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Bloomberg Philanthropies Publishes Results of Largest Survey of American Mayors

Release Date:

04/05/2018

... time, more mayors say that their relationship with the new administration has gotten worse over the past year. The ... a program designed to empower city leaders to generate new ideas and advance policy that...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and National Science Foundation Fund Creation of Battery-Free HD Video Streaming Technology

Release Date:

04/27/2018

... Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a new HD video streaming method that doesn’t need to be ... source has been out of reach. The UW team developed a new system that eliminates all of...

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Technology

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The Pfizer Foundation Announces $5 Million in Grants to Support Women and Families

Release Date:

05/30/2018

... Women and Families The Pfizer Foundation announced today a new $5 million grant commitment to initiatives in low- and ... at the same time children are routinely vaccinated. These new grants build on The...

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The Pfizer Foundation Announces $5 Million in Grants to Support Women and Families

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05/30/2018

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Salesforce Staff Ask CEO to Revisit Ties With Border Agency

Release Date:

06/28/2018

Hundreds of Salesforce.com Inc. employees signed a letter to Chief Executive Officer Marc Benioff criticizing the company’s contracts with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, the latest in a series of staff protests at technology firms...

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Commonwealth Funded Study Shows Impacts State-based Individual Mandates Would Have in 2019

Release Date:

07/25/2018

... mandates. Massachusetts implemented its mandate in 2006. New Jersey, Vermont, and the District of Columbia passed ... state-based individual mandates were implemented in 2019, New Mexico would see the largest...

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Study Funded by The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Shows No Early Dementia in 21 Past NHL, NFL Players

Release Date:

08/09/2018

... Shows No Early Dementia in 21 Past NHL, NFL Players In a new study, researchers found no evidence of early onset ... of retired professional hockey and football players. The new research adds important...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Names More Organizations to Join Cohort of 200 Participating in $43 Million Arts Innovation and Management Training Program

Release Date:

09/05/2018

... seven U.S. cities: Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Denver, New Orleans, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. More than 200 ... the country’s most exciting cultural organizations reach new audiences and expand their...

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Johnson & Johnson Announces 10-year Initiative to Help End Tuberculosis

Release Date:

02/13/2019

... an estimated 1.8 million lives and preventing 12 million new TB infections in the next decade, Johnson & Johnson will ... everything we can to create a world free from TB. This new initiative will unleash...

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Arabella Advisors Report Calls on Philanthropy to Catalyze Inclusive Investment

Release Date:

03/04/2019

... color and women, a report from Arabella Advisors and the New Venture Fund argues. According to the report, An ... minority-owned businesses created 72.3 percent of all new jobs in the United States, while...

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Arabella Advisors

Funding From the Leon Levy Foundation Finds That Artificial Light Makes Birds Fly Into Buildings at Night

Release Date:

04/05/2019

... Light Makes Birds Fly Into Buildings at Night The new analysis of a 40-year record of more than 70,000 ... in light pollution in Chicago in recent years, the new findings show that more needs to be done,...

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Leon Levy Foundation

For Women, the World Remains an Extremely Dangerous Place

Release Date:

03/11/2015

by Kelly Askin, Senior Legal Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative This post originally appeared in Open ...

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11 Dec 2018

In Mixed Company: People of Color in White Spaces - A Food for Thought Conversation

Tuesday, December 11, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Traditional media and social media alike have been flooded with stories of people of color being targeted as they live, work, study, and otherwise navigate “white spaces.” Are these encounters a mere growing pain as society becomes more equitable...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

ACA Subsidies Are for All States—I Should Know, I Was There

Release Date:

03/04/2015

... is whether the federal government can continue providing health care tax subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...

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American Express-Supported Awards Go to Michael Brown, CEO of City Year, and United We Dream’s Julieta Garibay

Release Date:

11/02/2015

... role. She holds a Master’s degree of Science in Public Health and a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from the ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

15 Apr 2020

Supporting Immigrants During the COVID-19 Crisis - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... business closures and job losses to overburdened public health systems and the death of loved ones. Here in the ...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Disaster Relief

Health

Immigration

29 Apr 2021

The OST Workforce: Moving Forward Beyond the Age of COVID

Thursday, April 29, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... OST workers in the perilous position of risking their health and potentially infecting their families. Composed ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Workforce Development

Supported By The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The National Alliance for Audition Support Looks to Increase Diversity in Orchestras

Release Date:

04/18/2018

... audition for and land coveted orchestra jobs. The new initiative — created by the Sphinx Organization , the New World Symphony and the League of American Orchestras ... for orchestras to choose talented...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

01 Apr 2020

Service for Impact - A Webinar

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... and challenges, brainstorm on solutions, and explore new opportunities to make a difference in society while ... will build on past years’ dynamic learning but add a new approach. The focus of this year’s...