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Mellon Grant Helps University Advance Racial Justice Recommendation

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02/22/2017

... the nation better understand and address its legacies of slavery, racism and discrimination. The five-year Mellon ... report containing recommendations from the university’s Working Group on...

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Fast Company Names James Anderson of Bloomberg Philanthropies 'The Most Creative Person of 2017'

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05/16/2017

Fast Company Names James Anderson of Bloomberg Philanthropies 'The Most Creative Person of 2017' James Anderson is the director of government ... at Bloomberg Philanthropies, where he...

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Robert Sterling Clark Adopts Trust-Based Grantmaking Model and Garners Thousands of Positive Comments from Nonprofit Community

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08/22/2017

... Adopts Trust-Based Grantmaking Model and Garners Thousands of Positive Comments from Nonprofit Community I’m still ... president’s horrifying words that are fueling the rise of neo-Nazis, the KKK, White...

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Sustainable Business Model Innovation

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08/30/2017

... Innovation It’s not provocative to state the importance of innovation in creating business value from your ... like switching over to energy efficient lighting. The type of innovation necessary is business...

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The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness

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09/13/2017

The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness ... President of OxFam America. Maxman was among a diverse group of people working on poverty...

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Chefs Learn to Influence Food-Systems Policy

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09/25/2017

... Farms have collectively earned an impressive list of awards, starred restaurant reviews, media features and TV cooking show appearances. But the main goal of their two days in Vermont did not involve knives or...

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The NYPD's Growing DNA Database Raises Concern

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09/26/2017

... genetic material, they've quietly amassed a giant database of DNA profiles without any laws and little oversight over ... how they can use it. As the science advances and the size of the databases grows,...

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Mellon Grant Funds Stanford University Press Pioneering Digital Academic Publishing Program

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09/26/2017

... Program Stanford University Press is redefining the world of traditional academic publishing through an innovative ... program. The press was the first academic publishing group to offer scholars a way to...

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As Deaths Mount, Scrutiny of NYPD Response to ‘Emotionally Disturbed Persons’

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09/27/2017

As Deaths Mount, Scrutiny of NYPD Response to ‘Emotionally Disturbed Persons’ At a ... force and stressed their support for the proposed mayoral working group to assess the city’s overall...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Rising Rate of Uninsured People

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05/02/2018

Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Rising Rate of Uninsured People The Commonwealth Fund on Tuesday released a survey of working -age Americans that found that 15.5 percent were ... and March 2018...

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03 Dec 2019

Moving Justice Forward: Perspectives from Manhattan DA Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.

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8:30am to 10:00am

What is the role of a 21 st century prosecutor? Join us for a conversation ... in transformative projects that strengthen and support youth , families and our communities. DA Vance will be joined ... for State...

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

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04/17/2013

... Charitable Foundation (DDCF) announced today that 10 teams of U.S. performing arts organizations and artists will receive a combined total of $1.475 million in grants for joint efforts to develop ... most...

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Newman's Own Foundation Launches Fellowship Program

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08/04/2015

... Newman's Own Foundation announced its first formal class of Fellows. The innovative Newman's Own Foundation Fellowship ... is designed to expand, enhance, and diversify the pipeline of new talent...

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Carnegie Corporation Seeks Ideas to Reduce Nuclear Risks

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09/23/2016

... Ideas to Reduce Nuclear Risks The Carnegie Corporation of New York, in partnership with the John D. and Catherine ... as well as a plan for multi-stakeholder convening or other collaborative effort that has...

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Tesla, Farmingdale State Announce Student Job Training Plan

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08/30/2017

... learning about this tech and be ramped and ready to start working as soon as they graduate,” said Will Nicholas, ...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announces Latinx Artist Fellowship

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07/22/2021

... Announces Latinx Artist Fellowship Latinx artists—people of Latin American or Caribbean descent who live and work in ... these artists have lacked visibility and received little of the philanthropic or...

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Palau to Sign National Marine Sanctuary Into Law; Bloomberg and Tiffany-supported Global Ocean Legacy Campaign Win

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10/22/2015

... National Marine Sanctuary Act, which will establish one of the world's largest protected areas of ocean in the ... with Pew and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is ...

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Learning Forward Launches Free, Online Learning Guide to Enrich Principal Preparation Programs

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05/06/2014

... – based on PBS documentary and more than a decade of research, commissioned by The Wallace Foundation.“ ... The Principal Story Learning Guide, a free resource of web-based lessons and activities to advance...

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Water.org Receives $2.9M Grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation in East Africa

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10/22/2014

... grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust and the work of Water.org, 16,000 people will gain access to safe water ... in Kenya. In addition, Water.org's health and hygiene education programs will reach at...

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