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How Open Road Alliance is Helping Cure a Blind Spot for Philanthropists

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10/02/2018

... while attending the 2011 Burning Man arts festival in Nevada. Michaels, who’s married to billionaire dealmaker ... facing unexpected roadblocks. It made its first grant in 2012 and now offers loans, too. Open...

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Gish Jen Joins the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Board

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01/26/2022

... having represented the U.S. Department of State in Turkey, Armenia, Japan, China, Egypt, Serbia, and Israel. ... diplomat, academic, and mentor, with lived experience in the Chinese immigrant community...

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Weinberg Foundation announces communications leadership transition

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05/19/2022

... Foundation, Mr. Demchak enjoyed a more than 30-year career in broadcast journalism. He worked as a reporter, anchor, or manager at radio and television stations in Maryland, including WBFF-TV in...

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Newman's Own channels money to broadcasters

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01/31/2013

... by the late actor Paul Newman, said some outlets will use the two-year grants to generate more donations through challenge grants while others will use the money for programming or special projects... Newman...

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Carnegie Corporation Commits $15 Million for Rethinking School Design

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03/25/2013

... district-based school design work uses the principles in a new Carnegie Corporation report as a starting point. ... for Student Success, that calls for a focus on how schools use teaching, time, technology,...

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William T. Grant Foundation Awards $1.7 Million for Research to Benefit Youth

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08/03/2013

The seven grants totaling nearly $1.7 million are in support of researchers and organizations working to ... the understanding of everyday youth settings and the use of research evidence in the...

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Nitrogen’s Impact Changes Climate Forecast

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04/28/2015

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded study more accurately reflects the effect of nitrogen in climate change models.

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MAC AIDS Fund Supports New Video On Transgender Bathroom Access

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06/24/2016

... about the open bathroom access that allows anyone to use bathrooms of the sex they identify with — a ... explain, one by one, why they should simply be allowed to use the bathroom of their choosing. Richards...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Advocating an End to the Death Penalty

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07/20/2016

... Philanthropies Advocating an End to the Death Penalty The use of the death penalty in the United States is arguably one of the country’s most ... States stands practically alone among democracies that ...

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Legal Aid Society Slams State’s Familial DNA Testing Proposal as Abuse Of Power

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09/13/2017

... testing proposal, saying the move is an abuse of power. In June, the State Commission on Forensic Science voted 9-2 ... to be used by law enforcement agencies across the state in violent felony and sex crime...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Selects Ten Communities as 2020-2021 RWJF Culture of Health Prize Winners

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10/26/2021

... nation. Prize communities share a commitment to investing in a broad range of solutions and coordinated steps to usher ... at Ya Ne Dah Ah school, and Chickaloon Area Transit System available to all residents...

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The Future of News

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05/08/2009

... is undermining the health of an industry that has operated in roughly the same way for centuries. Every week brings news ... scrutiny. Whatever the solution, it’s urgent that we come up with some way of...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Coverage Gains Under ACA Have Stalled

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02/13/2019

... who were insured all year, 29 percent were underinsured in 2018, up from 23 percent in 2014, according to results from the Commonwealth’s ... health insurance, including the quality of their coverage, ...

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Children's Health Fund Launches New Mobile Clinic in NYC Made Possible by the Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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07/12/2019

Children's Health Fund Launches New Mobile Clinic in NYC Made Possible by the Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley ... continuous medical and integrated behavioral healthcare, in addition to mental health...

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The Charles H. Revson Foundation Elects Dr. Stephen Blacklow to Board of Trustees

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11/01/2022

... between different cells induces growth and changes in cell identity both in normal development and in cancer. He has elucidated key molecular events in Notch ...

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Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Pigments Made by Beets May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops

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08/15/2017

... Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops Color in the plant kingdom is not merely a joy to the eye. Colored ... disease, and they confer health benefits and are used in the food and drug industries...

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17 Jun 2010

How Democracy Works Now: The Senate Speaks

Thursday, June 17, 2010 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd Street, NYC

... battles, led by Senator Ted Kennedy, of 2006 and 2007. We will be featuring the 11th story called The Senate Speaks ...

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How The New York Community Trust Is Shaping K-12 Education in New York

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02/13/2018

How The New York Community Trust Is Shaping K-12 Education in New York Collaborating with other funders takes a whole ... skilled at it than others. Community foundations stand out in this regard. Some of the...

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Opposition to Eliminating the Estate Tax

... per person (effectively $10.9 million per married couple) in 2016. According to research conducted by The Brookings ... would reduce giving during life by a similar magnitude in dollar terms. To put this...

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Support Facebook Research Initiative to Study Social Media Impact on Elections

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04/09/2018

... and director of research David Ginsberg announced in a Newsroom post that the initiative will be funded by ... experts to develop research evaluating Facebook’s impact in upcoming elections—with the goal of...

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