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The Mellon Foundation Backs Bard's Innovative Masters Program in Orchestral Performace Studies

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08/14/2015

... place in culture and history. The program is designed to prepare select conservatory graduates for the challenges facing the modern symphony orchestra and to produce scholars and advocates of classical and...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Helmsley Charitable Trust-Backed Program Explores DNA Damage Response to Find New Cancer Treatments

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08/28/2015

... Trust-Backed Program Explores DNA Damage Response to Find New Cancer Treatments Every organism -- from a seedling to a president -- must protect its DNA at all costs, but precisely how a cell distinguishes...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation Seeks Applicants for Arts & Culture Grants Program

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09/08/2015

... supports arts and cultural organizations through grants to catalyze collective action, promote equality, contribute to advocacy and policy change and develop capacity for greater civic...

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The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation

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Arts

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Surdna Foundation Invites LOIs for Environmental Infrastructure Programs

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09/10/2015

... supply. Requested grant amounts should relate directly to the size of the organization's budget and the amount that is needed to successfully complete the project.... Surdna Foundation .....

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Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals

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10/07/2015

... three major state policies that are necessary in order to create the most effective principals for public schools. According to the report, it is the first study of its kind to examine how...

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Education

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The Wallace Foundation

With Major Grant from Simons Foundation, New York Genome Center Announces $100 Million Matching Campaign

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01/21/2016

... and $20 million from the Carson Family Trust, will be used to match gifts to NYGC over the next three years. Funds generated by the ...

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Science

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Mellon, Ford and NYCT Support WNYC Series on Gentrification

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03/03/2016

... New York City, looking for deals that will allow them to “revitalize” neighborhoods, and make a few bucks in the process. But to many tenants and homeowners, it feels like a violent shove ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Communications/Media

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Ford Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Supported Report: Wind Energy Could Get Cheaper

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03/18/2016

... Get Cheaper The offshore wind industry’s efforts to distance itself from Cape Wind continued this week as the ... in New England by 2023. That differential could drop to as much as 55 percent by 2029 as the...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Ford, Visa Fund Incubator Program for Financially Fragile Populations

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03/31/2016

... that the Filene Research Institute’s Incubator continues to develop solutions that serve financially fragile populations. ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation

JPB Foundation Grant Helps Affordable Housing Providers Install Solar Power

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04/13/2016

... announced an expansion of its multifamily solar program to include free technical assistance nationally for ... several states. The technical assistance service, launched to coincide with the Housing...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Housing and Homelessness

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Freedom Together Foundation

Carnegie Supports New Study on What Keeps Parents Up at Night

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04/21/2016

The findings show parents' high expectations and deep engagement in their children's development, and unearth areas where parents most need support.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Education

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With Help from Helmsley, Caltech Researchers May Have Discovered a Cause of Crohn’s Disease

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05/09/2016

... this disorder in some patients—information that may lead to advances in probiotic therapies and personalized medicine. ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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

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07/15/2016

Rausch and Long Island Community Foundations Partner to Expand Tourism in Riverhead In recent years, a ... the town as a destination for shoppers and vacationers. To reach that goal, community members have...

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Long Island Community Foundation

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The Rauch Foundation

Simons Foundation Researchers Flag Hundreds of New Genes That Could Contribute to Autism

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08/10/2016

... Flag Hundreds of New Genes That Could Contribute to Autism Investigators eager to uncover the genetic basis of autism could now have hundreds of promising new leads thanks to a study by...

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Simons-Backed Study Shows Neural Stem Cells in Adult Mice Also Vulnerable to Zika

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08/19/2016

... Shows Neural Stem Cells in Adult Mice Also Vulnerable to Zika Zika infection kills off neural stem cells in adult mice bred to be vulnerable to the virus, researchers at the Rockefeller...

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Science

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Supported by Simons Foundation, Study Finds Genetics, Early Term Ultrasound Linked to Autism Severity

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09/02/2016

... Study Finds Genetics, Early Term Ultrasound Linked to Autism Severity The researchers used data from the Simons ... and behavioral sciences. “Where does this disorder develop from? How do kids get autism? And...

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Open Society Foundations Founder George Soros Writes in WSJ About $500 Million Investment in Migrants

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09/20/2016

... for themselves and their families. Our collective failure to develop and implement effective policies to handle the increased flow has contributed greatly to human ...

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Immigration

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Supported by Simons Foundation, ‘Video Game’ Study Identifies Kids With Attention Deficits

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09/21/2016

... Attention Deficits A digital assessment platform designed to look and feel like a video game may successfully flag children with attention disorders, according to the results of a study published Sept. 20,...

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Bloomberg Awards $10 Million for Women Coffee Farmers in Africa

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09/23/2016

... Philanthropies has announced a $10 million grant to the Relationship Coffee Institute to expand its women's economic development program in Rwanda ... the grant will enable an additional twenty thousand...

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