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Michael Bloomberg Donates $4.5M to U.N.Climate Body After U.S. Cuts

Release Date:

04/23/2018

... also cut funding for the Bonn, Germany-based UNFCCC from $7.5 million in previous years to $3 million this year. ... had promised to the organization as though they got it from the federal government."...

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David Rockefeller Gift Raises Rockefeller Brothers Fund Endowment to $1.2 Billion

Release Date:

10/25/2018

... Brothers Fund Endowment to $1.2 Billion A generous gift from the estate of David Rockefeller has raised the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) endowment from approximately $960 million to over $1.2 billion. David...

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Supported in Part by the Rita Allen Foundation, Researchers Discover New Protein Factor That Contributes to Cancer Cell Migration

Release Date:

11/01/2018

... results could help scientists prevent cancer cells from using the same mechanisms to move throughout the body ... material in the DNA to proteins need to be processed from their initial to final form. Little...

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Bank of America, Water.org Expand Partnership to Bring Safe Water to India and Brazil

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11/02/2018

... Water.org received a $3 million grant over three years from Bank of America to empower more than 250,000 people in ... Water.org received a $3 million grant over three years from Bank of America to empower...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Coverage Gains Under ACA Have Stalled

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02/13/2019

... insured all year, 29 percent were underinsured in 2018, up from 23 percent in 2014, according to results from the Commonwealth’s Fund’s latest Biennial Health ... through their employer were underinsured in...

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Newman's Own Appoints Joe Tripodi to Newman's Own Board of Directors

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04/16/2019

... Newman in 1982, donates 100% of the profits and royalties from Newman's Own products to charity. Mr. Tripodi brings ... commitment to philanthropy." Mr. Tripodi recently retired from Subway where he...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Research of Human Impact on Indoor Climate

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06/04/2019

... and new analysis methods enable us to map how emissions from humans affect the indoor climate. This is knowledge ... engineers, and involves sophisticated analytical systems from the German Max Planck...

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Martha Matsuoka Elected New Board Chair for Noyes Foundation

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02/01/2013

Martha Matsuoka, an Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy at Occidental College, was elected Chair of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Board for 2013.

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces Participants of 'Untraditional' Artist Residency Program

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04/17/2013

The Doris Duke Building Demand for the Arts program supports partnerships between artists and organizations to create and pilot methods for reaching the public and developing individuals' interest in and access to the performing arts.

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Open Society Foundations Announces 2013 Soros Justice Fellows

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05/15/2013

... grassroots organizers, policy advocates, and scholars. Working in 9 different states and Puerto Rico, the 14 fellows ...

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11 Leading Philanthropies Respond to White House Report on Young Men of Color

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05/30/2014

... color. In response, 11 of America’s leading foundations working together on a complementary private-sector initiative ...

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Heintz and Wayne Pay Tribute To Richard Rockefeller Who Died in Plane Crash

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06/20/2014

Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz and Chair Valerie Rockefeller Wayne pay tribute in a message on the foundation's website to Dr. Richard Rockefeller, advisory trustee, who died in a plane crash on June 13.

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500,000 to Anti-Poverty Effort

Release Date:

07/17/2014

... of America foundation support will underwrite 20 fellows working in six cities over the next three years. Foundation ...

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Rockefeller, Surdna Grantees Named "Champions of Change"

Release Date:

07/22/2014

... of Change" for their efforts to ensure that no American working 40 hours a week should have to live in poverty. .....

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Simons Grantees Win Top Mathematics Honors

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08/13/2014

Two 2014 Fields Medals and the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize have been awarded to Simons Foundation grantees Manjul Bhargava, Maryam Mirzakhani and Subhash Khot, respectively.

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Rauschenberg Foundation Appeals Ruling Awarding $24.6 Million to Trustees

Release Date:

08/14/2014

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has appealed a decision by a Florida court to award $24.6 million to three trustees who had administered the artist’s estate.