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Grant Foundation Accepting Letters of Inquiry for Inequality Research Studies

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05/27/2015

The William T. Grant Foundation is accepting Letters of Inquiry for projects designed to enhance understanding of the programs, policies, and practices that reduce inequalities in youth development.

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Public Policy

Social Justice

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William T. Grant Foundation

Peterson Foundation promotes benchmarks for assessing the candidates on budget issues

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05/27/2015

Federal budgetary challenge comes down to health care and Social Security, according to Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

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Community Development

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Time Magazine Spotlights Walker's UT Austin Commencement Speech

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05/27/2015

Ford Foundation President Darren Walker gave this year's commencement speech at University of Texas at Austin.

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Education

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Median Pay For CEOs In Health Care Companies Higher Than Any Other Industry

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05/27/2015

Commonwealth Fund research cited in analysis of America's rising healthcare costs.

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Health

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Arcus Foundation's Stryker and Johnson & Johnson Honored by GLSEN

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05/26/2015

Arcus Foundation's Jon Stryker will receive the Visionary Award and Johnson & Johnson will receive the Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion Award.

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LGBTQ

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Johnson & Johnson

Niarchos and Revson Foundations announce five winners of 2nd annual NYC Neighborhood Library Awards

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05/26/2015

The awards celebrate the role of local libraries in serving New York City’s diverse communities. The winners emerged from more than 13,000 nominations by New Yorkers.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Gerstner Family Foundation Awards $10M to Broad Institute for Cancer Research

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05/26/2015

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has announced a $10 million gift Gerstner to expand cancer research efforts focused on overcoming drug resistance in tumor cells.

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Health

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Gerstner Philanthropies

Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Suggests New Way of Preventing Diabetes-Associated Blindness

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05/26/2015

In people with diabetic retinopathy, growth of abnormal, leaky, fragile blood vessels in the eye can cause proliferative diabetic retinopathy, which can lead to permanent blindness.