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Century Foundation Expert Says Tuition-Free College Wouldn’t Admit More Low-Income Students

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08/18/2016

... young people to pursue higher education by signaling them from a young age that they can afford it, notes Richard ... the top public schools don’t admit more applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds: their...

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Russell Sage Foundation Papers Help Explain the Growing Wage Gap

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08/22/2016

... relative increase in womens' wages in previous years, that' s tiny. A new essay from researchers Martha J. Bailey and Thomas A. DiPrete, ... which is part of a newly released collection of papers...

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Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to University of Michigan to Endow Postdoctoral Humanities Positions

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09/12/2016

... The University of Michigan has received a $1 million gift from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to endow four ... secure these positions. In 2007, a $1.97 million gift from the Mellon Foundation funded these...

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William T. Grant and Century Foundations Support Study on Effects of For-Profit Schools on African-Americans

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09/19/2016

... of For-Profit Schools on African-Americans Students from disadvantaged neighborhoods are often drawn to ... drop out, however. A new study of 150 black youths from some of Baltimore’ s lowest...

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City Council to Examine Young Men's Initiative Funded by Bloomberg and Open Society Foundations

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09/21/2016

City Council to Examine Young Men' s Initiative Funded by Bloomberg and Open Society Foundations The Young Men’ s Initiative, Bloomberg said, would address “four areas ... by a combination of one-time $30...

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Markle Foundation Study Finds Women in Sweet Spot of U.S. Economy

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10/07/2016

Markle Foundation Study Finds Women in Sweet Spot of U. S . Economy Women still earn less than men, but they've ... require more social and analytical skills, a new study from the Pew Research Center finds...

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Gender Justice

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Women in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Economic Development Program Secure Marriott Deal

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10/13/2016

... training program with the Marriott International’ s first hotel in Rwanda. This signals that the women who have ... Bloomberg Philanthropies have now entered into Rwanda’ s growing hospitality, crafts, and...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500K to Support Solar Energy in Developing Countries

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10/20/2016

... developing world, was awarded a second $500,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, totaling $1 ... million in grant funding in the past year. Funds from the new grant will support GivePower...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Atlantic Philanthropies Steps Into Political Arena With $50 Million Fund

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10/21/2016

... Steps Into Political Arena With $50 Million Fund There’ s a new, deep-pocketed liberal donor in town. It’ s called the Civic Participation Action Fund, and it’ s run ... voters for Hillary...

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Funded by Russell Sage, Study Finds Childhood Obesity Rates Rise During Summer Break, Not During School Year

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11/02/2016

... not during the school year, according to new research from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of ... in a nationally representative sample of 18,170 children from the start of kindergarten in...

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For Noyes Foundation, Fixing Food Means Racial and Economic Justice

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11/09/2016

... system run very deep, says Kolu Zigbi. At the root, there' s a history of racial injustice— from appropriation of native land to reliance on ... director for Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation’ s...

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Food Systems

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Simons Foundation Supports Research That Sheds New Light on RNA’s Journey Out of a Cell’s Nucleus

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11/10/2016

... Foundation Supports Research That Sheds New Light on RNA’ s Journey Out of a Cell’ s Nucleus Cells secure DNA within their nuclei like a secret ... the cell to produce essential proteins, messages derived...

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Rockefeller's Judith Rodin Writes Time Magazine Editorial on Eliminating Waste to Feed The Hungry

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12/05/2016

Rockefeller' s Judith Rodin Writes Time Magazine Editorial on Eliminating ... times a year, its hunger devours a third of all of Earth’ s food, and its breath emits greenhouse gases at a level ... of dollars...

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Food Systems

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Supports Workshop To Further Innovation And Sustainability in New Jersey

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12/20/2016

... To Further Innovation And Sustainability in New Jersey From finding ways to better engage the city’ s youth to empowering the disenfranchised, a new ... Call to Collaboration. Made possible by a leadership...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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UJA-Federation of New York Screens Holocaust Film Premiere in Long Island

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01/03/2017

... Coast Cinema at LIU-Post for UJA-Federation of New York’ s Long Island screening of Debbie Goodstein’ s Holocaust sequel film, "Echoes from the Attic." Goodstein’ s...

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Doris Duke Launches Land Trust Climate Initiative

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01/24/2017

... be the case. Because how do you conserve a wetland that’ s drying up? How do you protect a dwindling species when it’ s fled from its changing habitat? Large green groups and funders are ...

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Shatterproof Awarded $600,000 Grant by Helmsley Charitable Trust

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01/31/2017

... devastation of addiction, has received a $600,000 grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. The ... Shatterproof to support its work in protecting loved ones from addiction to illicit...

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Mellon Grant Helps University Advance Racial Justice Recommendation

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02/22/2017

... Racial Justice Recommendation A recent $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will help Georgetown ... a report containing recommendations from the university’ s Working...

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Social Justice

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Supported by Greenwall Foundation, Study Finds Two-Thirds Of Americans See Docs Who Got Paid By Drug Companies

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03/07/2017

... the United States visited a doctor who received payments from drug companies, but most have no clue about it, ... Pham-Kanter, PhD, an assistant professor in Drexel’ s Dornsife School of Public Health, visited...

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