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| The Annie E. Casey Foundation Dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvantaged children in the United States | ||
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| Common Good Bipartisan coalition whose mission is to call attention to America's "lawsuit culture." | ||
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| GE Foundation Invests in initiatives that improve educational opportunity in GE communities around the world. | ||
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| Charles F. Kettering Foundation Research foundation that seeks ways to make fundamental changes in how democratic politics are practiced. | ||
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| The Lumina Foundation for Education Strives to help people achieve their potential by expanding access and success in education beyond high school. | ||
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| National Education Association Labor union of elementary and secondary school teachers and others involved with education. | ||
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| New York Community Trust A community foundation with grant programs in four areas: arts, education, and the humanities; children, youth, and families; community development and environment; health and people with special needs. | ||
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| The Wallace Foundation Seeks to support and share effective ideas and practices that expand learning and enrichment opportunities for all people. | ||
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| The Broad Foundation Seeks to dramatically improve K-12 urban public education through better governance, management and labor relations. | ||
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| Carnegie Corporation of New York Created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote "the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding" . | ||
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| William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund Works to improve education for Connecticut's children by supporting school change, informing public debate on educational issues, and strengthening the involvement of parents and the community in education. | ||
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| The George Gund Foundation A private, nonprofit institution with the sole purpose of contributing to human well-being and the progress of society. | ||
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| John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Promotes excellence in journalism worldwide and focuses on initiatives to benefit Knight communities. | ||
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| Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation Educates the public and promotes the belief that scientific investigation of biology and disease are key to reducing human suffering. | ||
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| The Pew Charitable Trusts The Trusts make strategic investments that encourage and support citizen participation in addressing critical issues and effecting social change. | ||
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| The Teaching Commission Dedicated to ensuring all our public schools have a world-class teaching corps that will be held in high esteem across America. | ||
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| Washington Mutual, Inc. A major financial services company committed to serving consumers and small to mid-sized businesses across the nation. | ||
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| Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr. Foundation Focuses on arts; children/youth, services; Christian agencies & churches; community development; education; environment; health organizations; higher education. | ||
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| The Business Roundtable An association of chief executives committed to advocating public policies that foster vigorous economic growth and a dynamic global economy. | ||
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| The Chicago Community Trust A community foundation that seeks to make the Chicago metropolitan area a great place to live, work and raise a family through partnerships with local residents, civic leaders and not-for-profit organizations. | ||
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| Family Friendly Programming Forum Consists of members of the Association of National Advertisers who support and promote the development of "family friendly" television. | ||
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| Thomas B. Fordham Foundation Supports research, publications, and action projects of national significance in elementary and secondary education reform as well as significant education reform projects in Ohio. | ||
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| The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Concentrates its resources on activities in education, environment, global development, performing arts, and population. | ||
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| Open Society Institute A private foundation that aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform. | ||
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| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Provides grants to nonprofit organizations in the following program areas: conservation and science; population; and children, families, and communities. | ||
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| Annenberg Institute for School Reform An independent center at Brown University, the institute is a policy-research and technical-assistance organization with an emphasis on promoting quality education for disadvantaged children and communities. | ||
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| The Danforth Foundation Committed to making St. Louis one of the top metropolitan areas in America through economic development with special interest in the plant and life sciences, neighborhood redevelopment, and downtown St. Louis revitalization. | ||
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| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Promotes greater equity in global health, education, public libraries, and support for at-risk families in Washington state and Oregon. | ||
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| Gill Foundation Seeks to secure equal opportunity for all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender expression. | ||
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| Lockheed Martin Corporation An advanced technology company principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services. | ||
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| State Farm Insurance Companies Helping people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected and realize their dreams. | ||
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| United States Department of Education Seeks to ensure equal access to education and promotes educational excellence throughout the nation. | ||
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| The Ford Foundation Seeks to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation and advance human achievement. | ||
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| Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Encourages entrepreneurship across America and seeks to improve the education of children and youth. | ||
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| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fosters the development of knowledge, nurtures individual creativity, strengthens institutions, helps improve public policy, and provides information to the public, primarily through support for public interest media. | ||
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| Smith Richardson Foundation Seeks to contribute to important public debates and to help address serious public policy challenges facing the United States. | ||
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| The Advertising Council Producer of public service advertisements addressing critical social issues for generations of Americans. | ||
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| The American Federation of Teachers Founded to represent the economic, social and professional interests of classroom teachers. | ||
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| Ashland A chemical and transportation construction company that supports educational initiatives, such as those that involve mentoring and literacy or focus on arts and culture. | ||
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| Citigroup Foundation A financial services company that awards grants focusing on financial education, educating the next generation, and building communities and entrepreneurs. | ||
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| IBM International Foundation Invests primarily in education and provides smaller grants in the areas of adult education and workforce development, arts and culture and communities in need. | ||
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| Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation A non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation. | ||
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| Kraft Foods, Inc. One of the world's largest food and beverage companies seeking to help people around the world eat and live better. | ||
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| The Markle Foundation Works to realize the potential emerging information and communication technologies possess to improve people's lives and to accelerate the use of these technologies to address critical public needs. | ||
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| American Geophysical Union Worldwide scientific community that advances the understanding of Earth and space for the benefit of humanity. | ||
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| BellSouth Foundation Dedicated to improving the quality of education in the Southeast. | ||
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| The Dana Foundation A private foundation with principal interests in science, health, and education. | ||
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| Fidelity Investments An international provider of financial services and investment resources that helps individuals and institutions meet their financial objectives. | ||
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| The Joyce Foundation Supports efforts to protect the natural environment of the Great Lakes, to reduce poverty and violence in the region, and to ensure that its people have access to good schools, decent jobs, and a diverse and thriving culture. | ||
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| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Supports efforts that promote a just, equitable and sustainable society by focusing on four program areas: civil society, environment, Flint, Michigan and poverty. | ||
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| Partnership for New York City Seeks to enhance the economy of the five boroughs of New York City and maintain the city's position as the center of world commerce, finance and innovation. | ||
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| The Rockefeller Foundation Committed to enriching and sustaining the lives and livelihoods of poor and excluded people throughout the world. | ||
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| Surdna Foundation Focuses on the environment, community revitalization, effective citizenry, arts, and nonprofit support. | ||
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