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Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2016 Scholars

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06/30/2016

... Allen Foundation Scholars, recognizing seven young leaders in biomedical science whose research holds great promise for revealing new pathways to advance human health. The selected Scholars ... will receive...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Launched First Program to Accelerate Reforms in Education For Health Professionals

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06/30/2016

... Foundation Launched First Program to Accelerate Reforms in Education For Health Professionals Most of the unending ... dollars go toward laboratory and clinical research into new treatments and cures, and to...

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Video: Rockefeller's Insight Dialogues Features Hamilton Star and Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda

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07/05/2016

... cast and ingenious composition but also for attracting new audiences to the stage and changing how we think about ... President Judith Rodin to discuss the role of diversity in the arts, economic inclusion,...

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Research Travel Grant on Offer: David Clarke Social Innovation Fellowships

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07/13/2016

... Fellowships Non-profit CEOs are invited to apply for a $US20,000 grant to visit and research best practice social ... presented biennially to CEOs of non-profit organisations in selected US cities ( ...

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Macquarie Group Foundation

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Rausch and Long Island Community Foundations Partner to Expand Tourism in Riverhead

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07/15/2016

... Island Community Foundations Partner to Expand Tourism in Riverhead In recent years, a consistent theme has emerged in Riverhead: marketing the ... expanding tourism — which...

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Long Island Community Foundation

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Ford Foundation's Jee Kim Contributes to 'The Nation' Article on Future of Philanthropy

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07/21/2016

... Nation' Article on Future of Philanthropy Philanthropy, in its current institutional form, is only about a century old. Since its inception, both donors and the ... Age, marked by the accumulation of...

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Ford Program Officers on Why Black Lives Matter to Philanthropy

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07/25/2016

... on Why Black Lives Matter to Philanthropy We are living in anxious, often frightening times. Earlier this month, the deaths of Philando Castille and Alton Sterling sparked a new round of...

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Doris Duke Earmarks $2M to Address Climate Change in Hudson Valley

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08/03/2016

Doris Duke Earmarks $2M to Address Climate Change in Hudson Valley The non-profit group Scenic Hudson has been working to preserve land for decades, but a new grant from the Doris Duke Charitable...

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Why Ford Foundation Is Underwriting Black Lives Matter

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08/08/2016

... Last week, the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) published a detailed and ambitious policy agenda, with a long list of ... their voice to the growing chorus of supporters, in the strongest...

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Justice Reform

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Ford and #ReasonsforHope Foundations Want You To Know They Make A Difference—Not Just Write Checks

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08/10/2016

... and #ReasonsforHope Foundations Want You To Know They Make A Difference—Not Just Write Checks "HOPE." That’s the one-word message at the center of a new awareness campaign backed by...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health Program Director Writes About the Route to Better Data

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08/15/2016

... Program Director Writes About the Route to Better Data In an effort to improve services and ... public health improvements during his 12 years as mayor of New York City. At the foundation, we apply the same...

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NY Community Trust Releases Report on Collaborative Funds

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08/16/2016

... system better for all students; led the fight against AIDS in New York City; and created affordable housing and the ... young digital consumers into producers, and are creating a vision for...

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Russell Sage Foundation Papers Help Explain the Growing Wage Gap

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08/22/2016

... Sage Foundation Papers Help Explain the Growing Wage Gap In 2014, women made about $0.79 for every dollar men made, which is a damn sight better than 1965 or even 1995, when they made ... in...

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Carnegie's Kim Lew Voices Concerns on Low-Return Environments for Foundation Endowments

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08/24/2016

... warned they are unlikely to meet their financial targets. New data show that while foundations increased their spending in 2015, their financial position was undercut by weak stock ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Sickest Americans Are Paying More for Care, Getting Less

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08/31/2016

... for all adults. Despite that higher spending, however, a new analysis from the Commonwealth Fund finds that those ... defined as people with at least three chronic diseases and a limited...

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With Support from Rockefeller, '100K Opportunities Initiative' Achieves Hiring Goal Two Years Ahead of Schedule

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09/01/2016

... of 16- to 24-year-olds who are out of work and not in school – two years ahead of schedule. The coalition, formed in July 2015, is now aligning with the cross-sector goal of ... by 2021. The group will...

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Workforce Development

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Sloan Foundation to Honor Recipients of Teaching Champion Awards

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09/08/2016

... Sloan Foundation Teaching Champion Award– K-12 teachers in the New York metropolitan area who have successfully integrated ... Annual Visionary Awards. “We are thrilled to honor such a...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to University of Michigan to Endow Postdoctoral Humanities Positions

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09/12/2016

... Positions The University of Michigan has received a $1 million gift from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to endow four postdoctoral humanities positions in the Michigan Society of Fellows. Additional funds...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Contributes Funds for Online Tool to Reveal Commercial Fishing Activity Worldwide

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09/15/2016

... today launched the public Beta of Global Fishing Watch, a new online technology platform that allows anyone in the world free access to monitor and track the activities ...

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