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Lukemia Drug Shows Promise for Treating a Childhood Brain Cancer, Research Supported by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award

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09/20/2019

... to be more effective at stopping a type of medulloblastoma in mouse models than existing treatments for the deadly ... Sciences at University of California San Diego. In the study, published September 20, 2019...

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Research Funded By The Commonwealth Fund Shows Overdose Risk Quintuples With Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use

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06/22/2018

Research Funded By The Commonwealth Fund Shows Overdose Risk Quintuples With Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use In the first 90 days of concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine ... 66.5 years of age... Research Funded By...

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WHO Emergency Contingency Fund Attracts New Donors, but Funding Still Short of $100M Target

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03/28/2018

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Mission Investors Exchange names Nhadine Leung as Managing Director

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02/23/2017

... Exchange , the leading network of foundations engaged in impact investing, has hired Nhadine Leung as Managing ... social and environmental issues of our time.” With over 20 years of...

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Nonprofit Resource Equity and Access: A Call to Close the Gap

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08/14/2018

... Director and Peter Kramer, Director at Nonprofit Finance Fund What happens when well-resourced nonprofits keep getting ... as constrained resources favor direct programs over infrastructure needs. This lack of...

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The New York Women’s Foundation Announces Spring Grantmaking Efforts with Renewed Focus on Abortion Access and Expansion of Reproductive Justice Portfolio

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06/16/2022

... of the reproductive justice movement for the long -term. Leveraging the growth and momentum of these ... impact in the space: The New York Abortion Access Fund (NYAAF) assists individuals...

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Foundations Join the White House in Expanding Opportunities for Young Men of Color

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03/13/2014

... new initiative have already made extensive investments in supporting young men of color, including $150 million in currently approved or awarded spending. Over the next five years, these...

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Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal

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06/13/2014

Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal An article in Inside Philanthropy singles out the Mertz Gilmore ... Foundation for championing climate change solutions over the past 20 years, especially...

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Race to Lead; Confronting the Racial Leadership Gap

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06/2017

... Racial Leadership Gap . This new report, the first in the Race to Lead series, is based on our survey of over 4,000 nonprofit professionals. The report explores why people of color are still under-represented in nonprofit CEO/Executive Director positions. Here’s a ...

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Sustaining Impact: Supporting Nonprofits to Thrive During Leadership Transitions

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05/02/2025

... Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, working with our NSI pooled fund , alongside 20 other foundation partners, I’ve seen ... importance of maintaining consistent funding and leaning in with additional supports through...

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Aetna Foundation Supports Bike Sharing Initiative

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10/12/2018

... Building Healthy Communities initiative. There were over 1,700 grant applicants. The bike-share project is ... this year and end by August 2020. The goal is to reach over 4,200 people through the program. The...

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Making the Sausage in Albany: An Artisanal Cookbook for Funders

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09/20/2017

... many of whom are now focused on the effort to close Rikers Island as a model for reforming bail, sentencing, selective ... new training series in full-day sessions taking place over three...

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Leaders in Nonprofit Innovation Show How Power Dynamics in Philanthropy Are Shifting

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02/19/2020

... and Amy Freitag, Executive Director, J. M. Kaplan Fund . This article was originally published by The Chronicle ... join a mutually supportive group of social entrepreneurs over the next three...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Strengthens Support of Media That Matters

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05/31/2016

... grant awarded to the nonprofit since its incorporation in 2009. “As The Atlantic Philanthropies prepare to sunset, ... on the issues and programs Atlantic has supported over many years,” says MIF’s executive...

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Learning What Worked to Support Women After the 2008 Recession

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06/23/2016

... Six years after the Great Recession was declared over , many women continued to experience significant ... as the path to economic security is a complex and long -term process that requires addressing the...

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President Of Montauk-Based Environmental Advocacy Organization Stepping Down

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02/02/2017

... as the Director of Mashomack Preserve on Shelter Island . "Montauk is a place of unparalleled beauty," ... Late last year, CCOM was awarded a $20,000 grant by the Long Island...

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Leaving Rikers: What the New York Women's Foundation Is Doing for Women in New York City's Worst Jail

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04/09/2019

... The New York Women’s Foundation (NYWF) created a Justice Fund in 2018 to address mass incarceration and its effects on ... round of grants in 2019 focuses on the closure of...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Names 32 Winners of Andrew Carnegie Fellowships

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04/23/2019

... significant time to research, writing, and publishing in the humanities and social sciences — work that will benefit all of us. The ... of New York and president emeritus of Brown University. “ Over...

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Open Society Foundations Announce Puerto Rico Youth Fellowships Program

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09/05/2018

... toll on Puerto Rico, wreaking havoc from which the island is still recovering. But the storm had a silver lining, too: stirring in Puerto Ricans an outpouring of community activism aimed at ... to reimagine...

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