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Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Scholarship Program at Duke Aims to Increase Underrepresented Minorities in Graduate Stem Disciplines

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01/18/2018

... a new program focused on increasing its population of underrepresented minority students studying science and ... from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the University Center of Exemplary Mentoring program will...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President

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01/19/2018

... The Ford Foundation today announced the appointment of Hilary Pennington as its first executive vice president, a role in which she will oversee all of the foundation's programs in the US and globally...

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Philip Li, President & CEO of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Joins the Board of Directors at GEO

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02/21/2018

Philip Li, President & CEO of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Joins the Board of Directors at GEO GEO is pleased to announce the addition of three new members to our board of...

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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)

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NYCT's Patricia Swann and Kerry Mccarthy Write About the Power and Possibility of the ‘Black Panther’ Moment

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03/06/2018

... and Kerry Mccarthy Write About the Power and Possibility of the ‘Black Panther’ Moment Black Panther” is being ... why. It’s more than just a movie; it’s a celebration of black excellence. Entire communities...

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The New York Community Trust

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OSF Report Finds That Women Are Vastly Outnumbered at Europe’s Top Policy Events

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03/08/2018

... Events Europe’s top 23 policy events feature an average of three male speakers to every woman, according to an Open ... Top Policy Events , uses a five-year statistical analysis of 12,600 speakers at leading...

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Finance & Asset Management

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21 Mar 2018

Advancing Economic Opportunity for Immigrants and Refuge - A Webinar Hosted by AFN & GCIR

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1:00pm to 2:00pm

... as a catalyst for community revitalization and an engine of economic growth. While newcomers possess an ... Lin , Chief Executive Officer, Chinese Community Center of Houston Manuel Pastor , Director, Program...

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Schott Foundation President on How to Keep our Schools Safe

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03/09/2018

... our Schools Safe A few months before the tragic shooting of 17 students and educators at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High ... students’ more basic needs, including their sense of being loved and belonging. Our...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Research Co-Sponsored by The JPB Foundation Examines Quality of Abortion Care

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03/16/2018

... Co-Sponsored by The JPB Foundation Examines Quality of Abortion Care The quality of abortion care depends on where a woman lives, says one of ... the vast majority of...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Hilton Foundation's Quest to Bring Safe Water to All

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04/05/2018

... confronting the life-and-death challenges facing millions of people worldwide in the area of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)? Put that question to ... give you this answer: Philanthropists can assume some...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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A Look At The Building Bridges Program, Funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

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04/10/2018

... Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Building Bridges is one of the arms of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, which in turn is part of the larger, New York-based Doris Duke Charitable ...

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William T. Grant Foundation Awards Three Year Grant to Cornell University to Study Opioid Use in Rural Upstate New York

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04/11/2018

... to Study Opioid Use in Rural Upstate New York The College of Human Ecology at Cornell University, in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, was awarded a three-year $650,000 grant...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

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The Silicon Valley Community Foundation Seeks to Do Things Differently

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04/13/2018

... operate, is emblazoned on the wall right outside of Carson’s office , and says that its goal is to “partner with donors ... aiming to work across nine counties that includes dozens of...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards Critical Path Institute a Grant to Focus on Crohn's disease

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04/16/2018

... The pre-consortium will identify unmet needs for the use of biomarkers in developing new treatments for people with Crohn's disease. Currently, a lack of regulatory-endorsed tools, such as biomarkers,...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Bloomberg Philanthropies' 2018 U.S. Mayors Challenge Entry Helps Homeless Store Their Vital Documents Digitally

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04/19/2018

... technology. The effort will be introduced as part of a Pop-Up Resource Clinic event hosted by The City of Austin and community organizations on Thursday, April 19, ... School at The University of...

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OSF Leaving Hungary Under Government Pressure

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05/15/2018

... Pressure Under intense political pressure and the threat of legal sanctions, George Soros’s Open Society Foundations ... stifled dissent and declared last week that “ the era of liberal democracy is over .”...

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Salesforce Staff Ask CEO to Revisit Ties With Border Agency

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06/28/2018

... Staff Ask CEO to Revisit Ties With Border Agency Hundreds of Salesforce.com Inc. employees signed a letter to Chief ... and Border Protection agency, the latest in a series of staff protests at technology...

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Ford Foundation Joins Funders To Launch The Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund

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08/13/2018

... Philanthropy Fund. The fund just released its first round of grants, totaling $14 million, which will go to advancing ... they serve. Studies show that fewer than 20 percent of nonprofit leaders are people...

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Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers Find Alzheimer's One Day May Be Predicted During Eye Exam

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08/23/2018

... offices, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have detected evidence suggesting ... Alzheimer's in older patients who had no symptoms of the disease. Their study, involving...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Remembering Paul Newman

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09/26/2018

... never before seen footage as the actor gives a tour of the Newman’s Own office , pointing to the outdoor furniture he brought over ... to shut down. So we brought it in here.” The business of...

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