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Science Studies Get a Big Boost

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03/10/2014

... including initiatives from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable ... the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. About 37,000 new math and science educators will...

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

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Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

NYPL Wins $500,000 in News Challenge for Internet Access Project

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06/23/2014

... $500,0000 in News Challenge for Internet Access Project New York Public Library is one of the 19 winners in Knight ... for its “Check Out the Internet” project which lends New York residents portable Wi-Fi...

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Helmsley Trust Awards $8.7 Million for T1D Research Program

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03/30/2015

... for T1D Research Program Unitio has announced a three- year , $8.7 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. ... programs designed to improve clinical care and translate new therapeutics; and cultivate...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Rockefeller Foundation Pledges $75 Million for Smart Power India Project

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04/16/2015

... Foundation on Wednesday pledged $75 million as part of its new initiative to use renewable energy based mini-grids not ... 1,000 villages in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, but also create new jobs by providing...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Capital One Launches Fund to Assist Nonprofit Developers

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06/08/2015

... The company has selected six nonprofits—three in New York City and three in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan ... will complete predevelopment activities for several new housing initiatives that could create...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Capital One Foundation

Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177 Million to Study Dementia

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11/17/2015

... which will conclude its grant-making commitments next year , announced on Monday the capstone of its work on aging populations: a $177 million grant to create a new institute to study dementia. The new...

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Aging

The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Newly-Named Soros Fellows for 2016 Include Six Indian Americans

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04/14/2016

... The 18th annual Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans were announced April 12 and included six Indian ... the 30 recipients. The graduate school Fellowship for New Americans — for immigrants and...

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Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans

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Immigration

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NYCT, Jonas Center, John A. Hartford and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Highlighted in Health Affairs

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07/20/2016

... the Affordable Care Act. The BLS notes that the supply of new nurses entering the labor market has increased in recent ... RNs who are retiring will create opportunities for many new nurses. .. NYCT, Jonas...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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The New York Community Trust

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

William T. Grant and Century Foundations Support Study on Effects of For-Profit Schools on African-Americans

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09/19/2016

... school, seeing them as the quickest route to jobs. A new study finds the streamlined, focused curriculum that ... is also the reason many poor students drop out, however. A new study of 150 black youths from...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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The Century Foundation

Carnegie-Funded Commission Finds Most People Want A College Degree, But That Goal Remains A Challenge

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09/22/2016

... in four years and 60 percent in six, according to a new report about undergraduate education. According to "A ... funded with $2.2 million from the Carnegie Corporation of New York... Carnegie-Funded...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Ford-Supported Survey Finds Black, Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents

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10/06/2016

... smaller expenses, than do whites or Asians, according to a new GenForward poll. And more than half of millennials ... the poll released this week. This information comes from a new GenForward survey of young...

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Economic Security

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IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy

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06/08/2017

... giant announced the launch of Science for Social Good, a new program that partners IBM researchers with postdoctoral ... to take on societal issues through data. With the new initiative, IBM announced 12...

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Technology

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IBM Corporation

Bloomberg, Tiffany Support Ocean Conservation and Climate Change Communications

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08/03/2017

... organization called The Ocean Agency. Vevers stars in a new documentary, Chasing Coral, which won the Sundance ... Netflix in mid-July. He recently sat down with Adweek in New York during a press tour for the...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Nonprofit Supporting NYCHA Adds to Early Fundraising & Programs

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08/29/2017

... NYCHA Adds to Early Fundraising & Programs More than a year -and-a-half after the Fund for Public Housing officially ... has raised approximately $1.5 million, according to New York City Housing Authority...

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Housing and Homelessness

Off-Broadway’s Golden Age Faces Financial Hurdles

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09/12/2017

... artists who try to make their living off-Broadway in New York City say this is a golden age for their small-scale ... the off-Broadway theaters have welcomed a plethora of new shows—up to 130 a season, says...

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City Council Members Still Navigating Outside Income Divestment Ahead of Deadline

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10/05/2017

... approved by Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council last year . Only three current City Council members, two of whom voted against the new restrictions, continue to be involved in their private ... the...

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Economic Security

Google to Invest more than $1 Billion in Digital Literacy, Workforce Development

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10/13/2017

... Digital Literacy, Workforce Development Google announced new online tools and more than $1 billion in funding for ... combat that problem, Pichai announced Grow with Google, a new initiative and online...

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