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Growing Fab Lab Network Brings the High-Tech, Hands-On STEM Education Out to Rural K-12 Students

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10/06/2017

... locate 10 labs where they can serve a diverse population of school-age children, rural communities that otherwise ... hands-on STEM-styled experiments, encouraging them to try new things — and try them over...

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In Hurricanes’ Wake, Nonprofits Worry About Fundraising Impact

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10/10/2017

... They continued rehearsals, built sets, and found a new venue for the September 15 premiere of Describe the Night, a political saga set in Russia that ... the theater, the play opened on schedule at a...

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Aetna Foundation Pledges Funding To 25 Community-Based Nonprofits To Promote Active Living and Increase Access To Healthy Foods

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11/13/2017

... Active Living and Increase Access To Healthy Foods With a new round of grants, the philanthropic arm of Aetna is getting out of doctors’ offices and into the ...

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TED Talk: Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect

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11/14/2017

... Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect In a new TED Talk, Judge Victoria Pratt draws on her experience ... Newark Community Solutions to explain the real-life impact of procedural justice. “It’s a...

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Atlantic Philanthropies and Ford Foundation Funded Lynching Memorial and Slavery Museum Sets April Opening

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11/14/2017

... first memorial dedicated to lynching victims and a new museum dedicated to slavery on April 26 in Montgomery. ... have interactive content that confronts visitors with some of the nation's arduous past...

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Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico

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11/16/2017

... Rico recover from Hurricane Maria, including the creation of an advisory commission to help guide reconstruction ... two months after the Category 4 storm destroyed tens of thousands of homes...

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Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Issues Consensus Report On Diabetes In Association With The ADA

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11/22/2017

... A1C (HbA1C) testing, which provides a measurement of a person's mean blood glucose levels over the past three ... HbA1C is also a surrogate measure for a person's risk of developing diabetes-related...

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Rockefeller Foundation Grant Helps Create Racial-Justice ETF Backed by the NAACP

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11/28/2017

... Socially conscious investors can look forward to two new exchange-traded funds that aim to direct capital to ... well by minorities and women. Using the values and mission of the National Association for the...

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Toshiba America Foundation Announces $110,000 for 11 Innovative Classroom STEM Projects

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01/16/2018

... valid field studies. They will also monitor two new organic landscapes that were developed and maintained by ... CA will use math and science to design and build models of tiny houses. The best design will be...

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Morgan Stanley Announces Creation of Innovative Play Spaces for Children in 14 Cities With KaBOOM!

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02/02/2018

Morgan Stanley Announces Creation of Innovative Play Spaces for Children in 14 Cities With KaBOOM! Morgan Stanley today announced the creation of 14 new play spaces for children through a Morgan...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Finds Bacteria Play Critical Role In Driving Colon Cancers

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02/02/2018

... Philanthropies finds that patients with an inherited form of colon cancer harbor two bacterial species that collaborate to encourage development of the disease, and the same species have been found in .....

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Enabling Sustainable Investment in Social Interventions: A Review of Medicaid Managed Care Rate-Setting Tools

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02/02/2018

... Sustainable Investment in Social Interventions: A Review of Medicaid Managed Care Rate-Setting Tools New study by The Commonwealth Fund highlights Medicaid ... options available for states to address social...

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How Ms. Foundation Sees Taking Children to Work Day as an Opportunity to Build Careers, Education and Upward Mobility

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02/09/2018

... Upward Mobility To bridge the various gaps in our world of work today, and to find ways to work even smarter and to introduce new career paths, we should start by shifting the mindset of our...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria

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02/16/2018

... researchers test bacteria that suppresses development of malaria parasite, genetic modification that boosts mosquito immune systems. Two new papers by researchers at the Malaria Research Institute at the Johns...

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Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed

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03/01/2018

... an opportunity to learn and thrive. By providing this new framework, the Loving Cities Index helps cities evaluate ... they are doing at providing all children – regardless of race, gender or zip code – with...

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Open Society Foundations Along with Collaboration of Funders Highlight Immigrants’ Vital Role in Ohio Communities

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03/16/2018

Open Society Foundations Along with Collaboration of Funders Highlight Immigrants’ Vital Role in Ohio ... Open Society Foundations, in partnership with a group of other philanthropy organizations, funded a...

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Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners

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03/23/2018

... Partners Citigroup is setting restrictions on the sale of firearms by its business customers, making it the first ... stance in the divisive nationwide gun control debate. The new policy, announced Thursday,...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Joins Consortiums, Labs, and Associations in the Fight for Local Journalism

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04/25/2018

... in the roiling journalism industry — but a number of initiatives are stepping up to help fill the void. In the ... local journalism — especially the traditional models of TV news and newspapers — has struggled...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Joins Consortiums, Labs, and Associations in the Fight for Local Journalism

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04/25/2018

... in the roiling journalism industry — but a number of initiatives are stepping up to help fill the void. In the ... local journalism — especially the traditional models of TV news and newspapers — has struggled...

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The JPB Foundation Supports Creation of ParkServe Database

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05/01/2018

The JPB Foundation Supports Creation of ParkServe Database Today, The Trust for Public Land ... information for 14,000 cities with a combined population of more than 260 million. The national nonprofit...

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