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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 ... prizes awarded since 2010. The median purse for the government prizes has jumped to about $10,000 in...

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LGBT-Themed Films Receive Support From New Arcus Fund

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07/16/2014

... Nine LGBT-themed documentary films have been selected for support from the Arcus Foundation Fund at Sundance Institute. Established in 2013 , the fund supports independent, high potential ... support. "...

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NoVo Executive Director Finds Correlation Between Domestic Violence and Other Violent Crimes in NYTimes Editorial

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02/04/2015

... The pattern is striking. Men who are eventually arrested for violent acts often began with attacks against their ... out the bombing of the Boston Marathon, he was arrested for beating his girlfriend. When Man...

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Many Programs of Bankrupt FEGS Will End Up at UJA-Federation, Says CEO

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03/13/2015

... In the most recently available IRS990 filing for the year ending June 30, 2013 , FEGS reported total revenues of over $230 million. It ... $46 million and had total net assets – after accounting for...

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JPMorgan Chase and Target Join Initiative to Create Job Opportunities for Young People

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07/13/2015

... and Target Join Initiative to Create Job Opportunities for Young People Failure to employ 16 to 24-year-olds has ... assistance and incarceration — was $26.8 billion in 2013 alone. Quite literally, we can’t...

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Clark Foundation and Clark Sports Center Featured in NYTimes

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07/30/2015

... which had more than $600 million in assets at the end of 2013 .... Clark Foundation and Clark Sports Center Featured ...

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NY Charities Bureau Launches Searchable Database of Non-Profit Dissolutions Approved by Attorney General

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08/07/2015

... are aware, New York’s Nonprofit Revitalization Act of 2013 made changes to the procedures concerning transactions ... that previously required court approval. Now, petitions for approval of most transactions...

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NYS Health Foundation Publishes Report on Expanding Health Insurance Access for New Yorkers

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10/13/2015

... Publishes Report on Expanding Health Insurance Access for New Yorkers The Affordable Care Act presented an ... its statewide Enrollment Network initiative in time for the first open enrollment period beginning...

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Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Supports NeuroBioBank for Autism Research

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11/18/2015

... Autism Research Initiative Supports NeuroBioBank for Autism Research The National Institute of Mental ... agreement to establish a collaborative, nationwide effort for the collection, storage, and distribution...

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

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11/19/2015

... Performance times are 8pm each evening. Tickets for the concert are $12 for students, $16 for UofSC Faculty/Staff, Military and ... order of discriminatory practices through movement. In...

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Westchester Community Foundation Names Tara Seeley as New Program Officer

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02/02/2016

... at Central Indiana Community Foundation from 2004 through 2013 . In her most recent position with Plan 2020, the bicentennial planning process for Indianapolis, she worked with community leaders to .....

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Alcohol Abuse Is Rising Among Older Adults

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09/15/2017

... survey taken in 2001 and 2002 and again in 2012 and 2013 , each time with about 40,000 adults. Drinking had ... 65 percent, to 3.8 percent. The researchers’ definition: for a man, downing five or more standard...

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As Incident Reports Rise, City Officials Seek New Answers to Combat Domestic Violence

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09/18/2017

... the city. There were 32,324 domestic violence reports in 2013 . . . As Incident Reports Rise, City Officials Seek New ...

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New York State Health Foundation Awards United Hospital Fund Grant To Study Ways To Improve Discharge Planning

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10/25/2017

... and families and share information with them in planning for discharge. Post-acute care—the services that many ... beneficiaries were discharged into post-acute care in 2013 . Treatment may include a stay in a...

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GroundTruth, Supported By The Henry Luce Foundation and Ford Foundation, Launches Report America, Designed To Reignite Local Journalism

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11/06/2017

... had just experienced the dinner most journalists would die for — especially in light of recent events — and still he ... The intrepid young reporter had spent the summer of 2013 as a fellow of the GroundTruth...

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Boys and Girls Clubs Do Have to Change to Run Quality Arts Programs, Wallace Study Finds

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11/29/2017

... and test the best practices formulated by Wallace in 2013 .Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee created a dance ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announce The Selection Committee For 2017 U.S. Mayors Challenge

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11/29/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies Announce The Selection Committee For 2017 U.S. Mayors Challenge Bloomberg Philanthropies today ... Mayors Challenge Bloomberg Philanthropies has held since 2013 . Former U.S. Ambassador...

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Commonwealth Fund Supported Report Shows Uninsured Rate Drops Substantially in Most States

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12/14/2017

... health care. New Mexico’s rate dropped the most between 2013 and 2016, from 28 percent to 13 percent. A dozen other ... Island, Washington, and West Virginia. The uninsured rate for children under age 19 also...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President

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01/19/2018

... globally. Previously, Pennington served as vice president for the foundation's programming on Education, Creativity, ... social change." Pennington joined the Ford Foundation in 2013 as a program...

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