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

Release Date:

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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Noyes Selects Four New Board Members

Release Date:

04/01/2013

... have all joined the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Board of Directors. Brook Beardsley is the daughter of George ... of the Noyes family. She is an Auto Damage Unit Manager at...

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

Release Date:

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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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Policy Core Series 2020 - A Recap

policy core.png The Policy Core series is a set of perennial programs at Philanthropy New York that helps funders navigate the legal, strategic, ... grant agreements that...

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

Release Date:

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

Justice Reform

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

Release Date:

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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Justice Reform

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

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

Release Date:

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

Release Date:

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

Release Date:

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

Release Date:

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

Release Date:

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

Release Date:

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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Supported by The Mayday Fund, Scientists Take a Big Step Toward Building a Better Opioid

Release Date:

01/09/2018

Supported by The Mayday Fund , Scientists Take a Big Step Toward Building a Better ... Opioid For the first time, scientists at the University of North Carolina School of...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and National Science Foundation Fund Creation of Battery-Free HD Video Streaming Technology

Release Date:

04/27/2018

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and National Science Foundation Fund Creation of Battery-Free HD Video Streaming Technology Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a...

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Study Funded by The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Shows No Early Dementia in 21 Past NHL, NFL Players

Release Date:

08/09/2018

... Shows No Early Dementia in 21 Past NHL, NFL Players In a new study, researchers found no evidence of early onset dementia in a small sample of retired professional hockey and football players...

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Pinkerton Elects Daniel Mosley as New Chair

Release Date:

02/17/2017

Pinkerton Elects Daniel Mosley as New Chair George Gillespie becomes Chairman Emeritus; ... Weathers joins board FEBRUARY 15, 2017-- After fifty years of extraordinary philanthropic leadership, George J. ... Smith...

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14 Mar 2019

The Green New Deal: Putting Energy to Work

Thursday, March 14, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

The Green New Deal aims to address economic inequality while building a ... jobs growth, as demonstrated by recent industry reports at the state and federal levels, can serve disadvantaged ... other support...

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Environment and Climate Change

Workforce Development

World Education Services Mariam Assefa Fund Supports Launch of Citywide Immigrant Workforce Initiative in Philadelphia

Release Date:

01/15/2020

World Education Services Mariam Assefa Fund Supports Launch of Citywide Immigrant Workforce ... by: Office of Workforce Development, Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians |...

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Community Development

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Long Island Community Foundation Issues RFP for the Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund

Release Date:

12/04/2019

... Issues RFP for the Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund Proposal Due: Friday, January 17, 2020 Link to RFP Email ... to restore and protect the health and living resources of the Long Island Sound. We are...

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12 Jul 2016

Using Advocacy to Support Mission: What Your Foundation Can and Can’t Do, Can and Can’t Fund

Tuesday, July 12, 2016 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... policy or legal advocacy Your foundation grants cannot fund nonprofits that advocate or lobby A 501 (h) election ... allows your foundation to take a stance on a piece of legislation Administrative lobbying is...