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

Release Date:

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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The Power of Giving Caregivers Extra Hands for Their Research

Release Date:

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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Doris Duke Foundation

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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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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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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How the Poses Family Foundation is Leveraging Dollars for Impact through Public-Private Partnerships

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03/23/2018

... through Public-Private Partnerships Kessler Foundation 039 ; s participation in a pooled funding initiative, NYC: AT WORK, began with a partnership ... the city’ s...

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MetLife Foundation Partners with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors to Help Financial Service Providers Better Serve Low-Income Clients

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06/05/2015

MetLife Foundation Partners with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors to ... microfinance institutions and cooperatives with a breadth of financial tools that can assist them to better serve their ... in Bangladesh...

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Ford and Luce Foundations Support Scholars Bringing Fresh Eyes to Well-worn Topics in SE Asia

Release Date:

11/23/2015

... When it comes to writing about the long-contentious issue of hydropower dams in Cambodia, there is little ground that ... thinks he has landed on unexplored territory. Ham’ s research project, Narratives...

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Increasing Public Understanding of Muslim Societies Drives Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art's Building Bridges Program

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03/16/2015

Increasing Public Understanding of Muslim Societies Drives Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art 039 ; s Building Bridges Program The Doris Duke Foundation...

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30 Sep 2022

Philanthropy 101 - So You're Working For A Foundation... Power and Your New Community

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10:00am to 12:00pm

... knowledge they need to understand and navigate the field of philanthropy, as they begin to build the relationships in ... will you learn? Understanding Philanthropy New York’ s role in the sector: who we are,...