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Ford, Carnegie Join 10 Funders Giving $125M for Flint’s Water Crisis

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05/11/2016

... $125 million to help residents of Flint, Mich., recover from the harm they have suffered from the city’s water crisis. The Charles Stewart Mott ...

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Tow Foundation, Columbia University Arts Announce Winners of Play Reading Series

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05/19/2016

... this year, the reading series awards three playwrights from the current MFA program and recent alumni with a cash ... Theatre. The reading series is made possible by a grant from the Tow Foundation... Tow...

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Century Foundation Report Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students

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06/02/2016

... for Better Results for Remedial Students A new report from the Century Foundation examines how to improve outcomes ... work topics to students' individual interests and shift from a "drill and...

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Century Foundation Researcher Says It's Up to Schools to Ensure Teachers Are Aware of Their Own Biases

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06/07/2016

... school integration. Potter said teachers need more support from schools, such as occasional visits from school psychologists, and more wraparound services in ...

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Westchester Community Foundation Helps Students Turn Opportunity Into College Degrees

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06/21/2016

... Into College Degrees Walter Ramos described his journey from Yonkers to Southern Vermont College in two words: ... other former Yonkers Public Schools students graduated from the private liberal-arts college...

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Mastercard Foundation Celebrates 10th Anniversary By Donating Close To $700K To Canadian Organizations

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06/28/2016

... in funding to non-profit Canadian organizations. Ranging from War Child and Covenant House Toronto to the Aspire ... employees has been invited to direct CDN$10,000 from the Foundation to a registered Canadian...

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Rausch and Long Island Community Foundations Partner to Expand Tourism in Riverhead

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07/15/2016

... on expanding tourism — which includes drawing visitors from New York City and promoting Riverhead as a place people ... services. The organizations, along with representatives from local stakeholders such as...

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Long Island Community Foundation

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Originally Funded by Open Society Foundations, ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population

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08/04/2016

... with the project’s director and shifting its emphasis from the ballot box to the courtroom, reports BuzzFeed News. ... it was launched in November 2014 with a $50 million gift from the Open Society Foundations...

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Justice Reform

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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

... 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 from the Russell Sage...

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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-income...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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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

... by a combination of one-time $30 million contributions from Bloomberg Philanthropies and The Open Society Foundation and ongoing support from New York City tax dollars (up to $67.5 million over ...

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

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10/07/2016

... require more social and analytical skills, a new study from the Pew Research Center finds. Those jobs are ... pay went up 32 percent while men's pay went down 3 percent from 1980 to 2015, according to the...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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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

... are providing the Marriott with locally grown coffee from their own coffee cooperatives, serving their own brand ... as staff at the hotel providing guest services. Crafts from Bloomberg Philanthropies...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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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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Corporate Social Responsibility

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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

... voters for Hillary Clinton. The fund’s money comes from the Atlantic Philanthropies, which has given away more ... have long backed left-leaning policy initiatives, from opposing the death penalty to...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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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

... the root, there's a history of racial injustice— from appropriation of native land to reliance on ... systems grantmaking. But as communities seek to move away from industrialized agriculture, there'...

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