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Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth

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09/30/2016

Voluntary summer-learning programs can help narrow academic achievement gaps between children from low-income families and those from high-income families, a report from the Wallace Foundation and the RAND Corporation finds.

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Children, Youth and Families

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With Support from the Russell Sage Foundation, Researchers Analyze the Rise of White Identity in Politics

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10/21/2016

... evidence that ongoing demographic changes in the United States are increasing white racial identity. White identity, in ...

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Civic Engagement

Anthony Bourdain and Rockefeller Foundation Partner On Food Waste Documentary

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11/01/2016

... instead of being used to feed the hungry. In the United States , families trash about fourth of the food they buy, at ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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Weinberg Foundation Makes New Commitment to Military Members and Their Families

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11/16/2016

... one of the largest private foundations in the United States , today welcomes community, civic, and business leaders ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Veterans

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Mellon and Doris Duke Foundations Back New Report Highlighting 20 Years of NEFA’s National Dance Project

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11/18/2016

... and 619 unique dance works that have toured to all 50 states and Washington, D.C., reaching over 2.7 million ...

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Arts

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Rockefeller Continues to Fight Exxon Mobil on Climate Change

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11/22/2016

Exxon Mobile, which has been accused of scheming to pay surrogates to deny the threat of climate change, is trying to turn the tables by calling its opponents the real conspirators.

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Foundation CEO Angst: Moral Imperatives and Insomnia

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12/09/2016

... of the CEOs of large, staffed foundations in the United States believe foundations have the potential to make a ... responding to a survey we fielded believe that foundations are making a significant...

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Sessions As Attorney General Means Criminal-Justice Reform Is Dead

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12/15/2016

... “war on drugs” will create some serious conflicts with states that are rapidly moving toward legalization of marijuana... ...

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Justice Reform

Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Honors Teens

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02/08/2017

Dimple Belani has been named one of two students in New York State as the top teen in volunteering by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.

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Children, Youth and Families

Video

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Fund for the City of New York Supports Conceptualization of Underground Maps and Models

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02/15/2017

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is requesting information from interested parties to inform a Concept Development Study (CDS) that will assess the current state and future direction of information standards for modelling, mapping, and managing...

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Fund for the City of New York

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Community Development

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Is Major Funder in the Fight Against Blindness

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03/03/2017

... gains have been made in this area. In the United States , for example, the Foundation Fighting ... poor countries affordable cataract surgery. Cataracts are the main cause of blindness for half of the 40...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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Health

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Weinberg Foundation Announces New Chief Financial Officer

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03/20/2017

... one of the largest private foundations in the United States , has named Craig Mellendick as the new Chief ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Promotes 'Changing Faces of Immigration' Video Series

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03/24/2017

... and fastest-growing wave of newcomers to the United States . The group is a mosaic and not a monolith. People are arriving from dozens of countries in Asia and the Pacific ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Immigration

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on the Fate of Student Debt Forgiveness

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04/05/2017

Under a program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness, some student loan borrowers were supposed to be able to have the balance of their student loans forgiven after ten years of both on-time payments and eligible work in the public sector. Last...

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Complete This Survey on Foundation Openness and Shared Insights

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04/19/2017

The survey deadline is Friday May 5 th . It's a quick turnaround, but the survey should take no more than 15 minutes to complete, and there is language provided to make it easier.

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PNY News

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Awards Research Fellowships to 35 Scholars for Important Work in the Social Sciences and Humanities

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04/26/2017

... change, voting and election processes in the United States , the legal limbo facing immigrants, misinformation ...

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Workforce Development

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Open Call For Collaborative Reporting Projects

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05/10/2017

... that will enrich public-interest journalism. Proposals are due June 30 . Three reporting projects will be selected ...

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RFPs Etc

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Communications/Media

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Rita Allen Foundation

Schott Honors Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Kavitha Mediratta and Landmark Education Campaign at 25th Anniversary Awards Gala

Release Date:

05/12/2017

On May 11, 2017, the Schott Foundation for Public Education marked 25 years of fighting to end educational inequities in America’s public schools by honoring grassroots, community and philanthropy figures who have led the charge for education...

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With Support from Carnegie, New Science Standards Deliver Students from Textbooks to ‘Real-World' Applications

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05/19/2017

... Education in 2014, the Next Generation Science Standards are state mandated for K-12, and according to the New Jersey ... during their school years and beyond and the standards are a way to break down those...

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