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Heckscher Foundation for Children Helps 104 Graduate from NJ SEEDS Scholars and Young Scholars Program

Release Date:

08/12/2016

New Jersey SEEDS, a nonprofit providing education access to high-achieving, low-income students, celebrated the accomplishments of 104 students completing its Scholars and Young Scholars Programs.

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Education

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

Scientists Supported by Simons Foundation Determine How Birds Soar to Great Heights

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08/12/2016

Migratory birds often use warm, rising atmospheric currents to gain height with little energy expenditure when flying over long distances.

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Simons Foundation

Century Foundation Fellow Comments on For-Profit Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status

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08/12/2016

Bob Shireman, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation, said the department’s decision on the application should put an end to colleges’ attempts to dodge oversight by converting to nonprofit status.

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ASPCA Survey Finds Consumers Concerned About Farm Animal Welfare, but Confused by Food Labels

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08/12/2016

They're also willing to pay more for the better treatment of animals in the food system.

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Food Systems

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ASPCA

Proteus Fund Reports on Orlando Rapid Response Fund Grantmaking

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08/11/2016

After the tragic shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL on June 12, 2016, Proteus Fund quickly launched a Rapid Response Fund to support LGBTQ and Muslim, Arab & South Asian communities grappling with the implications of this massacre.

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Gender Justice

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

Century Foundation Publishes Report on Reducing Economic Inequality

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08/11/2016

Income inequality in the United States has not been this bad in almost a century—not since the end of the 1920s, just before the country crashed into the Great Depression.