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Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS

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09/23/2016

... Tracking-1 experiment, an investigation designed to look into different kinds of microbes collected from the surfaces ... to the ISS to perform vital research. All of the mission is connected to various...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Close the Divide Between Education and Work

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01/21/2016

... careers. At the time, the thinking was that going directly into the workforce from high school was an option of last ... (CTE) programs, students receive education and training aligned with specific career...

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Wait—What is Venture Philanthropy, Again?

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02/27/2014

What is Venture Philanthropy? Rockefeller Foundation explains in Nonprofit Quarterly.

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Supported by Rockefeller and Bloomberg, Climate Finance Project Finds Solutions for Low-Carbon Growth

Release Date:

07/26/2016

Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance is engineering new solutions that unlock private investment for climate-resilient and low-carbon growth in developing countries.

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Carnegie's Kim Lew Voices Concerns on Low-Return Environments for Foundation Endowments

Release Date:

08/24/2016

... foundations are facing tough choices about eating into their endowments or cutting activities, after their ...

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JPB, Rockefeller Support New Initiative, 'Reimagining the Civic Commons'

Release Date:

09/08/2016

Akron, Memphis, Chicago, and Detroit will split $40 million in funding for small, local projects “at the bottom of every mayor’s budget list.”

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Freedom Together Foundation

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What's So Interesting About This Walton Pledge for NYC Charter Schools?

Release Date:

09/27/2017

The Walton Family Foundation recently pledged to invest more than $2 million to create new charter schools in New York City.

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20 Nov 2014

Today’s Libraries

Thursday, November 20, 2014 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Community Anchors for Innovative Digital Media Learning, Markerspaces, and After-school Programming. Libraries are on the cutting edge of connectivity and strategies to bridge the digital divide. Kansas City Public Library is collaborating with...

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New York State

Taking the Long View on Health Care – A Note to Congress

Release Date:

01/30/2017

Christopher Koller, president of the Milbank Memorial Fund, writes a letter with three suggestions Congress should consider when debating next steps for the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

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TCC Group

Where Walls Exist, the Arts Provide a Doorway

Release Date:

03/27/2017

... to be done to counter Islamophobia. In a February 2017 report , the Southern Poverty Law Center cited a 197 percent ... “There you go, Muslim!” and hurled an explosive device into his car. A Christian Arab man...

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Doris Duke Foundation

Responding to Change: A Look at Strategies Helping Wildlife and People Adapt to Shifting Climates

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03/28/2018

... Fund supports the field in integrating climate science into their conservation efforts and expanding the number of ... to long-term climate impacts. In both documents, WCS offers examples of climate-adaptive...

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Doris Duke Foundation

The Smart Way to Get US Employees Back to Work

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04/29/2020

... the goal has to be to get as many workers as possible back into their prior jobs, and to provide income support for ... what skills do they have? Again, the answer has to take into account who can first return...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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

Release Date:

01/12/2022

... to virtual programming and has transformed its office into a direct relief hub, distributing 22,000+ food boxes and ... Sexual Abuse to Maternal Mortality Pipeline report and institute has pioneered a campaign...

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FORE Announces $4.8 Million in Grants That Support Innovative Solutions to Ending the Opioid Crisis

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02/01/2022

The projects, all part of FORE’s new Innovation Program, were selected based on a national request for proposals that yielded 479 submissions from around the country.

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Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE)

Connecticut Council for Philanthropy Announces New President

Release Date:

02/17/2017

Following a national search, the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) announces that Karla Fortunato will be its new president, effective May 1.