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Jonas Center Support For Online Tutorials Helps Healthcare Students

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06/17/2014

... Association of Colleges of Nursing have made available a new series of online lessons to supplement the learning of ... lessons with supporting practice questions. The first wave of this innovative content is...

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The Rockefeller Foundation and USAID Launch $100 Million Partnership

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08/04/2014

... in communities across Africa and Asia. Announced at the first -ever U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the Resilience Partnership will institute a new model for solving the complex and interrelated challenges ...

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

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03/12/2015

... and AeroFarms, together with the City of Newark and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA), announce ... is owned by RBH Group. Currently under construction, the first phases will open in the...

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

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05/19/2015

... and the other in partnership with clinical researchers. First , researchers at Broad Institute will systematically and ... in Boston and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York to launch the largest...

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The Century Foundation Examines Russia's Syrian Conflict Strategy

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09/24/2015

... 28, on the heels of a shrewdly publicized deployment of new Russian troops and military equipment to Syria. Simultaneously—and not for the first time—the Kremlin has rolled out the prospect of a ...

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Immigration & Immigrant Communities

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International/Global Affairs

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The Nation Details Eric Holder’s Appearance at Ford Foundation

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12/14/2015

... at Ford Foundation Eric Holder was the nation’s first black attorney general at a time when civil-rights ... were at the forefront of the public consciousness, from a new assault on voting rights to the Black...

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Newman's Own Names Walter Harrison to Advisory Board

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11/02/2016

... quality, finances, and fundraising have all improved. New academic programs were added under his tenure, and major ... the greater Hartford community. The University was the first private university in the...

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Proteus Fund Serves as Fiscal Sponsor for LGBT Nonprofits and Initiatives

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01/26/2017

... up under the administration of President Donald Trump, a new fund backed by two national donor networks has launched ... Inauguration Day to award to various groups during Trump's first 100 days in office...

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Women & Girls

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Aetna Foundation Looks Beyond the Doctor's Office in a Quest for Better Health

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03/17/2017

... in a Quest for Better Health Aetna recently announced a new RFP for the latest cycle of its Cultivating Healthy ... Even the problem of bullying, which might not seem at first glance to be part of the same...

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Target Corporation Supports Water Harvesting Cistern to Transform Blighted Properties

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03/29/2017

... assets. The all-volunteer organization will debut a new recreational space and water harvesting cistern this ...

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Community Development & Place Based Initiatives

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JPMorgan Chase Announces $6 Million to Prepare South Bronx Youth for High-Demand Jobs

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05/05/2017

... education schools in the South Bronx to key employers in New York City. The investment will help drive change and is ... rate in the Bronx is below six percent for the first time, more than four in 10 South...

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Warren Buffett Donates $3.17 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Other Charities

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07/11/2017

... in the company, according to Reuters. But even with the new donation, he still owns about 17%. In addition to the ... Buffett Foundation, which is named for the billionaire’s first wife, and his children’s...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation-Supported Study Finds Babies Born Big More Likely to Become Obese Children

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07/12/2017

... birthweight are more likely to become obese as children, a new study from the University of Virginia Children's Hospital ... held true in the children born prematurely, starting in first grade. “Infants...

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Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding

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10/05/2017

... activists have launched a recall campaign against the new mayor of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, a suburb of some 25,000 ... order to provide raises for city employees and to expand first responder services. The...

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Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement

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10/27/2017

... of what economists would call "barriers to entry." At first , this seems like a strange question. After all, public libraries are free, right? Not so fast, says the New York City-based JPB Foundation...

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Atlantic Philanthropies and Ford Foundation Funded Lynching Memorial and Slavery Museum Sets April Opening

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11/14/2017

... The Equal Justice Initiative will open the nation’s first memorial dedicated to lynching victims and a new museum dedicated to slavery on April 26 in Montgomery. ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners

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03/23/2018

... sale of firearms by its business customers, making it the first Wall Street bank to take a stance in the divisive nationwide gun control debate. The new policy, announced Thursday, prohibits the sale of ...

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Newman's Own Foundation Forms Native American Nutrition Cohort

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05/08/2018

... in Native American communities around the country. The first convening is May 8 and 9 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This is the second Nutrition Cohort formed by ...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Marca Bristo and Gbenga Oyebode to Board of Trustees

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06/20/2019

... Marca Bristo and Gbenga Oyebode to Board of Trustees New York, 20 June 2019 — The Ford Foundation announced ... to chair the National Council on Disability, becoming the first person with a disability to hold...

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