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JPMorgan Chase Launches Global Think Tank Dedicated to Delivering Data-Rich Analyses and Expert Insights for the Public Good

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05/21/2015

... designed to address global economic challenges. The new think tank released a groundbreaking inaugural report, ... Volatility: Big Data on the Financial Ups and Downs of U.S. Individuals, that uses proprietary...

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Teagle Awards $2 Million in Support of Liberal Arts Education

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06/01/2015

Teagle Awards $2 Million in Support of Liberal Arts Education Grants awarded through the foundation's new Liberal Arts in the Professions initiative include ... $398,000 over three years to the Rochester...

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Markle Foundation President Examines China as a Source of Jobs for the U.S. in WSJ OpEd

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06/04/2015

Markle Foundation President Examines China as a Source of Jobs for the U.S. in WSJ OpEd The 2016 presidential-campaign season will bring all sorts of familiar proposals to create jobs in the U.S., but ... should...

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Gerstner Family Foundation Commits $10 Million to Cancer Research

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06/11/2015

... Commits $10 Million to Cancer Research Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard announced a $10 million gift from the ... Family Foundation, which will expand cancer research at Broad Institute and broaden...

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HSBC Names Kelly W. Fisher Senior Vice President and U.S. Head of Corporate Sustainability

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07/15/2015

... Names Kelly W. Fisher Senior Vice President and U.S. Head of Corporate Sustainability Kelly W. Fisher has been ... the U.S. Kelly joins HSBC after nearly seven years at Toyota Motor North America, where she...

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Citi Foundation and Technoserve Partner for Economic Opportunity in Africa

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07/20/2015

... entrepreneurship takes center stage in Africa this month at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Citi Foundation and ... enhance incomes and increase the economic participation of women and youth. Youth account...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Works to Preserve Scholarly Latin Texts

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08/19/2015

... Works to Preserve Scholarly Latin Texts The University of Oklahoma is the recipient of a $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ... Open Data resource for providing resources and support...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $7.3 Million to Dance Organizations

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08/21/2015

... Organizations The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in New York City has announced the inaugural round of grants through its Leadership Grants Program for Dance to ... excellence in and a sustained commitment...

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John A. Hartford Helps Expand Program to Support Older Hospitalized Adults

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09/01/2015

... Program to Support Older Hospitalized Adults A program at Highland Hospital catering to older adults hospitalized ... officials said Monday. The John A. Hartford Foundation of New York, the...

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Carnegie-Backed Study Explores Adolescent Girls' Knowledge of HPV and Sexuality in Western Uganda

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09/02/2015

Carnegie-Backed Study Explores Adolescent Girls' Knowledge of HPV and Sexuality in Western Uganda Globally, about 500,000 new cases of cervical cancer and about 274,000 deaths due to the .....

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Ford and Atlantic Back Education Policy Think Tank

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09/04/2015

... education names, such Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the director of Harvard University's W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African ... Gutiérrez, a language, literacy and culture professor at the University ...

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The Century Foundation Examines Russia's Syrian Conflict Strategy

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09/24/2015

... the UN General Assembly on September 28, on the heels of a shrewdly publicized deployment of new Russian troops and military equipment to Syria. ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Backs Study Exploring Taskmaster Brain Region

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09/25/2015

... on track while you work step-by-step through a sequence of tasks, you aren’t far off. In new research, Brown University scientists report evidence that a particular part of the brain is...

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Gap Inc. Announces Commitment To Advance The Lives Of One Million Women

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09/28/2015

Gap Inc. Announces Commitment To Advance The Lives Of One Million Women Art Peck, chief executive officer of Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS), announced today a significant ... will broaden into a suite of...

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Bank of America and Habitat for Humanity Launch Second Global Build

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10/06/2015

Bank of America and Habitat for Humanity Launch Second Global Build In recognition of the United Nations’ World Habitat Day, Bank of America, ... the Global Build will feature the first-ever home...

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American Express Puts Nonprofit Leadership Programs Online

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10/29/2015

... Online Seeking to improve the leadership skills at nonprofits around the world, the American Express Foundation is starting an ambitious new digital effort to train aspiring charity executives. ... Leaderosity...

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National League of Cities and MetLife Foundation Partner for Eight City Project

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10/30/2015

National League of Cities and MetLife Foundation Partner for Eight City Project Today, the National League of Cities (NLC) is launching a new initiative in partnership with MetLife Foundation to...

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Tow Foundation Touted as Prime Example of Funder Helping Turn the Tide for Juvenile Justice Reform

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11/19/2015

Tow Foundation Touted as Prime Example of Funder Helping Turn the Tide for Juvenile Justice Reform A new precedent was set recently when Connecticut Governor ... Dannel Malloy announced a plan to establish 20 as...

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MetLife Foundation Partners with Duke University on CommonCents Lab

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12/08/2015

... that will apply behavioral economics to identify new ways to help millions of Americans improve their saving and spending habits. The ... B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral...

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