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Pursuit Bonds, Funded by Inherent Foundation, Helps Provide Workforce Training for Disadvantaged New Yorkers

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03/15/2019

... is an enthusiastic Amazon backer. He wanted the company to build a big new campus in New York and participated in wooing it. He met with Amazon ... about that among people who see the winners...

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Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Finds Bonding Exercises Cut Discipline Disparity for Students of Color

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04/04/2019

... boys develop better relationships with teachers, according to new research. The exercises also sharply reduce their risk ... future, report researchers. Their research, which appears in the Journal of...

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Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Shows Glimpse of How Moisture and Humidity Affect Mold Growth

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06/10/2019

Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Shows Glimpse of How Moisture and Humidity Affect ... recently published an article with several co-authors in Nature Communications titled "Microbial and...

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Initial Funding From Ford Foundation, New York Community Trust Supports New Council on Criminal Justice

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07/23/2019

... research and advocacy organization whose founder bills it as a new “center of gravity and crossroads” for criminal justice policy was set to launch Tuesday with a roster of prominent members from ... task...

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The New York Community Trust

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Rita Allen Foundation Supports UC Berkley Research Findings that Could Improve Diagnosis, Treatment of Depression

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10/29/2019

... biomarkers — genes and specific brain circuits in mice — associated with a common symptom of depression: ... lack of motivation. The finding could guide research to find new ways to diagnose...

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Burke Foundation Executive Director Atiya Weiss Selected as a 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow

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10/07/2021

Burke Foundation Executive Director Atiya Weiss Selected as a 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow Washington, DC, Oct. ... Fellows. This vanguard of 19 changemakers are committed to reinventing...

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Five Nonprofits Win Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Spark Prize for Outstanding Commitment to Racial Justice

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01/12/2022

... Foundation ’s Spark Prize for Outstanding Commitment to Racial Justice We are pleased to announce the recipients ... only honor celebrating nonprofits advancing racial justice in...

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The New York Stem Cell Foundation Mourns the Loss of CEO Susan L. Solomon

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09/09/2022

... on September 8 th , shortly after she had stepped down as CEO, after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Dr. Derrick ... Institute, the largest independent stem cell laboratory in the United States. As...

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Redlich Horwitz Foundation Releases New Guide and Online Clearinghouse for Counties to Prepare for the Family First Act

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10/10/2018

... Releases New Guide and Online Clearinghouse for Counties to Prepare for the Family First Act The Redlich Horwitz ... help New York and its counties place more children in foster care with kinship and foster...

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New Grants Totaling $4.5 Million Approved by John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees

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06/11/2020

... has approved funding for eight grants totaling $4,534,763 to address COVID-19 in nursing homes, spread age-friendly care, support family ... pandemic. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), as...

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Mexico’s Muxe Leaders Assert Rights and Strengthen “Social Armor” Through Visibility - Work Supported by The Arcus Foundation Grantee

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02/21/2023

... Oaxaca state is achieving significant advances in influencing how they are seen by wider society and treated ... of discrimination and violence. “It’s very important to make the community visible and reach...

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With Support From the Tow Foundation, Soho Rep Gets a Safer Space for Its Dangerous Plays

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02/05/2018

... sprinkler system components packed the upstairs hallway; in the theater itself, a lighting team wearing cloth masks crowded around a table. It was good to be home. In September of 2016, Soho...

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Action Plan Released to Conserve One of Africa’s Richest Sites for Biodiversity with Support from the Arcus Foundation

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02/14/2018

Action Plan Released to Conserve One of Africa’s Richest Sites for Biodiversity ... blueprint to protect one of the most biodiverse regions in Africa: the Albertine Rift, home to...

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Research Funded by Russell Sage Foundation Shows Great Recession Still Plagues Workers With Lower Lifetime Wages

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03/13/2018

... Workers With Lower Lifetime Wages Losing a job often leads to lower earnings that stretch long beyond the time of ... these lower lifetime earnings. For displaced workers in Washington state during the Great...

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New Report by Russell Sage Foundation Trustees: A New Threat to Immigrants’ Health — The Public-Charge Rule

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08/08/2018

... Report by Russell Sage Foundation Trustees: A New Threat to Immigrants’ Health — The Public-Charge Rule RSF ... of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) have authored a new report in the New England...

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HBO Acquires TV and Streaming Rights to Casey Family Programs and Hilton Foundation Funded Documentary Feature Foster

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08/23/2018

HBO Acquires TV and Streaming Rights to Casey Family Programs and Hilton Foundation Funded ... recently had its world premiere at AFI Docs Film Festival in Washington, D.C., will debut on HBO...

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Report From Century Foundation: English Learners and School Choice: Helping Charter Schools Serve Multilingual Families

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04/30/2019

... and culturally diverse than at any other point in American history. Over twelve million school-aged U.S. ... Nearly one in ten U.S. students is currently classified as an English learner (EL...

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Klarman Family Foundation Among Donors to Boston Public Schools Arts Expanision Initiative

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06/25/2019

Klarman Family Foundation Among Donors to Boston Public Schools Arts Expanision Initiative Three ... among 60 Boston Public Schools that will receive $350,000 in grants to fund...

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A Toxic Chemical in Marine Ecosystems Turns Out to Play a Beneficial Role, Study Funded by Ford Foundation Finds

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07/22/2019

A Toxic Chemical in Marine Ecosystems Turns Out to Play a Beneficial Role, ... "free radical" molecules in the body that can age cells as a response to...

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