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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Adds Olga Viso, Stephen Pitti, Cathy Davidson as Fellows

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04/03/2019

... Davidson as Fellows The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York has added three new fellows in residence: Cathy Davidson, a professor at the CUNY Graduate Center; Stephen Pitti, professor...

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DDCF Announces Inaugural Awardees of Child Well-being Leadership Development Grants

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04/23/2019

DDCF Announces Inaugural Awardees of Child Well-being Leadership Development Grants New York, April 23, 2019 – The Doris Duke Charitable ... said Lola Adedokun, program director for child well-being at...

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Goldman Sachs Brings 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative to Detroit

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12/01/2013

... in Detroit. Goldman Sachs has announced the launch of its 10,000 Small Businesses initiative in Detroit. In ... Community College, Wayne State University, and a variety of community-based organizations, the...

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08 May 2014

Community Food Funders Annual Gathering

Thursday, May 8, 2014 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

Please join us to celebrate another year of organizing funders to transform our regional food system! ... Lopate and Tracie McMillan. Presented by North Star Fund Community Food Funders Speakers Leonard Lopate ,...

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Simons Foundation, Autism Speaks and Autism Science Foundation launch Autism BrainNet registration site

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05/16/2014

... the Autism Science Foundation today announced the launch of the Autism BrainNet registration site, It Takes Brains ( www.takesbrains.org ). Autism BrainNet is a consortium of academic sites funded...

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Americans' Wait Time To See Doctors Is Longer Than in Many Other Countries

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07/05/2014

... the United States toward to the bottom in a Commonwealth Fund study of wait times for treatment in 11 countries. In ... immediate health needs are likely to increase, the result of the tens...

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Health

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City's Green Cart Initiative Judged An "Extraordinary Success"

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07/13/2014

... 2008, with support from the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund , to make more fresh fruits and vegetables available in ... The evaluation conducted by Columbia University School of International and Public...

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Pfizer Foundation Supports Vaccine Coverage in Africa to Reduce Child Mortality Rate

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09/19/2014

... Committee. The grants will focus on building the capacity of health care systems within the five countries to ensure ...

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Health

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Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled in BusinessWeek

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10/03/2014

... Profiled in BusinessWeek Judith Rodin is the president of the Rockefeller Foundation, which means she’s in charge of giving away one of America’s historic fortunes. One problem: “As rich as...

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OSF Founder Soros Instrumental in Advancing Drug Reform Policies in the United States

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10/03/2014

... United States Financier George Soros has become one of the largest supporters of drug reforms ranging from medical marijuana use to the ... funneled billions of his fortune, built through his...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Donates $1.6 Million to Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia

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10/21/2014

... The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to fund its EduCare Program. In recent years, Ethiopia's ... growth in primary school enrollment rates, but the number of students dropping out ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names the 2015 Doris Duke Artists

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04/02/2015

... Foundation (DDCF) today announced the 2015 class of Doris Duke Artists. Twenty remarkable performing artists ... multi-year funding as an investment in and celebration of their ongoing contributions to the...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Dedicated to Getting Veterans Back to Work

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04/20/2015

Bank of America Charitable Foundation Dedicated to Getting Veterans Back to Work Hope came in the form of the Veteran Integration Program (VIP), a ... and funds for work cards. VIP was the brainchild of...

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Dyson Foundation Backs Service Week in the Mid-Hudson Region

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05/15/2015

... Region Omega’s annual Service Week is comprised of two sessions: the Strengthening Communities Summit (May ... Summit prioritizes organizations that address a range of social, economic, or environmental issues...

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Median Pay For CEOs In Health Care Companies Higher Than Any Other Industry

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05/27/2015

Commonwealth Fund research cited in analysis of America's rising ... If that paycheck seems handsome, it wasn’t. At least, not when you compare it to Hemsley’s total pay .....

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center Director Examines Link Between Art and Economic Development

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08/18/2015

... era, a situation that has affected nearly every aspect of life in the country. This has included, of course, cultural institutions, with museums reporting ... institutions are restructured, as in the folding...

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Weinberg Foundation Matching Grant Initiaitive Raises More than $9 Million for Workforce Development

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08/20/2015

... The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, in ... to energize the philanthropic community in the area of workforce development. Specifically, this...

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Workforce Development

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MetLife Foundation Will Appear on 'Be the Change,' A Lifetime TV Network Program

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09/18/2015

... lives on Friday, September 18 and Friday, September 25 at 7:30 a.m. (ET/PT) on Lifetime®. “Providing ...

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Communications/Media

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Ford and Luce Foundations Support Scholars Bringing Fresh Eyes to Well-worn Topics in SE Asia

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11/23/2015

... When it comes to writing about the long-contentious issue of hydropower dams in Cambodia, there is little ground that ... Dam Development, focuses not on the impact and viability of hydropower dams, but on the...

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