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Study Funded by Open Society Foundations Finds Digital Devices Are Key to Success for Black and Latino Males

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05/24/2016

... Foundations Finds Digital Devices Are Key to Success for Black and Latino Males A newly released report reveals that improving life outcomes for boys and men of color will rely heavily on their access ... and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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F.B. Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Writes About Building a Foundation for the 21st Century

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06/08/2016

... Clara Miller Writes About Building a Foundation for the 21st Century For over fifty years, the global economy (and that includes ... and invest capital, we may be depending on assumptions based...

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Capital One Foundation Sees Departure at the Top, Appoints New President

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06/09/2016

... down in late April. Catherine Foca, the vice president for programs and operations for seven years, was named president. Berkowitz will remain ... as an adviser until October 2016. Berkowitz joined McLean-...

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Rockefeller Fund Takes First Green Stake in Pivot From Oil

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07/28/2016

... the fight against climate change. The New York City- based fund, founded in 1940 with the profits of Standard Oil ... The investment will help finance as much as $1.9 billion for green energy on the continent...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS

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09/23/2016

... from the surfaces of the space station including the air. Based on NASA's data, more than 200 astronauts had already .....

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Science

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Century Foundation Study Finds Socioeconomic Integration Helps Narrow Achievement Gaps

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10/19/2016

... with data on those efforts suggesting positive outcomes for both low- and middle-income students, a report from ... cohesion has more than doubled, to a hundred, since 2007. Based on nine case studies of...

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Education

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Supported by Rockefeller, New Report Shows Resilient Cities Require Resilient Food Systems

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02/09/2017

... Require Resilient Food Systems Urban resilience planning for natural disasters must include efforts to protect and secure food systems for food-insecure populations, a report from the Initiative ... Inner City...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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Simons Foundation Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research

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03/21/2017

Simons Foundation Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research The University of Edinburgh has ... development associated with autism. The Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain will be based at...

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Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Featured in Study on Limited Life Foundations

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03/22/2017

... opportunity to achieve greater impact is the key driver for the decision to spend down, a report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy finds. Based on interviews with leaders of eleven...

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'Inside Philanthropy' Analyzes Doris Duke's Bet on the Arts to Counter Islamophobia

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04/12/2017

... program is a project of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art (DDFIA) , a subsidiary of the bigger ... $1.7 million to 11 organizations, with a focus on museum- based projects... 'Inside Philanthropy...

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Commonwealth Fund’s Biennial Health Insurance Survey Finds People with Medicaid Have Better Access to Health Care Than the Uninsured and Fewer Medical Bill Problems

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04/27/2017

... states and the District of Columbia expanded eligibility for the program under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ... finds that the large majority of people who have Medicaid for the full year are able to get...

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Report Examines the Effectiveness of the Limited-life Approach

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05/01/2017

... of the Limited-life Approach Limited-life foundations are based on the premise that if a foundation’s grants generate ... or erosion of value over time, the premise holds true for three Atlantic Philanthropies...

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Ford Foundation Supports 'Groundtruth Project' For In-Depth International Reporting

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06/05/2017

Ford Foundation Supports 'Groundtruth Project' For In-Depth International Reporting Foreign news bureaus ... and religious affairs. Co-founders of the Boston- based Project are Charles Sennott, who also...

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Tillerson in Focus as Exxon Climate Change Investigation Intensifies

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07/06/2017

Tillerson in Focus as Exxon Climate Change Investigation Intensifies "Wayne Tracker" cannot be forced to testify under oath. He does not exist. But the man who used the "Tracker" alias, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, can be...

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Environment and Climate Change

Folger Receives $1.5M from Mellon Foundation for Collaborative Research Project on Early Modern Foodways & Cultures

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07/27/2017

Folger Receives $1.5M from Mellon Foundation for Collaborative Research Project on Early Modern Foodways & ... Foodways and Cultures. The new Mellon initiative will be based in the Folger Institute, led by its...

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Food Systems

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Carnegie Grant Helps Princeton Team to Use Virtual Reality to Help With Real-World Arms Control

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08/28/2017

... engineering and international affairs, and New York City- based Games for Change were awarded a $414,000 grant last month from the ... one of 11 selected, seeks to “employ virtual reality for...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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A Former Felon Leads The Way In Criminal Justice Reform

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08/31/2017

... 1999, Deanna Hoskins was released from a community- based correctional facility after serving six months of a ... abuse problems. Today, she is a senior policy advisor for corrections and reentry at the U.S...

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Commonwealth Fund: How the Affordable Care Act Has Helped Women Gain Insurance and Improved Their Ability to Get Health Care

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08/31/2017

... Accessing health care became increasingly challenging for women in the decade prior to the passage of the ... market in most states, women could be charged more for a health plan, or denied coverage altogether...

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Gender Justice