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John A. Hartford Helps Expand Program to Support Older Hospitalized Adults

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09/01/2015

The program specifically addresses recovery of hip fractures among older adults.

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Wallace Foundation to Invest $47 Million In Redesigning Principal Preparation

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03/16/2016

... Strong principals are critical components of successful schools , and yet school leaders usually receive far less ...

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Carnegie, Helmsley Support Teacher Leadership Projects

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05/03/2016

... can impact the quality of teaching in the classroom, in schools , and throughout school districts. The grants, ... the expertise of teachers to drive transformation in schools , districts and states, including...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Nine Graphs That Show How Hard It Is To Be a Homeless Student In New York City

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08/19/2016

About 127,000 New York City public school students — or one in eight — have been homeless at some point in the last five school years, more than the total population of Boston and Seattle’s school systems combined.

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Housing and Homelessness

Schott Honors Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Kavitha Mediratta and Landmark Education Campaign at 25th Anniversary Awards Gala

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05/12/2017

... to end educational inequities in America’s public schools by honoring grassroots, community and philanthropy ... CFE rallied for equitable funding for New York City schools , and its work led to a landmark...

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2017 Macy Faculty Scholars Named

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06/27/2017

The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation announced the seventh class of Macy Faculty Scholars. Each Scholar will engage in activities to enhance their career as an educator, as well as pursue a mentored educational innovation project at their home institution.

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students

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06/28/2017

William T. Grant Foundation supported research at Stanford which found African-American and Latino students who completed self-affirming writing exercises in middle school took more challenging courses and were more likely to enroll in college,...

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Prodded by Advocates, City Unveils District-Wide Integration Plan for Lower East Side

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09/13/2017

... spur more economic diversity in Lower East Side elementary schools . It is the first effort under Mayor Bill de Blasio to ...

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In New Memoir, Eva Moskowitz Offers a Look Behind The Curtain At Success Academy — And Tries to Reshape Her Reputation

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09/18/2017

... committed as him couldn’t make fundamental reforms [to schools ], I didn’t see how anybody else could.” But ... city’s largest, most controversial network of charter schools , is not just score-settling. It’s...

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Many Students Around the World Can’t Read or Add, World Bank Says

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09/27/2017

Around the world, hundreds of millions of students are spending years in school while learning virtually nothing, and many countries are neglecting to even measure their progress, the World Bank warned in its flagship annual economic development...

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Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings

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09/28/2017

Humanitarian assistance relies on a charity model of providing immediate relief in emergency situations. But once the emergency has passed, other approaches might better deliver services in a market-driven, customer-centric way.

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Working to Gather 20,000 Teen Opinions Across Western New York & Southeast Michigan

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11/29/2018

... not in the classroom. The project is collaborating with schools and youth organizations to collect data that will ...

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Farhad Asghar Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York as Program Officer for Pathways to Postsecondary Success

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11/29/2018

Carnegie Corporation of New York is pleased to announce that Farhad Asghar will join Carnegie Corporation of New York on December 17, 2018 as Program Officer, Pathways to Postsecondary Success, overseeing part of our education portfolio. Farhad’s...

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SIFMA Foundation Announces Winner of Fall 2018 InvestWrite Competition

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02/21/2019

Johanna Van Fleet may still be in high school, but she knows as much about stocks, bonds and mutual funds as her friends do about emojis and apps – and now she’s offering that winning advice to a famous entrepreneur! Van Fleet recommended an...

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Annual Meeting Program Booklet - "Global Perspectives, Universal Connections"

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06/2015

Our Annual Meeting Program Booklet has the full program of events and speaker bios.

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(Revised November 2009) Philanthropy New York is a nonprofit membership organization created in 1979 by the New York City philanthropic sector to promote and support the practice of effective philanthropy for the public good. Membership in...

Citi Launches More Than $1 Billion in Strategic Initiatives to Help Close the Racial Wealth Gap

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09/23/2020

“Action for Racial Equity” represents unprecedented effort to leverage Citi’s core business capabilities and Citi Foundation philanthropy to help address racial equity and justice in the U.S.

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