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MetLife Foundation and The Wall Street Journal Raise Awareness about Financial Inclusion

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09/10/2015

The Financial Inclusion Challenge recognized four organizations for their innovative approach to financial inclusion.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Community Development

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Atlantic and Bronfman Philanthropies Among Those Profiled for Spend Down Strategies

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10/08/2015

Questions abound regarding how best to sunset. When should the spend-down begin and end? What practical challenges does it entail?

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Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science

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10/16/2015

The Overdeck Family Foundation supported research showing a marked increase in math achievement for children using a program called Bedtime Math. The research appeared in the Oct. 9 edition of Science.

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NoVo Foundation Examines Unequal Funding for Women and Girls of Color

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10/23/2015

... a priority, with some two dozen foundations involved, why are women and girls of color not an equal priority? The fact is that few new philanthropic efforts are aimed specifically at improving the lives of...

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Social Justice

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Simons Foundation Recognizes spectrUM as a National Model on STEM Engagement

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10/26/2015

An award from the Simons Foundation recognized spectrUM as a national model in the “just add science” approach to embedding STEM engagement in community events. spectrUM was also honored with the 2015 Paul Shin Memorial Award from the Coalition on...

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Science

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Lawmakers Respond to Century Foundation's "Covert For-Profit" Report, Ask for Immediate Action

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10/28/2015

Seven U.S. senators sent a letter to Department of Education secretary Arne Duncan and IRS Commissioner John Koskinen urging them to take swift action against possibly fraudulent for-profit education companies.

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Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voices Heard, Says "Basebuilding is a Contact Sport"

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06/22/2017

... the problem and move to action. Change movements are built by a small cadre of people." Afua Atta-Mensah, .....

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PhilTalks

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22 Aug 2017

Two Sides of the Same Coin: Public-Private Partnerships and MIP - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Tuesday, August 22, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

For decades, there’s been a push to insinuate special interests deeper into the fabric of our political process.

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Ford Report Finds that Boards of NYC Museums Lack Diversity

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08/24/2017

... City's arts and cultural organizations have boards that are predominantly white, the New York Times reports. ... a few employ overwhelmingly white staffs, even as they are ramping up efforts to attract a...

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The Dark Side of Philanthropy: A Look at Tax-Exempt Donations to White Supremacists

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... nonprofits’ publications live. All three organizations are registered as tax-exempt 501(c)3 nonprofits with the IRS. All three are characterized as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law ...

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Bank of America Announces Hurricane Irma Relief Efforts

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09/11/2017

Bank of America today announced that it is directing $1 million in funding from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to aid the victims of Hurricane Irma, including $250,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, with the remainder to...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Disaster Relief

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Even as political battles persist, more district and charter schools join partnership program

Release Date:

09/29/2017

Recently, Dawn Brooks DeCosta, the principal of a traditional elementary school in Harlem, was looking for a way to boost her students’ social and emotional skills. Her search led her to an unlikely event: a charter school assembly.

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New Video From TCC Group: The Missing Link for Maximizing Impact: Foundations Assessing Their Capacity

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10/13/2017

... to advance their agendas. At the same time, grantmakers are establishing ever more ambitious goals that often require ... do offer an unprecedented first look at how foundations are holistically assessing...

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Simons Foundation Supported Research May Have Found Compound Essential to Formation of Life on Earth

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11/07/2017

Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla announced Monday that they may have found a compound essential to the formation of life on earth.

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Science

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New App Plentiful, Funded By The Helmsley Charitable Trust, Streamlines How NYC Food Pantries Feed The Hungry

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12/04/2017

... How NYC Food Pantries Feed The Hungry City food pantries are turning to technology to help feed the hungry. A new ... the recipients and amount of food distributed. “Things are much, much easier,” Shapiro said...

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