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The Rockefeller Brothers Fund invested in the Lekela Power platform -- a joint venture between Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd. and Actis LLP that plans to install more than 1.3 gigawatts of renewable electricity across Africa by 2018.

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International Critical Theory Consortium Launches With Mellon Foundation Help

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02/02/2017

... possible by a $1.5 million, three-and-a half-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation . A smaller Mellon ...

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GCIR Seeks Foundation Signatories for Statement on Immigration

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02/03/2017

... than 30 local, state, regional, and national foundations from across the country have signed onto a statement in ...

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Sloan Foundation Contributes to Harvard Research Program on Solar Geoengineering

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04/17/2017

... scientists have launched the largest-ever research program into “solar geoengineering,” a controversial technique involving the injection of aerosols into the stratosphere with the goal of cooling the planet...

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Three MIT Alumni Win 2017 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

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04/21/2017

... and children of immigrants in the United States. Selected from 1,775 applicants, the 2017 fellows were chosen for their ...

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MetLife Foundation and Special Olympics Announce International Partnership

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04/28/2017

... It also offers families, teachers, caregivers and people from the community the opportunity to share the joy of sports ...

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Q&A: Rockefeller's Ashvin Dayal On Inclusive Growth

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07/18/2017

... in cities across Asia. Funding goes to programs that range from preventing erosion in Hội An, Vietnam, to waste ...

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Simons Collaboration on Special Holonomy in Geometry, Analysis and Physics First Annual Meeting

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07/31/2017

... problems, collapse, gluing constructions using methods from algebraic geometry, and connections with physics. They ...

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NYU Uses $6 million Bloomberg Grant to help AGs fight Climate Rollback

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08/18/2017

... Rollback New York University is using a $6 million grant from former Mayor Michael Bloomberg to create a center ... Bloomberg Philanthropies, has shoveled millions of dollars into various environmental...