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Soros Slams Putin For 'Heinous Crimes Against Humanity' In Syria

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10/06/2016

... (Syrian President) Bashar al-Assad," he said in a new statement on his website posted on Thursday morning... .....

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Johnson & Johnson Solicits Snaps For Students

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10/20/2016

... of philanthropically-minded shutterbugs. A large number, to be specific. That's because it's partnering with Rutgers University to give health-care students a bit of a lift, through the Donate a...

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Health

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Landlords Are Sitting on Empty Apartments in Affordable Buildings, says Official

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10/21/2016

... poorly maintained apartment buildings are challenging New Yorkers' chances of finding affordable housing at a time when they need it most, according to local elected officials. Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez...

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Housing and Homelessness

Study Supported by Surdna Shows Tech Companies Exploit Public Subsidies

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10/25/2016

... million per job for data centers the companies must build to run “the cloud.” Indeed, the companies are so ... other that more than half the states have even enacted new data center-specific tax break programs...

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Community Development

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Wallace Foundation Supports a Transgender Story Told Through Opera

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11/11/2016

... and Ella Fitzgerald. But the location isn't the only new thing about Seattle Opera's As One,which will be ... tells the story of Hannah, a transwoman, and her journey to self-understanding. The opera...

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Arts

LGBTQ

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Americans Cost Barrier Decreasing, But More Improvement Needed

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11/17/2016

... But More Improvement Needed From The Commonwealth Fund: A new survey of adults in the U.S. and 10 other high-income ... that fewer Americans are reporting that cost is a barrier to getting care. In 2016, 33...

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Simons Foundation Supports Study That Finds Bacteria Can Survive In Oxygen-Free Marine Environments

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12/19/2016

... Bacteria Can Survive In Oxygen-Free Marine Environments New research shows a certain oxygen breathing limit for ...

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Edna McConnell Clark's Nancy Roob Gives Tedx Talk About Re-Imagining Philanthropy

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03/30/2017

... Tedx Talk About Re-Imagining Philanthropy In 10 Years: A New Normal for Philanthropy At this year's TEDxPennAve in ... how a life-changing experience encouraged her and EMCF to re-imagine the way...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Rockefeller Foundation Survey Reveals Insight into the College Skills Gap

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05/01/2017

... learned in college at work, and 86 percent are learning new skills outside of college. It’s too early to know if skipping college and earning credentials instead will provide a viable career path. Companies...

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Ford Foundation to Open First Detroit Office In 64 Years

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05/31/2017

Ford Foundation to Open First Detroit Office In 64 Years The Ford Foundation is getting ready to open its first office in Detroit since leaving the city in ... Walker said the international foundation has hired a...

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NYC Education Department Failed To Track $84M For Disabled Student Services

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08/28/2017

NYC Education Department Failed To Track $84M For Disabled Student Services The city Education Department failed to keep tabs on $84 million it paid to outside vendors for services to...

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DOE Expands Comfort Dog Program In NYC Schools

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10/02/2017

... will be expanding its Comfort Dog Program by adding 30 new schools across the city — nine of them in Brooklyn. The ... member adopts a dog. The dog is brought into the school to help students and staff with...

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Schneiderman Vows To Sue Over Clean Power Plan Repeal

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10/10/2017

Schneiderman Vows To Sue Over Clean Power Plan Repeal The decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to scrap the Clean Power Plan will be challenged in court by ... once again putting industry special...

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Carnegie Corp. Reviews Callahan’s The Givers

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12/04/2017

... author of The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age, sees the uniquely American tradition of ... complicated story about philanthropy and influence in a new Gilded Age,” he writes. “It’s...

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Robert Smith III Joins the Surdna Foundation as Program Officer, Thriving Cultures

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02/06/2019

... Thriving Cultures The Surdna Foundation is pleased to announce its hire of Robert Smith III as Program Officer ... Radical Imagination for Racial Justice . In his new role he will develop and leverage...

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Issac H. Tuttle Fund Announces the Appointment of Gillian Francis as Executive Director

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10/06/2021

... Associate Director in June 2017. We welcome Gillian to her new position with great excitement Issac H. Tuttle ...

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Karen Davis Named to Lead Lipitz Center at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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12/03/2012

... The Commonwealth Fund , Karen Davis, Ph.D., is returning to the Johns Hopkins University, where she previously chaired ... Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care. She assumes her new position on January 1,...

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Greer Leaving Post as President and CEO of Nathan Cummings Foundation

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06/10/2014

... since January 2012, is leaving later this month. According to Greer, his departure is due to differences with the board ... the Foundation has been doing and to help lead in some new...

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Erik Estrada Joins Andrus Family Fund

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12/14/2015

... Family Fund The Andrus Family Fund welcomed Erik Estrada to its team this past week. Erik will serve as Program ... joins Andrus from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI)...

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