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Hartford Foundation Awards Nearly $2.3 Million in Grants

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03/20/2014

The John A. Hartford Foundation awards $2.275 million in grants to the areas of palliative care and aging-related ... Foundation has announced grants totaling $2.275 million in the areas of palliative care and...

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CDC: Measles cases in USA hit 20-year high

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05/30/2014

CDC: Measles cases in USA hit 20-year high The USA has the most measles cases in ... outbreaks were eliminated in 2000, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

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Pinkerton Foundation Launches Literacy Initiative in Queens

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06/01/2014

Pinkerton Foundation Launches Literacy Initiative in Queens The Pinkerton Foundation has announced the launch of a neighborhood literacy initiative in South Jamaica, Queens, and awarded nearly $1.2 million...

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NYC Council members rip Walmart’s charity of ‘dangerous dollars’

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06/04/2014

... a letter to Walmart demanding that it stop making millions in charitable contributions to local groups here. Last ...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Advisory Board Picked to Help Move Community Schools Plan Forward

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07/17/2014

... 100 community schools by 2018--including the first 40 in partnership with the United Way of New York City--Mayor ...

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Simons Grantees Win Top Mathematics Honors

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08/13/2014

... Subhash Khot, respectively. Considered the highest honor in the field of mathematics, Fields Medals are awarded in recognition of outstanding mathematical work and the ... to mid-career mathematicians 40 years...

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Whatever Happened to Obama’s ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ in NYC?

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11/12/2014

Whatever Happened to Obama’s ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ in NYC? When Mayor de Blasio announced plans last week to ... city organizations that have been ploughing this terrain for several years now. Between 2010 and...

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Improving Health Care Is Billionaire Peterson’s Next Mission

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11/24/2014

... debt reduction, is now taking aim at some $800 billion in annual waste in the nation’s health-care system. The billionaire’s ... increase in U.S. health-care costs while improving care...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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President’s Changes on Immigration Mobilize Nonprofits, Foundations

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12/17/2014

... to help undocumented immigrants who are eligible for temporary legal status under the president’s executive action on immigration announced in November. All together, an estimated 5 million ...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Brooklyn Accelerator

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02/06/2015

... Accelerator Today, Brooklyn Community Foundation announces the launch of the Brooklyn Accelerator, a unique ... philanthropic resources across the borough. “The idea for the Brooklyn Accelerator came directly...

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Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Supports Initiative to Eliminate Veteran Homelessness in the United States

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02/19/2015

... Supports Initiative to Eliminate Veteran Homelessness in the United States Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation ... veteran and chronic homelessness over the next two years in 71 US communities, representing 30...

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Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare is Expanding Partnership with Hearst Foundation

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02/24/2015

Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare is Expanding Partnership with Hearst Foundation The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare today announced an ... these nurses will complete nearly 100,...

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McCray, Glen and Citi Launch Initiative to Support Women Entrepreneurs

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03/13/2015

First Lady Chirlane McCray, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen and Citi ... City), an initiative to expand female entrepreneurship in New York City, with a special focus on underserved...

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Bloomberg Gives $14M for Global Tobacco-Use Monitoring

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03/13/2015

... from Bloomberg Philanthropies to enable the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct tobacco-usage surveys in eleven countries. Part of the Bloomberg Initiative to ... Adult Tobacco Survey (...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Carnegie Fellowships to Aid Researchers in Humanities and Social Science

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04/22/2015

Carnegie Fellowships to Aid Researchers in Humanities and Social Science Scholars studying dying ... Fellowship, a new award intended to support research in the beleaguered humanities and social sciences. The...

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Arts

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New Prudential Foundation Initiative Will Assist Job Seekers with Disabilities

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04/27/2015

... 56 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life. The grant, provided through The ... Prudential Foundation, will help cover the start-up costs for Bridges to a Better Workforce, a...

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Ford Foundation Provides $500 Thousand for Relief Efforts in Nepal

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04/30/2015

Ford Foundation Provides $500 Thousand for Relief Efforts in Nepal The Ford Foundation today announced it was making ... Nepal, where the foundation has supported development work for over 60...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Backs Community Development in Baltimore

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05/11/2015

... Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Backs Community Development in Baltimore The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation ... three of Baltimore's largest charitable funders. In partnership with the Annie E. Casey...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gerstner Family Foundation Awards $10M to Broad Institute for Cancer Research

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05/26/2015

... research efforts focused on overcoming drug resistance in tumor cells. The grant will support a two-pronged approach ... identify the mechanisms that drive cancer drug resistance in tumor cells and, at the...

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