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Money and Power in Post-Election America: Why This Conference?

... has become more engaged with government and in the process of policymaking than ever. Connections between funders and ... poverty alleviation, tax policy and immigration reform). As they move more directly...

Foundation-Funded Innovation Contests With Cash Prizes Attract More 'Average Joes'

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06/19/2014

... and The Rockefeller Foundation. From a search for new technology to thwart robocallers to a bid to boost the number of college graduates living in cities, solutions to public ... contests in addition to more...

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Huge Gap Found Among States In Long-Term Services Quality and Access

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06/20/2014

... Quality and Access The quality and accessibility of long-term supports and services depends in large part on where you live, according to a new report by AARP, The Commonwealth Fund, and the SCAN ... and...

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For Diverse Communities, Giving Circles Strengthen Involvement In Philanthropy

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07/03/2014

... Giving Circles Strengthen Involvement In Philanthropy A new study, funded in part by the Charles and Lynn Schusterman ... donors has participated in a giving circle—nearly half of them under the age of...

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Eight Cities Receive Grants To Reduce Number of Uninsured Children and Families

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07/14/2014

Eight Cities Receive Grants To Reduce Number of Uninsured Children and Families Eight cities received ... Garden City, Mich. Hattiesburg, Miss. Jacksonville, Fla. New Bedford, Mass. Pittsburgh, Pa. Providence, R.I...

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The Elmezzi Foundation Pledges $3 Million to Help End Generational Poverty in Astoria and Long Island City

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09/17/2014

... City Zone 126 has announced the continued support of the Thomas and Jeanne Elmezzi Foundation with a new five year $3M pledge. This support is aimed to provide interim backing of Zone 126...

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13 Nov 2014

Avoiding Avoidance: Addressing and Managing Conflict - Webinar

Thursday, November 13, 2014 -

11:00am to 1:30pm

... National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP) launched a new version of their website - to provide easier access to their expanded ... Center and monthly webinar series. To take advantage of...

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Restoring and Extending Tax Incentives

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11/17/2014

... Also on the “must pass” list for Congress is enactment of an end- of -year tax bill that restores numerous expired tax ... are in dispute. A Senate Finance Committee bill, known as the EXPIRE...

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25 Feb 2015

Executive Assistants Network - Resources to Further Your Professional Goals

Wednesday, February 25, 2015 -

7:15am to 10:30am

... * This program is being offered as part of the Executive Assistants Network , but is relevant ... staff . Career progression isn’t only about getting a new job and climbing the career ladder...

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Fannie E. Rippel Foundation-Funded Study Shows Younger Women Delay Seeking Help for Heart Attacks

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02/25/2015

... Younger women may ignore or dismiss the earliest symptoms of an impending heart attack, such as pain and dizziness, and delay seeking emergency medical ... rates of young women as...

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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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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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