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Largest-Ever Study of Cornea Condition Reveals Hidden Risk Factors, U-M Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness)

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01/13/2016

... condition that causes serious progressive nearsightedness at a relatively young age. The findings, made through the ... the University of Michigan Health System’s Kellogg Eye Center and the U-M Institute...

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NPs Share Excellent Management Practices (New York Community Trust)

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01/19/2016

... could tell by the size of the crowd in the CUNY Graduate Center ’s Proshansky Auditorium and by the whispers in the ... Best Practices Workshop and Awards Presentation were eager for information to bring home...

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Impact Investing's Role in Global Development (Rockefeller Foundation)

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02/19/2016

... (Rockefeller Foundation) I recently went to an event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies called 'Impact .....

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Mellon Funds Efforts to Bring Medieval Works to the Digital World

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02/24/2016

... Efforts to Bring Medieval Works to the Digital World At Lehigh University, a visitor to the Linderman Library can ... and study a 15th-century text that shows the Earth as the center of the universe. Or touch...

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Rockefeller-founded Asia Society Marks 60 Years of Building Bridges Between the U.S. & Asia

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03/15/2016

... that would build bridges between the U.S. and Asia, at a time when Asia was poorly understood," said Asia Society .....

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Mayor's Fund Hires New Director of Development

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03/15/2016

... of Advancement. Shigaki has also previously served at the Coro New York Leadership Center , the Wing Luke Asian Museum and on the 2004 Howard ... in Washington State. As Director of Development at...

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Revson Fellowship Produces Research on Female Face of Genocide

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03/16/2016

... March 7. Cushman is the head of educational programming at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University in ...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Spark Prize to Honor Nonprofit Changemakers

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04/20/2016

... by New York City foundations, according to a Foundation Center report. Brooklyn Community Foundation created the ...

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on For-Profit Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status

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08/12/2016

Century Foundation Fellow Comments on For -Profit Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status The U.S. ... federal financial aid purposes. The decision means the Center for Excellence...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Backs Promising News Collaborative

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08/25/2016

... were more the exception than the rule. But next week the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University in suburban North Jersey will ...

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Foundation CEO Angst: Moral Imperatives and Insomnia

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12/09/2016

... news in a new report from our organization, the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP). But there is bad news, too, ... For the most part, foundation leaders point the finger not at...

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Andrea Ritchie, Soros Justice Fellow and Co-author Talks About “Say Her Name”

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05/10/2016

... show gender and sexual identity also need to be front and center along with race and poverty in any discussion of ... Police shot Eleanor Bumpers as they were evicting her for being a few hundred dollars...

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The Wallace Foundation Supports Creative Ways to Expand the Taste for Classical Music in NYC Eateries

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01/17/2017

... Foundation Supports Creative Ways to Expand the Taste for Classical Music in NYC Eateries On a freezing night in ... young crowd filed onto benches in Mast Chocolate's factory at the Brooklyn Navy Yard...

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The Century Foundation Releases New Report on Syrian Rebels' Lessons on Aleppo

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01/27/2017

... even under siege and surrounded on all sides, to hold out for as long as a year. Instead, faced with an overwhelming ... the Syrian opposition’s ability to challenge the regime for control of Syria’s most...

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Supported by Rockefeller, New Report Shows Resilient Cities Require Resilient Food Systems

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02/09/2017

... Require Resilient Food Systems Urban resilience planning for natural disasters must include efforts to protect and secure food systems for food-insecure populations, a report from the Initiative for...

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Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Featured in Study on Limited Life Foundations

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03/22/2017

... opportunity to achieve greater impact is the key driver for the decision to spend down, a report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy finds. Based on interviews with ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Joins Effort to Curb Hotel Food Waste

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03/24/2017

Food waste is increasingly garnering attention from governments, businesses and private individuals as its impact on both environmental health, food security as well as bottom lines — companies that invest in reducing food waste can expect a 14:1...

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Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative

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04/04/2017

... additional 300 are involved. But to identify all the genes at play, many more genetic samples are needed from those with ... SPARK comes in. Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research for Knowledge (SPARK) is...

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JPB Foundation Supports Study of New Approach That Makes Cells Resistant to HIV

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04/19/2017

... New Approach That Makes Cells Resistant to HIV Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a way to ... plan to collaborate with investigators at City of Hope’s Center...

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