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... report released Wednesday by the Research Alliance for New York City Schools. Schools in the program turned out to ... the outset.” The Expanded Success Initiative, launched as part of a broader effort to aid...

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Research Funded By Bloomberg Philanthropies Finds Climate Actions Can Create 14 Million Jobs by 2030

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09/10/2018

... Finds Climate Actions Can Create 14 Million Jobs by 2030 As cities around the world accelerate efforts to meet their commitments to the Paris climate agreement, a new research on Sunday showed that ambitious...

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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

... "free radical" molecules in the body that can age cells as a response to stress. These destructive free radicals - known as reactive oxygen species - also exist in marine ecosystems ... degrade the...

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Philanthropy New York Announces Fundraising Breakthrough, New Philanthropy Center at Times Square

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10/20/2014

Philanthropy New York Announces Fundraising Breakthrough, New Philanthropy ... a breakthrough of over $2 million in early pledges to its Fund for 2025 campaign to grow the capacity of the ... a...

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08 Jul 2024

Fearless Fund Next Steps: PSOs, Advocacy & Action - A Virtual Meeting Hosted by United Philanthropy Forum and ABFE

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... With the ongoing legal challenge to the Fearless Fund ’s grantmaking supporting women entrepreneurs of color, ... that aim to advance racial equity, with the Fearless Fund case being a prime example. Many in...

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John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees Approve Funding to Improve Care for Older Adults

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09/12/2019

The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees has approved funding for three initiatives totaling $6,801,260 to improve care for older adults.

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Video Shows How a New State Prison Policy Hurts Nonprofits Like Books Through Bars in New York

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01/10/2018

Video Shows How a New State Prison Policy Hurts Nonprofits Like Books Through Bars in New York The ability to send books to prisoners will grind ... Williams visited the group in Brooklyn to observe their ...

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Burroughs Wellcome Fund And Charles H. Revson Foundation Establish Partnership To Support Minority Scientists

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09/18/2023

Burroughs Wellcome Fund And Charles H. Revson Foundation Establish Partnership ... researchers at institutions located within the New York Metro area. Recognizing the importance of diverse ... Officer and...

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United Hospital Fund Co-Designs Digital Prototype to Facilitate Patient-Provider Interactions

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06/23/2021

United Hospital Fund Co-Designs Digital Prototype to Facilitate ... today describing the development of a prototype for a new digital resource, How’s My Health Dashboard , which ... barriers have become all too...

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Support From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Continues College Access and Success Program of American Indian College Fund

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05/02/2019

... Access and Success Program of American Indian College Fund Native American and Alaska Native students are in a ... are closer to 20 percent. The American Indian College Fund knows that education improves the...

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Commonwealth Fund, NY State Health Foundation, Peterson Center Noted as the Funders Behind the Movement for Open Notes

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05/16/2017

Commonwealth Fund , NY State Health Foundation, Peterson Center Noted as the Funders Behind the Movement for Open Notes Can the ... are also looking to foster the spread of OpenNotes. The New York...

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Big Names, Big Funding: Why Are MIT and IBM Joining Forces on AI Research?

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09/14/2017

... algorithms work, and the potential of quantum computing. A new lab, dubbed the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, is planning to use ... biotech sector to apply its work to other industries, such as healthcare. There’s...

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Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Launch a Writing Fellowship Focused on Mass Incarceration through Art for Justice Fund

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04/06/2018

... Focused on Mass Incarceration through Art for Justice Fund Last November, the Art for Justice Fund , launched by collector Agnes Gund with the Ford ... recipients, PEN America, which recently announced a...

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Social Innovation Fund Awards $11.3 Million Grant to LISC to Expand Education, Career Services for Low-Income Individuals

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08/04/2015

Social Innovation Fund Awards $11.3 Million Grant to LISC to Expand Education, Career Services for Low-Income Individuals As part of a vigorous new effort to help jobless Americans upgrade their...

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Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Field Study Looks At Chemistry Of Indoor Home Environments

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06/18/2018

... Of Indoor Home Environments In the United States, as well as in most of the developed world, people reportedly spend ... constantly changing influence of the indoor environment. A new field...

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Fannie E. Rippel Foundation-Funded Study Shows Younger Women Delay Seeking Help for Heart Attacks

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02/25/2015

... the earliest symptoms of an impending heart attack, such as pain and dizziness, and delay seeking emergency medical ... to disproportionally high death rates of young women as compared to similarly aged men...