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Markle Foundation's Rework America Task Force Is Bridging The Tech Skill Gap

Release Date:

10/23/2017

... For displaced workers, the need to participate in lifelong learning is a must to remain employable. But because this ... may mean a major shift in hiring practices. Self-guided learning A new paradigm for...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

Is Universal Voting an Idea Whose Time is Coming?

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11/17/2022

... a number of positive effects. It would strongly encourage better and properly funded election administration to ... to get time off to vote. Teaching civic education in schools would be a...

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Hurricane Sandy Giving Stories

... support to relief efforts and is putting additional resources and processes in place to quickly funnel aid to ... lending their unique expertise and support to nonprofits, schools and libraries delivering...

New Report Supported By The Carnegie Corporation of New York, Addresses The Future Of Undergraduate Education

Release Date:

12/01/2017

... Of Undergraduate Education Nearly 90 percent of high school graduates can expect to enroll in an undergraduate ... personalized support. Improve the quality of undergraduate teaching by providing nontenure-...

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Deborah McGinn Appointed Vice President for Finance and Administration at the William T. Grant Foundation

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08/09/2013

... Vice President of Finance and Administration for The After- School Corporation (TASC). While at TASC, she helped ... ledger system and implemented cash flow forecasting to better manage assets and investments...

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William T. Grant Foundation

10 Mar 2014

The City Budget: Understanding a Vital Lifeline for New York’s Nonprofits

Monday, March 10, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York

... of the city budgeting process can make foundations better grantmakers and agents of change in New York City ... • David Birdsell (Moderator), Dean, Baruch College School of Public Affairs • Carol Kellermann,...

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Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Helps Fund Research to Find Personalized Treatment for Crohn's Disease

Release Date:

05/03/2019

... biomedical engineering assistant professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin ... in the Department of Oncology in UT's Dell Medical School , has been developing...

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Ford and Atlantic Back Education Policy Think Tank

Release Date:

09/04/2015

... Education Policy Think Tank The Palo Alto, Calif.-based Learning Policy Institute launched this week with 30 ... at the University of California, Berkeley. The Learning Policy Institute will be based in Palo...

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Boutiques for the People

Release Date:

09/27/2016

... City College of San Francisco, describes itself as a “ school within a school ”. It provides students with a carefully structured ... along with cost savings to students. The Honors Living Learning...

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The Teagle Foundation

20 May 2010

Educational Equity in the Midst of the Great Recession

Thursday, May 20, 2010 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... out a new, simpler, and more equitable formula for funding schools across the State, with extra resources to schools serving a high proportion of students ... proposed cuts impact the State’s...

Blue Meridian’s Response to the COVID-19 Crisis

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04/10/2020

... a tremendous challenge ahead and we will direct all of our resources toward the equitable recovery and rebuilding of our ... residents to know what they need most. New emergency resources for vulnerable...

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Wallace Foundation Awards $4.5 Million to Say Yes to Education

Release Date:

10/29/2013

... support Say Yes to Education’s efforts to boost high school and college graduation rates in Buffalo. Say Yes to ... nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing high school and college graduation rates for...

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NYCT and Tiger Foundation Among Funders of Single-Sex Education

Release Date:

10/28/2014

... is certainly not a new concept, but the number of such schools is on the rise nationally, along with philanthropic ... in New York City, opened an all-boys elementary charter school in the Bronx. Funders...

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Tiger Foundation

Heckscher Foundation Supported EdTrust–NY Launches New Data Tool “The New York FAFSA Challenge” to Highlight Success and Encourage FAFSA completion.

Release Date:

02/19/2019

... and Encourage FAFSA completion. While low-income high school students are more likely than their wealthier peers to attend schools with low rates of completing the Free Application for ... to the National...

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

17 Apr 2013

The “Grit” Factor: How Community Organizations Support Students for College Success

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 -

8:15am to 10:30am

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... — have learned over the last few years is that a high school diploma is no longer an adequate measurement of ... often provides little information about whether the high school graduate can succeed in and...

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Centering Racial Equity for Generational Impact

Release Date:

06/24/2021

... Specifically, the report identifies “foundation leader attitudes and practices” as two variables that ... with grantees. We have learned that simply knowing better is not enough to do better...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Our Commitments

Release Date:

06/04/2020

... work Philanthropy New York has undertaken to deepen our learning , embed racial analysis into PNY programming and ... examining our missteps and making a commitment to do better . It means that on our journey to...

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Social Justice

Grants to Individuals: Investing in People and Their Communities

Publication date:

09/2008

In this GrantCraft guide, grantmakers talk about the rigors and rewards of investing in people. Learn how to design and manage a grants-to-individuals program, including developing a theory of change, using the right funding mechanism, and finding the right people to support.

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Report

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Evaluation

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Community Development

Using Competitions and RFPs: Requests for Proposals

Publication date:

12/2004

... goals, communicate with wider audiences, create a learning community, and find ways to work with those who are ...

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Report

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Grants Managers

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Evaluation

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

When Projects Flounder: Coming to the Rescue When Good Grants Go Astray

Publication date:

11/2004

What warning signs might alert you that a project is floundering? In this guide, grant makers recount their experiences with troubled projects and tell how they responded - or how they wish they'd responded. With the benefit of hindsight, veterans describe what they learned and offer advice on the most effective and timely way to handle distress signal.

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Report

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Grants Managers

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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