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25 Aug 2015

Peace, Conflict, and the Scale of the Climate Risk Landscape - Webinar

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 -

1:15pm to 2:45pm

... the security implications of climate risk to provide a context for the subsequent place-based and sector-based ... address climate risk and security on all fronts, including from the risk perspective (impacts...

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Economic Security

Environment and Climate Change

PG&E Donates and Matches Employee Donations to American Red Cross for California Wildfire Relief

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09/18/2015

... Electric Company (PG&E) announced today that it is making a corporate donation of $250,000 to the American Red Cross to help ease the suffering from the destruction associated with the wildfires in .....

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Disaster Relief

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Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Kindness, Charitable Behavior Influenced by Amygdala, Simons Foundation Supported Research Reveals

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12/15/2015

... Foundation Supported Research Reveals The amygdala, a small structure at the front end of the brain's temporal ... generally, and specifically with fear. But new research from Michael Platt, the James S...

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Science

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Simons Foundation Study Shows New Insights on Ocean Microoganisms

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01/26/2016

... taken out of the atmosphere every day -- viruses are a major threat. But a paper to be published Jan. 25, 2016 in ... have found that viral populations vary dramatically from location to...

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Environment and Climate Change

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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

... Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness) A team of University of Iowa and Columbia University Medical Center researchers have corrected a blindness-causing gene mutation in stem cells derived...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

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30 Mar 2016

Shedding Light on Long Island: Learning Tour for Grantmakers

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 9:00am to Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 5:00pm

Join grantmakers from across New York State committed to learning more about ... equitable economic development, and more. From Hempstead to Riverhead, from Wyandanch to the Hamptons, you will:...

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Community Development

Ms. Foundation President to Be First Guest on Melissa Harris-Perry’s New Show

Release Date:

04/19/2016

... on Melissa Harris-Perry’s New Show Two months after a public dispute and departure from MSNBC, Melissa Harris-Perry is joining Elle.com as an editor at large. Harris-Perry will write columns...

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Gender Justice

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Doris Duke Artist Awards Announced

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05/03/2016

Doris Duke Artist Awards Announced According to a press release from the DDCF, artists are “appointed in recognition of ... each receive $275,000 “in flexible, multi-year funding as well ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Pledges $197 Million for Fellowship and Institute

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06/01/2016

... Pledges $197 Million for Fellowship and Institute From their inception, The Atlantic Philanthropies have ... and in their vision, opportunity and ability to realize a better world. Two major initiatives will...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Ford, Novo, Ms. Foundation Speak at United State of Women Summit

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06/14/2016

... the walls of the convention center and we want you to be a part of it. Watch to see our inspiring speakers, including ... First Lady Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and more, live from Washington D.C. Ford, Novo...

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Edwin Gould Foundation Helps Present 2016 Blackboard Awards For Teachers

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07/08/2016

... for Teachers honoring seventeen of the finest teachers from around New York City. The event was sponsored in part by ...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

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Supported by Carnegie, Global Religious Leaders to Talk Peace at Drew

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07/11/2016

... Religious Leaders to Talk Peace at Drew Religious leaders from across the globe are uniting at Drew University this ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Open Society Foundations Public Health Division Director Writes Op-Ed on Health Financing in the Post-Aid Era

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07/22/2016

... sounding the alarm that the withdrawal of health funding from middle income countries (MICS) will result in a failure to meet global goals to end the epidemic. This ... refers to the dwindling number of...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Contributes to Startup to Develop a Novel Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes

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08/10/2016

Helmsley Charitable Trust Contributes to Startup to Develop a Novel Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes Pacific Diabetes Technologies (PDT), a Portland, Oregon-based medical device startup, will develop ... million in...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Health

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William T. Grant Foundation Supports Study on Common Core

Release Date:

10/12/2016

... and the William T. Grant Foundation have awarded a team of researchers from the University of Michigan, Brown University and ... University nearly $5 million for the first phase of a five-...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Jessie Smith Noyes Announces Open Call for Investment Advisors to Lead Next Evolution of Social Justice Investing

Release Date:

10/12/2016

... Justice Investing Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation (Noyes), a pioneer in the field of sustainable, responsible and impact ... today announced an open call for letters of interest (LOI) from investment advisors to...

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Social Justice

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Purse-String Powerhouses: Meet the 9 PNY Members on the Top 10 NYC Do-Gooders List

Release Date:

11/04/2016

... 10 leaders of charitable organizations featured here come from wealth, poverty and the middle class... Purse-String ...

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Russell Sage Foundation's Journal of the Social Sciences Connects Research and Policy to Improve Educational Equity

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11/09/2016

... public policy may improve educational equity, according to a new paper from Rice University. The paper, which examined the ...

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Wallace Foundation Gives $7M to Albany State Leadership Program for School Administrators

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11/15/2016

... Administrators The Dougherty County School System is a step closer to getting aspiring principals the educational ... support they need to be good leaders. The board approved a deal with Albany State Monday...

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