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Mellon Foundation

The School That Will Get You a Job

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02/13/2014

TIME Magazine examined Chicago' s Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy, where every student graduates ... with a promise of a $40,000-plus job at IBM, the school' s corporate partner and a key developer of its...

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Education

Ms. Foundation Launches Campaign to Define 21st Century Feminism

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10/23/2015

... But this truth is all too common for white, middle-class women of my generation. As female members of Generation X, ... broken. This gave us an assumption that we had equal rights with men. Why wouldn't...

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Social Movements for Good: How Companies and Causes Create Viral Change

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04/21/2016

... to the social movements I learned about as a kid — from women ' s suffrage to civil rights — I picture grainy, black-and-white photos of .....

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Is Rezoning In East Harlem A Trojan Horse For Gentrification?

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08/30/2017

... painted Aztec symbols, for example, and a piece devoted to women ’ s rights on the barrier that hides a vacant lot. But this ...

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Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?

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10/13/2017

... change. Debra Meyerson and Megan Tompkins’ s research, using the National Science Foundation’ s ADVANCE program at the University of Michigan, finds that ... makes a sexist comment or joke in a group of men...

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Gender Justice

Newman's Own Awards Donates $200,000 to Five Military Non-Profits

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10/05/2018

Newman' s Own Awards Donates $200,000 to Five Military Non-Profits Newman’ s Own joined co-sponsors Fisher House Foundation and Military ... reward ingenuity for programs that benefit service men and ...

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Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones New Head of Fellowship Program

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12/05/2018

... scholar, educator, advocate, and author, focusing on U. S . urban policy, immigration, and workers’ rights . In addition, she has taught comparative urban studies ... with affiliations in the policy, political...

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JPMorgan Joins Gates Foundation, Drugmakers in Fund

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09/23/2013

... to fight diseases including malaria, tuberculosis and HIV , as well as maternal and infant mortality, in low-income ...

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Tisch Fund Gives $10 Million to Initiative for Arts and Mental Health

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04/24/2018

... improve the lives of those with dementia and Alzheimer’ s disease, fight stigma around mental illnesses and help ... The organization will receive a grant it can use to add resources , enlarge its staff or...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Capacity Building Begins At Home

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06/04/2009

... we should ask is “what is the best use of foundation resources ?” The whole independent sector would be better ... Fund , put it nicely: “And while most of the sector’ s management improvement and capacity-...

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UJA-Federation of New York Announces Emergency Grants to Organizations in India for COVID-19 Relief

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05/05/2021

... Foundation, IsraAID, and Gabriel Project Mumbai. “It’ s heartbreaking to see the scenes from India today, and we ... medical equipment from Israel to hospitals and provide food and humanitarian relief to...

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Why Impact Investing Is An Emerging Paradigm Shift In Philanthropy

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07/30/2013

... and Head of Principal Investments for JPMorgan Chase’ s Social Finance business unit. Impact investing is a ... Minister David Cameron delivered a compelling keynote address about the power of impact investing...

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NYSHealth Funding Opportunity Now Open: Empowering Health Care Consumers in New York State

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04/18/2016

... or studies that may, as examples: create new tools and resources for consumers; make the health care system easier to navigate; identify effects of consolidation; or address systemic, repeated problems.....

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New York Health Foundation

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04 Oct 2018

Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network Meeting: Finding Your Decision-Making Power

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8:45am to 10:15am

... our roles. This is a chance to learn about other people’ s work as well as reflect on your own; both how it currently ... and Coordinators Network (PACNET) is designed to address the professional development...

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24 Apr 2012

Foundation Assets as Social Change Agents: Sustainable Investing for the Public Benefit

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8:45am to 11:00am

... emerging macroeconomic trends such as water utilization, land use, workers’ and human rights , climate change, population growth and the alleviation ... investments. A program in Philanthropy New York’ ...

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Winning Was Just Part of the Reward

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09/17/2013

... of our mission to strengthen, empower and equip young women as agents for change in their lives and in the world. ... process also afforded us an opportunity to identify and address our weaknesses, which...

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Brooklyn Org

New Thinking about Networks Makes the Field Better, Stronger, More Effective

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03/20/2015

... Center to think more closely about how our network’ s regional expertise, leadership and connections, and the ... emerged showed precisely where Oregon’ s philanthropic resources were flowing...

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Philanthropy: Beyond Business or Charity

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12/12/2013

... subject to market norms. Markets prioritize return for the resources invested and use competition as the mechanism for ... It is no surprise then that “what works” from Bishop’ s viewpoint is a market...

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Surdna Foundation & Andrus Family Fund Pledge $800,000 to Next-Generation Social Justice Philanthropy

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02/06/2018

... the Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Fund are providing resources for family foundations, community foundations and ... efforts on social justice initiatives. Surdna' s pledge reflects the Foundation...

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