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Ms. Foundation Centers Black Women, Nonconforming People and Fem(me)s in Campaigns for Expanded Sanctuary Cities

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09/15/2017

... to center Black women and gender nonconforming people in a new report, Centering Black Women, Girls, Nonconforming ... issuances of anti-immigrant executive orders has sparked new conversations around...

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Making Kids Into “Makers”

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09/22/2017

Making Kids Into “Makers” The new annual Inventor’s Challenge prompts children to develop ... how their work could help those around them. But a new program is encouraging them to do so outside of school. ...

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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

... ago, the Hudson River Park Trust floated an idea for a new island. Called Pier 55, it was to be a ... manning those bridges. Extraordinary philanthropy, in our new Gilded Age, is extraordinarily praiseworthy...

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Name-Dropping: Donors Get Tired. Models Do, Too

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09/28/2017

... lapsed donor file, and mailed a six-figure quantity of the new selection of names. While the actual criteria of the new selects is part of the ADA’s secret sauce, chances are ...

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U.S. Quietly Announces Plan To Monitor Immigrants’ Social Media Accounts, Search Histories

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09/28/2017

... internet search history of legal immigrants as part of a new tracking system set to roll out next month. The policy ... travel ban is set begin. First reported by BuzzFeed, the new rule was quietly published...

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Nations Urged to Reject Phillip Morris Funds for Antismoking Efforts

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10/03/2017

... International announced it would fund and help set up a new body called the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World. The ... to donate about $80 million a year for 12 years to this new organization with a mission of...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria

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10/05/2017

... Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria Two new strategies show promise in battling malaria, a disease ... children ages five and under in sub-Saharan Africa.Both new strategies involve making...

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NADA to Launch Acquisition Gift Fund for Pérez Art Museum Miami

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10/05/2017

... of Contemporary Art putting the finishing touches on its new permanent home, this season is a big one for the Miami ... its collection. At the upcoming NADA Miami art fair, the New Art Dealers Alliance will...

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Rita Allen Foundation Supported Report Finds That Civic Tech Struggles with Sustainable Funding Despite Gains

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10/31/2017

... Tech Struggles with Sustainable Funding Despite Gains A new report has found that while civic tech is a growth ... What the report found is that technology has opened new paths for citizens to contribute to...

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Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”

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12/20/2017

... as they move together in this uncharted territory of new ideas, Miller adds. He lays out a four-step cycle of ... and refinement to help the foundation’s efforts adapt to new information and improve... Wallace...

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Arcus Foundation, Casey Family Programs and Other Funders Support Voices of Youth Count

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04/27/2018

... Programs and Other Funders Support Voices of Youth Count New Chapin Hall brief shows LGBTQ youth who are homeless ... groundbreaking research by Chapin Hall, which provides new insights to the challenges faced...

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Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, University of Michigan Researchers Building System to Safeguard Confidential Data

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06/07/2018

... been used inappropriately and without their knowledge. A new report from a team led by University of Michigan research professor Margaret Levenstein describes a new process to safeguard the research community...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation Funds Report Rethinking How Medicare Pays for Services

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07/13/2018

... changes must be made to Medicare’s current system. In a new report, Center for American Progress outlines a new approach to setting physician payment amounts based on ...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Supports Launch Plant Humanities Initiative

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10/05/2018

... Plants Initiative, Dumbarton Oaks and JSTOR propose a new model of integrating digital humanities with scholarly ... and disseminate existing digitized resources with new primary source material.... Andrew W...

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Research to Prevent Blindness-Supported Researchers Will Be Integral Part of Latest Effort Within NEI’s Audacious Goals Initiative

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11/06/2018

... AGI effort, the five multi-disciplinary teams will develop new disease models for a range of eye conditions. This AGI model-development effort seeks to catalyze new , regenerative treatments – such as cell- and...

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SIFMA Foundation Announces Winner of Fall 2018 InvestWrite Competition

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02/21/2019

... that was so compelling it won her first place in New Hampshire in the SIFMA Foundation’s Fall 2018 ... in Concord, to climb to the top of the competition in New Hampshire for high school. InvestWrite is a...

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Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces 2019 Grant Recipients

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09/26/2019

... to apply for residencies at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans. Among the 2019 grantees are Lauren Halsey, ... to artists for them to continue their practices, to try new things, and to take risks. While...

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PNY Core: Impact Investing Series

This multi-part Impact Investing Series explore the many new ways funders can have a social impact using all of their ...

Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now

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11/19/2012

The Schott Foundation for Public Education’s new report paints a bleak picture—nationally, 52 percent of ... male peers. Schott Foundation President and CEO Dr. John H . Jackson shares his thoughts on how...