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New York City's Community Foundation Carries Out Charitable Legacies of Brooke Astor and Many Others

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06/07/2017

The New York Community Trust recently approved more than $12.3 million in grants to support 65 nonprofits that will help domestic violence victims find housing, strengthen arts groups, feed the hungry, and more.

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SeaChange Capital Partners Writes "Coming Back from Bankruptcy: How We Fixed Healing Arts Initiative"

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06/06/2017

When Healing Arts Initiative, formerly Hospital Audiences Inc., declared bankruptcy a year ago, it was the last in a series of tragic events that was seemingly the death knell for the 47-year-old nonprofit.

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Nonhuman Rights Project, Supported by Novo and Arcus Foundations, Is Featured in Documentary

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06/06/2017

A rumpled 60-something legal scholar who has taught animal-rights law at Harvard and Stanford, Steven Wise founded of the Nonhuman Rights Project, which calls itself “the only civil rights organization in the United States working through litigation...

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Mike Bloomberg Sends Statement to the United Nations Following Unprecedented Outpouring of Support for Paris Agreement

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06/06/2017

Mike Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change and philanthropist, stating, "We are still in" sent the UN a statement of unity from hundreds of U.S. mayors, governors, state attorneys general, CEOs...

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Ford Foundation Supports 'Groundtruth Project' For In-Depth International Reporting

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06/05/2017

GroundTruth has a fellowship program to support journalists in all media, including photographers, documentary filmmakers, radio reporters and podcasters. To date, the project has granted about 150 fellowships of varying durations and dollar amounts.

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Basic Science Funders – Including Simons Foundation - Ask, "How Do We Know if Our Giving is Working?"

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06/05/2017

Generally speaking, foundations want to know what their grants are accomplishing, or whether they should be putting money somewhere else. This is understandable, to an extent.

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Commonwealth Fund: Why and How to Avoid High-Risk Pools for Americans with Preexisting Conditions

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06/05/2017

The American Health Care Act (AHCA)—the U.S. House of Representatives’ bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—would allow states to apply for waivers to reduce existing consumer protections and provide funding for states to set up...

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The 2017 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Announced

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06/05/2017

Early-career biomedical scientists who explore mechanisms of memory, injury and immunity in the nervous system and beyond, are recognized as young leaders in science.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits Up to $15 Million to Fill the Budget Gap Left by Trump’s Revoking U.S. Support For U.N. Climate Treaty

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06/02/2017

In response to President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from participation in the Paris climate accord, Michael R. Bloomberg said that Bloomberg Philanthropies will commit up to $15 million to help fill the gap left by the U.S...

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With Support from the Simons Foundation, Researchers Uncover Clues About How HIV Virus Mutates

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06/02/2017

A new study published in Cell Host Microbe led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center completely maps all mutations that help the HIV virus evolve away from a single broadly neutralizing antibody, known as PGT151. Broadly...

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