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Agnes Gund Sells a Lichtenstein to Start Criminal Justice Fund; Ford Foundation to Manage Fund

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06/12/2017

... to reduce mass incarceration in the United States. This new Art for Justice Fund — to be announced Monday at the Museum of Modern Art, where Ms. Gund is president emerita — will start with $100 million...

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Unusual Times Lead to Unusual Grants from the Rockefeller Foundation

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06/28/2017

... it avoids ideological language and positions itself as a practical, problem-solving institution—one working to "promote the well-being of humanity throughout the world." The foundation’s .....

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‘Bro’ Adams Joins Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow

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07/11/2017

‘Bro’ Adams Joins Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow William D. “Bro” Adams, former president of Colby College and past chairman of the National Endowment ... fellow. Adams, who lives...

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Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Pigments Made by Beets May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops

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08/15/2017

... May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops Color in the plant kingdom is not merely a joy to ... benefits and are used in the food and drug industries. A new study conducted at the...

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Giving Back: 4 Ways Your Company Can Do Good

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08/31/2017

... ways your company can do good while growing and reaching new customers. Offer local sponsorships If you visit ... entire museum expansion, but you can still take advantage of smaller sponsorship opportunities...

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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

... have been happening for decades, but we’re seeing a lot of them crop up these days due in part to struggles for ... algorithms work, and the potential of quantum computing. A new lab, dubbed...

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IBM Joins With Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math

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09/14/2017

... the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Foundation announced the availability of Teacher Advisor With Watson 1.0, software that uses Watson ... artificial intelligence technology– trained by some of the nation’s leading math...

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Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept

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09/18/2017

... CEO Paul McDonald has now stated he wants to roll out 50 new Bodega locations on the West Coast. By the end of 2018, his company plans to distribute more than 1,000 ... you.” Needless to say, this has caught...

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Food Systems

Century Foundation President's Commentary Explains Why Teachers Deserve a Break on Student Debt

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10/03/2017

... Teachers Deserve a Break on Student Debt In October 2007, as experts began warning about rising student debt levels, Congress passed a new law to give students a deal: Work in the public sector, for instance...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awards $26 Million in Grants

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10/05/2017

... $26 million. The grants will provide support in the areas of homelessness, substance abuse prevention, foster youth, ... and Catholic education and nuns. Recipients include the New Venture Fund, which was...

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Housing and Homelessness

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SVdP-USA Launches Disaster Services Corporation

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10/05/2017

... Launches Disaster Services Corporation The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP-USA) has launched Disaster ... Corporation, SVdP-USA to better respond to disasters such as those seen in recent weeks in Texas,...

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Russell Sage Foundation Supported Studies Explore How Affordable Health Care Reduces Poverty and Payday Borrowing

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10/10/2017

... Congress has long been bitterly divided over the subject of health care. A few weeks ago, Senate Republicans failed to pass the Graham-Cassidy bill, one of many attempts to “repeal and replace” the Affordable...

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With Support From The Rockefeller Foundation, NRDC Releases Report: What, Where and How Much Food Is Wasted in Cities

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10/25/2017

... Food Is Wasted in Cities Food is the largest component of what we send to landfills in the U.S., representing nearly 22% of disposed municipal solid waste. When we waste food, we not ... wasted, and how much...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Expands Access to Electricity in India

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11/15/2017

... to Electricity in India In rural India, only 55 percent of households have access to electricity. The Rockefeller ... in India, The Rockefeller Foundation will create new economic opportunities for poor, rural...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Sloan Digital Sky Survey Will Map The Entire Sky

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11/20/2017

... Sky Survey Will Map The Entire Sky The next generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V), directed by Juna Kollmeier of the Carnegie Institution for Science, will move forward ... build off the earlier...

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Newman's Own Tax Break Matters Far Beyond Just One Foundation

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11/27/2017

... Foundation It sells pasta sauce, lemonade, and 31 kinds of salad dressing with Paul Newman’s face splashed ... GOP tax bill passes, it will more or less have a section of the U.S. tax code all to itself. The...

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Bank of America Announces 2018 Museums on Us® Program

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01/24/2018

Bank of America Announces 2018 Museums on Us® Program Bank of America marks the 21st anniversary of the Museums on Us program with the announcement of more than 20 new...

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Announcing the Milbank Memorial Fund and AcademyHealth State and Local Innovation Prize

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01/25/2018

... Fund has teamed up with AcademyHealth to establish a new annual award that recognizes state and local efforts to advance innovation using data to improve the health of populations and the performance ...

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Newman's Own Foundation Reaches Milestone of $500 Million to Charity

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02/01/2018

Newman's Own Foundation Reaches Milestone of $500 Million to Charity Newman's Own Foundation, founded ... around the world. And he would be gratified to see a new generation of...

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