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Rockefeller Foundation Pledges $75 Million for Smart Power India Project

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04/16/2015

... Foundation on Wednesday pledged $75 million as part of its new initiative to use renewable energy based mini-grids not just to light up 1,000 villages in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, but ...

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Carnegie Fellowships to Aid Researchers in Humanities and Social Science

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04/22/2015

Carnegie Fellowships to Aid Researchers in Humanities and Social Science ... of the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, a new award intended to support research in the beleaguered humanities and social ... The Carnegie...

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New JPB-Backed Collaborative Aims to Make Affordable Housing Healthier

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05/21/2015

New JPB-Backed Collaborative Aims to Make Affordable Housing Healthier Co-founded by The New ... will actively influence how building practice is taught to designers. Of particular focus to the...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Housing and Homelessness

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

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05/26/2015

... Johnson & Johnson (accepted by Jeff B. Smith) (Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion Award) and Nixa High School GSA, ...

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New York Foundation and Brooklyn Community Foundation Lauded for Nimbleness

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05/27/2015

The nationwide trend for many nonprofits is to make their mark on just one pressing need, but two New ... most. While it is far from the biggest foundation, said its executive director, Maria Mottola, it does make...

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Ford Backs Initiative to Fight AIDS in the Deep South

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05/29/2015

Ford Backs Initiative to Fight AIDS in the Deep South With backing from the Ford Foundation, AIDS United awarded $1 million in grants to community-based organization in the Southern United ... Access and Capacity...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Health

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Pershing Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science Research

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06/02/2015

... Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science ... Foundation (PSF) has awarded the institution $10 million to support its leading...

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City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools

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06/29/2015

City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools At a time when the public and private sectors are struggling to create jobs, the technology sector is struggling to...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces First Cohort of Incubator Project

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06/29/2015

... Community Foundation has announced the inaugural cohort of its Incubator Project– one of several new programs within ... Project, three nonprofit organizations were selected to take advantage of one year of...

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Newman's Own Foundation Launches Fellowship Program

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08/04/2015

... Fellowship Program Newman's Own Foundation announced its first formal class of Fellows. The innovative Newman's ... philanthropic sector. In addition, the program is designed to expand, enhance, and...

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Aetna Foundation Encourages Using Data to Help Tackle Healthcare Disparities

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08/11/2015

Aetna Foundation Encourages Using Data to Help Tackle Healthcare Disparities Geography is a clear ... healthcare disparities were eliminated, up to 80,000 early deaths in the United States would be ... factors...

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North Star's Hogan Calls for de Blasio to Give Acitivists a Bigger Role in Policymaking

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08/14/2015

North Star's Hogan Calls for de Blasio to Give Acitivists a Bigger Role in Policymaking There’s ... “grass roots” – it’s reliable shorthand, a way to show they grasp the concerns of everyday people, and...

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Fourth Annual Verizon Innovative App Challenge Seeks Problem Solving Ideas From Students Nationwide

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08/17/2015

... that gives middle and high school students a chance to bring their problem-solving app ideas to life – is back! In its fourth year, the App Challenge calls students to...

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Ms. Foundation Releases New Data on Women's Equality

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08/27/2015

... holiday commemorating passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Ms. Foundation for women ... problems and solutions. This is the first survey of its kind that examines whether the public...

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PIMCO Foundation Director Explores Impact of Corporate Giving

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08/31/2015

... Giving Those involved in local charity, from donors to nonprofit recipients, have noted this shift and see it as a catalyst to perhaps more effectively change lives. Sarah Middleton, ... giving over the past...

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The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation Seeks Applicants for Arts & Culture Grants Program

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09/08/2015

... with tax-exempt status under US Internal revenue code for its grants program 2016 supporting art and social justice. ... supports arts and cultural organizations through grants to catalyze collective action,...

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The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation

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Ford Foundation Taps Elizabeth Alexander as Director of the Creativity and Free Expression Program

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10/07/2015

... memoir on love and loss. As the foundation shifts its overall focus to addressing inequality, Elizabeth will guide efforts to examine how cultural narratives impact and shape social ...

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Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals

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10/07/2015

... three major state policies that are necessary in order to create the most effective principals for public schools. According to the report, it is the first study of its kind to...

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

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10/13/2015

... Times When the Obama administration agreed this summer to erase the federal loan debt of some former students at ... charges of widespread fraud, education officials promised to “protect students from abusive...

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