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Helmsley Trust Awards $17.5 Million to Crohn's & Colitis Foundation

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05/18/2015

... cures has been slow," said James Lewis, a professor of medicine and clinical epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania who led a two-year discovery and planning ... demand from both the medical and...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Clark Foundation and Clark Sports Center Featured in NYTimes

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07/30/2015

... here, where he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. But the maid of honor was not a relative or friend ... than bronze plaques of eminent players. The induction of...

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Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Remarks on the Effects of Impact Investing

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08/17/2015

Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Remarks on the Effects of Impact Investing Let's say that you budget a certain ... it will make with the causes you care about. Yet as an investor, how and where your...

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The Century Foundation Releases Report on Charter Schools and District Integration

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09/16/2015

... that has persisted since the civil rights era. A new report, Charters without Borders: Using Inter-district Charter Schools as a Tool for Regional School Integration, outlines how charter schools can and...

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Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science

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10/16/2015

... supported research appeared in the Oct. 9 edition of Science. The study from University of Chicago psychologists Sian Beilock and Susan Levine shows ... towards math to their students’ math performance. These...

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Bloomberg and WHO Present Report on Global Road Safety

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10/20/2015

... gotten nearly the attention it deserves – and it is one of our great opportunities to make a difference. Traffic ... road deaths. Last year, we expanded this work with a new focus on cities in developing...

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Duke & Mellon Foundations Sponsor Provocative Dance Work on the Legacy of Confederate Symbolism

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11/19/2015

... Foundations Sponsor Provocative Dance Work on the Legacy of Confederate Symbolism Wideman/Davis Dance, the UofSC ... of South Carolina Dance Program, Ruptured Silence is a new media and dance...

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Arabella Launches Special Consulting Practice on Food Philanthropy

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12/04/2015

... Philanthropic consultants Arabella Advisors is launching a new practice area, titled "Good Food." According to an ... notice, it is the first large-scale food system practice of its kind, dedicated...

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Kindness, Charitable Behavior Influenced by Amygdala, Simons Foundation Supported Research Reveals

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12/15/2015

... The amygdala, a small structure at the front end of the brain's temporal lobe, has long been associated with ... behaviors generally, and specifically with fear. But new research from Michael Platt, the...

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Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness)

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02/03/2016

Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness) A team of University of Iowa and Columbia University Medical Center ... then repaired...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Realigned Program Areas: Youth, Neighborhoods and Nonprofits

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02/11/2016

... 2014 Brooklyn Insights project, the foundation created a new vision, mission, and strategy that resonates not only in ... The organization is targeting the most critical issues of our time, from immigration...

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Gould Foundation’s Tyre is Author of In-Depth Atlantic Investigative Piece on Math and Low-Income Students

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02/12/2016

Gould Foundation’s Tyre is Author of In-Depth Atlantic Investigative Piece on Math and ... browsers on their laptops. The air in the cavernous lobby of the Lotus Hotel Pang Suan Kaew in Chiang Mai, Thailand, .....

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Peterson Center on Healthcare and Three Other Funders Unite to Support Access to Clinical Notes for 50 Million Patients

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02/24/2016

... to their visit notes. Neither a software program nor a new technology, experts say this basic change in practice ... them in their own care. For example, more than two-thirds of patients who took medications...

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Foundation Core Capacity Assessment Tool (FCCAT)

A new Foundation Core Capacity Assessment Tool (FCCAT), an ... was developed by TCC Group to help foundations make sense of their institutional capacity strengths and challenges. ... describing results unique to their institution. As part of the Ford support TCC will look at initial trends ...

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Commonwealth Fund Brief Documents ACA’s Costs for Low- to Moderate-Income People

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03/18/2016

... marketplace plans, substantially lower deductibles, out- of -pocket spending limits, and copayments for a range of key health services, a new Commonwealth Fund brief finds. But because the...

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The Century Foundation Rallies Against "Turnkey Tyranny" With Presidential Transition

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11/18/2016

... and civil liberties. My tenure spanned the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. The surveillance policies of both administrations enlarged the powers of the National .....

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Spark Session: Readying Your Community Foundation to Serve Philanthropic Families - Webinar

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2:00pm to 3:00pm

... But now they’re asking for help with tougher issues such as preparing heirs to be responsible givers, dealing with ... practices and philanthropic services to offer a range of family philanthropy services. The...

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BNY Mellon and United Nations Foundation Publish Report for Advancing Gender Equality

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01/26/2017

... three million people around the country -- that's one out of every 100 Americans -- and upwards of another 250,000 ... to literally put their money where their mouths are, a new report...

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