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Pittsburgh Foundation's new plan embraces advocacy
By Bill Zlatos The Pittsburgh Foundation is broadening its grantmaking — delving into the environment and advocacy — so it can become more of a community leader. “The public face of The Pittsburgh Foundation has been youthful, curious, positive, optimistic and exuberant — a kind…
Author: Pittsburgh Tribune Review
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Civic Ventures is latest recipient of Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship
Civic Ventures is an Atlantic grantee. Skoll Foundation Invests in Leading Social Entrepreneurs Foundation commits total of $14,165,000 in new funding Civic Ventures is latest recipient of Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship Ashoka and ShoreCap II also receive Skoll investments PALO ALTO, Calif. Sept. 1,…
Author: Civic Ventures
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Two NFTE Alums Honored by BusinessWeek.com
Dear NFTE Supporters, I am extremely excited to announce that two NFTE alumni have been chosen for this year’s BusinessWeek.com “America’s Best Young Entrepreneurs” Award! • Ibtihaj “Ippy” Amatul Wadud, 19, a graduate from NFTE New England, is the owner of Ippy’s Islamic Fashions, which…
Author: The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
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Affordable Health Care for All Is Within Grasp Now – If We All Rise to the Moment
President Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress Wednesday night was a critical turning point in the fight to achieve quality, affordable health care for all Americans. Reform is within reach if we stay involved, work together and make our voices heard over the…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Couple having a blast "giving while living"
Cornell University is an Atlantic grantee. By ARLENE FINE, Senior Staff Reporter Jane and Lee Seidman made headlines last week for pledging $6 million to Cleveland Clinic’s Hillcrest Hospital to help fund a new 72-bed patient tower at the Mayfield Heights hospital. This donation is…
Author: Cleveland Jewish News
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Youth camps, classes heated up summer
Original Source By Maureen Kelleher and Richard Muhammad As you get closer to the gym at Reavis elementary school in Bronzeville, the music, singing, clapping and chanting swells. Inside, Marisa Cordeiro, a capoeira instructor, leads children through exercises in the Brazilian martial art – using…
Author: Local Initiatives Support Corporation / New Communities Program
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Number of Uninsured Children Drops to Lowest Level Since 1987
Outlook Bleaker for Parents and Other Adults 10 Sep 2009 The Center for Children and Families is an Atlantic grantee. Statement by Jocelyn Guyer, Co-Director Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute “The new Census report shows that the number of…
Author: Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute
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Irish Short Film on Equal Marriage Rights for Same-Sex Couples Storms YouTube
Over 140,000 View Movie with Numbers Continuing to Soar MarriagEquality, a project of the National Lesbian & Gay Federation (NLGF), is an Atlantic grantee. Coco Television’s short film, Sinead’s Hand staring Hugh O’Conor has clocked up over 140,000 views to-date since its launch on August 19th with…
Author: MarriagEquality website
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Tricky Road Ahead for Innovation Fund
Original source Teach for America and Grantmakers for Education are Atlantic grantees. By Erik W. Robelen Federal education officials will face a variety of obstacles in running a $650 million innovation fund, from an expected flood of applications and concern about favoritism in picking winners,…
Author: Education Week
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SA frets over World Cup immigrant boom
The Forced Migration Studies Programme at the University of Witswatersrand is an Atlantic grantee. by COURTNEY BROOKS JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – Godfrey Smith left his native Malawi last year to hunt for a job in Johannesburg, certain that the Soccer World Cup would bring a…
Author: Mail & Guardian Online