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More than Test Scores: What Young People Need to Succeed

Release Date:

03/23/2015

... attitudes like self-confidence and openness to new ideas; and abilities like self-control, time management ... on; funders who want to help disadvantaged youth succeed; education policymakers who would like to...

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Beth Cobert Named CEO of Skillful at Markle Foundation

Release Date:

04/25/2017

... are transforming jobs at an incredibly rapid pace, we need new pathways to opportunity and we need them now,” said ... Skillful beyond Colorado. She will develop and manage new locations that adopt the...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, American Institutes for Research, and Spencer Foundation Award Grants to Four Partnerships Addressing Social Issues

Release Date:

04/28/2021

... potential for significant institutional change, including new university leadership positions focused on encouraging and supporting community engaged research and new criteria for evaluating faculty that...

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E-Learning: Philanthropy Fundamentals

Philanthropy Fundamentals is an on-demand, online course for staff in the philanthropic sector.

... sector. The course is offered only to Philanthropy New York members. Developed in collaboration with content ... programmatic and operational staff at foundations who are new to philanthropy...

Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions

Publication date:

10/2017

... of Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions New York , NY — October 24, 2017. Foundation Center and the ... Disaster Philanthropy 2017: Data to Drive Decisions. The new report documents $23 billion in private, public, ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Commits to Divesting from Fossil Fuels

Release Date:

12/18/2020

... Foundation Commits to Divesting from Fossil Fuels NEW YORK | December 18, 2020 – The Rockefeller Foundation ... Foundation’s Board of Trustees recently approved this new policy, prompting the...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Multiyear Grantmaking for Justice and Social Change

Release Date:

07/22/2021

... the critical continued support of our donors. 60% of the new funding focuses primarily on Black communities, in ... that change does not happen overnight, these new grants represent the Foundation’s longest-...

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Adam Connaker appointed Director, Impact Investing at the Surdna Foundation

Release Date:

03/07/2022

... Director, Impact Investing at the Surdna Foundation New York , NY, March 7, 2022—The Surdna Foundation today ... Vice President, Finance and Administration, begins his new position today. Adam...

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David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center Recognized for Sustainable Design, Architectural Excellence, and Community Impact

Release Date:

07/31/2023

... Rockefeller Brothers Fund as The Pocantico Center—into a new home for the creative process. The open, ... The DR Center earned the highest LEED score of any new construction in New ...

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Arts

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14 Mar 2025

Seeding Power: Food Justice Leadership & Movement Building - An Event Hosted by Community Food Funders

Friday, March 14, 2025 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... a comprehensive redesign and successful pilot of the new program last year, we are building on lessons learned to ... a more equitable food system for all. Applications for the new cohort go live the day after...

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Membership Snapshot

Publication date:

05/2023

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Atlantic's Feeney Awarded Inaugural Stead Medal for International Philanthropy

Release Date:

09/21/2015

... and Northern Ireland; and strengthened and expanded higher education , university infrastructure, and research in both ... and practices, and established world-class professional education for university-level...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Century Foundation Report: The Real Price of College

Release Date:

03/15/2016

... too much weight to the advertised price of a college education , pointing out that the availability of financial ... Our research indicates that the current approach to higher education financing too often...

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Revson Fellowship Produces Research on Female Face of Genocide

Release Date:

03/16/2016

... brutal to others. After receiving a B.A. in history and education from Bowdoin, she completed a PhD in holocaust ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

Century Foundation Fellow Comments on For-Profit Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status

Release Date:

08/12/2016

... Applying for Nonprofit Status The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday denied a request by a Utah-based ... The decision means the Center for Excellence in Higher Education , which operates four colleges in...

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

Release Date:

08/24/2016

... mathematics and the sciences. The Simons Foundation ’s Education & Outreach programs seek to "stimulate a deeper .....

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Partners with Lumina Foundation to Address Racism on College Campuses

Release Date:

12/11/2017

... to improve educational equity and advance anti-racism education on their campuses, and award smaller grants to help ... each to the Council on Foundations, Grantmakers for Education , and Independent Sector to...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Access to Economic Opportunity for Delaware Students

Release Date:

05/03/2018

... Delaware Pathways, a partnership between the K-12 education system and various public and private partners, ... credits and industry credentials. “Thanks to Pathways, education and workforce programs are...

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Children, Youth and Families

Economic Security

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The Covenant Foundation Announces the 2018 Recipients of The Covenant Award

Release Date:

06/06/2018

... which is among the highest honors in the field of Jewish education . “The work in which each of these remarkable ...

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Newman's Own Foundation Supports Nutrition Initiatives

Release Date:

10/01/2019

... that are focused on fresh food access and nutrition education . The funding will support nutrition programs all ... helping nonprofits address various needs such as nutrition education , healthy diets, food...

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Food Systems

Health

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