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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Contributes to NJ Initiative to Address Opioid Epidemic

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10/26/2016

NJTV, New Jersey’s public television network, announced an open call for original poetry about the impacts of drug addiction.

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz Announces Increase of 2017 Program Grants Budget

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03/15/2017

Recognizing the challenges to many of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund’s program priorities presented by the current political climate, the board of trustees has approved an increase in the Fund’s grants budget by nearly 12 percent for 2017, Fund...

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Open Society Foundations Hosts Artistic Activism: Connecting Social Activism and Artistic Practice

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04/07/2017

... have turned to the arts for inspiration and as a way to engage audiences, through deep and emotional connections, to ...

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18 Jun 2018

No Place Like Home: Responding to the Unique Needs of Homeless Children and Their Families

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9:00am to 11:00am

... Members: To register yourself and/or a colleague at your organization, please log in and click the Register Now ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $80 Million

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04/19/2019

... in New York City — which uses classical texts to engage communities in discussion of pressing contemporary ...

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Civic Engagement

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Elliott S. Fisher Joins Fannie E. Rippel Foundation Board

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03/01/2012

Elliott S. Fisher, M.D., M.P.H., one of the nation’s most renowned experts on healthcare, has joined the Fannie E. Rippel Foundation’s Board of Trustees.

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De Blasio drafts biz execs to push pre-K tax

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01/29/2014

Several business executives, including Lee Wasserman, Director of the Rockefeller Family Fund, have signed on to Mayor de Blasio's plan to raise taxes to fund citywide pre-K and after-school programs, reported Crain's New York Business.

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Report Shows Link Between Children's Outcomes and Mothers' Educational Attainment

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07/10/2014

Children whose mothers have not graduated from high school lag on economic, education and health outcomes, compared with children of better educated mothers, according to a report from the Foundation for Child Development.

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Simons Foundation Among Backers of $28 Million Autism Treatment Study

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07/29/2015

Researchers will collect data from children over a 24-week period and evaluate key facets of social communication in those with autism spectrum disorders.

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Hartford and Atlantic Funded Study Finds Four in Ten Older Adults Have Trouble Managing Health Needs

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10/14/2015

... that medical appointments or tests get delayed or don’ t get done, or that all of the requirements of their health ...

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Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities

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02/04/2016

The Mellon Foundation grant will support of efforts to increase the number of Latino professors in the humanities at U.S. colleges and universities.

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Wallace Foundation Funds Research on Summer Academic Programs for Poor Children

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09/07/2016

New research suggests that school districts can stave off the summer slide by offering free, voluntary programs that mix reading and math instruction with sailing, arts and crafts, and other summer staples.

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Supported by Surdna and NY Community Trust, Study Shows How Arts and Culture Improve Health, Safety and Well-being in NYC

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03/10/2017

Low- and moderate-income residents in New York City neighborhoods with many cultural resources are healthier, better educated, and safer overallthan those in similar communities with fewer creative resources, according to a groundbreaking study by...

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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

... their children’s problems, a single gene mutation can’ t be blamed for complex brain disorders like autism, ...

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A Golf Center Grows in Harlem

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08/28/2017

A leader of the Bridge Golf Foundation hopes it will be a “model for progressive gentrification” through its work with underprivileged and mostly black adolescent boys.

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Child-Welfare Agency Gets Props for New Approach to Helping Families Navigate Challenges

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09/20/2017

Happy stories rarely land the city’s child-welfare system in the headlines, and the last few weeks have been no exception.

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Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed

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03/01/2018

The Schott Foundation for Public Education released the Loving Cities Index , a multi-state report that aims to reverse historical local policies and practices rooted in racism and bias and replace them with policies that create local loving systems...

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