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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 ... Kaiyu Guan, an environmental...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Helmsley-backed DATA2GO.NYC's Veterans Data Highlighted by Social Science Research Council

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11/11/2016

... The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and its Measure of America program today released new data on New York City’s veterans, revealing that they ... The findings also indicate that a...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Veterans

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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 shows that the health ...

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Peterson Center on Healthcare

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Welcomes Lisa Cowan as Vice President of Programs

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01/12/2017

... Clark Foundation Welcomes Lisa Cowan as Vice President of Programs Lisa has been working with community-based ... at Community Resource Exchange. Lisa was the Co-Founder of College Access: Research and Action...

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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Russell Sage Teams Up With Robin Hood to Host First Poverty Solutions Conference

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01/18/2017

... Solutions Conference On Monday, February 6, Robin Hood , New York's largest poverty-fighting organization, and the ... there will be no audience - only participants. Four of the most highly regarded...

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Economic Security

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United Hospital Fund, NYSHealth Foundation Give $400K to Integrate Mental Health Care into Primary Care Practices

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03/02/2017

... and the University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine have been awarded grants that they hope will lead ... the United Hospital Fund and one for $215,670 from the New York State Health Foundation...

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New York Health Foundation

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Commonwealth Fund Says N.J. Tops Many States On Healthcare Scorecard

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03/16/2017

... to better healthcare outcomes nationwide and states like New Jersey that chose to embrace the federal law have seen ... and generally lead healthier lives than citizens of many other states, but patients here...

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Giving Like a Rockefeller, Even if You’re Not Super-Rich

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03/31/2017

... among American philanthropists. He continued the tradition of giving that ran from his grandfather, John D., the founder of Standard Oil; through his father, John Jr.; and his oldest ... has contributed more...

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The David Rockefeller Fund

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

... beverages could raise $561 million a year in new revenue for Illinois, while also saving millions in ... costs associated with obesity and diabetes, according to a new study released Tuesday by the Harvard T.H...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Top Science Foundation, Simons, Latest Endeavor is its Most Ambitious Project Yet

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05/15/2017

... and exciting stuff happens—complex computer simulations of galaxy formation, algorithms churning through terabytes of data collected by telescope arrays. Same thing goes for ... time and funding, and...

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To Improve Global Health, Bloomberg Looks to Cities to Lead

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07/05/2017

... Global Health, Bloomberg Looks to Cities to Lead One of Michael Bloomberg's main contributions to the global fight ... to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Bloomberg not only made New York City a leader in...

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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Tillerson in Focus as Exxon Climate Change Investigation Intensifies

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07/06/2017

... exist. But the man who used the "Tracker" alias, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, can be deposed — and is increasingly expected to be — as New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman expands his...

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The Mertz Gilmore Foundation Funds Contemporary Dance

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08/11/2017

... Garden. The dance features the geometry and architecture of overlapping bodies, inspired by the ideas of perception, impermanence, and the shifting landscapes of ... its audience in ways that...

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Arts

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Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities

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08/17/2017

... and Cities In East Oakland, a few blocks from the home of the champion Golden State Warriors basketball team, a series of geometric buildings and well-tended green spaces cut a ... but also socially and...

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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 upper Midwest to...

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Ordering Review of Statues Puts de Blasio in Tricky Spot

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08/31/2017

Ordering Review of Statues Puts de Blasio in Tricky Spot Elected to lead the ... to Germany in July to speak at a rally during a meeting of world leaders, only to be criticized for leaving New...

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Community Development

NY State Health Foundation Report: FQHC Utilization of State & Federal Loan & Scholarship Programs to Support Clinician Recruitment

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08/31/2017

NY State Health Foundation Report: FQHC Utilization of State & Federal Loan &Scholarship Programs to Support ... report, prepared by the Community Health Care Association of New York...

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New York Health Foundation

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Yes, It Can Be Done: A Philanthropist on Transforming Rural Communities Through the Arts

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09/06/2017

... Finn can relate. In 1998, the couple founded the Hunter, New York-based Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF), an ... the Catskills region to improve facilities and to finance new programs to support the arts...

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Forecasting the Upcoming City Council Gender Imbalance

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09/11/2017

... Imbalance There are currently only 13 women in the 51-seat New York City Council, a troubling 25 percent. The number is ... constituent services provided to the public. The dynamics of this year’s elections...

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