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Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities

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02/04/2016

Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities The University of Pennsylvania has announced a $5.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support...

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Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps

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02/22/2016

Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps Fewer than half of the more than 1,000 ... healthcare related-apps reviewed by researchers appeared to be useful for their potential...

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Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/23/2016

... the most obese country in the world. In a purported effort to combat the problem, the country implemented a ... claim, is working. A 2015 working paper by University of Chicago Prof. Jeffrey Grogger found that...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Atlantic Philanthropies Funds Camden Coalition to Establish National Healthcare Center

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03/09/2016

Atlantic Philanthropies Funds Camden Coalition to Establish National Healthcare Center The Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers announced plans to establish a ... The Atlantic Philanthropies...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results

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03/28/2016

Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive ... When former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his foundation was awarding $5 million to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities: Analysis Method Using Data-Driven Mapping

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03/29/2016

... In Norfolk, Virginia, an East Coast city that's home to the world's largest naval station and important seaports, ... address rising sea levels. In partnership with the City of Norfolk's...

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The New York Community Trust Gives $5.4M to 45 Nonprofits Across the City and Nation

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04/12/2016

The New York Community Trust Gives $5.4M to 45 Nonprofits Across the City and Nation Forty-five ... news: The New York Community Trust, the city’s community foundation , has approved $5.4 million in grants for...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Arts

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Rockefeller Divestment in Fossil Fuels Leads Landmark Climate Accord Approved at U.N.

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04/25/2016

... Climate Accord Approved at U.N. The 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), under the United Nations Framework ... Convention on Climate Change, delivered a global agreement to limit future global warming ...

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Rockefeller and Nonprofits Fight Food Waste With Feast

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05/09/2016

... Fight Food Waste With Feast On Tuesday May 10, thousands of New Yorkers will feast on food that would have ordinarily ... in a landfill. Together with Feedback, The Rockefeller Foundation , City Harvest, NRDC,...

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Food Systems

Housing News Coverage Supported by Revson and New York Community Trust Wins Honors

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05/11/2016

... New York Press Club has recognized City Limits' coverage of housing issues and its investigation into the use of forced medication at a city hospital. A team ... by the New York Community Trust, the...

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The New York Community Trust

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Housing and Homelessness

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New York Community Trust Gives One Million Dollars to Help Train Social Workers

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05/16/2016

New York Community Trust Gives One Million Dollars to Help Train Social Workers The New York Community Trust (NYCT), one of the nation’s largest community foundations, has renewed ... (NASW) and the Council on...

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Casey Family Programs Evaluates Housing’s Role in Child Welfare Services

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05/24/2016

... whether supportive housing could change the trajectory of families facing a number of destabilizing factors that can lead to homelessness, open cases with child welfare agencies and ... care...

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Carnegie Sponsors Search for Nation's Favorite Librarians for 2016 I Love My Librarian Award

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06/17/2016

... The American Library Association (ALA) invites the public to nominate their favorite librarians for its prestigious ... Librarian Award. The award recognizes the public service of exceptional public, school,...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Rockefeller Family Fund Leads Summit To Oppose Pipelines In Georgia

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06/17/2016

Rockefeller Family Fund Leads Summit To Oppose Pipelines In Georgia Anti-pipeline activists from across the country met in Atlanta this week to talk strategy. The summit brought together two groups that ... happen...

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Young Journalist Responds to Darren Walker's NY Times Op-Ed on Unpaid Internships

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07/08/2016

Young Journalist Responds to Darren Walker's NY Times Op-Ed on Unpaid Internships ... "Are Not a Privilege." The op-ed was by Darren Walker of the Ford Foundation , and it discussed...

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Communications/Media

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Rockefeller Fund Takes First Green Stake in Pivot From Oil

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07/28/2016

... in Pivot From Oil The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the foundation divesting from the fossil-fuel industry it helped ... direct stake in a renewable energy company in a move meant to bolster the fight against...

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End the Sexual-Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline

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3:00pm to 5:00pm

First, the hard facts on the sexual-abuse- to -prison pipeline: The proportion of girls – especially girls of color – in the juvenile ... with the support of Philanthropy New...

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Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS

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09/23/2016

Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS What can microbes from space tell ... an investigation designed to look into different kinds of microbes collected from the surfaces of...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum

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09/28/2016

Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum The ... five-and-a-half year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to advance the museum’s new contemporary art...

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