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Open Society Foundations Announces 2017 Soros Equality Fellows

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03/21/2017

... Society Foundations is pleased to announce the recipients of the Soros Equality Fellowship, a new initiative to help emerging mid-career professionals become long-term innovative leaders in...

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Social Justice

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Ford Foundation Supports GenForward Survey on Young Americans' Perceptions of Trump

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04/21/2017

... Supports GenForward Survey on Young Americans' Perceptions of Trump Jermaine Anderson keeps going back to the same memory of Donald Trump, then a candidate for president of...

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Civic Engagement

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Tiffany & Co. Foundation Funds Study on Corals; Some Corals Are Adapting To Warming Climate

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05/03/2017

... on Corals; Some Corals Are Adapting To Warming Climate A new WCS study reveals evidence that some corals are adapting to warming ocean waters - potentially good news in the face of recent...

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Rockefeller Foundation’s Claudia Juech, Associate Vice President & Managing Director, Answers “5 Questions” in PND

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05/10/2017

... President & Managing Director, Answers “5 Questions” in PND Since joining the staff of the Rockefeller Foundation in 2007, Claudia Juech has led the foundation's efforts to identify...

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With Support from the Simons Foundation, Researchers Uncover Clues About How HIV Virus Mutates

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06/02/2017

... Researchers Uncover Clues About How HIV Virus Mutates A new study published in Cell Host Microbe led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson ... them from spreading in the body. To get at the...

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Casey Family Programs Publishes Report on How Positive Factors Change Child Trauma

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06/09/2017

... outcomes that children and families experience in midst of trauma. By now, the link between adverse ... of children with many adverse experiences early in life, a ...

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Furthering Conflict with George Soros, Hungary Tightens Rules on Foreign-Funded NGOs

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06/13/2017

... NGOs Hungary's parliament approved on Tuesday strict new rules for non-government organisations with foreign funding in a further escalation of the government's...

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Staten Island Foundation Supports Worker-Owned Co-Op Businesses Starting Up on Staten Island

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06/20/2017

... putting together final details, before the official launch of two new businesses. “Exciting because we're going to be our own ... Edith Lopez is one of 6 women who have been working...

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Rockefeller Foundation Supports A “Carbon Yield” Methodology to Compare Environmental Impact of Investments in Renewable Energy

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06/23/2017

... Yield” Methodology to Compare Environmental Impact of Investments in Renewable Energy The tool, which is publicly available ... year to a record $123 billion, according to a Bloomberg New...

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Rockefeller Survey Finds Male Attitudes Are Keeping Women From Getting Ahead In Business

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08/03/2017

... Finds Male Attitudes Are Keeping Women From Getting Ahead In Business When it comes to explaining why there are so few female CEOs, a lot of theories foist the blame on women: Women are not confident ... or...

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Macquarie Announces $100,000 Social Innovation Award Recipient

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08/11/2017

... The Macquarie Group Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Macquarie Group, has announced Cerebral Palsy Alliance as the recipient of the 2017 Macquarie Social Innovation Award. The biennial Award recognises,...

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Skoll, Hilton, Ford, Rockefeller Among Backers of The Guardian’s Nonprofit Arm that Will Support Its Journalism

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08/28/2017

Skoll, Hilton, Ford, Rockefeller Among Backers of The Guardian’s Nonprofit Arm that Will Support Its ... international expansion, is fully embracing a new moneymaking strategy in the face...

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Clarity Needed In Clean Labeling

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08/30/2017

Clarity Needed In Clean Labeling The “why” and “how” behind a ... become as important as the product itself, according to new research from the Nielsen Co. Nearly 4 in 10 U.S. ... perceived as...

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Mayor De Blasio Revives Push To Convert Former Greenpoint Hospital Into Affordable Housing

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08/31/2017

... The city is seeking proposals to transform the site of the former Greenpoint Hospital — shuttered since 1982 ... the plans seek to rehab existing buildings on the site in Brooklyn. Developers will also be...

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A Helpful Tool to Combat the Opioid Crisis

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09/11/2017

... drug monitoring programs, an approach highlighted in the draft report from President Trump’s Commission on ... epidemic has led every state but Missouri to establish one of these programs, which allow doctors...

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Editorial: A Promising Idea To Fight Opioids

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09/12/2017

... that is so darn good you wonder why no one had thought of it before. Such is the case with Peconic Care, a proposed ... facility that promises to deal with the opioid crisis in a way that exists nowhere else...

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Major Gifts Follow When Fundraisers Adhere to a Research Plan Consistently, Study Says

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09/12/2017

... using a system erratically or not at all, according to a new survey. While that may seem like common sense, the study found that only 37 percent of charities surveyed follow a major-donor identification .....

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Opinion: Want to Fix America’s Health Care? First, Focus on Food

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09/13/2017

... Food The national debate on health care is moving into a new , hopefully bipartisan phase. The fundamental underlying ... challenge is cost – the massive and ever-rising price of care which drives nearly all...

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Patrick Gaspard, Former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, to Serve as Acting Leader at Open Society Foundations

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09/13/2017

... a former U.S. ambassador to South Africa will become the new acting president of his global foundation following the departure of ... donor to liberal causes and supported Hillary Clinton...

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