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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Ford Foundation

D.C. Schools Attracted Record Amounts of Philanthropy in Recent Years

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08/27/2015

... Rhee as chancellor. In 2010, the District brought in more than $31 million from national foundations, according to ... The total represented an extra $705 per student — far more than any other school district...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Gender Divide in Ballet Leadership and Choreography

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09/29/2015

... perspectives. According to scholar Lynn Garafola, “The more professional a company becomes, in my observation, the more likely women are going to disappear from the leadership ... of organizations when they...

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Arts

Gender Justice

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The Wallace Foundation

Carnegie Corporation of New York Joins Others in Backing New High School Models

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11/11/2015

... The White House announced Tuesday that it has gathered more than $375 million in public and private financing to be ... and students about how high schools could be remade to be more tech-savvy, hands-on,...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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When Integrating A School, Does It Matter If You Use Class Instead Of Race? (Century Foundation)

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02/29/2016

... districts for programs intended to make their schools more diverse. As a new pair of reports from the ... 40 districts pursued integration. Today that number has more than doubled, to 83, plus nine charter...

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The Century Foundation

Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen Foundation Does It

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06/14/2017

... reflects a simple assumption. Organizations involve more people, and from a strategic standpoint, seem to offer more influence and credibility. And organizations, arguably, are more likely to...

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Science

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Rita Allen Foundation

Bad Landlords Poised To Profit On De Blasio Plan To Turn Rent-Stabilized Buildings Into Long-Term Homeless Shelters

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08/30/2017

... The Department of Homeless Services is quietly finalizing more than $98 million in contracts that would turn five ... site program into homeless shelters, and maintain six more as cluster sites for at least...

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Housing and Homelessness

Giving Up 4.3% Compared To 2016

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09/05/2017

Giving Up 4.3% Compared To 2016 Santa packed more into his sleigh for Christmas in July this year as ... up just 5 percent online. Large organizations, those with more than $10 million in annual revenue, had a...

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The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering

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09/07/2017

... the past decade, businesses of all kinds have become much more socially aware and active. In 2015, more than 75 percent of large US corporations were engaged in ... volunteerism is the most rapidly growing,...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Pound Foolish

Release Date:

09/22/2017

... a vital link between food and families in need. Today, more than 200 food banks across the United States distribute millions of tons of provisions to more than 46 million people, or more than...

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Food Systems

Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Just How Little Access to Healthcare Americans over 65 Have

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12/11/2017

... A survey, produced by the Commonwealth Fund, included more than 23,000 people from 11 developed countries, and ... sicker than their counterparts in other countries and are more likely to go without needed...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Aging

Health

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Daggett Announces Retirement from Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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06/07/2018

... goals and strategies, move Dodge boldly in a new direction more reflective of the current and rapidly changing ... Dodge to help citizens and nonprofit organizations become more engaged in their communities...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Atlantic Philanthropies Announces Full Cohort of Atlantic Fellows

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07/24/2018

... this month in its efforts to advance fairer, healthier and more inclusive societies with 267 Fellows now participating ... The Atlantic Philanthropies has committed more than US $660 million to seed and...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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NYSHealth's Patients as Partners Provides $230,708 Patient Empowerment Grant

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12/14/2018

... and rebalance the health care system so that patients have more influence over their health and health care. NYSHealth ... voices in practice transformation. IPRO will pilot a more adaptable and deployable...

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Surdna Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, Prudential, Among Foundations Leading the Way in Impact Investing and Racial Equity

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02/26/2019

... years, as foundations and their partners have committed more of their assets to social and environmental change. In ... white American households are projected to own 86 times more wealth than African-American...

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Prudential Financial (Non Member)

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Community Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

New Study From the Commonwealth Fund Looks at Out-of-Pocket Costs for Some Health Plans

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05/23/2019

... in 2016-17. Of these, 13.3 million spent 10 percent or more on premiums alone, 6.2 million spent 10 percent or more (or 5 percent or more if they have lower incomes) on out-of-pocket costs ...

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University of Houston Receives $10 Million Legacy Gift from Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

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03/03/2021

... $10 Million Legacy Gift from Conrad N. Hilton Foundation More than 50 years after hotel industry icon Conrad Hilton ... in excess of $95 million. The foundation has distributed more than $1.6 billion in...

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