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The Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Lavastian Glenn Promoted to Vice President of Programs

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12/16/2021

The Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Lavastian Glenn Promoted to Vice President of Programs We are delighted to announce ... Lavastian Glenn has been named vice president of programs ...

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Evelyn J. Blanck Joins Guttman Foundation Board of Directors

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01/11/2016

Evelyn J. Blanck Joins Guttman Foundation Board of Directors The Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation is pleased to announce that Evelyn J. Blanck has joined the Board of ... She is the Co-...

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Simons Foundation Launches Simons Collaboration on the Many Electron Problem

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03/03/2014

The Simons Foundation has launched the Simons Collaboration on the Many ... Problem, with the goal of revolutionizing our ability to calculate and understand the properties of molecules and ... often neglected,”...

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Arcus Foundation Launches Online Resource Exploring Human Relationships with Other Animals

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04/22/2014

New York, NY – The Arcus Foundation , a global foundation promoting respect for ... , an online resource that takes a look at the way humans regard and interact with other animals. The .....

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Pfizer Foundation Supports Vaccine Coverage in Africa to Reduce Child Mortality Rate

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09/19/2014

Pfizer Foundation Supports Vaccine Coverage in Africa to Reduce ... announced $2 million in grant funding for pilot programs to improve immunization coverage in Africa. The programs will ...

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Partnership with MasterCard Foundation Working to Strengthen Board Governance in Africa

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11/13/2014

Partnership with MasterCard Foundation Working to Strengthen Board Governance in Africa The Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion today announced a $6.1 million partnership with The ...

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Ford Foundation Works to Promote Government Action on Income Equality

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11/18/2014

Ford Foundation Works to Promote Government Action on Income ... The messages that anti-poverty advocates use to raise urgency about the issue often fall flat. Typical ... action to...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs the National Dance Project

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04/13/2015

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs the National Dance Project NEFA launched the National Dance Project in 1996 to encourage the creation of new dance work to share with audiences in communities...

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The Century Foundation Releases Report Detailing President Obama's Executive Actions

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05/07/2015

The Century Foundation Releases Report Detailing President Obama's ... On January 14, 2014, President Obama famously said to his Cabinet: “We are not just going to be waiting for .....

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Gerstner Family Foundation Commits $10 Million to Overcome Cancer Drug Resistance

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05/19/2015

Gerstner Family Foundation Commits $10 Million to Overcome Cancer Drug ... with clinical researchers. First, researchers at Broad Institute will systematically and comprehensively ...

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The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Releases Report on Grantmaking to Create Impact

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09/17/2015

The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Releases Report on Grantmaking to Create Impact When the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation ... in Good Shepherd in 2005, the organization’s ability to...

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John A. Hartford Foundation: 'Hospital at Home' Prevents Complications

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10/13/2015

John A. Hartford Foundation : 'Hospital at Home' Prevents Complications For patients in need of ... the hospital is often the only option. And while necessary to handle acute...

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Century Foundation Report: More Schools Nationwide are Experimenting with Diversity Programs

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02/09/2016

... Programs As the city faces increasing pressure to promote school diversity, a new report shows that more ... Ninety-one districts and charter networks now have at least one school that factors socioeconomic...

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An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation)

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02/22/2016

An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation ) One afternoon in late January, prominent New ...

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NYS Health Foundation on the Learning and Listening That Lead to a Multi-Funder Collaboration

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06/30/2016

NYS Health Foundation on the Learning and Listening That Lead to a Multi-Funder Collaboration The Supreme Court’s ... on United States v. Texas leaves millions of immigrants at potential risk for...

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Wallace Foundation Funds Research on Summer Academic Programs for Poor Children

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09/07/2016

Wallace Foundation Funds Research on Summer Academic Programs for ... also shows, perhaps unsurprisingly, that students have to attend the programs regularly to reap the benefits. "We would...

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City Outside Monrovia Admitted to 100 Resilient Cities Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation

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12/01/2016

City Outside Monrovia Admitted to 100 Resilient Cities Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation The City of Paynesville, outside Monrovia, has ... social, and economic challenges of the 21st Century. At...

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Foundation for Child Development Publishes New Index on the Economic Stability of the American Family

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02/06/2017

Foundation for Child Development Publishes New Index on the ... the economic health of families and the ability of parents to invest in their children’s development. Employment ... and inequality in the resources...

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NY Women’s Foundation’s Oliveira Offers Blueprint for Investing in Vulnerable Young Girls

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02/28/2017

NY Women’s Foundation ’s Oliveira Offers Blueprint for Investing in ... found that by age six, girls are already less likely to see themselves and other girls and women to be as ... York’s new...

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