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Ms. Foundation for Women President Amerita Examines Impact of Take Our Daughters to Work Day

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04/24/2015

... and it suddenly became a national phenomenon. On that first day of the first year of TODTW, I watched girls in operating rooms and ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Large-Scale ‘Invest in Youth’ Initiative Focused on 16-24 Year Olds

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05/06/2015

... across Brooklyn. Brooklyn Community Foundation, the first and only public foundation dedicated to New York ... particularly young people of color. In its first year, the Foundation will deploy over $2 million...

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$1.25 Million Mellon Grant Awarded to Arts & Humanities to Fund Digital Humanities, African American Studies

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07/17/2015

... undergraduate curricular initiatives including UMD’s First -Year Innovation & Research Experience (FIRE) program, a new initiative to expose first -year undergraduates to rich research experiences, ...

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Tow Foundation Touted as Prime Example of Funder Helping Turn the Tide for Juvenile Justice Reform

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11/19/2015

... juvenile justice system. This would make Connecticut the first state to presumptively include anyone over 18 in the ... all 16-year-olds as adults to a state considering the first push of juvenile jurisdiction...

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NPs Share Excellent Management Practices (New York Community Trust)

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01/19/2016

... Common Pantry, America Needs You and BRC were awarded the first , second and third prizes, respectively. New York Common ... America Needs You supports the economic mobility of first -generation college students...

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The New York Community Trust

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NoVo and Ms. Foundations Support Grantmakers for Girls of Color Funders Convening

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03/02/2016

... a series of panel discussions and break out sessions, this first convening will explore the power and unique challenges ... and girls across the United States. It is designed as a first step toward a new...

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Duke Foundation Supports Program for Vets & Active Military in Theatre Experience, Study & Creation

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03/11/2016

... and veteran Maurice Decaul will lead VTI as TCG's first official artist-in-residence, constructing curriculum ... "We're thrilled to have Maurice Decaul join TCG as our first ever official...

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SmartCEO Honors Weinberg Foundation President, Rachel Garbow Monroe, as CEO of the Year

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12/16/2016

... 2005, Monroe was hired by the Weinberg Foundation as its first chief operating officer. Five years later, when the ... board restructured, Monroe was named as the Foundation’s first non-trustee president and...

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JPB Foundation Supports Study of New Approach That Makes Cells Resistant to HIV

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04/19/2017

... term,” said Jia Xie, senior staff scientist at TSRI and first author of the study published today in the ...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Simons Foundation-Supported Research: New Map May Lead to Drug Development for Complex Brain Disorders

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07/25/2017

... see the big picture, Marcelo P. Coba created the first map that highlights the brain’s network of protein associations. It’s a first step to developing treatment drugs that operate more ...

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Ford Foundation: On Privilege - Why Discomfort Is A Sign Of Progress

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07/31/2017

... of the beautiful Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon. It was my first time at the club; I was accompanying a friend’s ... had caused this feeling of displacement? This was not my first time in an elite space. And I...

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CareConnect Pulling Out Of New York Insurance Market

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08/28/2017

... reported a $59 million underwriting loss through the first six months of 2017, up from a $48 million underwriting ... to climb as well, increasing to $42 million during the first six months of 2017, up from $...

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James and Charlotte Brooks Foundation Donates Art Holdings, Archives to Parrish Art Museum

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08/30/2017

... Abstract Expressionists James Brooks and Charlotte Park first spent a summer in the Hamptons on Long Island, New ... artistic community out here.” Now, 70 years after that first summer, a large collection of...

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Newman's Own Pops The Champagne - Salad Dressing - That Is

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08/30/2017

... Aug. 25, 1982, that the philanthropic company shipped its first bottles of olive oil and vinegar salad dressing. ... in 10 states through the sale of that dressing in its first year. Giving now approaches $500...

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Citi Foundation and Citi Canada Announce a $700,000 Commitment to Youth

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09/22/2017

... an effort to reduce youth unemployment in cities through first jobs, internships, business training and leadership ... young people across ten cities become career-ready through first jobs, internships, and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change

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09/26/2017

... of medicine, nursing, dental, and public health, is the first complete academic medical center to join the GCCHE. ... Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, the first academic program in...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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NADA to Launch Acquisition Gift Fund for Pérez Art Museum Miami

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10/05/2017

... is headed to the museum’s collection. The gift is the first its kind in the 15-year history of NADA Miami. Ticket ... the NADA International Gallery Prize, which recognizes one first -time exhibitor that doesn’...

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Sam Adler-Bell, Policy Associate at the Century Foundation, Spoke With WNYC About the Ongoing J20 Case

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12/21/2017

... Superior Court. Jury deliberations are underway for the first six of those defendants, who are awaiting a verdict ...

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Pfizer Foundation Fights Hunger and Supports the UN Global Goals at SXSW

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03/27/2018

... South Africa and the U.S., helped to reach Pfizer’s first milestone of completing our first 1 million meals packaged. Pfizer has committed to ...

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