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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Research Yields Game Changer for Improving Understanding of Ebola

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09/19/2014

... describes the use of fecal samples from wild great apes to identify populations likely to have been exposed to the virus. This represents a new tool for performing ...

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Arcus Foundation

New York State Health Foundation Survey Reports 92% of Newly Insured Obamacare Users are Happy with Coverage

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11/11/2014

... rollout of Obamacare nationwide. State officials want to replicate that first-year success. The nonprofit ... are actively using their new coverage, with 77% trying to schedule a doctor's appointment...

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New York Health Foundation

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Addresses Road Safety Issues in Mumbai

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02/23/2015

... Bloomberg, who was in India earlier this week, has vowed to give away most of his wealth — his net worth is $35.7 billion — to charity. Bloomberg Philanthropies, the entity through ... receive $125 million...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Studies Impact of Volunteerism

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03/06/2015

... and are a low cost option for schools, according to the results of a study by MDRC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan ... a national nonprofit organization that engages volunteers to deliver a structured, evidence-...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Education

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $100 Million Data for Health Program in Developing Countries

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03/23/2015

... that will enable 20 low- and middle-income countries to vastly improve public health data collection. Each year ... health problems. The Data for Health initiative seeks to provide governments, aid...

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Simons Foundation Invites LOIs for Significant Mathematical, Theoretical Studies

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08/24/2015

... Collaborations in MPS program. The aim of the program is to stimulate progress on fundamental scientific questions of ... Collaborations in MPS program should be seen as critical to the success of the project...

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Science

Technology

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The Simons Foundation

Several PNY Members’ Giving Contrasted with Silicon Valley’s ‘New Philanthropy’

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11/02/2015

... purpose and that world-changing technology is its true measure of worth. Wealth is treated as a pleasant ... after rugged adventure travel. The tech world is home to some of the planet’s wealthiest...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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The Rockefeller Foundation

JPB Foundation-Funded Research Examines Children’s Menu Choices

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11/04/2015

... Research Examines Children’s Menu Choices To parents of picky eaters across the country, the idea that ... in restaurants might seem like a pipe dream. But according to new research published today in the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Tufts University

Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide

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01/04/2016

... Control Progress Nationwide With President Obama poised to act on his own authority to try to stem gun violence, his gun control allies are using ...

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Public Policy

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Peterson Foundation Cited in 'Public Worry Over Budget Easing'

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02/10/2016

... Over Budget Easing' As official Washington gets set to scrutinize President Barack Obama's final budget plan, ... January. In that report, the CBO said the deficit was set to widen in 2016 for the...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Public Policy

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Century Foundation NYTimes OpEd: The Secret to School Integration

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02/23/2016

Century Foundation NYTimes OpEd: The Secret to School Integration By most measures, America’s public ... percent of black students attend schools where 90 percent to 100 percent of their classmates are racial...

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JPB Foundation Supports Best Practices, Models for Green Infrastructure in Underserved Communities

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03/10/2016

... thought leaders from around the country are gathering to explore solutions to stormwater management through the use of green ... The event will bring together experts and thought-leaders to...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Freedom Together Foundation

The Ultimate in Contest Philanthropy: MacArthur Foundation’s $100 Million Jackpot

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06/03/2016

... Over the past 18 months or so, the fad seems to have waned a bit, but now the John D. and Catherine T. ... of an award for $100 million for the best proposal to measurably solve a problem facing people, places...

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Bloomberg's Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco Habit

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01/06/2017

... Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco Habit Ten years ago, the world was a different place when it came to tobacco. Fewer than twenty developing countries in the .....

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Seven Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' Innovation Teams Program

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01/17/2017

... Program Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced grants to seven cities to help them boost their capacity to tackle major challenges ... design solutions with clear goals, and rigorously...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Sees Urban Change Via Google Street View

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07/06/2017

... Scott Duke Kominers, and their collaborators are hoping to transform the way scientists study urban environments - ... authored a study that uses computer vision algorithms to examine millions of Google Street...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Sloan Foundation Among Funders of World’s Smallest Neutrino Detector That Found A Big Physics Fingerprint

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08/08/2017

... experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory was the first to measure coherent scattering of low-energy neutrinos off ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Giving Up 4.3% Compared To 2016

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09/05/2017

Giving Up 4.3% Compared To 2016 Santa packed more into his sleigh for Christmas in July this year as compared to last year, according to the Blackbaud Index. The index, which measures giving in...

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