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Communities In Schools to Receive Major Grant From the Corporation for National and Community Service
Investment Will be Used to Improve the Lives of Young People Nationwide ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Communities In Schools, the nation’s largest dropout prevention organization, is proud to announce that it is one of only three national organizations to receive a competitive grant…
Author: Communities In Schools (Release)
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Keeping Obama's Campaign "Army" Mobilized as a Force for Change in Peacetime
Original Source by Gara LaMarche Speaking to tens of thousands of his supporters in Chicago’s Grant Park, President-elect Barack Obama said his smashing victory was not about him but about “you.” In his effort to unify, he meant all of America, but he also was…
Author: The Huffington Post
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TAP-IN Launches in Cleveland
Original Source CLEVELAND, Oct 14, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — As the number of uninsured reaches 46.6 million nation-wide, the demand for free health clinics that rely on healthcare professionals to donate their time rises. According to a Families USA report released in September 2008,…
Author: MarketWatch / PR Newswire
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TAP-IN Launches in Cleveland
Area Program Looks to Recruit Retired Medical Professionals, Respond to Uninsured CLEVELAND, Oct 14, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — As the number of uninsured reaches 46.6 million nation-wide, the demand for free health clinics that rely on healthcare professionals to donate their time rises. According…
Author: The American Health Initiative
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Gates, Broad foundations stop contributing to election-awareness campaign on education
by Clay Holtzman, Staff Writer About 16 months ago, Bill Gates and fellow billionaire Eli Broad teamed up to make education reform a top issue in the 2008 presidential election. With a pledge to spend up to $60 million, the two influential philanthropists launched a…
Author: Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
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Child Trends Introduces New Series of Fact Sheets on "What Works" and LINKS Evaluations Database
Child Trends is pleased to introduce a new series of Fact Sheets on “what works” to improve outcomes for children and youth. With the support of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and the Stewart Trust and under the direction of Senior Scholar Kristin Moore, Child…
Author: Child Trends
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Stephen McConnell Appointed to Advocacy and Policy Position With The Atlantic Philanthropies Ageing Program
New York, June 9, 2008 — Stephen McConnell, currently Vice President for Advocacy and Public Policy at the Alzheimer’s Association, will join The Atlantic Philanthropies to lead its Ageing Program’s policy and advocacy work in the U.S. As Ageing Program Policy and Advocacy Program Executive,…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Black Caucus highlights disparages and suggests philanthropic solutions
Original Source By Robyn Skinner The community’s health can be gauged by how black men and boys are doing and philanthropic organisations need to understand why there are still barriers to helping them. That’s why last week a group of leaders in their fields met…
Author: The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)
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£600,000 for NI restorative justice schemes
Original Source Restorative justice schemes in Northern Ireland are to receive £600,000 over three years, the authorities said today. The funding package is a joint venture between the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) and independent international charitable foundation the Atlantic Philanthropies. The programmes deal with people…
Author: The Irish Times
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Advocacy Q&A with Gara LaMarche in Responsive Philanthropy magazine
Original Source NCRP LOOKS AT CREATING IMPACT Highlights two major foundations’ funding for community organizing and advocacy, and critical role of nonprofit leadership WASHINGTON, D.C.-The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) released today the summer edition of Responsive Philanthropy. This issue features articles on the…
Author: Responsive Philanthropy