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The Atlantic Philanthropies Awards Grant to CACE
Source: Center for Afterschool and Community Education at Foundations
$1.9 Million Grant to Improve Afterschool Professional Development and ProgramsNEWS RELEASE The Atlantic Philanthropies Awards Foundations' Center for Afterschool and Community Education 1.9 Million Grant to Improve Afterschool Professional Development and ProgramsMoorestown, NJ, January 9, 2006 CACE, the Center for Afterschool and Community Education at…
Resource type: News
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Foundations help nonprofits hurt in Madoff affair
Source: Associated Press
By RACHEL BECK NEW YORK (AP) - Nonprofits that are struggling because their donors lost money with Bernard Madoff are getting a bailout -- but not from the government. Richer foundations are stepping in to help. Human Rights Watch, The Center for Constitutional Rights and others are…
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Obama Pledge Stirs Hope in Early Education
Source: The New York Times
by SAM DILLON CHICAGO — It was the morning after the presidential election, and Matthew Melmed, executive director of Zero to Three, a national organization devoted to early childhood education, could barely contain his exultation. Mr. Melmed fired off an e-mail message to his board…
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Status of Seniors in Bermuda
Source: The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)
Seniors in Bermuda are generally doing well but they may need government assistance with health care and transportation, among other needs, according to this survey by Bermuda’s Department of Statistics. By Robyn Skinner Thirty five percent of seniors in Bermuda make less than $25,000 a…
Resource type: Research Report
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Older Nonprofit Workers Get $100,000 Awards for Their Work
Source: Chronicle of Philanthropy
Original Source By Heather Joslyn Six nonprofit workers in their 60s and 70s today have been announced as the winners of the third annual Purpose Prizes, given by Civic Ventures, a nonprofit group in San Francisco that promotes projects that use the skills and experience of older…
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Next-Gen Givers
Source: Barrons
Generous Gen-Xers are putting their own spin on charitable giving, combining their desire to achieve with their desire to do good. Original Source By SUZANNE MCGEE THE STORY IN PHILANTHROPY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON is becoming all too familiar. Individuals, foundations and corporations are all scaling…
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Suffolk Lenadoon Interface Group Welcomes EU Parliament President
EU Parliament President Hans-Gert Pöttering and Northern Ireland’s Junior Ministers Gerry Kelly and Jeffrey Donaldson met with representatives from Suffolk Lenadoon Interface Group(SLIG) this week. The visit was part of a day long programme of EU funded project visits by the President and the Junior Ministers…
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Alliance for Justice and Council on Foundations Release New Publication, Words to Give By: Leading Voices in Advocacy Funding
Source: Alliance for Justice / Council on Foundations
November 20, 2008, Washington, DC—In today's uncertain financial climate, people everywhere have been forced to reevaluate their budgets and foundations are no exception. With less money available to support their program work, many foundations are looking for ways to target their grants in order to…
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The Shadow President
Source: The New Republic
How John Podesta invented the Obama administration. by Michael Crowley The bright young think tank staffers at the progressive Center for American Progress (CAP) admire their boss, John Podesta. Podesta, who is also co-managing Barack Obama's presidential transition team, possesses energy (he is a workaholic and marathon…
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Communities In Schools to Receive Major Grant From the Corporation for National and Community Service
Source: Communities In Schools (Release)
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…
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