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Weinberg Foundation Partners with Major Donors in Groundbreaking $25M National Initiative to Increase Mobility from Poverty

Release Date: 
02/04/2019
A pioneering $25 million, four-year initiative to spur the development of new solutions to sustainably lift families out of poverty, and to promote dynamic leaders who will aim to change the national conversation around social and economic mobility...

New Survey from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Shows Increases in African American Curators and Women in Leadership Roles

Release Date: 
01/29/2019
The survey documented that among repeat participants who are AAMD members, the percentage of curators who are African-American has doubled—from 2 percent in 2015 to 4 percent in 2018—an increase of 21 positions.
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Arts
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Major Data Release From Sloan Digital Sky Survey Includes Galaxy Maps, New Data Access and Visualization Tools, and a Huge 'Stellar Library'

Release Date: 
01/29/2019
The latest data release from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) includes observations revealing the internal structure and composition of nearly 5,000 nearby galaxies observed during the first three years of a program called Mapping Nearby Galaxies...
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New Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Report Examines Impact from Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund’s Five-Year, $15M Healthy Food & Community Change Initiative

Release Date: 
01/17/2019
Following intensive, 12-month review, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors(RPA) today reports that the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund’s Healthy Food & Community Change (HFCC) initiative improved people’s access to healthy food, addressed health...

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