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WOW Works with Obama Administration to Advocate for Women and Families
Following the U.S. Presidential Election, Atlantic grantee Wider Opportunities for Women has worked with the Obama Transition Team to advocate on a number of issues related to work, women and family. In late 2008, as a result of a letter to the President-Elect regarding priorities for his first 100…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Billionaire funds care study for city kids
Original Source By Kevin Doyle DUBLIN is to be used for a childcare study that could set the standard for facilities around the world. As part of €15m investment in child facilities and studies, it is hoped that West Tallaght can set the benchmark for…
Author: Evening Herald (Ireland)
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Congressman Crowley visits Allerton school
Original Source by Amanda Marinaccio The students of P.S. 89 received a special treat on Monday, January 12, as Congressman Joseph Crowley paid a visit to read the students’ letters to President elect Barack Obama, made possible through the Building Educated Leaders for Life program. BELL is…
Author: Bronx Times
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Answers About the City's After-School Programs
By The New York Times Following is the first set of answers from Lucy N. Friedman, the president of a nonprofit organization that provides children with after-school programs. We are no longer accepting questions on this feature. Read Ms. Friedman’s biography. Read the second set…
Author: The New York Times - City Room blog
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Six Entrepreneurs Over 60 Win $100,000 Purpose Prizes for Innovation, Extraordinary Contribution in Encore Careers
Nine Others Win $10,000 Each, as Experienced Adults Prove to be an Unexpected Source of Social Innovation SAN FRANCISCO – One winner put his mechanical know-how to work and invented a $28 machine to help rural African villagers shell peanuts more efficiently. Another, in Fargo,…
Author: Civic Ventures
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Season Of Caring: Communities in Schools
Communities In Schools is the nation’s largest dropout prevention organization by Tracey McCain High Point, NC – A growing number of students make it to high school without ever learning how to read. Educators say students typically drop out to hide their illiteracy. A Triad…
Author: digtriad.com
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After-School Sessions Expanding the Reach of Summer Program
Study shows children who took part improved their reading skills by Kathleen Kennedy Manzo Following a day of classwork, about 40 students from neighboring schools gather in the media center at Fairview Elementary School for a celebration of a day well spent. After a reading…
Author: Education Week
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In Tight Times, Many Nonprofits Feel the Pinch as Contributions Dwindle
By GLENN COLLINS Could we have picked a worse time for a gala? asked Richard J. Moylan, president of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, regretting the disappointing turnout for the institution’s fund-raising dinner on Friday night. He could have spoken for hundreds of nonprofits of all…
Author: The New York Times
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Atlantic Philanthropies SVP Colin McCrea interviewed on the Pat Kenny Show, RTE (Ireland)
Colin McCrea, SVP, Atlantic Philanthropies was interviewed on the Pat Kenny Show on Ireland’s National Radio station (RTE) recently in a discussion on philanthropy. The morning chat show of 8 July, 2008, broadcast an interview exploring the field of philanthropy and the role it plays…
Author: Pat Kenny Show, RTE
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How to minimize summer learning loss for students
Original Source by Ledyard King Gannett News Service WASHINGTON – For kids pouring out of school this month, the hazards of summer go far beyond sunburns and bug bites. Many children – especially poor ones – will take a step back academically as the lessons…
Author: The Daily Advertiser