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With Support from Rockefeller, '100K Opportunities Initiative' Achieves Hiring Goal Two Years Ahead of Schedule

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09/01/2016

With Support from Rockefeller, 039 ;100K Opportunities Initiative 039 ; ... The coalition, formed in July 2015, is now aligning with the cross-sector goal of creating one...

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Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to University of Michigan to Endow Postdoctoral Humanities Positions

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09/12/2016

... Foundation funded these positions for six years. The new gift ensures the future of the fellows, providing the opportunity for recent Ph.D. 039 ;s with the time and financial support to...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Contributes Funds for Online Tool to Reveal Commercial Fishing Activity Worldwide

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09/15/2016

... today launched the public Beta of Global Fishing Watch, a new online technology platform that allows anyone in the ... destruction. The announcement was made in conjunction with the Our Ocean Conference in...

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Russell Sage Survey Finds Fear of Other People Is Now Primary Motivation for American Gun Ownership

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09/19/2016

... themselves to protect against attack by other people, a new survey of U.S. gun ownership by researchers at Harvard ...

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Doris Duke Supports NY Dance and Performance Bessie Award Nominees

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09/20/2016

... Nominees The NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, New York City 039 ;s premier dance awards honoring outstanding .....

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City Council to Examine Young Men's Initiative Funded by Bloomberg and Open Society Foundations

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09/21/2016

... and The Open Society Foundation and ongoing support from New York City tax dollars (up to $67.5 million over three ...

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Commonwealth Fund Reports Detail Impacts of Clinton and Trump Health Reform Proposals

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09/23/2016

... The Commonwealth Fund recently commissioned analysts with the RAND Corporation to crunch the numbers and find out ... the U.S. You can now learn all about the findings in two new Commonwealth Fund reports, our...

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Supported by Rockefeller, MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers

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09/26/2016

... Inclusive Innovation Competition (IIC) under the ‘ new models’ category, has reached 70,000 farmers through a ... profound digital transformation. The competition is funded with support from The Rockefeller...

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Century Foundation Report Criticizes Student Loan Guaranty Agencies

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09/29/2016

... Agencies When the federal government stopped guaranteeing new bank-based student loans on June 30, 2010, it left behind ... committed to the public interest. But keeping them aligned with the needs of students...

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Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Now Accepting Applications for the 2017 Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research

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10/03/2016

... up to three years is awarded annually to at least five New York City-based scientists, enabling them to continue to ...

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Zegar Family Foundation Supports 'Sunday in the Park' Starring Jake Gyllenhaal at City Center

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10/04/2016

... in the Park 039 ; Starring Jake Gyllenhaal at City Center New York City Center today announced additional casting for ... Sondheim and James Lapine 039 ;s Sunday in the Park with...

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Markle Foundation Study Finds Women in Sweet Spot of U.S. Economy

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10/07/2016

... in jobs that require more social and analytical skills, a new study from the Pew Research Center finds. Those jobs are ...

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Stonewall Community Foundation Accepting Proposals for LGBTQ Youth Services

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10/07/2016

... challenges to service provision for LGBTQ youth in New York City in unique and novel ways. One-year ...

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Wallace Selects Seven Universities to Participate in $47M Initiative

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10/13/2016

... and their state and district partners to participate in a new $47-million initiative to develop models over the next ... an independent study will capture lessons to be shared with policymakers and...

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Food Bank of South Jersey Receives $50,000 Child Hunger Impact Grant from Morgan Stanley Foundation

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10/13/2016

... services to low-income children in two Burlington County, New Jersey towns. The funding will permit FBSJ to provide ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Donates $50M to Museum of Science

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10/18/2016

... company and served as a three-term mayor of New York. But what people might not know is that Bloomberg ...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500K to Support Solar Energy in Developing Countries

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10/20/2016

... million in grant funding in the past year. Funds from the new grant will support GivePower 039 ;s expansion into seven .....

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American Cancer Society Honors Dave Hattem of AXA at 54th Annual Gala on Long Island

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10/20/2016

... Gala of Hope held at Fox Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, New York on September 22nd, 2016. Hattem leads AXA’s law ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Self-Driving Cars Initiative Launches in Nashville and Five Other Cities

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10/25/2016

... initiative launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies in New York and the Washington, D.C.-based Aspen Institute. The ... Austin, Los Angeles, Paris and Buenos Aires, along with five other cities to be added this...

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