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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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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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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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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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Arcus Foundation Establishes Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership

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12/04/2015

... The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership (ACSJL) at Kalamazoo College has named four Southwest Michigan social ... Fellowship Program aims to build the leadership capacity of emerging and veteran social...

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Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)

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01/11/2016

Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer Glioblastoma multiforme is a ... deadly cancer. A person diagnosed with this type of brain tumor typically survives 15 months, if given the ... to...

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Rockefeller Partnership to Support Cities' Infrastructure Recovery

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01/25/2016

... initiative designed to accelerate the economic recovery of cities in the aftermath of catastrophic natural disasters. Announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the ...

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JPB Foundation Partners with Others in Support of Energy Efficiency for All

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02/12/2016

JPB Foundation Partners with Others in Support of Energy Efficiency for All Energy costs can impose a ... to combat this adversity in 12 states with a combination of private and public funds. It is building up...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Impact Investing's Role in Global Development (Rockefeller Foundation)

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02/19/2016

... (Rockefeller Foundation) I recently went to an event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies called ... Development?'. The event brought together a diverse panel of experts from the private...

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Casey Family Programs Evaluates Housing’s Role in Child Welfare Services

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05/24/2016

... whether supportive housing could change the trajectory of families facing a number of destabilizing factors that can lead to homelessness, open ... known as “Partnerships to Demonstrate the Effectiveness...

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Episcopal Health Foundation Tells Angel’s Story on Healthy Homes to Treat Asthma

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01/31/2017

... Story on Healthy Homes to Treat Asthma Angel's Story looks at the early success of a home-visit program at Northwest Assistance Ministries ... (EHF). The program searches for the non-...

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