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Rockefeller Foundation, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth to Invest $50 Million on Social Impact Data

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01/29/2019

The Rockefeller Foundation and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth will invest $50 million over five years to build the field of data science for social impact, starting with a $20-million investment in DataKind.

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Scientists Develop a New Tool to Boost Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research with Support from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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12/06/2018

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new tool described as a “flight data recorder” for developing cells, illuminating the paths cells take as they progress from one type to another. Scientists hope to...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and National Science Foundation Fund Creation of Battery-Free HD Video Streaming Technology

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04/27/2018

Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a new HD video streaming method that doesn’t need to be plugged in. Their prototype skips the power-hungry parts and has something else, like a smartphone, process the video instead.

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New Documentary Supported by The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Highlights the Unseen Side of Silicon Valley

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03/14/2018

The documentary examines how Silicon Valley has managed to stay on the cutting edge of innovation for so long and why its success has been so difficult to duplicate.

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Salesforce.org And United Way Are Teaming Up To Change Corporate Giving

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02/27/2018

A new app called Philanthropy Cloud, built by Salesforce.org (the nonprofit arm of Salesforce) and distributed by mega-charity the United Way aims to connect employees of big companies to their corporate-matched donations, and offer a platform to...

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Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads to a Method to Safely Charge a Smartphone Wirelessly Using a Laser

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02/21/2018

Although mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones let us communicate, work and access information wirelessly, their batteries must still be charged by plugging them into an outlet. But engineers at the University of Washington have for the...

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Why Podcasting Might Be of Interest to Your Nonprofit

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09/15/2017

The podcast medium has been growing steadily over the last few years. There are currently 67 million monthly podcast listeners in the U.S., up 21 percent from last year’s 57 million.

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Macquarie Announces $100,000 Social Innovation Award Recipient

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08/11/2017

The Macquarie Group Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Macquarie Group, has announced Cerebral Palsy Alliance as the recipient of the 2017 Macquarie Social Innovation Award.

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IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy

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06/08/2017

IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy IBM is channeling its science and tech expertise into tackling some of the world's biggest problems. On Wednesday, the tech giant announced the launch of...

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Carnegie Among Funders of STEM Learning Ecosystems, 17 Regional Partnerships Focused on STEM Education Pathways Added

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05/25/2017

The STEM Learning Ecosystems Initiative, launched by the STEM Funders Network, has grown to encompass 54 regional Ecosystems that are making a significant impact on STEM education and workforce development. Seventeen Ecosystems joined the group...