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Bloomberg Funds Road Safety in World Cities

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09/29/2014

Bloomberg Funds Road Safety in World Cities The World Health Organization estimates ... other global public health concerns such as tobacco use , has given $125 million since 2010 to promote tougher ... laws, train...

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Charities Seek to Attract More Boomers as They Mull Retirement Plans

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10/20/2014

... are also benefiting from a giving surge by people in their 50s and 60s, especially those seeking to get their ... example, now produces grant-making forms that are filled in with key details, making it simpler...

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New York Community Trust Gives $100K Grant to Encourage Resilient Building Practices in NYC and Beyond

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07/07/2016

... $100K Grant to Encourage Resilient Building Practices in NYC and Beyond The Urban Land Institute (ULI), a global ... and education institute dedicated to responsible land use and building thriving communities...

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Long-Sought ‘Warm-Sensitive’ Brain Cells Identified in New Study Supported by NY Stem Cell, Rita Allen, Sloan, and Klingenstein Foundations

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09/09/2016

Long-Sought ‘Warm-Sensitive’ Brain Cells Identified in New Study Supported by NY Stem Cell, Rita Allen, Sloan, ... the myriad responses that animals, including humans, use to lower their temperature—from “...

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BBH NY Launches EmojiMeals For No Kid Hungry

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09/06/2017

... initiative raises awareness that one out of every six kids in America is hungry, while also raising funds to help ... One of the first campaigns to partner with Instagram to use their new ads in...

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Indian Women Speak Out About A Government Tax that Declares Certain Feminine Hygiene Products 'Nonessential'

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09/08/2017

... making them eligible for a 12 percent tax. The increase in the cost of sanitary napkins will force many women already ... far less access to affordable hygiene products. Most women use old cloth; others, who...

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Forest, Forest Everywhere. But Not an Acre to Touch.

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10/10/2017

Forest, Forest Everywhere. But Not an Acre to Touch. Here in the heart of the Adirondacks, the slender Schroon River, ... more. Local officials had the federal and state money in place to build a replacement...

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William T. Grant Foundation President Discusses Inequality In English Language Education

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10/26/2017

William T. Grant Foundation President Discusses Inequality In English Language Education The percentage of English language learners in American public schools has increased in all but 15 states...

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New York Women's Foundation Launches Fund to Support MeToo Movement

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05/10/2018

... sexual violence, particularly girls and women of color and in marginalized communities. But the group's visibility has skyrocketed in the last six months, since shortly after revelations ... a request for...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds 20 Years of Sky Observations

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05/11/2018

... three-dimensional map of the Universe ever made. Early in the morning of May 10th, 1998, the observers and engineers ... camera. The telescope's mirror, 2.5 meters (8 feet) in diameter, is small by...

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Century Foundation Releases New Report: Finding Workers Where They Are

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02/07/2019

... one of the most successful and powerful social movements in the nation’s history—the labor movement—has not ... efforts, such as Fight for $15, have had success in using digital issue campaigns to achieve...

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Is Bail Reform Causing an Increase in Crime? - New Research & Policy Report from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Releases

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01/20/2023

Is Bail Reform Causing an Increase in Crime? - New Research & Policy Report from the Harry Frank ... throughout the U.S. consider reducing or eliminating the use of pretrial detention and cash bail,...

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Global Companies Like Johnson & Johnson and Goldman Sachs Join Climate Change Efforts

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09/23/2015

... operations entirely with renewable energy, the latest in a wave of commitments suggesting that corporations are ... have already reached the 100 percent target; others do not expect to do so...

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An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation)

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02/22/2016

... a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation) One afternoon in late January, prominent New York restaurateurs, including ... Blue Smoke, has recently embraced this cause, pledging to do away with tipping at his...

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Rockefeller Supports Research on Farming Adaptations to Combat Climate Change

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09/06/2016

... temperatures, crop yields will likely decrease if farmers do not adapt to new management or technology practices. ... strategies is particularly difficult for sorghum farmers in West Africa where seed...

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Behind the Billion: The Ford Foundation and Mission-Related Investments

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04/13/2017

Xavier de Souza Briggs , the foundation’s vice president for Economic Opportunity and Markets, discusses the foundation's work on mission-related investments with Lenora Suki , head of sustainable finance product...

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Ms. Foundation President and CEO Teresa C. Younger on MSNBC

Release Date:

12/21/2017

She spoke to the importance of addressing sexual harassment and assault at all levels -- and holding people accountable when they don’t treat all women with respect.