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Ford Foundation Works to Promote Government Action on Income Equality

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11/18/2014

Ford Foundation Works to Promote Government Action on Income ... action to address growing inequality. The Ford Foundation sought to create a message that would build public ... the government’s role in reducing...

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Economic Security

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MasterCard Foundation Initiative to Bring Economic Opportunities to Rural East Africa

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03/17/2015

MasterCard Foundation Initiative to Bring Economic Opportunities to Rural East Africa The MasterCard Foundation and TechnoServe are announcing today a five-year, ... in order to ensure food security.... MasterCard...

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Workforce Development

Surdna Foundation Promotes Worker Co-Ops to Overcome Wealth Inequality

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04/20/2016

Surdna Foundation Promotes Worker Co-Ops to Overcome Wealth ... in the United States over income and wealth inequality, can worker ownership be expanded meaningfully as a path to a more equitable future? That’s...

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Carnegie Teams Up With City, Other Local Foundations to Help New Yorkers

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12/21/2016

... ability to collect data and deliver services at scale can align with funders’ ability to provide money and ... across the United States in 2014, according to the Foundation Center... Carnegie Teams Up With...

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The Peter G. Peterson Foundation Frames the Long-Term U.S. Budget Picture

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04/04/2017

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation Frames the Long-Term U.S. Budget Picture The Peter G. Peterson Foundation comments on the rcently released Congressional ... Only with a fiscal outlook that is stable and...

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Grantmaking as a Career? One Grantmaker's Personal Experience, with Alexa Aviles, The Scherman Foundation

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Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... Presenter Alexa Aviles , Program Officer, The Scherman Foundation Designed for Individuals interested in learning ... Personal Experience, with Alexa Aviles, The Scherman Foundation ...

Bank of America Foundation President Seeks to Increase Youth Development Opportunities

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08/19/2015

Bank of America Foundation President Seeks to Increase Youth Development ... in ways that will change the world.... Bank of America Foundation President Seeks to Increase Youth Development ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Grant Foundation Accepting Letters of Inquiry for Inequality Research Studies

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05/27/2015

The William T. Grant Foundation is accepting Letters of Inquiry for projects ... examine approaches that improve outcomes for all youth but can reduce gaps if applied to those who need them most, as ... at...

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Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Launches Research on Genes That Cause Autism

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04/25/2016

Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Launches Research on ... of data for researchers to learn more about genes that can cause autism. The Simons Foundation Autism Research Institute (...

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Rats Replay Memories Forward and Backwards to Make Decisions, Understanding the Memory Process Will Lead to Treatments for Diseases Where Memory is Impaired, Research Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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12/10/2019

... Memory is Impaired, Research Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation The researchers found that specific patterns of ... memories. As a result, the researchers could tell what the rodents were remembering...

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Ford Foundation Paper Cited in Wired Article on the Future of Open Source Code

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08/11/2016

Ford Foundation Paper Cited in Wired Article on the Future of Open ... by communities of developers and other talent. This code can be used by anyone—from companies to individuals—to ... up the digital...

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Supported by JPB Foundation, Scientists Identify Neurons Devoted to Social Memory

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09/30/2016

Supported by JPB Foundation , Scientists Identify Neurons Devoted to Social ... toward each other. The researchers also showed that they can suppress or stimulate these memories by using a technique ... these...

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Supported by Simons Foundation, Scientists Discover Clues To Altered Brain Wiring In Autism

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11/15/2016

Supported by Simons Foundation , Scientists Discover Clues To Altered Brain Wiring ... PTEN (also known as phosphatase and tensin homolog), can cause a particular form of autism called macrocephaly/autism syndrome...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President

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01/19/2018

Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President The Ford Foundation today announced the appointment of Hilary ... a program vice president, leading the foundation 's...

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Westchester Community Foundation Announces the Appointment of Rebecca Kraley Putter

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01/02/2012

The Board of Advisors of the Westchester Community Foundation (WCF) has announced that Rebecca Kraley Putter was appointed Program Officer at the Foundation in December 2011. Her responsibilities include ... and...

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Aetna Foundation: Closing the Health Divide, One Community at a Time

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12/16/2015

Aetna Foundation : Closing the Health Divide, One Community at a ... than populations of many third-world countries. You can find out your own life expectancy -- not through your ... are, I know that we can...

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Tanuja Dehne Named New Dodge Foundation President and Ceo

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08/07/2019

Tanuja Dehne Named New Dodge Foundation President and Ceo After an extensive search, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation is pleased to announce Tanuja M. Dehne will become ... phase of the work – building...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces New President Cecilia Clarke

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07/01/2013

... Chair of the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Community Foundation , announced that Cecilia Clarke will join the Foundation as its new President and CEO. Ms. Clarke succeeds ... Sadie Nash, Clarke enjoyed a...

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Marsh & McLennan, Tow Foundation Honored Alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda

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03/30/2016

Marsh & McLennan, Tow Foundation Honored Alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda John Jay ... composer, lyricist, performer, and 2015 MacArthur Foundation Award recipient, as part of its Educating for ... Hotel in New...

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