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Doris Duke Supports NY Dance and Performance Bessie Award Nominees

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09/20/2016

... to announce that all of the 2016 nominees will receive a cash award of $500, made possible by a generous gift from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF). The grant ...

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Carnegie-Funded Commission Finds Most People Want A College Degree, But That Goal Remains A Challenge

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09/22/2016

Carnegie-Funded Commission Finds Most People Want A College Degree, But That Goal Remains A Challenge Almost 90 percent of high school graduates spend ... Academy of Arts and Sciences and funded with $2.2 million...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Bloomberg Awards $10 Million for Women Coffee Farmers in Africa

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09/23/2016

... Farmers in Africa Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a $10 million grant to the Relationship Coffee Institute to ... will enable an additional twenty thousand women to benefit from and participate in...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Gender Justice

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Simons, Gates Foundations, HHMI Announce Faculty Scholars

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09/26/2016

... support of the first cohort of scientists. Awards ranging from $600,000 to $1.8 million, including indirect costs, will ... researchers with between four and ten years of experience as faculty members to...

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Sloan Supports New Study on What Happens When The Brain Is Artificially Stimulated

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09/26/2016

... with the method already being used to treat conditions from epilepsy to depression. But what really happens when ... the brain should be targeted to treat different diseases. A new study led by the University...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Supported by Rockefeller, MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers

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09/26/2016

Supported by Rockefeller, MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers As a first-of-its-kind human-digital platform, eKutir Global, ... transformation. The competition is...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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Zegar Family Foundation Supports 'Sunday in the Park' Starring Jake Gyllenhaal at City Center

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10/04/2016

... affordable tickets throughout the year to programs such as Fall for Dance and Encores! Off?Center. City ... McGill and is grateful for additional support from the Zegar Family Foundation... Zegar Family...

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2016 Nobel Prize Winner Yoshinori Ohsumi’s Discoveries Could Change How We Treat Disease

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10/05/2016

... Nobel Prize on Monday for his research on autophagy ― a metabolic recycling process in which cells eat parts of ... human beings, which could fundamentally change everything from the way we treat dementia...

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NY Community Trust's Shawn Morehead Featured in Podcast on Countering Stereotypes and College Prep

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10/06/2016

... Stereotypes and College Prep In response to what it called a rising tide of bias incidents and Islamophobia, the New ... speak with Donna Lawrence, President and CEO of the I Have A Dream Foundation. We...

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The New York Community Trust

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2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Finalists Announced

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10/07/2016

... in New York City and Westchester that have been chosen as finalists for $60,000 in prizes and prestigious ... The New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards, a program created and run by the...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Donates $50M to Museum of Science

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10/18/2016

... of Science Everyone around here knows Michael Bloomberg as the kid from Medford who went on to do big things. He built a multibillion-dollar company and served as a...

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Difficulties Accessing Medical Records Will Soon Be Outdated, Says Commonwealth Fund

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10/21/2016

... records for fear of malpractice, and to protect patients from bad news, but that’s changing as medical culture embraces more transparency and patient ... electronic file, and not all of the information — such...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Self-Driving Cars Initiative Launches in Nashville and Five Other Cities

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10/25/2016

... year. The cities will have access to data and coaching from urban planners and technologists meant to help them ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Contributes to Mayo Performing Arts Center 2016-2017 Season

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11/03/2016

... at 8 pm. Tickets are $25. Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of ... a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as...

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Gap Inc. Connects Unemployed Youth with Organizations That Need Talent

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11/04/2016

... U.S., nearly 6 million entry-level jobs will be created from 2012 to 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor ... the competition for talent remains fierce. Gap is joining a growing corps of large companies that...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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New Study Examines How Creative Placemaking Projects Build Social Capital in Communities

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11/04/2016

... Placemaking Projects Build Social Capital in Communities As interest in measuring and understanding the impact of arts ... investments in community development continues to grow, a new study released today,...

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Senior Advisor to Pinkerton Writes Editorial: How Do We Become One Nation?

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11/08/2016

... How Do We Become One Nation? How does America come back from the most bitter, nasty and divisive presidential ... Donald Trump promised to "heal" America’s divisions even as he threatened to sue his...

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Civic Engagement

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NYS Health's Derek Coy Explores the Role of Private-Public Partnerships in Serving Veterans

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11/11/2016

... wisdom propagate the false notion that veterans as a group are broken, it contributes to the stigma many ... veterans feel about getting help and often prevents them from seeking care when...

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New York Health Foundation

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Ellen Braune Joins the Surdna Foundation as Director of Communications

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11/15/2016

Ellen Braune Joins the Surdna Foundation as Director of Communications The Surdna Foundation ... national and international organizations on issues ranging from the death penalty and mass incarceration to...

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