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The arts spark creativity and soothe divisiveness, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker told a packed house at The Kennedy Center on Monday night in a passionate address that defended art as essential to democracy.

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Simons Foundation Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research

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03/21/2017

The University of Edinburgh has announced a £20 million ($24.5 million) grant from the Simons Foundation in support of pioneering studies into the biological mechanisms that underpin changes in brain development associated with autism.

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Open Society Foundations Announces 2017 Soros Equality Fellows

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03/21/2017

The Open Society Foundations is pleased to announce the recipients of the Soros Equality Fellowship, a new initiative to help emerging mid-career professionals become long-term innovative leaders in the field of racial justice.

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Con Edison, Mertz Gilmore, Rockefeller Brothers Fund Support Radical Comedian's Latest Work at New York Live Arts

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03/21/2017

FCA Recipient and 2014 Doris Duke Impact Awardee Adrienne Truscott , the radical comedian, activist and performance artist best know for her blistering satire about rape culture, will premier her latest work THIS at New York Live...

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Statement on the Passing of David Rockefeller

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03/21/2017

With the deepest sadness, the Trustees and staff of the David Rockefeller Fund note the passing of our co-founder, David Rockefeller, on March 20, 2017 at 101 years of age. For 28 years, Mr. Rockefeller served as the Fund’s generous inspiration,...

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Philanthropist David Rockefeller Dies at 101

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03/20/2017

David Rockefeller, the banker and philanthropist with the fabled family name who controlled Chase Manhattan bank for more than a decade and wielded vast influence around the world even longer as he spread the gospel of American capitalism, died on...

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Bloomberg Fact Checks NYTimes on Climate Change

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03/20/2017

Thanks to the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign (which I have supported through my foundation), we have already achieved two-thirds of the emissions reductions envisioned by President Obama’s yet-to-be-implemented power plant regulations.

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Commonwealth Fund Research Cited in NYTimes Piece on 'Fake Freedom' of GOP Health Plan

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03/20/2017

Last week the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the new Republican health plan would increase the number of uninsured Americans by 24 million people within a decade, mostly because changes in regulations, subsidies and Medicaid...

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