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... Miner has tapped her former planning director to head a new “innovation team.” Tim Knauss reports for ... innovation. He’ll oversee a team of four in the city’s new Office of Innovation . Syracuse is one of 12...

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The Rockefeller Foundation and CrossBoundary Launch Mini-Grid Innovation Lab in Nairobi, Kenya

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04/24/2018

... solutions for minigrids based in Africa so that they can provide more power , to more people, at a lower cost. ... policymakers, investors and donors that minigrids can play a key role in connecting 600-...

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16 Mar 2017

What Does the Future Hold for Immigrant Workers and their Families? – A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, March 16, 2017 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... them entirely from their homes and communities. Join us for a discussion co-sponsored by our partners around these ... associations of grantmakers. (Participation is limited to organizations that share GCIR’s...

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Americans' Wait Time To See Doctors Is Longer Than in Many Other Countries

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07/05/2014

Many Americans wait six days or more to see a doctor when they are sick and need care, ranking the United States toward the bottom in a Commonwealth Fund study of wait times for treatment in 11 countries.

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McConnell Says Wife Won't Resign From Bloomberg Over Coal Policy Stance

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08/14/2014

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said his wife, former U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, has no plans to leave the Bloomberg Philanthropies board, despite the foundation's support for efforts to reduce coal use in the U.S.

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Rockefeller's Rodin Weighs in on What Nonprofits Will Look for in Potential Employees in 2020

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04/09/2015

A 2012 study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that the U.S. nonprofit sector grew an average of 2.1% between 2000 and 2010.

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Earthquake Rocks Nepal

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04/28/2015

The Center for Disaster Philanthropy reports on the response to the earthquake in Nepal.

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Verizon Foundation to Match Employee Contributions to Nepal Relief Efforts

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04/28/2015

The foundation will match all gifts between $25 and $1000, from now through May 10.

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Initiative to Increase Arts Integration in Research Cirricula

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08/06/2015

The $800,000 grant will support a three-year initiative that will disseminate best practices in the integration of arts practice at research universities.

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Column from Hartford Foundation: Independence—It’s What Older People Want

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12/01/2015

... confirm, time and again, that the vast majority of us want to live in our homes and communities as we age, and, ...

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Microsoft Joins Bloomberg, JPMorgan & Others in Supporting Smithsonian's Museum of African American History

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03/25/2016

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opens this fall after five years of construction, is gaining backing from a wide array of donors.

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Funded by Research to Prevent Blindness, USC Study Predicts Visual Impairment Will Double by 2050

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05/19/2016

Older women, minorities, especially Latinos, most at risk; aging baby boomers contribute to increase.

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Ford Foundation Appoints John Irons as Director of Inclusive Economies

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05/19/2016

An economist by training, Irons led work on U.S. employment, including employment in a green economy, and a project on state and metropolitan innovation in partnership with the Brookings Institution.

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on For-Profit Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status

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08/12/2016

Bob Shireman, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation, said the department’s decision on the application should put an end to colleges’ attempts to dodge oversight by converting to nonprofit status.