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First Payment Made Toward Detroit's 'Grand Bargain'

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12/12/2014

First Payment Made Toward Detroit' s 'Grand Bargain' The first “grand bargain” payment ... retirement systems this week as part of the city’ s exit from bankruptcy. The Foundation...

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Simons Foundation Funds Groundbreaking Autism Research

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12/15/2014

... responses and related inflammation, an analysis of data from autopsied human brains reveals. The study, a ... and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, included data from 72 autism and control brains. It...

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Ford, OSF and Others Join Forces to Safeguard Internet Liberties

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02/05/2015

... Over the past two decades, the Internet has evolved from an obscure Defense Department project to a global ... phenomenon. Now, say a group of foundation leaders, it’ s time to make sure it is a force for good...

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Mellon Foundation Gives Inaugural National History Teacher of the Year Award

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03/13/2015

... teacher in Michigan to receiver the prestigious honor from The HISTORY Channel and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. “It’ s unbelievable,” said Anderson, 43, of New Boston, who is ... and...

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Rockefeller Report Cited by Geena Davis at United Nations Convening

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03/13/2015

... bias’ they are raised with later on. We can fix it from the very beginning.” The Academy Award-Winning Actor, ... Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, said the data from her research shows “disturbing”...

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Rita Allen Foundation Passionate About Funding Breakthrough Solutions to Significant Problems

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08/26/2015

... Breakthrough Solutions to Significant Problems The view from the third-floor corner office at 92 Nassau St. is one of ... and bustle of one of the busiest main streets in town. From where she sits, at a...

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With Mellon Support, Smithsonian to Create National Art Database

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02/22/2016

... American Art Museum is leading a group of 14 institutions from around the country in an effort to build a shared, and ... through Linked Open Data (or LOD), SAAM received a grant from the Andrew M. Mellon...

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Guttman Community College to Move to UWS

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04/05/2016

... Community College, the City University of New York’ s newest institution, will relocate from its Midtown home to much larger digs in a CUNY-owned ... community college in more than four decades, will relocate...

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Doris Duke Teams Up With Chicago's Stomping Grounds Dance Festival

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04/29/2016

Doris Duke Teams Up With Chicago' s Stomping Grounds Dance Festival STOMPING GROUNDS is a ... groups. STOMPING GROUNDS is made possible by major support from the Chicago Free For All Fund atThe Chicago...

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Century Foundation Report Analyzes 'Identity Threat' Some College Students Face

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05/18/2016

... 'Identity Threat' Some College Students Face A new report from the Century Foundation considers the issue of "identity ... in college. The report suggests that students face bias from some...

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Backed By Long Island Community Foundation, Town Hall Meetings Identify Issues Facing Trans Community

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06/07/2016

... Identify Issues Facing Trans Community The journey from transitioning from male to female was a struggle for Kelly Leigh Metzgar. ...

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Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to Explore New Approaches to Data Mining

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08/01/2016

... The same goes for identifying an extinct ape from a single fossilized tooth, or telling an original van Gogh from a fake. But in recent years, applied mathematician ...

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments on Disrupting the One-Teacher Standard

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09/01/2016

... experts would shrink class sizes and children would learn from multiple teachers. Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow ... of teacher by subject matter—will be decided with input from teachers themselves...

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Commonwealth Fund Brief Explains ACA’s Effect on Out-of-Pocket Cost-Sharing, Spending on Premiums

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09/13/2016

Commonwealth Fund Brief Explains ACA’ s Effect on Out-of-Pocket Cost-Sharing, Spending on Premiums ... through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is protection from high out-of-pocket health spending. While Medicaid...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Supports Group to Register Dominican-American Political Power

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10/06/2016

... The non-profit group Dominicanos USA got initial funding from the Vicini family, wealthy Dominican sugar tycoons. But ... new funders in the last year, including other businesses from the Dominican Republic...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Picks 20 Nonprofits for 2016 Spark Prize

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10/12/2016

... selected as finalists for Brooklyn Community Foundation’ s inaugural Spark Prize, the first and only honor of its ... civic, business, and neighborhood leaders all hailing from Brooklyn chose the 20 finalists...

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William T. Grant Foundation Supports Study Examining Student Involvement in Racial Justice Movements

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10/14/2016

... A new study, funded by the William T. Grant Foundation, from North Carolina State University, the University of ... and that what drives Black students to engage is different from what drives Latino students...

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