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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Notes Ways Foundations Can Step Up to Scale Solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals

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09/25/2017

... Philanthropy Advisors Notes Ways Foundations Can Step Up to Scale Solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals Many ... week a group of foundations turned the lens on themselves to see what they can do...

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Sustainable Innovation: 5 Questions Every Company Should Ask Itself

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09/25/2017

... Innovation: 5 Questions Every Company Should Ask Itself In his book ‘The Way to Design,” Steve Vassalo quotes John Arnold, who taught a ... important than the eventual answers.” When it comes to...

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Most States Plan To Use Student Absences To Measure School Success

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09/27/2017

Most States Plan To Use Student Absences To Measure School Success How do you ... how good a school is? Test scores? Culture? Attendance? In the new federal education law (the...

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Education

Mellon Supports Vanderbilt University's Workshop on TV News Preservation

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09/28/2017

... librarians and TV news professionals will make the journey to Vanderbilt University next year to discuss the future of preserving broadcast television ... Next Generation” workshop, with the goal of developing...

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Communications/Media

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General Motors Is Going All Electric

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10/03/2017

... all-electric, zero-emissions future. That starts with two new , fully electric models next year—then at least 18 more ... proclaiming the age of electricity and promising to move away from gasoline- and diesel-...

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Environment and Climate Change

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NYers Face Harsher ATM Fees Than Nearly Anyone in Nation, Study Finds

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10/04/2017

NYers Face Harsher ATM Fees Than Nearly Anyone in Nation, Study Finds If it feels like you're constantly paying more to withdraw your own money from an ATM not affiliated with ... are up a staggering 55...

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Economic Security

FDA's Approval Of A Cheaper Drug For Hepatitis C Will Likely Expand Treatment

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10/04/2017

... Likely Expand Treatment Valerie Green is still waiting to be cured. The Delaware resident was diagnosed with ... for the Medicaid program's criteria for treatment with a new class of highly effective but...

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Where You Live, How You Give: What a Fidelity Study Says About U.S. Donors

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10/06/2017

... You Give: What a Fidelity Study Says About U.S. Donors A new study sponsored by the nation’s second largest ... Charitable, highlights regional differences of giving in the United States. The scope and reach...

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker, One of Rolling Stones 25 People Shaping the Future

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11/22/2017

... have long operated by noblesse oblige, seeking to blunt the sharp edges of capitalism by funding programs ... Walker, the Ford Foundation is taking a different tack. " In philanthropy we must move from a...

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Laura Landy, CEO and President of The Rippel Foundation Joins Grantmakers In Health Board of Directors

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12/01/2017

... and President of The Rippel Foundation Joins Grantmakers In Health Board of Directors Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is pleased to announce that Laura Landy has been elected to...

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Johnson & Johnson Joins the Coalition for the American Dream

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01/05/2018

... is joining the Coalition for the American Dream—not only to advocate for the protection of America’s Dreamers and ... to unleash the potential of the brilliant mix of people, in every corner...

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A Conversation with Rockefeller Foundation’s Rajiv Shah

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01/12/2018

... Rajiv Shah took the helm of the Rockefeller Foundation in March 2017. He recently visited the offices of SSIR, where ... the role of philanthropy in times of austerity, and the new...

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Funded by The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Scientists Develop Sun Shield to Prevent Coral Bleaching

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03/27/2018

... Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Scientists Develop Sun Shield to Prevent Coral Bleaching A group of scientists developed a ... bleaching, which spread across the Great Barrier Reef in Australia in...

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Leon Levy Foundation Supports Bird Migration Forecasts

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04/27/2018

... Supports Bird Migration Forecasts For the first time, new maps are using radar to forecast nighttime clouds of migratory birds and track their flights in near real-time. A potential boon...

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Animal Welfare

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The Howard Gilman Foundation, Time Warner Foundation, and Others Fund LCT3 Season Programming Featuring Pass Over

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07/06/2018

... run of its critically acclaimed production of Pass Over, a new play by Antoinette Nwandu, directed by Danya Taymor, ... black men who dream about a promised land they've yet to find.... The Howard Gilman...

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Arts

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Markle Foundation Selects Indiana as Next Skillful State

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10/12/2018

Markle Foundation Selects Indiana as Next Skillful State A new organization aims to help Hoosier employers recognize the value of skills ... backgrounds, while helping residents tailor their skills to...

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Workforce Development

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Gene Editing Research to Identify Gene that Controls Butterfly Wing Color

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10/26/2018

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Gene Editing Research to Identify Gene that Controls Butterfly Wing Color ... other species to protect themselves from predators, and new research by scientists...

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The Commonwealth Fund Finds that Middle-income Americans are Paying More for Health Insurance

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12/10/2018

... Cost and price variations between areas aren't anything new . A recent Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement ... healthcare costs. The report also found vast differences in costs between five states...

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Four Early Career Researchers Selected for 2019 William T. Grant Scholars Program

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05/15/2019

... for 2019 William T. Grant Scholars Program We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 William T. Grant Scholars awards. Launched in 1982, the Scholars Program supports the professional ... plans...

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