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Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness)

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02/03/2016

... of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness) A team of University of Iowa and ... Health, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and Research to Prevent Blindness. . . Edited...

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UHF: A New Arena For Reducing Antibiotic Misuse: Outpatient Care

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03/25/2016

... Misuse: Outpatient Care Antibiotic resistance related to the misuse and overuse of antibiotics has emerged as a ... million people infected with resistant bacteria each year. To date, most efforts to...

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Artstor President James Shulman Joins Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow in Residence

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05/02/2016

... digital technologies can support institutional imperatives to be inclusive and effective. Shulman has served as the ... in the arts, architecture, and the humanities available to nearly 2,000 colleges,...

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Forbes Article Highlights Edna McConnell Clark as Example of Thinking Like a Venture Capitalist

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08/24/2016

... sector, no one thinks that great investments are easy to find. A 2010 study found that the median private equity or venture capital fund requires more than three investment team members reviewing 80 companies...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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28 Feb 2017

BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium XI: Driving Mission Through Changing Times

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8:00am to 12:00pm

... Speakers Stephen Heintz , President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund Heather C. McGhee , President, Demos George Packer ...

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An Introduction to PhilTV

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01/20/2017

An Introduction to PhilTV PhilTV is a new section of our website , that ... pop culture that are going viral and have the potential to make real positive change in communities. PHIL Talks - ... Q&A” - members...

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Jonas Center Supports Global Health Nursing in the Dominican Republic

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02/03/2017

... and the University of Missouri in their efforts to expand a successful grassroots hypertension screening and treatment program to under-served communities in the Dominican Republic (DR). ... months for one...

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Video

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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EAC Network Teams Up with Bank of America, Long Island Community Foundation for “Fresh from the Garden” Senior Initiative

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03/15/2017

... agency’s brand new Fresh from the Garden program to provide at-risk seniors in New Cassel, NY with a free, three-step initiative to healthier living: nutrition education, cooking ... “EAC Network is promoting...

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Bank of America [Corporate]

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Food Systems

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Mark Zezza Joins NYSHealth as Director of Policy and Research

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04/18/2017

... Ph.D., works in close partnership with Foundation staff to develop the evidence base necessary to support a proactive policy agenda that advances and ... in accountable care delivery models. At The...

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New York Health Foundation

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Unusual Times Lead to Unusual Grants from the Rockefeller Foundation

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06/28/2017

Unusual Times Lead to Unusual Grants from the Rockefeller Foundation Political ... as a practical, problem-solving institution—one working to "promote the well-being of humanity throughout the world...

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Inside Game: A Foundation Supports LGBTQ Leaders in the Halls of Power

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09/11/2017

... nation’s highest court that granted marriage equality to LGBTQ Americans two years ago, the news out of Washington ... In fact, well before Trump's election threw up obstacles to gains at the federal...

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Why Oklahoma has the Highest Female Incarceration Rate in the Country

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10/06/2017

... has led the nation in the rate at which it sends women to prison. Roughly 151 of every 100,000 Oklahoma women are ... for legislative change, used a referendum last fall to make drug possession a misdemeanor...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Partners With The Nature Conservancy To Explore Nature’s Ability To Mitigate Climate Change

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10/20/2017

... Charitable Foundation Partners With The Nature Conservancy To Explore Nature’s Ability To Mitigate Climate Change The last two years have seen ... leaders building on the momentum of the Paris Agreement...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Russell Sage Foundation Author James Rosenbaum, Writes About Alternatives To Four-Year College Degrees

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10/23/2017

... Author James Rosenbaum, Writes About Alternatives To Four-Year College Degrees American society is obsessed with a single route to success. We tell our children they must get high SAT ... get bachelor’s...

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Michigan State University Uses Mellon Foundation Grant To Build Massive Slave Trade Database

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01/09/2018

Michigan State University UsesMellon Foundation Grant To Build Massive Slave Trade Database Michigan State ... from multiple universities, the website will allow people to search millions of pieces of slave data...

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Annie E. Casey, Conrad N. Hilton, Ford and JPB Foundations Join FHO to Pledge $4.9 Million in New Affordable Housing Initiative

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02/20/2018

... Conrad N. Hilton, Ford and JPB Foundations Join FHO to Pledge $4.9 Million in New Affordable Housing Initiative A new charitable initiative wants to help address the nation’s affordable housing crisis , .....

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Housing and Homelessness

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Selects Top 35 Innovative Urban Ideas as Finalists in 2018 Mayors Challenge

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02/21/2018

... a nationwide competition that encourages city leaders to uncover bold, inventive ideas that confront the toughest ... problems cities face. These 35 urban innovations rose to the top of a competitive pool of...

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Community Development

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F.B. Heron Foundation Is Going 'All In' with 100 percent Impact Investments

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02/26/2018

... F.B. Heron Foundation for the past three years, wants to take the ultimate impact investing step: to go "all in". That means moving the foundation's $300 ... post I wrote about going all in). I...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies-Supported Criminal Justice Mentorship Program Scales across Country

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05/02/2018

... of Probation funded 19 community-based organizations to hire mentors for people ages 16 to 24. These weren't just any mentors but formerly criminal ... terms of their probation. They were generally...

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