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Laboratory Announces $50 Million Gift To Establish Simons Center for Quantitative Biology

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07/07/2014

... of molecular biology and one of the first institutions in the world to recognize the importance of quantitation in the life sciences. The Simons Center for Quantitative Biology brings together experts ...

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Report Shows Link Between Children's Outcomes and Mothers' Educational Attainment

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07/10/2014

... for America’s Children , also finds that one in every eight children in the U.S. lives with a mother who has not graduated from ... school. According to FCD, "The enormous disparities in...

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Community Revitalization Works Better When A "Quarterback" Is In Charge

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07/22/2014

... Revitalization Works Better When A "Quarterback" Is In Charge The "community quarterback" model can be an ... Fund, and Brandee McHale, COO at the Citi Foundation, in a post on the SSIR...

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New Class of Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows Tackles Economic and Social Inequality

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08/12/2014

... Fellows. Fellows have the opportunity to change the world in one year. Each is given a $100,000 grant, office space in New York City and support from the Nathan Cummings ... will be working to create wealth...

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Foundation CEOs Need Candid Feedback to Succeed in Driving Change

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09/02/2014

Foundation CEOs Need Candid Feedback to Succeed in Driving Change Leading a foundation is hard. That’s among the messages in a thoughtful, just-released letter from Darren Walker, ... of the Ford Foundation,...

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Center for Effective Philanthropy

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Penny Abeywardena Joins the de Blasio Administration as the Head of the Office of International Affairs

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09/16/2014

... International Affairs Commissioner Tuesday. She will be in charge of dealing with the diplomatic community for City ... and multilateral institutions to increase investments in gender-focused development...

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Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled in BusinessWeek

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10/03/2014

Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled in BusinessWeek Judith Rodin is the president of the Rockefeller Foundation, which means she’s in charge of giving away one of America’s historic ... quite what it once...

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Taking the Time to Learn in Transition: How the Ford Foundation Board Revamped the Traditional CEO Search

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11/13/2014

Taking the Time to Learn in Transition: How the Ford Foundation Board Revamped the ... of foundation trustees and CEOs at the Ford Foundation in New York. This meeting was constructed as an opportunity ... what is...

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RPA, Ford, MasterCard Foundation Among Funders Partnering with Foundation Center on Global Development

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11/20/2014

... to better understand the opportunities for engaging in global development goal processes and will help ... the UN system understand the value philanthropy can bring in driving greater impact for people.... RPA...

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Commonwealth Fund Research Shows Elderly in U.S. Have Trouble Paying Medical Bills

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11/21/2014

Commonwealth Fund Research Shows Elderly in U.S. Have Trouble Paying Medical Bills The Commonwealth Fund surveyed older adults in 11 nations and found that the U.S. leads the pack in the...

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GIH Elects Jacqueline Martinez Garcel to Board of Directors

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12/04/2014

... Martinez Garcel to Board of Directors Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is pleased to announce that Antony Chiang, ... after the GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy in March. Jacqueline Martinez Garcel is...

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Coalition to Support Grieving Students Launches GrievingStudents.org

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01/13/2015

... designed to empower educators and school professionals in their efforts to support grieving students. The Coalition to Support Grieving Students, convened in 2013 by the New York Life Foundation, is a...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Funds Heart Attack Care in the Rural Midwest

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02/09/2015

Helmsley Charitable Trust Funds Heart Attack Care in the Rural Midwest The American Heart Association, ... save lives, and improve outcomes for heart attack patients in rural Iowa, called Mission: Lifeline...

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Ford Foundation Backs New Associate's Degree Program at New York State Prison

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03/02/2015

... grant, NYU's new program began this semester and can lead to an associate's degree. According to the ... university, credits earned at the medium-security prison in liberal arts, or future...

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Alfred P. Sloan and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding

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03/17/2015

... P. Sloan and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding An ambitious funding drive aims to ... behind Kastner and the initiative, which launched in 2013, boast a history of commitment to...

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Prudential and Goldman Sachs Developing World’s Largest Vertical Farm in Newark

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03/12/2015

... $30 million project to redevelop a former industrial site in the Ironbound community of Newark, NJ into the world’s ... square foot indoor vertical farm and global headquarters in a converted steel factory...

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Gerstner Family Foundation Commits $10 Million to Overcome Cancer Drug Resistance

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05/19/2015

... to the problem of cancer drug resistance: one based in the laboratory and the other in partnership with clinical researchers. First, ... technology. This revolutionary tool was developed in...

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Bloomberg and CDC Foundation Explore Tobacco Use Covering 60 Percent of World's Population

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06/01/2015

... use represents the leading cause of death and disease in the world. Today, approximately 1.3 billion people use ... M.P.H., chief of the Global Noncommunicable Disease Unit in the Division of Global Health...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants $4.1 Million to 41 Theater Programs

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07/06/2015

... Mellon Foundation program officer Susan Feder said in a statement. “They develop and produce a broadly diverse ... important revivals and translations and are risk takers in the extremely competitive...

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