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$70 Million Effort Seeks New Safety Net for Workers
by STEVEN GREENHOUSE The Rockefeller Foundation’s annual report is chock-full of photographs of exotic lands and details of its grants to fight disease in Cambodia and help African farmers improve their soil. It is part of the foundation’s focus on what it calls smart globalization.…
Author: The New York Times
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US billionaire due to match CBRJ funding
Original Source By Barry McCaffrey An American billionaire yesterday announced that he is to match British government funding for community-based restorative justice (CBRJ) projects. Over the next three years American billionaire Chuck Feeney and the NIO will jointly provide £600,000 funding for community-based restorative justice…
Author: Irish News
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Afterschool nonprofit gets $2.3 million grant
Original Source Iby Kristen A. Graham The Center for Afterschool Education at Foundations Inc., a Moorestown-based nonprofit, has received a $2.3 million grant to help improve the quality of programs that educate children before the school day begins and after it ends. The two-year grant…
Author: Philadelphia Inquirer
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Cash boost for community schemes
Original Source Over the next three years the money will be invested in accredited community based projects (CBRJ). Criminal Justice Minister Paul Goggins announced the new funding package, which is a joint venture between the NIO and the Atlantic Philanthrophies. “CBRJ schemes have shown that…
Author: BBC News
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Voices for America's Children Awarded $3 Million Grant from Atlantic Philanthropies to Elevate Advocacy for Children & Families
Original Source WASHINGTON, July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Voices for America’s Children today announced it has received a three-year, $3 million grant to strengthen its advocacy on behalf of children and families in the United States. The grant award is from The Atlantic Philanthropies (Atlantic) and…
Author: EarthTimes (London, UK)
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Why TAC is taking govt to court over refugees
Original Source CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – Government inaction in the face of deteriorating living conditions in camps for displaced foreign nationals has forced refugees to take legal steps against the state, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) said on Wednesday. Briefing the media in Cape…
Author: Mail & Guardian Online (South Africa)
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Charles Feeney
Others Who Shaped 1997 Summary: Charles Feeney is designated one of 1997’s influential people of the year by Time Magazine in recognition of his anonymous philanthropy over the last 20 years. For more click here (subscription required): www.time.com
Author: Time Magazine
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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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Latest State Data on Teen Birth Rates, Abstinence, and Contraception
Washington, DC — The 2008 edition of Child Trends’ annual Facts at a Glance contains a state-by-state list of teen birth rates as well as data on the percentage of teens in grades 9-12 who abstain from sex or use contraception. Among the findings: Texas…
Author: Child Trends
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Atlantic Philanthropies Awards Foundations' Center for Afterschool Education
The Center for Afterschool Education Receives $2.3 Million Grant to Support Professional Development of More Than 5,000 Staff and Leaders of Out-of-School Time Programs. Moorestown, NJ –The Center for Afterschool Education at Foundations Inc., an organization that offers professional development, technical assistance, tools and publications…
Author: Center for Afterschool Education
