health

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05/20/2016

... evidence of excessive amounts of toxins posing hazards to our health, the Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans ... crisis of lead-contaminated water in several major cities, our health – and particularly...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Director, Evaluation and Learning, Education (United Way of New York City)

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08/16/2016

... healthy and financially secure lives. We strive to model our values in all our relationships, both internal and external: Collaboration, ... and other support to strengthen the capacity of our...

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Ford-funded Study Points to Potential Security Weakness in Online Voting Registration Systems

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09/06/2017

... kind of system is this? We didn't get a chance to vote, our whole community didn't get a chance to vote." "If you ... have sold the data to that person, they can say it's not our fault...

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The Wallace Foundation Announces Promotions of Five Staff Members to Senior Program Officer

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12/18/2017

... Program Officer Here are highlights of contributions by our new senior officers and their current responsibilities. ... Claudia joined Wallace in September 2012, bringing to our work her deep field experience...

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Autism at Work: How the Simons Foundation is Expanding Efforts of Inclusion in the Workplace

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03/10/2020

... different job functions, and also to acquire new skills. Our effort to employ people with autism has not only ... with autism and neurotypical job seekers. We then focus our selection process on skills...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Five New Board Members

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07/01/2021

... “We are thrilled to add five brilliant women to our board this year as we identify and understand the ... Foundation for Women . “We believe these additions to our board bring with them the passion, lived...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Appoints Louise Richardson as President

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11/18/2021

... international breadth, and a proven dedication to our work in democracy, education, and international peace and ... stand on many of the most important issues facing our society, including student access to...

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What’s at Stake and What’s at Play: My Reckoning with Philanthropy

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12/02/2022

... who has the money. As funders, we are constantly juggling our attempts to find practical solutions for lasting change, ... challenge conventions and norms if they are at odds with our goals of creating change...

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Inaugural Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows Tackle Problems with Creative Projects

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05/01/2013

... Bhatti aims to find a structural solution that turns our municipal finance system into a well-regulated public ... launched the new Fellowship program to give money and infrastructure to three visionary ideas...

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David Rockefeller Fund - Invitation to Partner on Strategy Development

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08/08/2023

... the organization in revising the current direction of our work and recommitting to a strategy that will allow us to ... and how best to deploy the full range of the Fund’s resources (grants, corpus, name and...

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Rules and Rituals: How to Drive Change

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07/06/2017

... in realizing the promise of results-based funding. Our work at the The Rockefeller Foundation often revolves ... Rules speak to the head, and rituals speak to the heart. Our behaviors are driven by both. Most...

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Build Skills & Knowledge

... and actively contribute to one another’s learning About our Programs Philanthropy New York champions effective ... and strives to advance meaningful social change. Our programs serve a strategic purpose - to...

Ford Foundation Appoints Elizabeth Knup to Lead Its China Office

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06/03/2013

... all segments of Chinese society gain access to community resources and government services. Through her leadership ... and equitable. “Elizabeth’s appointment to lead our work in China continues the long-...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation President Marilyn Gelber to Leave in June

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04/01/2013

... in boosting the strength of neighborhoods and resources for residents,” said Fishman. “She has created ... making them happen in ways that benefit every member of our communities. Through her dedicated service...

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