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Unions, Reform Groups Gird for California-Inspired Lawsuit

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06/17/2014

Unions, Reform Groups Gird for California-Inspired Lawsuit I n the wake of last ... preparing to battle over expected legal action seeking to change the state’s tenure laws and possibly many other ... pay and...

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Water.org Receives $2.9M Grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation in East Africa

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10/22/2014

... resulting in improved healthy behaviors and long-term change within the community. An additional grant of $1.7 ... implemented in 15 communities, focusing on the behavioral change needed to ensure real and...

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Pershing Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science Research

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06/02/2015

... and innovative organizations that are catalyzing change in their respective industries. “With ...

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Verizon Supports Immersion Program to Teach Girls to Code

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09/01/2015

... Code Young girls were told that they could use code to change the world, to find their voices and to dare to be ... of the Girls Who Code summer camp. “You can change the world because you’ve learned to code...

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Doris Duke Study Finds Promoting Abstinence, Fidelity for HIV Prevention Is Ineffective

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05/03/2016

Doris Duke Study Finds Promoting Abstinence, Fidelity for HIV Prevention Is Ineffective The U.S. government has ... Since 2004, the U.S. President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, has supported...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Revised Funding Areas

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08/02/2016

... bold and forward-thinking as we explored what climate change and inequality mean to us. We are staying true to ... roots and are clearer now about how to drive significant change on the most urgent issues of...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Launches 2017 Fellowship Program

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11/04/2016

... is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for the fourth cycle of the Nathan Cummings Foundation ... visionary social justice, economic justice and/ or climate change objective for...

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New Study Examines How Creative Placemaking Projects Build Social Capital in Communities

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11/04/2016

... to grow, a new study released today, Setting the Stage for Community Change : Reflecting on Creative Placemaking Outcomes, offers insights for the field of "creative placemaking" and...

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How Judith Rodin Created A New Model For Philanthropic Funding At The Rockefeller Foundation

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12/07/2016

How Judith Rodin Created A New Model For Philathropic Funding At The Rockefeller Foundation During ... overriding priorities. That communities should be designed for more resilience—the ability to survive and...

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Climate-Smart Agriculture Urgently Needed in Africa

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09/05/2017

... while six of the 10 most affected countries by climate change are in Africa, warns a major agricultural research for development partnership, while stressing the urgent need ... Executive Director of the...

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How Much Did These 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise?

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09/11/2017

... lawsuits and shareholder resolutions seeking to account for their contributions to climate change . The new paper, published last week in the journal Climatic Change , builds on earlier...

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The Back-of-the-Envelope Guide to Communications Strategy

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09/12/2017

... communications efforts that will result in lasting change . But starting this process presents some challenges. ... playbook that takes weeks to write. You don’t have time for that, and you have to work with a...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Grant to the Bard-Brooklyn Public Library College Degree Program

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10/30/2019

... excluded or deterred from higher education—find a path for economic mobility, meaningful work and intellectually ... ethos.” Together, BPL and Bard provide critical resources for classroom...

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Autism at Work: How the Simons Foundation is Expanding Efforts of Inclusion in the Workplace

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03/10/2020

... Contributed by the Simons Foundation One opportunity can change everything. The transition to adulthood, tumultuous for many, can be even more challenging for people on the ... as well. The...

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UJA-Federation Announces $50 Million Day School Challenge Fund

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06/09/2014

... in endowment funds will provide a new source of revenue for schools to subsidize tuition and invest in educational ... the Jim Joseph Foundation, and individual vanguard donors ... UJA-Federation Announces $50...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Warns Against Education Tax Credit

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01/30/2015

... scholarships to private and religious schools in exchange for a credit on their state taxes — often a dollar for dollar reduction of their tax bill. In fact, it may be possible for the donor...

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OSF and Ford Help Address the 'Accountability Gap'

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08/13/2015

... that have opted to take part in the Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA), a multi-donor program set ...

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Eva Moskowitz, Practiced de Blasio foe, Weighs a Mayoral Challenge

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09/14/2015

... said, to laughter from the crowd of Manhattan Institute donors clad in black tie. " For example, he's been criticized for traveling to Iowa and the like, but I don't think his...

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Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide

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01/04/2016

... gun violence, his gun control allies are using big-money donors and shifting tactics to try to remake the political ... now looking to state and local officials to win approval for tougher background checks...

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