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Ford Foundation to Fund City Study of Diversity in Cultural Institutions

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03/04/2015

Ford Foundation to Fund City Study of Diversity in Cultural ... affairs, whose department will commission the study. “ Over 90 percent of staffs at museums nationally are white,” Mr. Finkelpearl said.... Ford...

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NYS Health Foundation Leads to Financially Sustainable Care Model For Resettled Refugees

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05/05/2016

NYS Health Foundation Leads to Financially Sustainable Care Model For ... barriers—that make it difficult to access health care. Over the past decade, this influx of newly resettled people ... burden of treating...

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Scientists Supported by Simons Foundation Determine How Birds Soar to Great Heights

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08/12/2016

Scientists Supported by Simons Foundation Determine How Birds Soar to Great Heights ... to gain height with little energy expenditure when flying over long distances. It’s a behavior known as thermal ... look at...

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Ford and Open Society Foundations Comment on the Legacy of Lynching, On Death Row

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08/16/2016

... representation to every inmate on the state’s death row. Over the decades, it has handled hundreds of capital cases, ...

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Century Foundation Releases Report on Finding Common Ground on International Tax Reform

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11/17/2016

Century Foundation Releases Report on Finding Common Ground on ... States' international tax system is broken. As a result, over $2. 5 trillion in profits from U.S. companies are sitting .....

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Supports Female Playwrights at Centenary Stage Company

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04/06/2017

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Supports Female Playwrights at Centenary Stage ... at Centenary Stage, with new plays from writers from all over the country. Centenary Stage Company announces the 2017 ... will open...

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The Century Foundation Says Not All Ideas on Lowering Health Insurance Premiums Are Equal

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05/04/2017

The Century Foundation Says Not All Ideas on Lowering Health Insurance ... Act’s (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplaces. The debate over the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and the ACA has ... consumers would be...

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How this Slogan Has Defined Philanthropy for the Buffets and the NoVo Foundation

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12/12/2017

... Has Defined Philanthropy for the Buffets and the NoVo Foundation Peter Buffet put the $10M gifted to him in the NoVo Foundation , co-chaired by himself and his wife Jennifer. As ... end of 2015, according to...

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Hyde and Watson Foundation Supports New Green Roof at New Jersey School

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04/21/2017

Hyde and Watson Foundation Supports New Green Roof at New Jersey School ... their Upper School campus on Lloyd Road. The combined $7 million project was funded by a number of sources that included grants from the...

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Ford Foundation Heads Group of Philanthropic Leaders to Save Detroit

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11/10/2014

Ford Foundation Heads Group of Philanthropic Leaders to Save ... The pitch went on for about three hours.... Ford Foundation Heads Group of Philanthropic Leaders to Save ...

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Head of Aetna Foundation Approaches Health Care as a Social Problem

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02/16/2017

Head of Aetna Foundation Approaches Health Care as a Social Problem Early ... Aetna Foundation . Last year the grant maker committed $1. 5 million to communities across the...

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The Century Foundation on How Healthcare Repeal Would be a Disaster for Women’s Health

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07/28/2017

The Century Foundation on How Healthcare Repeal Would be a Disaster for Women’s Health The Century Foundation has estimated that 13 million women would lose maternal care protection with out ...

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Ford Foundation Provides Initial Funding for Black Feminist Fund

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03/25/2021

Ford Foundation Provides Initial Funding for Black Feminist Fund The Ford Foundation announced on Thursday that it’s providing US$15 million to help launch a philanthropic organization led by ...

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Open Society Foundations Announces 2013 Soros Justice Fellows

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05/15/2013

... Open Society Foundations today announced an award of $1.2 million to the 2013 cohort of Soros Justice Fellows. The ...

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Gerstner Family Foundation Awards $10M to Broad Institute for Cancer Research

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05/26/2015

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has announced a $10 million gift from the Gerstner Family Foundation to expand cancer research efforts focused on ... the mutations that cause resistance. Gerstner Family...

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Markle Foundation President Calls for Revamp of U.S. Higher Education System

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06/03/2015

Markle Foundation President Calls for Revamp of U.S. Higher ... will be included in this transformation.... Markle Foundation President Calls for Revamp of U.S. Higher ...

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Robertson Foundation Gifts $25M to Success Academy Charter School Network

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04/13/2016

Robertson Foundation Gifts $25M to Success Academy Charter School ... said on Tuesday that it had received a $25 million gift, its largest ever, from the hedge fund ... curriculum and pedagogy with other educators...

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Arcus Foundation Launches Fourth New York Pride Photo Book

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06/29/2016

Arcus Foundation Launches Fourth New York Pride Photo Book More ... celebration of queer culture, drawing more than a million people. With an introduction by the nationally known ... & Joy is an ode to this...

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Century Foundation Report Maps the Effects of a $15 Minimum Wage on Food Insecurity

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09/01/2016

Century Foundation Report Maps the Effects of a $15 Minimum Wage on ... for low-income families, hunger often follows. Around 17.4 million American families report inadequate resources to ... health has barely...

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