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Judith Rodin Steps Down as Head of Rockefeller Foundation

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06/16/2016

Judith Rodin Steps Down as Head of Rockefeller Foundation When Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin wanted support for a new urban initiative, she cold-called Alex ...

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Supported by Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Riveting Short Film Takes You Under the Sea in 360 Degrees

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06/21/2016

... Foundation, Riveting Short Film Takes You Under the Sea in 360 Degrees Few people will get to visit eastern Indonesia's remote Bird's Head region, but a new immersive film brings the crystalline...

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Rockefeller Supports Research on Farming Adaptations to Combat Climate Change

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09/06/2016

... yields will likely decrease if farmers do not adapt to new management or technology practices. Establishing new ... strategies is particularly difficult for sorghum farmers in...

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Food Systems

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Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum

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09/28/2016

Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum The ... first full-time curator of contemporary textile art. This new curatorial position is supported by a $500,000...

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Arts

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Commonwealth Fund, John A. Hartford and Peterson Center on Healthcare Contribute to Health Care ‘Playbook’ of Best Practices

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01/04/2017

... on Healthcare Contribute to Health Care ‘Playbook’ of Best Practices A new nationwide survey of patients with complex medical needs ... they had limited access to: care coordinators,...

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Peterson Center on Healthcare

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Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U.S. Forests as Temperatures Rise

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08/29/2017

... fuel for wildfires as they kill the trees they infest. A new study shows the insects' range could reach Nova Scotia by 2020 and cover more than 270,000 square miles of forest from the...

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De Blasio Searches for Corrections Chief as Rikers Resurfaces

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08/30/2017

De Blasio Searches for Corrections Chief as Rikers Resurfaces While Mayor Bill ... Island, his administration appears no closer to finding a new corrections chief, with some critics worrying he will ... city-...

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Trump Plans to Phase Out DACA, Administration Officials Say

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09/05/2017

... Donald Trump plans to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration (DACA) policy, according ... announced later today: The administration won't consider new applications for...

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Immigration

Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

... ago, the Hudson River Park Trust floated an idea for a new island. Called Pier 55, it was to be a ... reached by two narrow bridges, replacing the remains of Pier 54 near West 14th Street,...

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Name-Dropping: Donors Get Tired. Models Do, Too

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09/28/2017

... lapsed donor files — are among the most valuable sources of names for their campaigns. Karen Gleason, senior director ... lapsed donor file, and mailed a six-figure quantity of the ...

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NADA to Launch Acquisition Gift Fund for Pérez Art Museum Miami

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10/05/2017

... Gift Fund for Pérez Art Museum Miami With the Bass Museum of Art reopening this month and the Institute of Contemporary Art putting the finishing touches on its new...

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Rita Allen Foundation Supported Report Finds That Civic Tech Struggles with Sustainable Funding Despite Gains

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10/31/2017

... Tech Struggles with Sustainable Funding Despite Gains A new report has found that while civic tech is a growth ... first major report on civic tech since a detailed study in 2013 took a broad look at the...

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Watch Another Video From Chasing The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations

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01/22/2018

... but the Trump administration is now reversing course. In this special report for PBS NewsHour Weekend, produced in ... station WNYC , correspondent Matt Katz has the story of...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Immigration

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Arcus Foundation, Casey Family Programs and Other Funders Support Voices of Youth Count

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04/27/2018

... Casey Family Programs and Other Funders Support Voices of Youth Count New Chapin Hall brief shows LGBTQ youth who are homeless ... “Our study reveals the vulnerability of LGBTQ youth ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Housing and Homelessness

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation Funds Report Rethinking How Medicare Pays for Services

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07/13/2018

... used by Medicaid and private insurers, the distortions in payment caused by the existing RUC process ripple through the entire health care system. But the importance of reform is growing, and it is essential...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Supports Launch Plant Humanities Initiative

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10/05/2018

... Initiative Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provides support for digital tool and research and scholarly programming. ... the digital library for research and teaching that is part of the non-...

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Research to Prevent Blindness-Supported Researchers Will Be Integral Part of Latest Effort Within NEI’s Audacious Goals Initiative

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11/06/2018

... Blindness-Supported Researchers Will Be Integral Part of Latest Effort Within NEI’s Audacious Goals Initiative ... Goals Initiative (AGI) for Regenerative Medicine . In this latest AGI effort...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces 2019 Grant Recipients

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09/26/2019

... Foundation announced today the twenty-five recipients of this year’s Painters and Sculptors Grants, which provide $625,000 in unrestricted funds to artists annually. In addition to ... to...

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