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From Poverty to Giving Away Millions: Darren Walker Shares His American Dream

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11/11/2014

From Poverty to Giving Away Millions: Darren Walker Shares His American ... my immediate circumstances," he says.... From Poverty to Giving Away Millions: Darren Walker Shares His American .....

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Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare Announces Initiative to Address "Invisible Wounds of War"

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02/12/2015

... for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare Announces Initiative to Address "Invisible Wounds of War" The Jonas Center for ... today announced an expansion of their partnership to provide scholarships...

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Goldman Sachs Contributes $2 Million to LaGuardia Community College

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03/16/2015

Goldman Sachs Contributes $2 Million to LaGuardia Community College Gail O. Mellow, the ... Small Businesses initiative, a program offering management education and support services to new and...

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AXA Announces the 2015 AXA Achievers

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04/21/2015

AXA Announces the 2015 AXA Achievers AXA seeks to identify and reward students who, through their talent and ... discovery and general community outreach in areas such as education , the environment and disease...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Pershing Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science Research

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06/02/2015

... Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science ... Foundation (PSF) has awarded the institution $10 million to support its leading biology and...

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City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools

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06/29/2015

City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools At a time when the public and private sectors are struggling to create jobs, the technology sector is struggling to...

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Technology

2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Awarded to Those Who Dedicate Private Wealth to the Public Good

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08/25/2015

2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Awarded to Those Who Dedicate Private Wealth to the Public Good The eight recipients of the prestigious ... has also influenced a wide range of issues, including ...

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Ms. Foundation Helps Film Lab Fight Elder Abuse Through Film

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09/09/2015

... for its filmmaking competitions, educational outreach to support diversity in media and its production arm ... has received a grant from the Ms. Foundation for Women to produce a film to help...

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Aging

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Immigrants, Their Children Integrate Well into US Society but Not in All Areas, Report Finds

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09/24/2015

... have better job opportunities, make more money and learn to speak better English. But a new report found their ... or disrupt immigrants' integration into society, according to a press release from the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Immigration

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Success Metrics Questioned in School Program Funded by Goldman

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11/05/2015

... had helped 109 “at-risk” kindergartners avoid special education . The investment also resulted in a $260,000 payout ...

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How Do You Build a Field? Lessons from Public Health - Rockefeller Foundation

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11/23/2015

... However, credit for containing the disease also goes to a legion of researchers, epidemiologists, community health ... of these professionals, and the knowledge they wield, to the field of public health. A...

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New York Stem Cell Foundation Expands Offices in New York

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12/01/2015

... St., where it will house lab and office space, according to The Wall Street Journal. The 10-year-old nonprofit is one of the top stem-cell research and education outfits in the country. It currently occupies...

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Robertson Foundation Gifts $25M to Success Academy Charter School Network

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04/13/2016

Robertson Foundation Gifts $25M to Success Academy Charter School Network Success Academy, ... gift would help it achieve its goal of expanding to 100 schools, from 34, within the next 10 years, as well as allow...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Names 33 Winners of Its Prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellows

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04/19/2016

... winners of the so-called "brainy awards" will receive up to $200,000 to fund one or two years of scholarly research in areas including education , law, technology, business and...

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Bangladeshi Law Student Receives Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

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04/19/2016

... of luck made it possible for Akbar Hossain and his family to immigrate to the United States. But it was a generous community that helped them to realize their American Dream. Now, Hossain is...

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Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans

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John A. Hartford Foundation’s Rachael Watman Named VP of Programs at Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation

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05/03/2016

... of Programs. In this newly created position, she will help to oversee the Foundation's Innovation and Education portfolios, which include the Hillman Innovations in Care Program, a multi-year effort...

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Carnegie, Helmsley Release Study On Building a Successful Transfer Program

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05/17/2016

... on effective transfer practices is geared to help two- and four-year institutions better serve students ... between a community college and university intended to ease the transition for transfer students,...

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NY State Health Foundation Grants Available to Brownsville Residents to Help Improve Community Health

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06/09/2016

NY State Health Foundation Grants Available to Brownsville Residents to Help Improve Community Health If you’re looking for a ... safer, improve access to fresh food or introduce new ...

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New York Health Foundation

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Westchester Community Foundation Helps Students Turn Opportunity Into College Degrees

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06/21/2016

... Degrees Walter Ramos described his journey from Yonkers to Southern Vermont College in two words: culture shock. Last ... degrees partly paid for by the Yonkers Partners In Education and the Westchester...

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