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Citi Foundation Pledges $10 Million To "My Brother's Keeper"

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07/21/2014

... Foundation Pledges $10 Million To "My Brother's Keeper" As part of a group of funders making additional commitments .....

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Economic Security

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Rauschenberg Foundation Weighing Options Following Ruling Awarding Trustees $24.6 Million

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08/04/2014

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation is evaluating its legal options, following a Florida judge's decision to award $24.6 million to three trustees who had administered the late artist’s estate, Christopher Rauschenberg, president, said on Monday.

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Finance & Asset Management

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Arts

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Macquarie Group Invites Nominations For Social Innovation Fellowships

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08/08/2014

The Macquarie Group Foundation is inviting nominations for its David Clarke Social Innovation Fellowship, which enables heads of NYC-based nonprofits to visit and research best practice social innovation around the world.

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Carnegie Corporation Awards $5 Million to Universities for Innovative Programs Linking Academia and Policy

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09/23/2014

... world in the area of global affairs. Earlier this year, as part of its "Rigor and Relevance Initiative," the .....

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Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Launches Program to Support Community Development in Underserved U.S. Regions

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10/23/2014

The program will fund development in Appalachia, Maine, Puerto Rico, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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Are Student Debt Forgiveness Scams The Next Mortgage Meltdown?

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09/22/2015

... by the federal government. Sam Adler-Bell, a policy associate for The Century Foundation, who focuses on research ...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide

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01/04/2016

Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide With ... from Nevada to Maine. . . Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide ...

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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

A large new study reveals previously unknown risk factors associated with an eye condition that causes serious progressive nearsightedness at a relatively young age. The findings, made through the largest-ever clinical study of the condition called...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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In New York, More Than a Thousand in Record-Breaking Kids Challah Bake (UJA-Federation of NY)

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01/15/2016

Some 1,128 children gathered on Tuesday afternoon for a “Kids Mega Challah Bake” event, which took place at the New York Hilton in Midtown Manhattan and sought to break a world record in challah baking.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Religion

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Atlantic Announces $40M for Fellowship to Reduce International Health Disparities

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02/01/2016

... a half decades of work to address global challenges such as dementia and brain health, migration, socioeconomic ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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New York Community Trust Gives One Million Dollars to Help Train Social Workers

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05/16/2016

... Trust. “This work also will fill a critical gap as the population lives longer and needs more care...” New ...

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Carnegie Sponsors Search for Nation's Favorite Librarians for 2016 I Love My Librarian Award

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06/17/2016

Nominations open to the public now through September 19.

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Poll Supported by Ford Foundation Finds Young Adults Back New Efforts to Curb Gun Violence

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08/08/2016

... about 9 in 10 whites, Asian-Americans and Latinos, as well as 8 in 10 African-Americans. Fifty-seven percent of young ...

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Justice Reform

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Simons Foundation Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research

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03/21/2017

The University of Edinburgh has announced a £20 million ($24.5 million) grant from the Simons Foundation in support of pioneering studies into the biological mechanisms that underpin changes in brain development associated with autism.

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Supported by JPB Foundation, Harvard Study Finds Illinois Soda Tax Could Cut Health Costs, Raise $561 Million in Revenue Annually

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04/26/2017

... stalled, it's possible the legislation could be revived as lawmakers turn their focus to the ongoing budget impasse .....

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Freedom Together Foundation

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William T. Grant Publishes How Social Science Research Can Improve Youth Outcomes In The Real World

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05/17/2017

... too often view the concepts of relevance and rigor as competing. Through this lens, however, a rich spectrum of ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Bloomberg Backed “Global Street Design Guide” Now Available Free Online

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05/22/2017

... “Global Street Design Guide” Now Available Free Online As of this week, the Global Street Design Guide, a handbook ... safe, sustainable streets, is available to the public as for free online. The guide was...

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With Support from Pershing Square and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations, New Research Finds that Behavioral ‘Nudges’ Offer a Cost-Effective Policy Tool

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06/08/2017

... derived from behavioral science, commonly referred to as ‘nudges,’ may be extremely cost effective. The new ...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Science

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Carnegie Supports a Roadmap for Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel

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06/12/2017

Under what conditions can nuclear waste management be both commercially viable and conducted in accordance with strict safety, security, and nonproliferation standards? What are the domestic and international implications of nuclear waste management...

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