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Inside Philanthropy When I first started paying attention to philanthropy in the mid-1990s it was a relatively calm — if not sleepy — world. Large-scale grantmaking was dominated by a set of legacy foundations that had been around for decades. And while they were often trying new things, the pace of change tended to be…
Education Week The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Ford Foundation are teaming up with three national organizations that promote whole-child initiatives for a new program that will award up to $150,000 each to 10 communities that propose new ideas for meeting the needs of diverse student populations. “This approach emphasizes the needs and interests of…
Dallas News Steve Ballmer has gobs of money. The former Microsoft CEO is one of the richest people in the world, with a net worth of around $30 billion. He also wants all children in the United States to have economic mobility. But he’s not willing to throw his wealth around in hopes of finding…
Philanthropy News Digest StriveTogether, a national nonprofit working to improve the lives of children and youth from kindergarten through college and beyond, has announced a pledge of up to $60 million over six years from the Ballmer Group in support of the organization’s efforts to reduce racial and socioeconomic disparities nationwide. The commitment from former…
Chronicle of Philanthropy Steve and Connie Ballmer are giving $60 million over six years for a new program created by StriveTogether, a national nonprofit that seeks to improve education for low-income children. Mr. Ballmer, the former chief executive of Microsoft, and his wife are giving the money through the Ballmer Group, a grant maker they…
Cincinnati Business Courier A newly formed national education-focused nonprofit will celebrate its new downtown corporate office on Aug. 16. StriveTogether, which works to improve education success for all ages, will hold an open house 4-7 p.m. at 125 E. Ninth St. to mark its new headquarters. The move comes months after StriveTogether transitioned to an…
Post-Bulletin A group of more than 30 Rochester organizations is stepping up to make sure students do well in school, and they say success isn’t possible without a supportive community. The Cradle to Career summit brought those groups together Friday morning in hopes of coordinating a variety of efforts already underway in the community. Often,…
Educative Dive Schools collect attendance every day. In Texas, the P16 Plus Council of Greater Bexar County is helping districts think about this data differently. P16 Plus unites organizations across the public, private and nonprofit sectors to work collectively toward improving student achievement in the Greater San Antonio region. Beyond San Antonio, Waterbury, CT, Albuquerque,…
Stanford Social Innovation Review It’s easy to see why collective impact—the commitment of a group of important cross-sector actors to a common agenda for solving a specific social problem—caught fire in 2010. During an economic downturn, when few new resources were available, a voice said there was a way to do more with what we…
Kenosha News New StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network member Building Our Futures is receiving $50,000 in funding annually for the next five years to support all Kenosha County students. The partnership formed last year using the StriveTogether framework. Read more
Inside Philanthropy Since retiring as CEO of Microsoft a few years ago, Steve Ballmer and his wife, Connie, started engaging in large-scale philanthropy, including a youth-focused donor group called Blue Meridian, a grant to the Children’s Bureau of Southern California and an investment to the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network. Read more
Tulsa World While educational achievement gaps between socioeconomic and racial groups continue to persist, Tulsa-area students are showing progress, particularly in reading proficiency and post-secondary opportunities, according to a report released Thursday. The ImpactTulsa 2016 Community Impact Report shows recent trends in kindergarten reading readiness, third-grade reading proficiency, middle school mathematics, high school graduation and…