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Rockefeller Foundation Calls for Us to Eat More of What We Grow

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07/20/2018

Rockefeller Foundation Calls for Us to Eat More of What We Grow Globally, ... curb preventable crop loss and engaging global businesses in accounting for food loss and waste. Reducing waste is ...

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The Sozosei Foundation Announces New Grants Through its Resilient Communities Programs

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08/15/2021

The Sozosei Foundation Announces New Grants Through its Resilient ... 15, 2021) The Sozosei Foundation , the philanthropic arm of Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. (OPAI), has approved .....

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What Foundations Can Do to Help Primary Care Succeed

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03/13/2012

... facing primary care providers. We are pleased to have one of the presenters, Dan Lowenstein, Director of Public Affairs at the Primary Care Development ... talk about three important roles foundations can play...

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Hartford Foundation Awards $1.35 Million to Gerontological Society of America

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02/10/2013

... Social Work Excellence. Thanks to $1.35 million in recently awarded funding from The John A. Hartford Foundation , The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) is reaffirming its commitment to...

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Red Cross gives $1.25M grant to Brooklyn Community Foundation

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05/30/2013

The grant from the American Red Cross in Greater New York will support long-term recovery efforts ... affected by Superstorm Sandy. The American Red Cross in Greater New York, in an outdoor...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $4.5 Million for Conservation Scholars Program

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09/20/2013

The University of Washington, Northern Arizona University and the University ... provide undergraduates with opportunities to participate in mentored research activities in conservation biology...

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Ford Foundation Awards $6 Million to Strengthen International Human Rights Movement

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09/20/2013

... were to seven leading human rights organizations operating in many countries and international forums. The Ford Foundation today announced $6.25 million in grants to seven ... the abuses that...

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Foundation-Funded Innovation Contests With Cash Prizes Attract More 'Average Joes'

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06/19/2014

Foundation -Funded Innovation Contests With Cash Prizes ... to complex problems, according to a report funded in part by Bloomberg Philanthropies and The Rockefeller ... to thwart robocallers to a bid to boost the...

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Rockefeller Foundation Addresses Youth Unemployment by Connecting Employers with Untapped Talent Pool

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10/24/2014

Rockefeller Foundation Addresses Youth Unemployment by Connecting ... young, motivated, and unemployed. And while the problem of youth unemployment, occuring between ages 16 to 24, has ... to succeed at work. The...

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Ford Foundation Selects Nicolette Naylor to Lead its Southern Africa Office

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10/28/2014

Ford Foundation Selects Nicolette Naylor to Lead its Southern ... Office The Ford Foundation announced the selection of Nicolette Naylor as head of its Southern Africa office,...

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Fertel Foundation Honors NYTimes Reporter for Refusing to Name Sources

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03/12/2015

... Prize. The prize, whose underwriters include the Fertel Foundation , will be presented April 29 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Fertel Foundation Honors NYTimes Reporter for...

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Fifth Grader Recognized as Financial Expert, Thanks to SIFMA Foundation

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03/13/2015

... trading and the financial markets. On Feb. 25, Jack Nixon, of Northport, along with his computing teacher, Lauren LeMieux, were recognized after Jack placed third in the nation in the...

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New York Foundation Places Its Bets on Real Change

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05/29/2015

New York Foundation Places Its Bets on Real Change Many people take ... process isn’t well-publicized, and many tenants living in such apartments, mostly members of low-income communities, don’t...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science

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10/16/2015

Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science The Overdeck Family Foundation ... supported research appeared in the Oct. 9 edition...

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Peterson Foundation Launches New Website to Accelerate Action on U.S. Fiscal Challenges

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12/01/2015

Peterson Foundation Launches New Website to Accelerate Action on U.S. ... includes: A deep and searchable Resource Library of Foundation -produced analysis, charts, reports, and other ... the...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Realigned Program Areas: Youth, Neighborhoods and Nonprofits

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02/11/2016

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Realigned Program Areas: Youth, ... and analyzing input from nearly 1,000 participants in our 2014 Brooklyn Insights project, the foundation created .....

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Duke Foundation Gives $1.5M for Arts to Increase Understanding of Muslim Societies

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03/04/2016

Duke Foundation Gives $1.5M for Arts to Increase Understanding of Muslim Societies The Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic ... has announced grants totaling more than $1.5 million in...

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Five Questions for Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation

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04/01/2016

Five Questions for Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation Of the 1.8 billion young people in the world, approximately half — some 900 million — are ...

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Jerome Foundation Helps Woman Filmmaker Get to Tribeca 2016

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04/15/2016

Jerome Foundation Helps Woman Filmmaker Get to Tribeca 2016 Deb ... was raised by her Israeli father and American mother in a Pennsylvania coal town, where she now runs an organic ... farm. Her film, "AWOL,...

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