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Arcus Awards Grant to Alliance of Baptists to Support Inclusion and Racial Justice

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10/09/2014

Arcus Awards Grant to Alliance of Baptists to Support Inclusion and Racial Justice The ... announced Oct. 8 receipt of a $104,400 grant to support a new initiative promoting LGBT inclusion and...

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LGBTQ

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Backs Food Studies Program at Hostos College

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01/29/2015

... at Hostos College The class is a pilot course, part of an interdisciplinary food studies program that has been ... and will enroll students this fall for the first time. The new program will go beyond the...

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Food Systems

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MetLife Foundation Increases Access to Online Capital for Small Businesses

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02/27/2015

... content marketing and advertising; test and develop new loan products to meet the diverse capital needs of entrepreneurs; and integrate new technologies to streamline the loan application...

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Citi and Goldman Sachs Launching Projects with NYC to Boost Women Business Owners

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03/12/2015

The de Blasio administration and Citi are launching a new program to expand the number of women entrepreneurs with the goal of connecting 5,000 of them to free training and...

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Gender Justice

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Arcus Develops Action Plan to Save Great Apes in Africa

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04/08/2015

... Action Plan to Save Great Apes in Africa The number of gorillas and chimpanzees in Central Africa continues to ... habitat loss, and disease, combined with a widespread lack of law enforcement and corruption...

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Animal Welfare

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Citi Releases 2014 Global Citizenship Report

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06/11/2015

... core business activities and philanthropic efforts, as well as partnerships and new approaches to address pressing needs. “Given the pace and scale of global challenges and...

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Community Development

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Survey Shows Afterschool Participation Grows but Unmet Demand Nears 20 Million Children

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07/07/2015

... Nears 20 Million Children “America After 3 PM,” a new survey commissioned by the Afterschool Alliance, finds ... in 2004 to 10.2 million today. Unmet demand has increased, as well. The parents of...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Resident-Led Grantmaking Program in Crown Heights

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08/03/2015

... be distributed through the Crown Heights Grants Program of the Foundation’s Neighborhood Strength initiative. The ... leadership, and connectedness within communities—emerged as a key finding in the Foundation...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Brooklyn Org

Hartford and Atlantic Funded Study Finds Four in Ten Older Adults Have Trouble Managing Health Needs

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10/14/2015

... or tests get delayed or don’t get done, or that all of the requirements of their health care are too much to handle, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health...

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Ford Foundation Launches Arts in a Changing America With Webcast

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10/23/2015

... and community leaders, will present a live webcast of the Arts in a Changing America (ArtChangeUS) launch event. ArtChangeUS is a new national five-year project based at the California ... of...

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Arts

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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 simply ... restaurants might seem like a pipe dream. But according to new research published today in the...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Tech Companies Lead the Way on Paid Family Leave, and the Rest of the Country Should Catch Up - Century Foundation Study

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11/13/2015

... Companies Lead the Way on Paid Family Leave, and the Rest of the Country Should Catch Up - Century Foundation Study ... policies on paid paternity or paid sick leave, it is one of only three countries in the...

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Gender Justice

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Crotona Park East and Morrisania Have City's Highest Rate of Jailed Residents, Data2Go.NYC Shows (Helmsley Charitable Trust)

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01/20/2016

Crotona Park East and Morrisania Have City's Highest Rate of Jailed Residents, Data2Go.NYC Shows (Helmsley Charitable Trust) Residents of two Bronx neighborhoods — Crotona Park East and ... incarcerated...

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation, Cannes Film Market Launch Documentary Film Push Against Inequality

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02/02/2016

... to hike the profile, market networking and distribution of social justice docu features at Cannes, the initiative was ... attention on the groundbreaking Ford Foundation-Cannes new push. Partnership...

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Social Justice

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Study: Metabolism Protein Found to Also Regulate Feeding Behavior in the Brain (JPB Foundation)

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02/26/2016

... in the Brain (JPB Foundation) The molecular intricacies of hunger and satiety, pivotal for understanding metabolic disorders and the problem of obesity, are not yet fully understood by scientists. However,...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Protein Structure That Shows How Viruses Take Over Cells

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02/29/2016

... Medical School researchers have determined the structure of a protein complex that lets viruses similar to the human ... viral protein complex structure indicates that this type of molecular architecture...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Sage Foundation Research Indicates Americans May Not Be Ready for Tax Increase on Wealthy

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05/11/2016

... Bernie Sanders is leading the charge and would create a new top income tax rate of 54.2 percent, up from the current 39.6 percent. Hillary ... surcharge on anyone who pulls in $5 million or more. As...

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Economic Security

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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

... visit eastern Indonesia's remote Bird's Head region, but a new immersive film brings the crystalline waters and ... Ronald Mambrasar and his 8-year-old son Valen as they explore the protected Bird...

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Rockefeller Supports Research on Farming Adaptations to Combat Climate Change

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09/06/2016

... Research on Farming Adaptations to Combat Climate Change As the globe continues to spin toward a future with higher ... yields will likely decrease if farmers do not adapt to new management or technology...

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