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The 2017 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Announced

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06/05/2017

... The Rita Allen Foundation has named its 2017 class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholars, celebrating seven young ... whose research holds exceptional promise for revealing new pathways to advance human health...

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Jeff Jarvis, CUNY Professor and Director of the Tow Knight News Integrity Initiative, on Shifting Away from Media-Centric News Literacy

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06/22/2017

Jeff Jarvis, CUNY Professor and Director of the Tow Knight News Integrity Initiative, on Shifting Away from Media-Centric News Literacy As the founder of the News Integrity Intiative, Jeff Jarvis...

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Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Pigments Made by Beets May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops

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08/15/2017

... May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops Color in the plant kingdom is not merely a joy to ... benefits and are used in the food and drug industries. A new study conducted at the...

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Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept

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09/18/2017

... CEO Paul McDonald has now stated he wants to roll out 50 new Bodega locations on the West Coast. By the end of 2018, his company plans to distribute more than 1,000 ... you.” Needless to say, this has caught...

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Food Systems

The Kids Are Alright: Millennial Generalizations Are Getting Old

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09/20/2017

... into generations. Today, most adult Americans fit into one of four generations. There is the silent generation—born between 1925 and the end of World War II—which follows the “GI generation” (born ... Their...

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Ford Foundation Awards 25 Fellowships to US Artists Driving Social Change

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10/02/2017

... Social Change The Ford Foundation today announced 25 new Art of Change fellowships that will support visionary artists and cultural leaders in creating powerful works of art that help advance...

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Arts

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awards $26 Million in Grants

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10/05/2017

... $26 million. The grants will provide support in the areas of homelessness, substance abuse prevention, foster youth, ... and Catholic education and nuns. Recipients include the New Venture Fund, which was...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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Housing and Homelessness

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Russell Sage Foundation Supported Studies Explore How Affordable Health Care Reduces Poverty and Payday Borrowing

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10/10/2017

... Congress has long been bitterly divided over the subject of health care. A few weeks ago, Senate Republicans failed to pass the Graham-Cassidy bill, one of many attempts to “repeal and replace” the Affordable...

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With Support From The Rockefeller Foundation, NRDC Releases Report: What, Where and How Much Food Is Wasted in Cities

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10/25/2017

... Food Is Wasted in Cities Food is the largest component of what we send to landfills in the U.S., representing nearly 22% of disposed municipal solid waste. When we waste food, we not ... wasted, and how much...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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The Rockefeller Foundation Expands Access to Electricity in India

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11/15/2017

... to Electricity in India In rural India, only 55 percent of households have access to electricity. The Rockefeller ... in India, The Rockefeller Foundation will create new economic opportunities for poor, rural...

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Newman's Own Tax Break Matters Far Beyond Just One Foundation

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11/27/2017

... Foundation It sells pasta sauce, lemonade, and 31 kinds of salad dressing with Paul Newman’s face splashed ... GOP tax bill passes, it will more or less have a section of the U.S. tax code all to itself. The...

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Wallace Foundation Commissioned Report Shows How ESSA Supports Social-Emotional Learning

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12/05/2017

... through the Every Student Succeeds Act, according to a new report, which identifies 60 evidenced-based programs that ... The report comes from the RAND Corp.’s evidence review of how ESSA supports social-...

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Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body

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02/06/2018

... Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body New scientific research has revealed how a small part of the brain singlehandedly steadies the body if it is thrown ... kneejerk response that first...

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NoVo Foundation Announces Three Winners of the Pathways to Freedom Challenge

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02/15/2018

NoVo Foundation Announces Three Winners of the Pathways to Freedom Challenge The Partnership for ... excited to support our winning cities and together develop new ways to prevent and address both labor and sex...

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"Risk Is a Fact of Life." A Conversation with Stephen Heintz of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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02/16/2018

"Risk Is a Fact of Life." A Conversation with Stephen Heintz of the ... Vivien Hoexter and Linda C. Hartley interviewed for their new book, Big Impact: Insights & Stories from...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Group of NY Funders Support History-Making Performance Celebrating Black Choreographers

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03/30/2018

Group of NY Funders Support History-Making Performance Celebrating ... of solos crafted by such leading Black choreographers as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Robert Battle and ... our...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Makes Water Purification Breakthrough

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04/03/2018

... clean, safe drinking water using only natural levels of sunlight and inexpensive gel technology could be at hand, ... 30,000 people die each week from the consumption and use of unsanitary water. Although the...

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Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Launch a Writing Fellowship Focused on Mass Incarceration through Art for Justice Fund

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04/06/2018

... related to mass incarceration, announced its first round of grant recipients. Four months later, we're seeing the fund’s vision play out through its support for one of its inaugural recipients, PEN...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Justice Reform

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Mac Aids Fund Lends Its Support to Some of the Most Beautiful Moments in Angels in America

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04/17/2018

Mac Aids Fund Lends Its Support to Some of the Most Beautiful Moments in Angels in America Early on in Angels in America, Prior Walter, a young man dying of AIDS, sits in front of a mirror...

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