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"Resilience" Bonds Could Help in Climate Disaster, Rockefeller Report Says

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12/10/2015

... disasters, according to a report funded by the Rockefeller Foundation . A traditional catastrophe bond is issued by ... costs. But the bonds do not help to lessen the size of catastrophe-related losses. . ...

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Con Edison Among Backers of 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn

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12/16/2015

Con Edison Among Backers of 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn ... from across Central Brooklyn gathered for the first part of a 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge presented by .....

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Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)

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01/11/2016

Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer Glioblastoma multiforme is a ... deadly cancer. A person diagnosed with this type of brain tumor typically survives 15 months, if given the .....

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Peterson Quoted on Congress Not Cutting Government Deficits

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01/21/2016

... year's $439 billion deficit. . . Michael Peterson, CEO of the anti-debt Peter G. Peterson Foundation , said in a statement that the CBO figures show "we .....

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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As Blizzard Looms, Morgan Stanley-supported 'Operation Warm' Gives NYC Children Free Coats

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01/22/2016

... new winter jackets paid for by private donors. The bulk of the coats will go to 32 elementary schools that are part of the city’s “community school” initiative, which ... — anything from exposure to domestic...

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Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities

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02/04/2016

... Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities The University of Pennsylvania has announced a $5.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of efforts to increase the number...

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Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps

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02/22/2016

Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps Fewer than half of the more than 1,000 healthcare related-apps reviewed by ... Commonwealth Fund. The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation...

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Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/23/2016

... claim, is working. A 2015 working paper by University of Chicago Prof. Jeffrey Grogger found that Mexico's soda ... found between a 6- and 12-percent reduction in purchases of sugary drinks after the law...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results

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03/28/2016

... When former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his foundation was awarding $5 million to launch Providence's high-tech idea to improve the vocabularies of the city's youngest children, he...

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Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities: Analysis Method Using Data-Driven Mapping

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03/29/2016

... address rising sea levels. In partnership with the City of Norfolk's Resilience Office and 100 Resilient Cities (100RC), pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation , Sandia analyzed the risk to important...

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The New York Community Trust Gives $5.4M to 45 Nonprofits Across the City and Nation

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04/12/2016

... news: The New York Community Trust, the city’s community foundation , has approved $5.4 million in grants for dozens of promising projects—from reforming the bail system to ... the city. The Trust is also...

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Doris Duke Funds Lincoln Center Theater's OSLO Cast

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04/21/2016

... Production Initiative grant from The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation . A darkly comic epic, Oslo tells the true, but until now, untold story of how one young couple, Norwegian diplomat Mona Juul (to be ... top...

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Rockefeller Divestment in Fossil Fuels Leads Landmark Climate Accord Approved at U.N.

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04/25/2016

... Climate Accord Approved at U.N. The 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), under the United Nations Framework ... 2° C above pre-industrial levels. The formal adoption of the agreement on Friday, April 22 by the...

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Carnegie, Helmsley Support Teacher Leadership Projects

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05/03/2016

... Support Teacher Leadership Projects The U.S. Department of Education is collaborating with ASCD and the National ... and programs that can transform the academic trajectory of students. These teacher-led...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Rockefeller and Nonprofits Fight Food Waste With Feast

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05/09/2016

... Fight Food Waste With Feast On Tuesday May 10, thousands of New Yorkers will feast on food that would have ordinarily ... in a landfill. Together with Feedback, The Rockefeller Foundation , City Harvest, NRDC,...

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Housing News Coverage Supported by Revson and New York Community Trust Wins Honors

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05/11/2016

... New York Press Club has recognized City Limits' coverage of housing issues and its investigation into the use of forced medication at a city hospital. A team ... by the New York Community Trust, the...

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The New York Community Trust

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New York Community Trust Gives One Million Dollars to Help Train Social Workers

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05/16/2016

... Social Workers The New York Community Trust (NYCT), one of the nation’s largest community foundations, has renewed a grant through the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Council on Social...

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Casey Family Programs Evaluates Housing’s Role in Child Welfare Services

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05/24/2016

... whether supportive housing could change the trajectory of families facing a number of destabilizing factors that can lead to homelessness, open ... known as “Partnerships to Demonstrate the Effectiveness...

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Carnegie Sponsors Search for Nation's Favorite Librarians for 2016 I Love My Librarian Award

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06/17/2016

... Librarian Award. The award recognizes the public service of exceptional public, school, college, community college or ... York City on Nov. 30, 2016, hosted by the philanthropic foundation and award sponsor,...

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