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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Economic Security

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International Genome Research Partnership Uncovers Bed Bug Resistance to Pesticides (Sloan Foundation)

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02/03/2016

... to Pesticides (Sloan Foundation) The very thought of them makes a person shudder – and scratch. Those ... gene that is published this month in the journal, Nature Communications . The intensive analysis...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Josiah Macy Foundation Supports Project in Integrated Care for Psychologists & Doctors

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02/03/2016

... Lauren N. DeCaporale-Ryan, PhD, works at the University of Rochester Medical Center, but her focus isn't on patients. ... surgeons and other clinicians who care for them. As an assistant professor...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads to a Method to Safely Charge a Smartphone Wirelessly Using a Laser

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02/21/2018

... Wirelessly Using a Laser Although mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones let us communicate, work and ... them into an outlet. But engineers at the University of Washington have for the first time...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Technology

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Simons and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations Fund Study That Reveals How the Brain Overcomes Its Own Limitations

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10/24/2018

... so that it can be read in a mirror. Your brain has all of the visual information you need, and you’re a pro at ... that require this kind of complicated transformation. As it also does in...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Science

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The Simons Foundation

Lukemia Drug Shows Promise for Treating a Childhood Brain Cancer, Research Supported by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award

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09/20/2019

... leukemia appears to be more effective at stopping a type of medulloblastoma in mouse models than existing treatments ... team led by researchers at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at...

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Doris Duke Foundation

Pfizer Foundation Awards Grant to the Maryland Department of Health to Address Decreases in Childhood Vaccinations During COVID-19 Pandemic

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07/21/2020

Pfizer Foundation Awards Grant to the Maryland Department of Health to Address Decreases in Childhood Vaccinations ... due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant will be used for communications , outreach and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Communications/Media

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Pfizer

Close the Divide Between Education and Work

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01/21/2016

... Northeast Region Executive for JPMorgan Chase Global Philanthropy Before joining JPMorgan Chase, I spent 7 years ... forward to my current role. Through JPMorgan Chase’s New Skills at Work initiative, a $250...

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Workforce Development

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Three Will Share $625,000 From Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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06/09/2014

... for Sight Foundation has announced the three winners of the Special Grant Initiative to help further its charge to ... W. Massof, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience; Director...

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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Disabilities

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NYSHealth Foundation Hosts A Conversation With Sean Cavanaugh on the Future of Medicare

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03/31/2017

... Hosts A Conversation With Sean Cavanaugh on the Future of Medicare On March 28, 2017, NYSHealth hosted a ... care landscape. From 2014 to 2017, Mr. Cavanaugh served as the Deputy Administrator and ...

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New York Health Foundation

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Lessons Learned from a Journey to Impact Investing

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03/13/2017

... we continue to protect the corpus for the future — just as our predecessors had done before us. To get started in our ... enhance philanthropic activities. The Center for Effective Philanthropy ’s May 2015...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Joins More Than 80 Philanthropic Leaders to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals

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02/15/2018

... to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals Coming out of a historic meeting that brought together philanthropic ... change. During the event, partners also launched the new report Local Leadership, Global Impact...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Finding—and Using—the Right Tool for the Job: A Landscape Scan of Assessment Tools

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08/02/2018

... needed to tackle the issues they may face, and to be as effective as possible. But what is the best way to assess ... used? This is what the Hewlett Foundation’s Effective Philanthropy Group...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

What World Do You Want to Live In?

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05/21/2015

... of people homeless. Yet, they faced another obstacle, too. As African Americans, they had no legally recognized right to ... he became one of the first black school superintendents in...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

Johnson & Johnson Announces $1.75 Million Donation to Save the Children to Support Syrian Humanitarian Refugee Crisis

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11/18/2015

... of Save the Children's third annual Illumination Gala in New York City. "The distressing images of families caught in ... Children to respond to the immediate...

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Children, Youth and Families

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International/Foreign Affairs

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17 Mar 2016

Using Financial Statements Together with IRS Form 990 to Understand Your Potential Grantees

Thursday, March 17, 2016 -

8:45am to 11:00am

This program is a part of a four-part Interpreting Financial Statements Series from ... versus TAX, and how differences between the two arose How New York state legislation that went into effect...

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Citi Foundation Among Funders of National Effort to Diversify College Faculty

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03/31/2016

... Hispanic- and Native Americans to choose college teaching as their profession – and then populate faculties on ... a more diverse student body. As State University of New...

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Federal Judge Sides With TCF Against DeVos's Education Department

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02/20/2018

... morning, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York Paul A. Crotty issued a temporary restraining order ... accountability, and students. Accrediting agencies such as...

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Long Island Community Foundation Along with National and Local Donors Join Collaborative Charged with Closing the Racial Wealth Gap on Long Island

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02/27/2020

... the Urban Institute, a Washington D.C.-based think tank, as well as the launch of an RFP (request for proposals) for ... in Policy Link’s and the Federal Reserve Bank of...

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