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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Interviews New Directions Fellow G. Gabrielle Starr on Why an Interdisciplinary Lens Matters

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05/09/2018

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Interviews New Directions Fellow G. Gabrielle Starr on Why an Interdisciplinary Lens Matters From chemistry to literature to neuroscience, Gabrielle Starr ... a multidisciplinary...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Will Distribute $2.5 Million Recovered Through Lawsuits Against Sham Cancer Charities

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06/21/2019

... of the lawsuit, brought in May 2015. The suit was the first time that all 50 States, the District of Columbia and ... four affiliated sham charities – the Cancer Fund of...

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Simons Foundation Launches Flatiron Institute to Explore Galaxy Formation, Genomics, Neuroscience and Other Fields

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11/23/2016

Simons Foundation Launches Flatiron Institute to Explore Galaxy ... Neuroscience and Other Fields Each year thousands of genomes are sequenced, millions of neuronal activity traces are recorded,...

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Aging and HIV/AIDS: A New Era of Convergence

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10/17/2019

... HIV care settings. The result is a no-man’ s -land for care and social support. This can be jarring, ... in 2017, according to Funders Concerned About AIDS . Funding for HIV/AIDS and aging totaled only $3...

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The Power of Giving Caregivers Extra Hands for Their Research

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05/17/2018

... 72 letters of intent and 61 full applications from U. S . medical schools, demonstrating wide need and demand for ... across all medical schools administering it. Dr. Jagsi’ s...

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Ford Foundation, Citi and OPIC Launch Scaling Enterprise, a $100MM Financing Partnership to Support Social Enterprises

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10/23/2019

... to low-income households in emerging markets. Marking the first two transactions under Scaling Enterprise, the partners ... partnership will help these ventures gain a wider array of mainstream financing...

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International Genome Research Partnership Uncovers Bed Bug Resistance to Pesticides (Sloan Foundation)

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02/03/2016

... Uncovers Bed Bug Resistance to Pesticides (Sloan Foundation ) The very thought of them makes a person shudder – and scratch. Those ... can make them resistant to pesticides. “We provide the first...

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Simons Foundation Supported Research May Have Found Compound Essential to Formation of Life on Earth

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11/07/2017

... Research May Have Found Compound Essential to Formation of Life on Earth Scientists at the Scripps Research ... to scientists as DAP, could have been present in Earth’ s early days and responsible for...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces New CEO

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11/06/2015

... the appointment of Stephanie Cuskley as the Trust’ s new Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Cuskley will assume the ... Cuskley, age 55, began her career as an investment banker, first with Drexel...

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Ira R. Halperin Named Vice Chair to Long Island Community Foundation Board

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02/01/2012

... Community Foundation has announced the recent appointment of Ira R. Halperin to Vice Chair of its Board of Advisors. Halperin is a Partner at the law firm...

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Kathryn Snyder and maisha quint to Lead Criminal Justice Grantmaking Strategy at The Libra Foundation

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08/25/2019

... Francisco-based Libra Foundation has announced the hiring of Kathryn Snyder , Senior Program Officer, and maisha quint , Program Officer, to lead its criminal justice grantmaking strategy. As...

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards Second Round of Grants Through Sickle Cell Disease/Advancing Cures Program

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09/10/2019

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards Second Round of Grants Through Sickle Cell ... will study aspects of gene editing that could improve its successful clinical...

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Sheena Wright, United Way NYC President & CEO, named in City & State NY Power of Diversity: Black 100 List of 2021

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10/18/2021

... Way NYC President & CEO, named in City & State NY Power of Diversity: Black 100 List of 2021 Black New Yorkers ... serving in elected office at least a century ago. The first...

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Gates Foundation Releases New Virtual Reality Game to Highlight Life-Saving Innovations

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04/13/2017

... Sight ” on Gates’ personal blog, Gates Notes. But it’ s much more than a game, of course. This is the benefactor who built chicken coops ... goal may be to spot some life-improving intervention in its...

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While Announcing Main Branch Renovations, NYPL Notes Mid-Manhattan Library to Be Renamed for Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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11/16/2017

... Mid-Manhattan Library to Be Renamed for Stavros Niarchos Foundation At a Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday evening, The New York Public ... Midtown Beaux-Arts building is home to one of the...

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Katya Levitan-Reiner Promoted to Chief Operating Officer at Propel Capital

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11/14/2019

... Katya Levitan-Reiner will take on the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer. Levitan-Reiner joined Propel ... in 2015, playing a critical role in expanding Propel’ s innovative approach to tackling...

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UJA-Federation of New York Succeeds in Securing $84 Million for Local Jewish Day Schools and Yeshivot

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05/20/2019

UJA-Federation of New York Succeeds in Securing $84 Million for Local Jewish ... a $51 million Challenge Fund — $20 million from UJA’ s endowment, together with significant funding...

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Weinberg Foundation Announces $1.2 Million in Emergency Grants in Response to Pittsburgh Synagogue Mass Shooting

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11/01/2018

... today announced $1.2 million in emergency grant funding as an immediate response to the shootings that ... and wounded six individuals this past Saturday at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh...

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Weinberg Foundation Matching Grant Initiaitive Raises More than $9 Million for Workforce Development

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08/20/2015

... The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation , one of the largest private foundations in the United States, in ... Funders Network, announced today $9.3 million in total funding for a matching...

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