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Chief Of 100 Resilient Cities, A Rockefeller Funded Program, On How Cities Can Tackle Climate Change

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07/25/2017

... to grow, with about 60 percent of all people expected to live in cities by 2050. 100 Resilient Cities, a 4-year-old ...

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Rauch Foundation Research On Government Spending & Early Childhood Published

Release Date:

07/26/2017

Current scientific research demonstrates that the first three years of a child’s life are the most important in terms of brain development. If we want children to start school prepared to learn, and to succeed, then we must support young children...

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Doris Duke Foundation Awards 17 Physician Scientists DDCF’s 2017 Clinical Scientist Development Awards

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07/27/2017

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced the 17 junior physician scientists receiving the 2017 Clinical Scientist Development Awards of $495,000 each over three years.

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Schott Welcomes Mark Paley and Roger Vann to the Board of Directors

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08/15/2017

The Schott Foundation is proud to announce the addition of two new members to our Board of Directors.

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Education

Burke Foundation’s Catalyst Program Seeking Applications

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08/23/2017

For those working in the early childhood development sector, the Burke Foundation is seeking applications for its Catalyst Program, which has a specific focus on children’s issues, as well as the health, financial security, and cohesiveness of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Young Invincibles’ Jen Mishory & Skadden Fellow Yan Cao have joined The Century Foundation

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10/04/2017

Cofounder and former Executive Director of Young Invincibles Jen Mishory and Skadden Fellow and attorney Yan Cao have joined The Century Foundation, a leading progressive public policy think tank with offices in New York and Washington, D.C.

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Simons Foundation Supported Research May Have Found Compound Essential to Formation of Life on Earth

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11/07/2017

Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla announced Monday that they may have found a compound essential to the formation of life on earth.

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Schott Foundation CEO John H. Jackson Named by EBONY Magazine One Of 100 Inspiring Leaders

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11/13/2017

Ebony will honor Dr. Jackson as a Community Crusader for his work as a strategic leader in philanthropy and a staunch advocate for public school students

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NoVo Foundation Launches Fourth Cycle of Move to End Violence

Release Date:

11/15/2017

... vision of a future in which all girls and all women can live free from violence and discrimination, act as change ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Expands Access to Electricity in India

Release Date:

11/15/2017

... still have large numbers of individual households that live without service. Additionally, existing electricity ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Markle Foundation President and CEO Zoë Baird Writes About Where Amazon Should Build Their New Headquarters

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12/05/2017

As it eyes a home for HQ2, Amazon should focus less on tax incentives and instead choose a location where policymakers are committed to building a skills-based labor market that prepares workers for the digital economy.

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Workforce Development

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Surdna Foundation Celebrates Centennial Year with $4.5 Million Commitment to Equitable Community Development

Release Date:

12/06/2017

The Surdna Foundation announced a new, $4.5 million investment in equitable community development led by community members. Surdna's catalytic contribution to the Amplify Fund will seed a multimillion-dollar pooled fund to put neighborhood...

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Russell Sage Foundation Trustee Hiro Yoshikawa and Former Visiting Scholar J. Lawrence Aber Win MacArthur Foundation Grant

Release Date:

12/21/2017

The MacArthur Foundation has awarded a grant of $100 million to the Sesame Workshop and International Rescue Committee (IRC) to develop evidence-based, early education interventions for children displaced by conflict and persecution in the Middle...

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The New York Community Trust Awards $600K Grant for NYC Creative Aging Initiative

Release Date:

01/05/2018

... literary arts. Lifetime Arts will conduct more than 20 live training sessions around New York City designed to ...

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Michigan State University Uses Mellon Foundation Grant To Build Massive Slave Trade Database

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01/09/2018

Michigan State University, supported by nearly $1.5 million from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will create a unique online data hub that will change the way scholars and the public understand African slavery.

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New Menino Survey of Mayors, Supported By Citi and The Rockefeller Foundation Reveals Top Issues for Mayors

Release Date:

01/23/2018

... and cities nationally. “Today, the majority of Americans live in cities – and as our urban population continues to ...

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Novo Foundation Launches New Website and Film Series,The Life Story: Moments of Change

Release Date:

02/01/2018

The stunning new interactive website explores 13 moments when survivors, service providers, funders, advocates and allies can make a difference for girls and women.

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NoVo Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Maintains A World Class Art Collection In a Westchester Basement

Release Date:

02/05/2018

Picasso, Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, and Louise Nevelson all inside the lower level of Kykuit, also known as the John D. Rockefeller Estate, a 3,400-acre site in Sleepy Hollow.

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Arcus Foundation's Andrea Marra Announces Challenge to State Senator Jose Peralta

Release Date:

02/08/2018

Andrea Marra, a Jackson Heights resident and LGBTQ activist, officially announced her run against incumbent state Senator Jose Peralta on Feb. 6.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Selects Top 35 Innovative Urban Ideas as Finalists in 2018 Mayors Challenge

Release Date:

02/21/2018

As Part of the Bloomberg American Cities Initiative, Challenge Will Invest $17.5 Million in Grants and Technical Assistance to Discover Innovative Solutions to Urgent Local Issues

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Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

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