To Cut Food Waste, Expiration Labels Get an Update
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02/17/2017
Contrary to popular belief, most food labels today don’t say anything about the safety of the food in the package.
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Connecticut Council for Philanthropy Announces New President
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02/17/2017
Following a national search, the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) announces that Karla Fortunato will be its new president, effective May 1.
After Cuts in Funding from DoE, Learning Leaders Shuts Down Despite Support from Funders Like NYCT, Pinkerton
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02/17/2017
Learning Leaders, a nonprofit that trains volunteers to work in hundreds of low-income schools across the city, will shut down next month because of difficulty obtaining enough money from the city Department of Education, the organization announced...
Edwin Gould Foundation Accelerator's BEAM Addresses Equations & Inequality in NY Times Feature
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02/17/2017
The extreme racial homogeneity in the rarefied realm of young math wizards has drawn little attention in a nation where racial equality in the basic institutions of civic life — schools, housing, health care, policing — remains elusive.
PhilTV This Week: Feb. 17, 2017
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02/17/2017
Featuring Simons, Geraldine R. Dodge, Silicon Valley Community and Stavros Niarchos foundations, How Trump's tax plan could kill the charitable deduction, a recipe for capacity building by Heather Peeler of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations...
A Recipe for Capacity Building
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02/16/2017
Heather Peeler of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations writes, "It’s tempting to start conversations about capacity building by focusing on program design. However, you wouldn’t pull out your pots and pans to start cooking before you’ve planned...
Commonwealth Fund's President Says Republicans Need to Act Fast to Enact What History Will Call Republican Health Reform
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02/16/2017
In the fall of 1964, Wilbur Cohen, then assistant secretary of legislation at the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (now the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), was summoned to the White House along with his peers from...
Amsterdam News Profiles Harlem Native George Suttles of the John A. Hartford Foundation
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02/16/2017
A little over a month ago, Harlem native George Suttles joined The John A. Hartford Foundation as a new program office. The foundation is a private, nonpartisan philanthropy dedicated to improving the care of older adults.
Jewish Foundation for Education of Women Extends Scholarships for Women Exploring International Relations
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02/16/2017
The Jewish Foundation for the Education of Women (JFEW) announced it is extending the SUNY International Relations and Global Affairs Program, which offers a 2-year support package for SUNY women preparing for careers in international relations.
Simons Foundation Supports Brain Scans That Identify If Baby Sibling Also Has Autism
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02/16/2017
By using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the brains of infants who have older siblings with autism, scientists were able to correctly identify 80 percent of the babies who would be subsequently diagnosed with autism at 2 years of age.
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