Results List
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Companies See Volunteering As a Benefit
Source: Associated Press Online
By Vinnee Tong NEW YORK--Colleen Bramhall's friends used to think she'd sold out by going to work for Accenture as a consultant after college. Now she says they're jealous. She's been to Sri Lanka and South Africa as a participant in Accenture Development Partnerships, a…
Resource type: News
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Tides Center/Youth Development Institute
$3,400,000
Resource type: Grantee
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The International Center/Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation
$3,600,000
Resource type: Grantee
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Johns Hopkins University/Center for Talented Youth
$667,600
Resource type: Grantee
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Northeastern Univ./Center for the Study of Sport in Society
$1,690,000
Resource type: Grantee
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Duke Univ./Center for the Study of Aging & Human Development
$1,111,600
Resource type: Grantee
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Henrico Schools Take Steps to Reduce Racial Disparities in Suspensions
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch
By Graham MoomawIn an effort to reduce racial disparities in student suspension rates, Henrico County Public Schools announced a partnership Monday with the Legal Aid Justice Center, a Virginia-based advocacy group that offers legal representation and other services to low-income people.Under the agreement, which has…
Resource type: News
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Health Reform Implementation in One Map
Source: The Washington Post
By Sarah Kliff Where are we in setting up the health reform law? We are, as you can see below, literally all over the map: (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities) Even though the Affordable Care Act establishes that every state must have a health exchange…
Resource type: News
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Breaking Schools’ Rules
Source: The Council of State Governments Justice Center & Public Policy Research Institute
A Statewide Study on How School Discipline Relates to Students’ Success and Juvenile Justice Involvement Sixty per cent of Texas’ students were suspended or expelled at least once between their seventh- and 12th-grade years, according to this groundbreaking statewide study that tracked the individual records…
Resource type: Research Report
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Brick-by-Brick – Investing in Capital Projects for Social Change
Source: Gara LaMarche
The business of making social change often has to start from the ground up. Sometimes literally! Since its inception, The Atlantic Philanthropies has invested over $1.5 billion in a number of capital projects to build the infrastructure that enables health to be advanced, children and…
Resource type: News
