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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

Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban ... on Low-Income Urban Youth (109 pages, PDF), found that in five urban districts participating in...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?

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12/09/2016

Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students? It’s been said that a budget is a statement of policy, the surest way to determine the values and ... has tripled to about 2.2 million...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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Commonwealth Fund Issues Brief on the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access

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05/08/2017

Commonwealth Fund Issues Brief on the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access One of the ... Among its reforms, the ACA expanded Medicaid coverage in participating states to all...

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The Army Infantry’s First Women

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05/26/2017

... Women The Army has sought to play down the significance of the mixed-gender milestone. But female grunts see it as ... almost impossible to distinguish the mixed-gender squads in the steamy woods from those...

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Mastercard's Big Data For Good Initiative: Data Philanthropy On The Front Lines

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08/10/2017

... been written about big data initiatives and the efforts of market leaders to derive critical business insights ... Mastercard, which describes itself as a technology company in the payments industry, which...

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Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change

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08/21/2017

Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change The patriarch of the Simons clan is best known for his math chops and ... with the family’s philanthropic legacy lately, albeit in a different direction. We’...

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Should Kids Be Sedated for Dental Work?

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08/30/2017

Should Kids Be Sedated for Dental Work? In dental offices nationwide, children who need cavities ... But in rare cases, children fall into a much deeper level of sedation than intended. If they...

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Mexican Women Stand Up to Cyberattacks and Vicious Digital Violence

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09/08/2017

... began hosting women-only online security workshops in 2016 to have a safe space to discuss and address digital ... violence. Today, the participants share experiences of online harassment, stalkers and losing...

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Gender Justice

Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace

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09/15/2017

... wealth gap, far from narrowing, will grow ever wider in the years to come, absent policy change. The two ... household wealth trends (as have occurred between 1983 and 2013 ) continue indefinitely into the...

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Economic Security

Wallace Foundation Case Study Examines Arts Programming at Boys and Girls Clubs

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10/06/2017

... at Boys and Girls Clubs The study explores the efforts of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), a federation ... of more than 4,000 clubhouses around the country, in...

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Rita Allen Foundation Supported Report Finds That Civic Tech Struggles with Sustainable Funding Despite Gains

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10/31/2017

... first major report on civic tech since a detailed study in 2013 took a broad look at the investment landscape. The newer work is a closer examination of “why startups in the...

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New York State Health Foundation Releases Snapshot: Success in the Empire State: Health Insurance Coverage Trends

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11/15/2017

New York State Health Foundation Releases Snapshot: Success in the Empire State: Health Insurance Coverage Trends New ... aimed at expanding coverage took effect at the beginning of 2014. This NYSHealth-produced...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Appoints Distinguished Writer, Poet, Scholar, and Arts Advocate Elizabeth Alexander as President

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02/07/2018

... Advocate Elizabeth Alexander as President The Trustees of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation have elected Elizabeth ... will succeed Earl Lewis, who has served as President since 2013 . Alexander, a renowned...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Reveals State Rankings on the Nation’s Best Health Care

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05/08/2018

... Best Health Care After the average life expectancy in the United States declined for the first time in decades, ... care to its residents. The study broke down over 40 areas of health care...

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Commonwealth Fund Releases Its 2018 Scorecard on State Health System Performance

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05/29/2018

... assesses all 50 states and the District of Columbia on more than 40 measures of access to health care, quality of care, efficiency in care delivery, health outcomes, and...

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Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’s Board of Trustees

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06/06/2018

Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’s Board of Trustees The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced on June ... and dissent. At Yale, she founded and leads a clinic in local government law, the San Francisco...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces More Than $19 Million in Grants

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10/18/2018

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces More Than $19 Million in Grants The board of directors of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced ... Foundation’s Catholic Sisters Strategic Initiative...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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Human Services

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Ms. Foundation for Women Partners with Gucci for Next Phase of Chime for Change

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01/29/2019

Ms. Foundation for Women Partners with Gucci for Next Phase of Chime for Change Gucci has announced the latest chapter ... The Italian fashion house launched Chime for Change in 2013 alongside...

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Henry Ford III Elected to Ford Foundation's Board of Trustees

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02/25/2019

Henry Ford III Elected to Ford Foundation's Board of Trustees The Ford Foundation has elected Henry Ford III as ... great-grandson of Edsel Ford, who created the foundation in 1936. It is...

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