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Four Freedoms Fund Names New Director

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11/14/2014

... and philanthropic advisor, has been named the new Director of Four Freedoms Fund (FFF). The announcement was made this ... U.S. and international career at the intersection of immigrant rights, criminal...

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Cuomo Assures Fracking Report will be Released by End of the Year

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12/08/2014

Cuomo Assures Fracking Report will be Released by End of the Year With just weeks remaining in 2014, the state Department of Health reiterated Friday that it anticipates finishing up ... been in the works since...

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Seven Million Fewer Uninsured Under Obamacare, Commonwealth Fund Finds

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01/15/2015

... Under Obamacare, Commonwealth Fund Finds The number of uninsured, working -age Americans has decreased by 7 million since full implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...

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Ford Foundation Hires Michelle Obama’s Aide

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04/17/2015

... on a newly created position at the Ford Foundation: chief of staff for Darren Walker, the grant maker’s president. She begins on May 4. Ms. Jarvis began working with the Obamas in 2005, when she joined the...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Data Initiatives for Cities

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04/21/2015

The $42 million program will help 100 mid-sized cities better use data and evidence.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Earmarks Support for ArtPlace America

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05/21/2015

... in a new window in its national work in the field of creative placemaking. The grant, distributed over two ... supports creative placemaking projects in communities of all sizes across the U.S.... Stavros...

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The PIMCO Foundation Sends Employees to Peru to Build Sustainable Small Businesses with Coffee Farmers

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08/26/2015

... Coffee Farmers The PIMCO Foundation, the charitable arm of global investment management firm PIMCO, has again ... build sustainable small businesses. The project is part of PMCO's Emerging Enterprise...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants $5.6M to Enable Residencies for Playwrights

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04/11/2016

... which operates alongside ArtsEmerson in the Office of the Arts at Emerson College, will administer nearly $5.6 ...

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Video: Time Warner Executive Director of Corporate Responsibility Discusses Women of Color in Leadership

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05/17/2016

Video: Time Warner Executive Director of Corporate Responsibility Discusses Women of Color in Leadership View the entire dialogue ... Barnes, NYU Vice Provost and former Director of White House...

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Ford Foundation's Elizabeth Alexander Elected to Pulitzer Prize Board

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06/02/2016

... Foundation, where she began work last year as the Director of Creativity and Free Expression, Alexander shapes and ...

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Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to Launch Iterative Learning Fellowship

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07/08/2016

... $1M to Launch Iterative Learning Fellowship The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded a new ... Fellowship program. The grant builds on the recent success of the Mellon Foundation-funded...

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Rubin Foundation Announces Participants in 2016 NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Social Practice

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07/14/2016

... Mentoring Program: Social Practice Through the support of The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, the New York ... program for immigrant and 1st-generation artists working in all forms of...

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Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to Explore New Approaches to Data Mining

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08/01/2016

... to spot an irregular heartbeat in the peaks and valleys of an electrocardiogram. The same goes for identifying an ... to churn through ECG tracings, high-resolution scans of fossils, paintings and other...

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Partially Funded by Mertz Gilmore, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Announces 'World of Dance' Series

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08/05/2016

... Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Announces World of Dance' Series Since its inception in 1966, this series ... Aires tango company Estampas Porteñas, a celebration of the Chinese Year of...

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Doris Duke Supports Research on Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease

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09/07/2016

... and Blood Disorders Center report today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. The work sets the stage for ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Report on Why Cities and Businesses Should Partner to Achieve Climate Goals

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10/04/2016

... Climate Goals Cities and corporations are increasingly working together to address climate change — and finding ... for the private sector,” said Maia Kutner, head of cities at CDP, in an interview with...

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Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2016 Jane Jacobs Medal

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10/04/2016

Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2016 Jane Jacobs Medal The Rockefeller Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2016 Jane Jacobs Medal. Awarded annually, the medal honors individuals whose work...

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On Time.com, Carnegie’s Gregorian: Voters Responsible for Protecting Democracy

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11/04/2016

... faced during earlier times, but liberty, as the history of our nation and many others has shown, is an irreplaceable ...

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Individuals Addressing Open Society Challenges Invited to Apply for Fellowship

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11/07/2016

... Challenges Invited to Apply for Fellowship A program of the Open Society Foundations, the Open Society Fellowship ... seeks to fund work that will enrich public understanding of those challenges and stimulate...

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A Look at Open Society’s Ongoing Commitment to Human Rights in the Post-Election Environment

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11/28/2016

... up to strongman leaders, as well as the darkest strains of human nature. Its earliest grants went to oppose ...

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