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American Cancer Society Honors Dave Hattem of AXA at 54th Annual Gala on Long Island

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10/20/2016

... 54th Annual Gala of Hope held at Fox Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, New York on September 22nd, 2016. Hattem leads ... environment to achieve its strategic goals. Earlier in his career, Hattem served as a...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation Focuses on Impact Investing

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04/28/2017

... to guide the foundation’s impact investing strategies. In addition, Lisa Green Hall of Anthos Asset Management ... on “inclusive clean economy” and racial and economic justice , says it’s growing its “...

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New York City March Held Ahead of President Trump's DACA Decision

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08/31/2017

... of President Trump's DACA Decision Thousands are marching in New York City Wednesday to defend DACA following reports ... the end to protections for 800,000 young immigrants in the United States...

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Supreme Court Weighs Immigrants’ Rights to Have Detention Reviewed

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10/04/2017

... Rights to Have Detention Reviewed Amid a nationwide surge in immigration arrests spearheaded by the Trump ... immigrants fighting deportation or applying for asylum in the United States are entitled to...

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Carnegie Corporation Helps Fund An Event That Seeks To Find Oral History Of Racial Violence

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10/19/2017

... are seeking input from those who witnessed racial violence in Alabama from 1930 through 1970. The Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project has a symposium in Birmingham this weekend that...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces 2017 J.M.K. Innovation Prize Winners

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11/17/2017

... this year, The J.M. Kaplan Fund put out a call to anyone in the United States with a promising solution to a social ... Kaplan Fund sought to identify and celebrate innovation in the fields of heritage...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces More Than $8 Million in Grants to Strengthen the Clinical Research Pipeline

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08/19/2014

... Duke Charitable Foundation Announces More Than $8 Million in Grants to Strengthen the Clinical Research Pipeline The ... announced the recipients of more than $8 million in grants through the Clinical...

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Doris Duke and Simons Foundations Back Breakthrough Sickle Cell Research

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09/18/2015

... Sickle Cell Research The discovery, published in the journal Nature, creates a path for developing gene ... controls the molecular switch BCL11A. This switch, in turn, determines whether a red blood cell...

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The 2017 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Announced

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06/05/2017

... Allen Foundation Scholars, celebrating seven young leaders in biomedical science whose research holds exceptional ... to conduct innovative research on the role of microbes in intestinal health, the prevention...

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Ford Foundation President Darren Walker Highlights The Role Of Innovative Partnerships In New Orleans' Recovery

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10/20/2017

... story of New Orleans' recovery: as smart investments in public infrastructure and housing have strengthened the city, new small businesses and jobs in health care, biosciences and technology have...

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Community Development

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New Study Funded By The Peterson Center On Healthcare Reveals Healthcare Spending Rose By Nearly $1 Trillion Between 1996 and 2013

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11/13/2017

... $1 Trillion Between 1996 and 2013 A new study published in JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association) ... Center on Healthcare, explored five drivers of this growth in spending: A growing...

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Newly Established Phyllis Mailman Professorship Endowed by the Tow Foundation, Mailman Foundation, and Joshua Mailman Foundation

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06/24/2019

... and Joshua Mailman Foundation NEW YORK (June 24, 2019) – In honor of philanthropist Phyllis Mailman, The Mailman ... University. The endowed professorship will be based in the Columbia Mailman School’s world-...

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William H. Wright II Named Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Trustee Chair

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10/29/2019

... operates a 2,700-acre center for environmental stewardship in New Jersey, and the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, ... the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture and Design in Hawaii. Wright retired...

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The Heumann Perspective: Ford Foundation

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01/05/2018

... how our grantmakers are including a disability lens in their areas of work. The Heumann Perspective: Ford ...

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06 Feb 2014

The Direct Care Workforce: Issues at the Intersection of Workforce, Aging, Disability, Health Care, Low Income & Disparity

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1:45pm to 5:00pm

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The direct care workforce is often viewed in the frame of health care delivery. This panel will provide ... are startling: One out of every seven low-wage workers in New York City is a home care aide. Their needs...

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Ford Foundation to Fund City Study of Diversity in Cultural Institutions

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03/04/2015

Ford Foundation to Fund City Study of Diversity in Cultural Institutions In a major study to be undertaken ... and dance troupes. “If you’re living in a city like we are...

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McCray, Glen and Citi Launch Initiative to Support Women Entrepreneurs

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03/13/2015

... Development Alicia Glen and Citi will today announce WE NYC (Women Entrepreneurs New York City), an initiative to expand female entrepreneurship in New York City, with a special focus on underserved women and...

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Tiffany & Co.’s Costa on Huffington Post: Oceans Face Dire Threats

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10/16/2015

... Costa on Huffington Post: Oceans Face Dire Threats In 2009, the ocean explorer Sylvia Earle titled her book The ... has said. Indeed, the ocean provides us with the air we breathe, much of the food we...

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Technology

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NYTimes Examines Hartford Foundation Work on Geriatrics

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01/29/2016

... Foundation Work on Geriatrics Ruth Miles, 83, sat in a wheelchair in a small exam room, clutching a water ... of the greatest stories of the 20th century was that we doubled the life...

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