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New Biomarker Identifies Uveal Melanoma Patients At High Risk For Metastasis (Research To Prevent Blindness)

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03/07/2016

... Basic Research and leader of the Eye Cancer Site Disease Group at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the ... The study was supported by the National Institutes of Health , the National Cancer Institute,...

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With Support from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Opera Philadelphia Appoints Rene Orth as Composer-in-Residence

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06/17/2016

... In collaboration with New York’s Music-Theatre Group , Opera Philadelphia is proud to announce that Rene Orth ... its individualized plan of study with a living stipend and health benefits... With Support from...

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Arts, Culture, & Media

Long Island Community Foundation-Backed Report Finds Racial Inequities Cost LI’s Economy Billions Each Year

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04/25/2017

... economy would be much stronger if barriers in education, health and housing that adversely affect black residents are ...

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Long Island Community Foundation

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Just How Little Access to Healthcare Americans over 65 Have

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12/11/2017

... other countries and are more likely to go without needed health care because of costs. Why should this be? For one ... Americans are more likely to enter the 65-and-up age group with chronic diseases — heart...

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Aging

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Newman's Own Foundation Forms Native American Nutrition Cohort

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05/08/2018

... access to fresh and healthy food options leads to health -related problems, and up to 50 percent of Native AIAN ... they turn 10, the highest prevalence of any racial/ethnic group ... Newman's Own...

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Food Systems

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Judy Belk Appointed President and CEO of The California Wellness Foundation

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03/12/2014

... played a historic role in courageously funding in public health areas that had drawn little or no philanthropic ... the process, the Foundation has expanded the definition of health and wellness for all...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Don’t Say “When Did You Stop Caring About Children?” and Other Guidance for Child Advocates

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09/23/2010

... foundations that are engaged in social change and public policy reform. Mr. Gould is the firm’s senior strategist ...

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Democracy Funders Collaborative Census Subgroup Pushes Census Turnout

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05/09/2018

... the federal government from getting an accurate count. Group Effort Anticipating these difficulties, Bauman joined ... of New York, to draw up a census game plan. The group , called the Democracy Funders...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Mass Shooting in Orlando: Resources and Networks for Action

... terms: Philanthropy New York stands with those who are working to end all forms of violence, especially those ... Underlying causes of this tragic event (not related to policy or advocacy) Other needs we...

Unbound Philanthropy Welcomes Elyse Lightman Samuels

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04/18/2014

... Jewish World Service. She has also spent extensive time working in Cambodia as a founding member and Trustee of the ... a MPA in International Nonprofit Management and Public Policy at NYU Wagner’s School of...

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TCF Senior Fellow Barton Gellman Wins Third Pulitzer

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04/30/2014

... groundbreaking work,” said TCF vice president for policy and programs Greg Anrig. “He exposed a secret ...

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Ford Joins Other Major Foundations in Requiring Funded Projects to Be Open Through Creative Commons License

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02/04/2015

... announced today that it is adopting an open licensing policy for all grant-funded projects and research to promote ...

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Cecilia Stancell Promoted to Director of Programs at Dyson Foundation

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08/17/2015

Stancell was most previously a program officer for the foundation.

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Why the Ford Foundation Launched a Program for Formerly Incarcerated People—and How They Did It

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05/19/2017

The foundation’s work with BPI also aligns with our support for fair chance hiring policies and other efforts to eliminate barriers to employment for people with conviction records...

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Justice Reform

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Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”

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12/20/2017

... this. Wallace’s approach is grounded in the notion of “ working in and through” the marketplace of ideas to find ... answer them, and then shares what it learns to inform policy and practice. The aim is not...

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Long Island Community Foundation Welcomes Mary Beth Guyther as New Program Officer

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09/03/2012

... April 2012. She manages the Foundation’s grantmaking in Health , Hunger, Arts and Technical Assistance. In her role as ... Universalist Fund. Guyther has an extensive background working for nonprofits,...

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Long Island Community Foundation

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Uninsured Rate Drops From 20 Percent to 15 Percent Due To ACA

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07/10/2014

... Act’s first open enrollment period, significantly fewer working -age adults are uninsured than just before the sign-up ... were uninsured. The national uninsured rate among working age-adults dropped from 20...

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How Institutions Take Risks

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10/12/2014

... the Rockefeller Foundation pivoted from its core public- health work to the heart-wrenching and perilous business of ...

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JPMorgan Chase and NY Community Trust Partner to Bring Middle-Skills Jobs Training

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05/10/2017

... Bronx to New York City employers in three key sectors — health care, information technology, and transportation, ... focus on support for intermediaries in growing industries working to boost employer...

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