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Johnson & Johnson Solicits Snaps For Students

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10/20/2016

... products company Johnson & Johnson is looking for a number of philanthropically-minded shutterbugs. A large number, to be specific. That 039 ; s because it 039 ;...

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Sixteen Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' What Works Cities Initiative

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10/24/2016

... Philanthropies has surpassed the halfway mark in its goal to include 100 mid-sized cities in an initiative to ... strategies. In an announcement released Monday, a total of 16 new cities—including Portland,...

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Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (TFN) Announces Applications for 2017 Class

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10/27/2016

... that it is accepting applications for the 2017 class of its PLACES leadership development program designed for ... in ways that are responsive to the needs and assets of low-income...

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To Raise Cash on Social Media, Focus on Facebook, Says a Top Fundraiser

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08/30/2017

... recently spoke with Carie Lewis Carlson, senior director of digital marketing for the Humane Society of the United States, who says the other social-media sites barely register. It’ s all...

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Exhibit Allows Virtual 'Interviews' With Holocaust Survivors

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09/18/2017

... giving visitors a chance to interact with virtual versions of two Holocaust survivors. The installation at the Museum of ... includes Eva Schloss, whose mother married Anne Frank 039 ;...

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More Nonprofits Are Running Their Own Crowdfunding Drives

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09/26/2017

... Drives Fundraisers at the Holocaust Museum in the nation’ s capital are watching their donors age in real time. When ... Museum opened nearly 25 years ago, the average age of donors was 45. Today, it’ ...

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OSF Explores Using Blockchain Technology to Help Migrants

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01/26/2018

... cash into digital currency, but Soros dismissed the value of cryptocurrency, making clear he believed its primary appeal was “for tax evasion” and “the rulers of dictatorships.” OSF Explores...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Celebrates 60th Anniversary

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02/05/2020

... to Prevent Blindness (RPB) celebrates the 60th anniversary of its incorporation. With the help of some of our grantees, we pause to reflect on our many ...

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Disabilities

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Maricella Espinosa-Blohm

Maricella Espinosa-Blohm is Philanthropy New York’ s current co-op intern from Northeastern University. She works as an assistant to ... at Northeastern include a position as an Assistant Manager of...

Applications Accepted for the William T. Grant Scholars Program

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03/13/2014

... Program, which supports promising early-career researchers from diverse disciplines who are seeking to further develop ... Program supports promising early-career researchers from diverse disciplines, who have...

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National Journal Notes Ford, Open Society Role in Net Neutrality Victory

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03/13/2015

... times even personal, feud. Beyond a split over the merits of the new policy, civil rights groups are accusing each other of selling out the communities they represent in exchange for financial support ...

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Well Application Challenges Fracking Ban

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07/14/2015

... well using a waterless method that will test the state’ s fracking ban. The Snyder Farm Group, made up of five landowners from Barton, N.Y., near the Pennsylvania border, signed an ...

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Doris Duke Supports Research That Discovered New T-Cell Subtype

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02/07/2017

... That Discovered New T-Cell Subtype A distinguished subset of T cells that combine with other defence cells to ... marginal tissues has been found in dungeon samples taken from patients with rheumatoid...

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How Much Did These 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise?

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09/11/2017

... Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise? Can millimeters of sea level rise or increments of warming on the globe 039 ; s thermometer be attributed to specific energy...

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Amid Hurricane Chaos, Domestic Abuse Victims Risk Being Overlooked

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09/12/2017

... stability and routine. But during catastrophes, victims of domestic violence face a unique challenge: seeking safety from their abusers. Most evacuees are seeking shelter but ... in disarray and are likely to...

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Google Bows out of the “Bidding for Addicts” Business

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09/15/2017

Google Bows out of the “Bidding for Addicts” Business As addiction has grown, so have for-profit rehab centers, from those sponsored by massive corporations to little ... people seeking help, they advertise online...

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Opinion: Living The Mitchell-Lama Dream

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09/21/2017

... Dream Public housing was once the egalitarian dream of urban planners in post-war New York City, uniting people from all walks of life in a social experiment that prospered. ... developers...

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Housing and Homelessness

The GOP Tax Plan: Tough Choices With Limited Room to Maneuver

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09/26/2017

... focus: They are trying to fit more than $5 trillion of tax cuts inside a $1.5 trillion box. This week’ s planned release of a unified GOP blueprint from the Senate, the...

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NYCHA Plans Market-Rate Brooklyn Units

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10/02/2017

... that would include market-rate housing on the grounds of a lower-income housing development in the rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood of East Williamsburg. The new mid-rise development would be ... be...

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