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NYC Secures $80.2 Million from State Funding Competitions for 112 Projects Across City

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12/09/2016

... State Funding Competitions for 112 Projects Across City New York City was one of the big winners Thursday in statewide competitions for ... six years ago. All told, Cuomo announced the awarding of...

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Community Development

Funded by The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Scientists Develop Sun Shield to Prevent Coral Bleaching

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03/27/2018

... Develop Sun Shield to Prevent Coral Bleaching A group of scientists developed a "sun shield" that they hope can ... to corals. The project was also designed to explore new ways to reduce the impact...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Funded by Russell Sage, Study Finds Childhood Obesity Rates Rise During Summer Break, Not During School Year

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11/02/2016

... summer vacations, not during the school year, according to new research from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. Paul...

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Commonwealth Fund Research Cited in NYTimes Piece on 'Fake Freedom' of GOP Health Plan

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03/20/2017

Commonwealth Fund Research Cited in NYTimes Piece on 'Fake Freedom' of GOP Health Plan Last week the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the new Republican health...

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Tiffany & Co. Foundation Funds Study on Corals; Some Corals Are Adapting To Warming Climate

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05/03/2017

... on Corals; Some Corals Are Adapting To Warming Climate A new WCS study reveals evidence that some corals are adapting ... warming ocean waters - potentially good news in the face of recent reports of...

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W.T. Grant Funds Research on How Technology Use Affects At-Risk Youth

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05/03/2017

W.T. Grant Funds Research on How Technology Use Affects At -Risk Youth More use of technology is linked to later increases in attention, ... adolescents already at risk for mental health issues, a...

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Alarming Number of Young Girls in Mexico Are Forced to Marry, Ford-Funded Report Finds

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05/04/2017

Alarming Number of Young Girls in Mexico Are Forced to Marry, Ford-Funded ... between 12 and 14 are living in "early unions." Hundreds of thousands of young girls in Mexico are being...

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Gender Justice

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Serving Up Success: Citi Foundation Grant Funds FIU Assistance to Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs

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08/25/2017

... University create StartUP FIU FOOD, an incubator to help new food and beverage entrepreneurs grow their companies with ... and even furnishes access to commercial-grade kitchens at BBC at...

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Community Development

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Gene Editing Research to Identify Gene that Controls Butterfly Wing Color

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10/26/2018

... Heliconius butterflies are a diverse and colorful group of species that live throughout tropical regions of Central and South America. Many of them have wing patterns ... other species to...

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Science

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Us Too: Building Cultures of Consent and Safety in Social Justice Organizations

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11/20/2019

... the site visit, we received news that the director of a new applicant organization had allegations of sexual ... how do we best provide support? How do we support grantees...

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Weinberg Foundation Approves $500,000 in Emergency Funding to Those Affected by Hurricane Irma in Florida

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09/27/2017

... The Weinberg Foundation has approved an immediate response of $500,000 in emergency funding to five organizations ... Alliance (SRA) ($150,000): To distribute relief funds to meet the immediate needs ...

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Disaster Relief

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Annie E. Casey Foundation Funded Research Shows Close to Home is Worth Fighting For

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03/30/2018

... from the Annie E. Casey Foundation to conduct a case study of C2H, convened their March 16 forum months earlier than ... hold providers to the best standards if you don’t fund them properly. You can’t work...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Justice Reform

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Ford, J.M.Kaplan, Teagle and David Rockefeller Fund All Working to Bring College Into Prison

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10/30/2017

Ford, J.M.Kaplan, Teagle and David Rockefeller Fund All Working to Bring College Into Prison A small but ... prison education program continues to expand with the help of some big foundations. The Prison to...

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Commonwealth Fund Supported Report Shows Uninsured Rate Drops Substantially in Most States

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12/14/2017

Commonwealth Fund Supported Report Shows Uninsured Rate Drops ... Act’s major health coverage expansions, according to a new Commonwealth Fund scorecard assessing access to health ... insurance...

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Commonwealth Funded Study Shows Impacts State-based Individual Mandates Would Have in 2019

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07/25/2018

... to the penalty structure under the ACA before the passage of The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017. Currently only three ... mandates. Massachusetts implemented its mandate in 2006. New Jersey,...

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United Hospital Fund Report Takes In-Depth Look at Hidden Impact of Opioid Epidemic on Children

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03/07/2019

United Hospital Fund Report Takes In-Depth Look at Hidden Impact of Opioid Epidemic on Children NEW YORK, NEW YORK March 7, 2019—Opioid addiction is ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Elizabeth J. Fowler to Join the Commonwealth Fund as Executive Vice President for Programs and Melinda Abrams Promoted to Senior Vice President

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07/16/2019

Elizabeth J. Fowler to Join the Commonwealth Fund as Executive Vice President for Programs and Melinda Abrams Promoted to Senior Vice President New York, NY, July 16, 2019 — Liz Fowler, a leading ... Council, and...

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Chief Of 100 Resilient Cities, A Rockefeller Funded Program, On How Cities Can Tackle Climate Change

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07/25/2017

Chief Of 100 Resilient Cities, A Rockefeller Funded Program, On How ... Climate Change Nearly five years after Hurricane Sandy hit New York to devastating effect, America’s most populated ... crucial. We tend to...

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Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants

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11/01/2017

... Bard Prison Initiative. Now Bard College is launching a new satellite in another site that bucks tradition: the ... Max Kenner, vice president for institutional initiatives at Bard College in Annandale-on-...

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