Sentences with phrase «by grantmakers»

A recent report released by Grantmakers for Education and the Wallace Foundation focuses on the value and importance of after school programs in children's academic experience.

Yet we still face daunting challenges as we try to scale this proven model to achieve widespread impact, especially when resources are constrained and the effectiveness of investments is under increased scrutiny by grantmakers, individual donors and public agencies.

was published by Grantmakers for Education and The Philanthropy Roundtable.

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As foundation officers gathered here for their annual meeting last week, the conference theme reflected a heightened sense of urgency among grantmakers about the state of America's cities, prompted in large part by the violent events of last spring.

Amid the country's economic downturn, planned giving levels by many education grantmakers declined last year.

The report by the nonprofit Grantmakers for Education, issued last week, also notes a growing interest in collaboration among funders, as well as increased attention to fueling educational innovations and providing dollars to support advocacy and public - policy work.

This article by Hedy N. Chang and Cindy Guy in the Grantmakers for Youth, Children and Family magazine highlights some approaches foundations have taken.

We have also been a grantmaker, supporting action research and media creation by young people aged 10 to 22.

By bringing people together and creating an informal and balanced environment for discussion, Grantmakers for Education offers important opportunities for meaningful dialogue, collaboration and action on the most critical challenges in public education today and into the future.

The 200 - page report, written by principal investigator Kristy Wicker and co-author Manda Overturf Shank, has been presented across Oklahoma and at national conferences, including the National Sheriff's Association meeting with the National Link Coalition in Minneapolis and Animal Grantmakers's annual meeting in Denver.

Our Questions of Practice research series features interviews with and essays by noted field leaders and thinkers, as well as in - depth publications that grow out of our experience as grantmakers and connect Philadelphia's cultural community with peers nationally and internationally.

But a quick glance at current funding guidelines and the latest list of grants by the key players in the Environmental Grantmakers Association — which includes representatives from 250 foundations around the world — shows little significant change.

Continuing the Rockefeller family's legacy of thoughtful, effective philanthropy, RPA remains at the forefront of philanthropic growth and innovation, with a diverse team led by experienced grantmakers with significant depth of knowledge across the spectrum of issue areas.