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Goldman Sachs Contributes $2 Million to LaGuardia Community College

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03/16/2015

... to LaGuardia Community College Gail O. Mellow, the president of LaGuardia Community College, a two-year institution in Queens with 50,000 students, received an unexpected call. ...

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Rockfeller Brothers Fund Weighs in on Motivation for Fossil Fuel Divestment

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05/18/2015

Rockfeller Brothers Fund Weighs in on Motivation for Fossil Fuel Divestment Beyond the ... every grant dollar we made," said Geraldine Watson, vice president of finance for the Rockefeller...

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Jersey City Receives $1 million Investment for Job Training from JPMorgan Chase

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07/09/2015

... over the next two years. The investment is part of JPMorgan Chase's "New Skills at Work" initiative, which has been implemented in about a dozen cities, including New York City, Chicago and .....

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Helmsley Charitable Trust-Backed Program Explores DNA Damage Response to Find New Cancer Treatments

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08/28/2015

... Treatments Every organism -- from a seedling to a president -- must protect its DNA at all costs, but precisely ... between damage to its own DNA and the foreign DNA of an invading virus has remained a mystery...

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Bank of America Backs Community Development and Housing Projects

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09/21/2015

Bank of America Backs Community Development and Housing Projects ... our community," Bill Tommins, Southern Connecticut market president for Bank of America, said in a...

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Commonwealth Fund Report Reveals that Americans Spend More on Health Care, But Fare Worse

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10/09/2015

... money doesn't buy everything when it comes to health care in the United States. When compared to 12 other ... on health care services, but they fared worst in terms of life expectancy,...

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Johnson & Johnson to Provide Scholarships for Rutgers Students in Health-related Fields

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11/12/2015

... & Johnson to Provide Scholarships for Rutgers Students in Health-related Fields As Rutgers launches a yearlong celebration of its 250th birthday, the university has received its first ... scholarships...

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Luff to Leave Hess Corporation, CSR Operations to Move to Houston

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11/24/2015

... CSR Operations to Move to Houston Paula Luff, Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility at Hess Corporation, is ... Paula built and led the CSR group for over eight years. In light...

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Doris Duke Study Finds Promoting Abstinence, Fidelity for HIV Prevention Is Ineffective

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05/03/2016

... Ineffective The U.S. government has invested $1.4 billion in HIV prevention programs that promote sexual abstinence and ... HIV risk, according to a new Stanford University School of Medicine study. Since 2004...

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Video: Rockefeller's Insight Dialogues Features Hamilton Star and Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda

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07/05/2016

... and star Lin-Manuel Miranda joined Rockefeller President Judith Rodin to discuss the role of diversity in the arts, economic inclusion, and other topics on ...

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Lois Quam Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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07/11/2016

Lois Quam Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors Lois Quam, until recently chief operating officer of The Nature Conservancy, has been elected to The ... focusing on global health partnerships, and...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Steps Into Political Arena With $50 Million Fund

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10/21/2016

... Million Fund There’s a new, deep-pocketed liberal donor in town. It’s called the Civic Participation Action Fund, and it’s run by a man named Stephen McConnell in Washington. Formed last year with $50 million...

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Rockefeller's Insight Dialogues Features Hamilton Star and Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda

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06/29/2016

... and star Lin-Manuel Miranda joined Rockefeller President Judith Rodin to discuss the role of diversity in the arts, economic inclusion, and other topics on ...

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Farhana Khera of Muslim Advocates Talks About The Fight Against Discrimination After 9/11

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05/07/2014

Farhana Khera of Muslim Advocates Talks About The Fight Against Discrimination After 9/11 In this PhilTalk at Philanthropy New York's 35th annual meeting, Farhana Khera , president &...

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Gay Rights Group Turns Down Bank of America’s Money Over HB2 Compromise

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05/09/2017

Gay Rights Group Turns Down Bank of America’s Money Over HB2 Compromise The nation’s ... largest gay rights group plans to reject $325,000 in Bank of America sponsorships to protest the role bank...

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Robert Sterling Clark Adopts Trust-Based Grantmaking Model and Garners Thousands of Positive Comments from Nonprofit Community

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08/22/2017

... Adopts Trust-Based Grantmaking Model and Garners Thousands of Positive Comments from Nonprofit Community I’m still angry due to Charlottesville and our president ’s horrifying words that are fueling the rise...

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