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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 from the Gerstner Family Foundation to expand cancer research efforts focused on ... Cancer to launch the largest study ever of...

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Markle Foundation President Calls for Revamp of U.S. Higher Education System

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06/03/2015

Markle Foundation President Calls for Revamp of U.S. Higher ... growth, and a better future. With nearly three-quarters of polled Americans fearing the next generation will be worse ...

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Century Foundation Releases Report Detailing Virtual Labor Organizing

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06/10/2015

Century Foundation Releases Report Detailing Virtual Labor Organizing Joining a labor union is one of the best financial decisions a worker can make to boost ... additional earnings over a lifetime—however the...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Backs Workforce and Educational Development Opportunities

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06/30/2015

Bank of America Charitable Foundation Backs Workforce and Educational Development ... workforce development and mentoring at their point of need, according to bank officials. “The social and .....

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Works to Build a Better South Bronx

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07/10/2015

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Works to Build a Better South Bronx Today, New ... a master plan to design, build, and fund a new network of connected open spaces that will improve quality of...

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The Mellon Foundation Backs Bard's Innovative Masters Program in Orchestral Performace Studies

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08/14/2015

The Mellon Foundation Backs Bard's Innovative Masters Program in ... is integrated into the interdisciplinary graduate study of music’s place in culture and history. The program is ... symphony orchestra and...

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The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times

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10/13/2015

The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times ... agreed this summer to erase the federal loan debt of some former students at Corinthian Colleges, a ... for-profit school that filed for...

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Century Foundation Report Examines The Real Value of What Students Do in College

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02/26/2016

Century Foundation Report Examines The Real Value of What Students Do ... their degree at all. A new report, The Real Value of What Students Do in College , from TCF senior fellow ...

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Robertson Foundation Gifts $25M to Success Academy Charter School Network

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04/13/2016

Robertson Foundation Gifts $25M to Success Academy Charter School ... that Mr. Robertson’s gift would help it achieve its goal of expanding to 100 schools, from 34, within the next 10 ... curriculum and pedagogy...

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Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders

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04/25/2016

Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders ... and inclusion won him a spot on Time magazine's 2016 list of the world’s most influential people. A brief .....

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Peterson Foundation President Has OpEd in Time Magazine on Millenials and National Debt

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04/29/2016

Peterson Foundation President Has OpEd in Time Magazine on Millenials and National Debt For the April 25 cover of TIME, James Grant offered his opinion on America’s ... decades. While there are many dangerous...

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NYS Health Foundation Leads to Financially Sustainable Care Model For Resettled Refugees

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05/05/2016

NYS Health Foundation Leads to Financially Sustainable Care Model For Resettled Refugees Currently, 97 percent of refugees resettling in New York State are located upstate, ... Utica areas. Although refugees come...

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Dodge Foundation Provides Travel Stipends to Jersey Water Works Delegation

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05/26/2016

Dodge Foundation Provides Travel Stipends to Jersey Water Works ... Atlanta June 8-10. The delegation, representative of many of the sectors that make up the core of Jersey...

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Clark Foundation Brothers Feuded, But Also Made Two Towns Arts Destinations

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06/20/2016

Clark Foundation Brothers Feuded, But Also Made Two Towns Arts ... they'll be tracing footprints left by members of same influential family: the Clarks. A wealthy, weighty ... towns and shaped holdings at the...

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments On Supreme Court Ruling On Affirmative Action

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06/24/2016

Century Foundation Fellow Comments On Supreme Court Ruling On ... upholding race as a factor in the admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin came as a relief for affirmative-action...

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Arcus Foundation Launches Fourth New York Pride Photo Book

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06/29/2016

Arcus Foundation Launches Fourth New York Pride Photo Book More than forty years have passed since members of the LGBTQ community took to the streets of New York City on the first anniversary...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Mentioned in Atlantic Article On School Discipline Reform

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06/30/2016

Brooklyn Community Foundation Mentioned in Atlantic Article On School Discipline ... data we have seen shows a clear and undeniable escalation of violence in New York City schools,” said Jim Walden, an ... to stop...

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Rausch and Long Island Community Foundations Partner to Expand Tourism in Riverhead

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07/15/2016

... organization, and Long Island Arts Alliance, a network of art organizations. Their focus is on expanding tourism — ... Tanger Outlets, Hampton Jitney and the Riverhead Chamber of Commerce, gathered in April at...

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Ford Foundation's Jee Kim Contributes to 'The Nation' Article on Future of Philanthropy

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07/21/2016

Ford Foundation 's Jee Kim Contributes to 'The Nation' Article on Future of Philanthropy Philanthropy, in its current institutional ... wealth to serve the greater good. In fact, the discussion...

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