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Century Foundation Reports Examines ESSA Learner Accountability Provisions

Release Date:

12/13/2018

... students less of a priority for many schools. Replacing No Child Left Behind Like most of ESSA’s big changes, the ... accountability reforms are a response to troubles with No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the...

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A Big Move to Build Our Community

... Committee of New York and United Nations Foundation— two colleague organizations with longstanding commitments to ... in manageable, reasonable rent increases over the next two decades. It frees PNY from...

What Am I Doing Here?

Release Date:

03/01/2016

... and their key policy staff. As staff liaison for two of PNY’s issue based working groups, Funders of Women ... the committee, I’ve also developed relationships with two philanthropic leaders who serve as my...

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11 Jul 2016

Young Leaders Breakfast Club: Information Session (Webinar B)

Monday, July 11, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... Register to learn more. If you cannot attend one of our two information sessions but are still interested in ... sector. Mentors serve as facilitators, sounding boards, resources , and coaches for their group...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation: Seeking Brooklyn Youth for Paid Leadership Programs

Release Date:

08/15/2017

... Programs We are currently seeking young people for two dynamic leadership programs at Brooklyn Community ... in Brooklyn between the ages of 16 and 24 with at least two years of activism or organizing...

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

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... states where the margin of victory was within one or two or five percent," she continued. "If you want to change ... - cost. For just $1,002, an attacker could purchase two datasets - one believed to...

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Flexible Funding Is the New Kid on the Block

Release Date:

03/04/2020

... technology, rent, and people (salaries and other human resources costs), you know, that same “overhead” that is ... aversion towards flexible funding primarily stems from two issues: (i) measuring social...

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Build Up Companies

New York Life Foundation Awards $1.4 Million to National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement

Release Date:

12/23/2013

... Crisis and Bereavement's capacity to provide bereavement resources in schools, reports Philanthropy News Digest. The ... operations and build its capacity to provide bereavement resources in schools...

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Five Technology Trends Defining the Future of Corporate Sustainability

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... Companies currently spend a lot of time, effort and resources to prepare Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ... value, this annual exercise becomes a drain on company resources . Emerging technologies can...

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Don’t Forget the Small Guys

Release Date:

07/19/2010

During the current recession, several grantmakers have decided to fund larger and more-established nonprofits, rather than invest in newer, smaller, and “riskier” ones. In our latest blog post, Miguel Bonilla, the Director of Strengthening New York...

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Laurie Tisch Illumination Fund Launches $15 Million Healthy Foods Initiative

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02/15/2013

The five-year Healthy Food & Community Change initiative will work to improve access to healthy foods for people in low-income neighborhoods.

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Open Society Offers New Grants to Spur Charity Collaboration

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04/08/2013

Teams of charities in eight U.S. cities are competing for long-term grants, through the Open ... people and minorities. Teams of charities in eight U.S. cities are competing for long-term grants from the Open ...

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Schools Rake In Private Funds

Release Date:

07/28/2013

This article on the record $47 million in pledges that the fundraising arm of the New York City public-school system received this past year quotes Rick Smith, president of the Pinkerton Foundation, which helped fund the Summer Quest academic summer...

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In Lieu of Money, Toyota Donates Efficiency to New York Charity

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08/28/2013

Toyota’s unique partnership with the Food Bank for New York City highlights a different way for-profit businesses can help their communities.

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Heavy Hitters Debate School Achievement Gap

Release Date:

10/15/2013

The Education Funders Research Initiative’s recent Education Forum conversation on the achievement gap in New York City was reviewed on The Times’ SchoolBook blog.

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4/16/2015 - The Mainstreaming of Mental Health - Recording and Presentation

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04/2015

View materials and the live stream recording of the program, "The Mainstreaming of Mental Health: Grappling with City, State and Federal Developments Poised to Dramatically Alter Behavioral Health Programs."

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Wallace Report Connects the Dots of Data Use in Afterschool Systems

Release Date:

05/31/2016

... of Data Use in Afterschool Systems A growing number of cities are building afterschool systems to provide low-income ... educators ensure that these systems have the impact their cities need? One way is to use...

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Can Philanthropy Help Shape the Next Economy? A Workshop Series for a Just Transition

... food systems and democracy. Through a series of six two -hour workshops over the course of the next ten months, ... , and Ford Foundation ) Missed the program? View resources and the livestream recording...

Leadership Development

... through community and in relationship with others - two values that are core to our work. At Philanthropy New ... intensive training for grantmakers, and investing resources in a diverse next generation of...

Spend Out vs. Perpetuity: Raising the Question

Release Date:

08/05/2009

... Nager Former Executive Director, the Beldon Fund Nearly two months ago, the Beldon Fund closed its doors, ... chooses to spend out, there are helpful individuals and resources at the ready. The Beldon Fund...

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