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Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants

Release Date:

11/01/2017

... inmates who beat a Harvard College team in a debate two years ago put a national spotlight on the prisoners’ ... Bard faculty will teach small seminars leading to a two -year associates degree in liberal arts,...

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Mellon Foundation

GroundTruth, Supported By The Henry Luce Foundation and Ford Foundation, Launches Report America, Designed To Reignite Local Journalism

Release Date:

11/06/2017

... and Charlie made me promise that I would give journalism two more years,” Shreckinger, the political correspondent ... said, a year — that I would do another year.” It took two before Schreckinger went to...

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Ford Foundation

Markle Foundation President and CEO Zoë Baird Writes About Where Amazon Should Build Their New Headquarters

Release Date:

12/05/2017

... challenges we face as a nation are clear. Over the past two decades, automation driven by digital technology has ... is especially struggling to provide a path forward for the two -thirds of Americans who don’t...

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Supported By The Taft Foundation, Rising Tide U Launches New Online Program, The Autism Advantage

Release Date:

01/31/2018

... success so far, with 14 active participants, 12 parents, two organizations, one operational social enterprise, and two more social enterprises that are in the prototyping phase ...

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The Taft Foundation

Dodge Foundation Awards $3.8 Million to New Jersey Nonprofits

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08/13/2018

... its Education focus area, the foundation awarded thirty- two grants totaling nearly $1.2 million, including a grant of ... through its Environment focus area, the foundation awarded two grants totaling $375,...

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Supported by The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New Report Finds Even Light Drinking Increases Risk of Death

Release Date:

10/03/2018

... ages 18 to 85, the researchers found that consuming one to two drinks four or more times per week -- an amount deemed ... Experimental Research. "It used to seem like having one or two drinks per day was...

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Doris Duke Foundation

Ford Foundation to Open Gallery for Socially Engaged Art in New York

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02/13/2019

... in its iconic Midtown headquarters, which just underwent a two -year renovation. Titled the Ford Foundation Gallery, the ... as curatorial affairs director for the real-estate company Two Trees Management. “It’...

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Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Finds Bonding Exercises Cut Discipline Disparity for Students of Color

Release Date:

04/04/2019

... and Social Psychology , found that guided exercises in two or more 25-minute class sessions early in sixth or ... black and Latino boys by 57 percent over two years in one study. In a second study, the...

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New York Life Foundation Invests in Expanding Access to Summer and Afterschool Learning

Release Date:

04/23/2019

... learning. Last summer, BellXcel scholars gained two and a half months of math skills and two months of reading skills through five to six-week ...

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With Support from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Nature Conservancy Invites Applications for Natural Climate Solutions Accelerator Grant

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06/11/2019

... Nature Conservancy has issued a Request for Proposals for two additional rounds of grant funding for projects with the ... five grants in the fall of 2018 and plans to complete two additional rounds of...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

Open Society Foundation Partners with Charles Koch Foundation to Launch Foreign Policy Think Tank

Release Date:

07/04/2019

... Koch Foundation to Launch Foreign Policy Think Tank Two mega-philanthropists at opposite ends of the political ... plans to issue four reports before the end of 2019 — two offering alternative approaches to...

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17 Oct 2019

Exiting Responsibly: Making Wise Choices As You Wrap Up - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, October 17, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... members, and donors will feature a discussion between two highly respected CEOs in the process of exiting their long-time roles alongside two new CEOs just entering this role. Presenters Jamie ...

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Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation Announces Leadership Transition

Release Date:

04/28/2021

... many genres. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children. Nicholas Firth, President of the Jean and ... Director. Having worked side by side with Edmée Firth for two decades, we are confident...

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Nabila Chowdhury Joins New York State Health Foundation as Program Assistant

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12/03/2012

... Diabetes Prevention and Management, Primary Care , Mental Health and Substance Abuse priority areas. She ...

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The Sister Fund Welcomes Tina Cherena as Its New Executive Director

Release Date:

10/01/2012

... organizations that provide human, social and health care services. She completed her undergraduate and graduate ...

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HLH Family Foundation Inc

14 May 2012

Conversations for Grantmakers: Our Returning Veterans

Monday, May 14, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Teleconference

Find out how the Veterans Outreach Center in Rochester, NY, is using a collaborative approach to treatment; a national model, that cares for the whole person. Veterans receive the breadth of services needed to regain their mental, physical and...

11 Feb 2013