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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

Bloomberg and CDC Foundation Explore Tobacco Use Covering 60 Percent of World's Population

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06/01/2015

... Explore Tobacco Use Covering 60 Percent of World 039 ; s Population Tobacco use represents the leading cause of ... death and disease in the world. Today, approximately 1.3 billion people...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Rockefeller Foundation Adds Donald Kaberuka to its Board of Trustees

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11/05/2015

... beginning his first term in 2005. AfDB is Africa’ s premier development finance institution, with 54 member countries and authorised capital of around $100 billion . “The Rockefeller Foundation is committed to...

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New York Community Trust President: Donors Can Make a Difference on Homelessness, Heroin, Incarceration and Education

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12/07/2015

... During 25 years as president of one of New York’ s leading charitable foundations, I’ve overseen more than $1 billion in grants to nonprofits doing vital work—from ... good intentions and charity alone can’t...

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Housing and Homelessness

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The New York Community Trust

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New Discoveries on Dark Matter from Sloan-Sponsored Scientists

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07/15/2016

... the structure of the Universe over a volume of 650 cubic billion light years,” says Jeremy Tinker of New York ...

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Science

Anthony Bourdain and Rockefeller Foundation Partner On Food Waste Documentary

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11/01/2016

... Zero Point Zero Production, the team behind Bourdain 039 ; s PBS series "The Mind of a Chef," will also be a partner on ... every year. Statistics indicate that approximately 1.3 billion...

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Food Systems

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SmartCEO Honors Weinberg Foundation President, Rachel Garbow Monroe, as CEO of the Year

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12/16/2016

... Awards, held on Tuesday, November 15, at Baltimore’ s B&O Railroad Museum. She becomes the 14th SmartCEO of the ... recipient in Baltimore. Each year, SmartCEO magazine’ s editorial staff names a CEO of...

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Giving Like a Rockefeller, Even if You’re Not Super-Rich

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03/31/2017

... In his lifetime, Mr. Rockefeller gave away an estimated $2 billion to organizations, from Harvard and Rockefeller ...

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The David Rockefeller Fund

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MetLife Foundation Announces Sponsorship of “Multipliers of Prosperity” for a Third Year

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04/05/2017

... of financial inclusion. According to the World Bank’ s Global Findex*, there are over two billion people globally, one third of whom are based ...

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Economic Security

Conrad Hilton Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Noted Among Philanthropic Heroes of Refugee Crisis

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05/24/2017

... of this crisis, that help isn’t coming at the scale that 039 ; s needed. At the end of 2016, the U.N., along with over 240 ... Plan (3RP) for 2017. The plan calls for more than $4.6 billion...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

How The Rockefeller Foundation Is Bringing Electricity To Hundreds Of Villages Across India

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09/18/2017

... To Hundreds Of Villages Across India As of 2017, 1.3 billion people around the world do not have access to ...

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Health-Care Titan Centene Will Try to Duck Contraceptive Coverage With Pickup Of Church-Linked Provider, Manhattan Pol Warns

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09/21/2017

... concern that the company purchasing Fidelis Care for $3.75 billion said it will try to continue a policy for at least a ... and health as well as Attorney General Eric Schneiderman 039 ; s...

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Environment and Climate Change

Filling New York Harbor with Millions Of Oysters to Fight Pollution

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09/28/2017

... oyster shells from 70 restaurants across the city for the Billion Oyster Project. Peter Malinowski and a team of ... Harbor. Oysters filter out excess nitrogen—the harbor 039 ; s primary...

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Lincoln Center Scraps a $500 Million Geffen Hall Renovation

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10/04/2017

... New York Philharmonic announced they were scuttling a half- billion -dollar plan for a gut renovation of David Geffen Hall ...

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Arts

The Rockefeller Foundation's Rebuild By Design Project Reveals Proposals From Cities To Protect Them From Next Sandy

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10/30/2017

The Rockefeller Foundation 039 ; s Rebuild By Design Project Reveals Proposals From Cities To ... Rebuild by Design — a design competition from the U. S . Department of Housing and Urban...

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Community Development

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Design and Health: Back Together Again?

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06/21/2017

... at the ZIP code level: Enterprise Community Partner’ s Elizabeth Zeldin and the Center for Active Design’ s Lisa Creighton. I’m proud to say that the New York State ... You can see the recap here . But one...

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Insights

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Community Development