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Mellon Foundation

29 Mar 2022

Policies that Support a Thriving Small Business Ecosystem - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Tuesday, March 29, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Small business is experiencing a vanguard moment in its role to build wealth and close the racial and gender ... CDFIs are gaining recognition as a tool to effectively support...

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13 Jul 2023

Philanthropic Assistants and Coordinators Network (PACNET) - Strategies on How to Support DEI Efforts Within Your Role

Thursday, July 13, 2023 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... Assistants and Coordinators Network (PACNET) is designed to address the professional development and networking needs of individuals serving in an administrative support function to...

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05 Oct 2021

Making Up For Lost Time: How Funders Can Support Tutoring Interventions That Accelerate Learning

Tuesday, October 5, 2021 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

... are entering this school year with significant gaps in core skills and knowledge. One much-discussed way to help ... challenging to implement in practice, especially...

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Children, Youth and Families

Helmsley Trust Supported Data Tool: From Foreclosure to Homelessness, Now You Can Map NYC’s Problems

Release Date:

12/01/2015

Helmsley Trust Supported Data Tool: From Foreclosure to Homelessness, Now You Can Map NYC’s Problems New York City is rich in data resources for understanding the unique assets and ... comprehensive, up- ...

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Housing and Homelessness

Community Development

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Russell Sage Foundation-Supported Study Details How The System Fails Grandmothers Raising Kids

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01/06/2016

... States are raising their grandchildren, many of them in poverty and grappling with a public assistance system not designed to meet their needs. For a new study, researchers ... interviewed 77 African-American...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Aging

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Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Pigments Made by Beets May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops

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08/15/2017

... Finds Pigments Made by Beets May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops Color in the plant kingdom is not merely a joy to the eye. Colored ... disease, and they...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Edwin Gould Foundation Supporter Online Tool Quill Connect Helps Students Become Better Writers

Release Date:

11/29/2017

... Better Writers Just like the students Quill.org aims to help, the writing assistant’s algorithms get smarter the ... correct results. So Quill built out a series of algorithms that can distinguish strong...

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Commonwealth Fund Supported Report Shows Uninsured Rate Drops Substantially in Most States

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12/14/2017

... Supported Report Shows Uninsured Rate Drops Substantially in Most States Forty-seven states saw their adult uninsured rate drop by five percentage points or more in the first three years following the...

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Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body

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02/06/2018

... Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body New scientific research has revealed ... steadies the body if it is thrown off balance. The study in mice found that...

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Fair Health Launches New Healthcare Portal YouCanPlanForThis.Org with Support From the New York State Health Foundation

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02/07/2018

... Launches New Healthcare Portal YouCanPlanForThis.Org with Support From the New York State Health Foundation Men and ... free website created by independent nonprofit FAIR Health that enables New York State...

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New York Health Foundation

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A New Study Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Reveals that Antioxidant Therapy Prevents Vision Loss in Rare Birth Defect

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02/07/2018

A New Study Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Reveals that Antioxidant Therapy Prevents Vision Loss in Rare Birth Defect A new study led by vision researchers at ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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UJA-Fed NY Launches Digital Resource to Support Disability Inclusion in Congregational Life

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02/13/2018

UJA-Fed NY Launches Digital Resource to Support Disability Inclusion in Congregational Life It has been established that involvement in a religious community...

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Supported By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Scientists Create New Therapeutic Gel That Shows Promise Against Cancerous Tumors

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02/22/2018

... P. Sloan Foundation, Scientists Create New Therapeutic Gel That Shows Promise Against Cancerous Tumors Scientists at the ... chemo-immunotherapeutic drugs and deliver them locally to tumors in...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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New Study, Supported By The Jewish Foundation for Education of Women, Finds College Brings Significant Benefits to Single Mothers and Society

Release Date:

06/06/2018

... their lifetimes and are 69 percent less likely to live in poverty than single mothers with only high school, with ... for Women's Policy Research (IWPR). The analysis finds that...

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Jewish Foundation for Education of Women

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Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers Find Alzheimer's One Day May Be Predicted During Eye Exam

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08/23/2018

Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers Find Alzheimer's One Day May Be Predicted During Eye Exam It may be possible in the future to screen patients for Alzheimer's...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Supported by The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New Report Finds Even Light Drinking Increases Risk of Death

Release Date:

10/03/2018

... a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Analyzing data from more than 400,000 people ages 18 to 85, the researchers found that consuming one to...

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Supported in Part by the Rita Allen Foundation, Researchers Discover New Protein Factor That Contributes to Cancer Cell Migration

Release Date:

11/01/2018

Supported in Part by the Rita Allen Foundation, Researchers Discover New Protein Factor That Contributes to Cancer Cell Migration UCLA researchers have discovered a ...

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Scientists Develop a New Tool to Boost Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research with Support from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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12/06/2018

... to Boost Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research with Support from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation ... Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have...

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Carnegie Corporation Supported Report Finds America's $23 Billion School Funding Gap

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02/26/2019

... its poorest students, and lawmakers directed more money to districts serving large shares of low-income children. ... predominantly white and nonwhite schools was starker. In fact, despite pivotal finance...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development