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Ford Foundation Joins Bipartisan Coalition to Change Criminal Justice System

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02/20/2015

Ford Foundation Joins Bipartisan Coalition to Change Criminal ... coalition plans a multimillion-dollar campaign on behalf of emerging proposals to reduce prison populations, overhaul ... the Tea Party-oriented...

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Rita Allen Foundation Wants to Solve the Problem of 'Reader Alienation'

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04/03/2015

Rita Allen Foundation Wants to Solve the Problem of 'Reader Alienation' ... than not, it comes at a price. The constant avalanche of depressing news can make any reader throw up their...

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Wallace Foundation Launches 'Building New Audiences for Sustainability' Initiative

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04/16/2015

Wallace Foundation Launches 'Building New Audiences for Sustainability' Initiative One of the biggest questions today in the sector commonly and ... declining trend, gently or rapidly, and there’s a lot...

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Century Foundation Report Calls for Funding Reform for Community Colleges

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05/28/2015

Century Foundation Report Calls for Funding Reform for Community ... Community colleges tend to receive the least amount of public financial support compared to other institutions, yet they are asked to push high...

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John A. Hartford Foundation Partners with YMCA to Prevent Diabetes

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06/12/2015

John A. Hartford Foundation Partners with YMCA to Prevent Diabetes The Y ... applies research that has been shown to reduce the number of new type 2 diabetes cases among Medicare-age individuals ... to 57 local Y...

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Simons Foundation Among Backers of $28 Million Autism Treatment Study

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07/29/2015

Simons Foundation Among Backers of $28 Million Autism Treatment Study Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine will lead a four-year, $28 million national study ...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $7.3 Million to Dance Organizations

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08/21/2015

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $7.3 Million to Dance Organizations The ... in New York City has announced the inaugural round of grants through its Leadership Grants Program for Dance to ... excellence in...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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$2 Million Mellon Foundation Grant Supports Digital Humanities

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09/02/2015

$2 Million Mellon Foundation Grant Supports Digital Humanities “The Mellon ... as we launch key initiatives to advance the use of technology along with innovative analyses of the most important...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funding Spurs Federal Synthetic Biology Research

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09/17/2015

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funding Spurs Federal Synthetic Biology Research ... Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) fund much of the U.S. government’s research in synthetic biology, with less than 1 percent...

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NoVo Foundation Picked by Cuomo to Create New York City Women's Center

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10/27/2015

NoVo Foundation Picked by Cuomo to Create New York City Women's ... Cuomo, a Democrat, said the building will be at the center of the worldwide women’s-equality movement. "We take down an institution...

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National League of Cities and MetLife Foundation Partner for Eight City Project

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10/30/2015

National League of Cities and MetLife Foundation Partner for Eight City Project Today, the National League of Cities (NLC) is launching a new initiative in partnership ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Adds Donald Kaberuka to its Board of Trustees

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11/05/2015

Rockefeller Foundation Adds Donald Kaberuka to its Board of Trustees ... Bank (AfDB) president Donald Kaberuka to its board of trustees. The 14-member board of trustees is ...

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Ms. Foundation CEO Puts Spotlight on Needs of Women and Girls

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02/05/2016

Ms. Foundation CEO puts Spotlight on Needs of Women and Girls ... about feminism since becoming president and CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women 18 months ago. She has ...

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Rauch Foundation and Others Publish Report that Quantifies Long Island’s Housing Needs

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02/05/2016

Rauch Foundation and Others Publish Report that Quantifies Long ... Island. The report, funded by the Rauch Foundation as part of the Long Island Index, uses RPA’s regional population .....

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Housing and Homelessness

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Ford Foundation Supports Universities' Efforts to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20%

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03/04/2016

Ford Foundation Supports Universities' Efforts to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20% An alliance made up of 11 major universities across the United States has knocked its goal of graduating...

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IU Joins Center For Integration Of Research, Teaching And Learning (Sloan Foundation)

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03/11/2016

IU Joins Center For Integration Of Research, Teaching And Learning (Sloan Foundation ) Indiana University has joined a national consortium, the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and...

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NoVo and Arcus Foundations Noted for Taking A Stand In Social Movements

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03/17/2016

... bus. Chinese student activists stand defiantly in front of a tank in Tiananmen Square. Pro-life advocates rally under the dome of the US Capitol. When we think of social movements, these .....

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Launches Initiative to Protect Refugee Children in Greece

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03/29/2016

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Launches Initiative to Protect Refugee Children in ... for Integration and Migration, has announced the launch of a grant initiative to support nongovernmental ... in Greece. As a...

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NYS Health Foundation Supporting Model Justice Reform Program

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04/04/2016

NYS Health Foundation Supporting Model Justice Reform Program Yesterday marked the launch of Albany’s innovative Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion ... reduce low-level arrests and recidivism. In LEAD, instead...

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