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Open Society Foundations Appoints Kavita N. Ramdas as Director of the Women’s Rights Program

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08/16/2018

... to 2010. “The work of our Women’s Rights Program is more important than ever, especially in the face of an ... moment, when women are advancing alternatives toward more open societies. I am confident she will...

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Inside Philanthropy Looks at The Helmsley Charitable Trust Work to Improve Stroke Outcomes in Rural America

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09/11/2018

... them: They're that much further from a hospital. Larger, more sparsely populated states can have a tough time ... local plans for rapid transport of stroke patients, and more , including a public education...

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Supported by The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New Report Finds Even Light Drinking Increases Risk of Death

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10/03/2018

... School of Medicine in St. Louis. Analyzing data from more than 400,000 people ages 18 to 85, the researchers found that consuming one to two drinks four or more times per week -- an amount deemed healthy by...

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Simons and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations Fund Study That Reveals How the Brain Overcomes Its Own Limitations

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10/24/2018

... a harder mental transformation, and therefore creates more uncertainty and more variability, you rely on your prior beliefs and bias ...

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Bank of America, Water.org Expand Partnership to Bring Safe Water to India and Brazil

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11/02/2018

... grant over three years from Bank of America to empower more than 250,000 people in southern India and Brazil with ... grant over three years from Bank of America to empower more than 250,000 people in southern...

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Bloomberg Commits $1.8 Billion to Johns Hopkins for Financial Aid

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11/19/2018

... with some form of loan debt, with the average amount more than $24,000. Johns Hopkins also will reduce the amount ... for federal Pell Grants, with the goal of building a more socioeconomically diverse student...

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14 Feb 2019

Balancing Power Dynamics - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, February 14, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... and community partners? How can your board members build more honest and collaborative relationships, while also supporting other funders in building more authentic relationships with their grantees? This ...

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$4 Million From Ford, Mellon, and Alice Walton Fund Goes to Promote Diversity on Museum Boards

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01/15/2019

... to bolster board diversity in a push to make museums more accessible and inclusive. The Ford, Andrew W. Mellon, ... foundations joined forces to award the grant. In the more than 20 years that museums talked...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Maria Torres-Springer As Next Vice President for US Programs

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02/01/2019

... has led in pursuit of expanded economic opportunity and more equitable communities for all New Yorkers. ... the financing of approximately 60,000 affordable homes, more than any two-year period in HPD’s...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Coverage Gains Under ACA Have Stalled

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02/13/2019

... pocket medical expenses relative to their income and are more likely to struggle paying medical bills or to skip care ... the quality of their coverage, in 2018. It finds that: More U.S. adults are...

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Heckscher Foundation Supported EdTrust–NY Launches New Data Tool “The New York FAFSA Challenge” to Highlight Success and Encourage FAFSA completion.

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02/19/2019

... completion. While low-income high school students are more likely than their wealthier peers to attend schools with ... greatest share of low-income students. At the same time, more than 100 high schools...

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New York Life Foundation Partners with First Book To Bring Grief Books, Resources to Educators

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02/27/2019

... stated that grief was a serious problem that deserves more attention. Additionally, more than 90 percent of First Book member educators ...

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Guardian's 6th Annual Workplace Benefits Study Finds Student Loan Debt Growth Fastest Among Boomers

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04/17/2019

... it’s the older generation that is feeling the impact. More than 50 percent of baby boomers say that college debt is ... result, some baby boomers have been unable to retire, and more retirees are having their...

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ASPCA Announces Commitment to Help Animal Cruelty Victims and Low-Income Pet Owners

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06/18/2019

... in need and by successfully rehabilitating and rehoming more victims of cruelty,” said ASPCA President and CEO Matt Bershadker. The ASPCA is committing more than $45 million to build the infrastructure, in ...

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Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Announces Third Class of Mayors to Go Back to School

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07/15/2019

... the program’s reflection of global trends toward more diverse city leadership: Nearly half (18) of this ... are in their first year of office Of the U.S. mayors, more than one third (12) are African American...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces Winners of 2019 Clinical Scientist Development Awards

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07/18/2019

... research, physician scientists often experience a more challenging transition to an independent research career ... clinical research. Since 1998, the foundation has awarded more than $144 million in Clinical...

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Michigan State University Awarded Grant From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for Less Commonly Taught Languages

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07/23/2019

... models of instruction. “This grant allows us to provide more students with higher levels of proficiency in languages that are less commonly taught and more difficult to sustain,” said Christopher P. Long, dean...

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Mosquito 'spit glands' Hold Key to Curbing Malaria, Study Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Shows

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08/12/2019

... in tropical and subtropical regions, have malaria, and more than 400,000 die of the parasite infection each year, ... including dengue fever, strike scores of millions more . A description of the research is...

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Four Foundations, Including Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Buy Historic Archives of 'Ebony' Magazine

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07/25/2019

... Ebony and Jet magazines, for $30 million. Containing more than four million images and 10,000 hours of video and ... one another to hatch a plan. After they brought on two more foundations and gained approval...

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Cambia Health Foundation and The John A. Hartford Foundation Unite to Improve Awareness and Access to Serious Illness and End-of-Life Care

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08/29/2019

... care, advance care planning, and hospice so that more people can live well – from diagnosis, through ... and increase their capacity to meet the needs of more people... Cambia Health Foundation and The John A...

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