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Ford, Blaustein, Levy and Overbrook Join Push to Protect Journalists

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01/18/2017

... Committee to Protect Journalists, Donald Trump was on the group 's radar for his contempt for reporters and their ... CPJ, which advocates for press freedom and the safety of journalists worldwide... Ford...

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Communications/Media

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Bank of America Grant and Volunteers Support Partnership with Eva’s Village

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01/25/2017

Bank of America Grant and Volunteers Support Partnership with ... funds for its 20 integrated anti-poverty programs. Bank of America has provided decades of support for programs run by Eva’s...

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Doris Duke Supports Research That Discovered New T-Cell Subtype

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02/07/2017

... That Discovered New T-Cell Subtype A distinguished subset of T cells that combine with other defence cells to ... arthritis. To detect a newly detected cells, a investigate group led by Harvard Medical School...

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Health

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Atlantic Philanthropies, Commonwealth Fund and Other Foundations Take a Stand — or Not — on the GOP Health Plan

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03/20/2017

... debate, is spending down its endowment on a variety of domestic and international priorities. It announced its ... Fund have remained focused on the issue but are leery of stepping too far into the debate on...

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Caroline Anstey Named COO of the Open Society Foundations

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04/21/2017

Caroline Anstey Named COO of the Open Society Foundations The Open Society ... today announced that Caroline Anstey , formerly of UBS Group and the World Bank, will assume the role of...

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Russell Sage Foundation Invites LOIs for Immigration Research

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05/12/2017

... advance this mission, the foundation is accepting letters of inquiry for its Russell Sage Foundation/Carnegie ... on Immigration and Immigrant Integration. Grants of up to $150,000 over one or two years will...

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Sloan Foundation-Supported Poll Finds Blacks Less Likely to Have Enough for Retirement

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05/18/2017

... security than whites and will rely on fewer sources of income during retirement. The retirement savings gap ... money from their families or receive income from the sale of a home or other physical assets...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Economic Security

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Michael Bloomberg Gives $75 Million to Shed Arts Center

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05/24/2017

... much the Far West Side continues to be shaped by a small group of influential billionaires. They include Stephen M. Ross, the chairman of Related Companies, and Barry Diller, the media mogul...

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With Bloomberg Support, Rice University Researcher Maps “How to Succeed in College”

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05/31/2017

... to Succeed in College” What are common characteristics of student success in college? A team of researchers narrowed it down to several: having a sense of ... motivation, personal goals and a...

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Pinkerton Foundation Supports Hofstra Northwell Medical Scholars Pipeline Program Class of 2017

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07/06/2017

... Hofstra Northwell Medical Scholars Pipeline Program Class of 2017 High-achieving high schoolers will enjoy another season of study at the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, thanks to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Rockefeller Foundation Backs Nonprofit ETF Startup

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08/01/2017

... the profits back to their causes, officials from the group said with a plan to announce the initiative later on ... public. ETFs give investors the ability to buy a basket of stocks or other assets with a...

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Fatherhood After 40? It's Becoming A Lot More Common

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08/31/2017

... dads are getting older, too. In 1972, the average age of fathers of newborns in the U.S. was 27. Now, it's closer to 31 years ... Twice as many dads of newborns are now in the 40-plus...

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Bloomberg, Gateses, and Other Big Donors Race to Fill Void of Clinton Global Meeting

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09/05/2017

Bloomberg, Gateses, and Other Big Donors Race to Fill Void of Clinton Global Meeting Scores of the nation’s major philanthropists will gather in New ... to update what used to be the philanthropic get-together...

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Off-Broadway’s Golden Age Faces Financial Hurdles

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09/12/2017

... City say this is a golden age for their small-scale brand of theater. But that doesn’t mean they are reaping ... seats, according to the Off-Broadway Alliance, an industry group . In recent years, the off-...

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New York Developer Raises Fund for Affordable Housing

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09/12/2017

... York developer Jonathan F.P. Rose, founder and president of Jonathan Rose Cos. has raised a $233 million real-estate ... Deutsche Bank AG’s Community Development Finance Group and an affiliate of...

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Housing and Homelessness

States Team Up To Fight Climate Change

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09/21/2017

States Team Up To Fight Climate Change A group of states adhering to the initial U.S. commitment to the ... Alliance with fellow Democratic governors Jerry Brown of California and Jay Inslee...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Notes Ways Foundations Can Step Up to Scale Solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals

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09/25/2017

... NGOs or social entrepreneurs should do. But this week a group of foundations turned the lens on themselves to see what they can do to accelerate the scale of solutions to critical problems...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Buffett Says Government Should Do More to Combat Poverty

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10/04/2017

... We have failed, in my view, to create the equality of opportunity," Buffett said Tuesday at the national Purpose ... in Omaha. Buffett supports the Atlanta-based nonprofit group that helps communities...

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Long-Held Political, Ethnic Rivalries Heating Up Fight Over Brooklyn Pfizer Site

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10/10/2017

... ethnic disputes and litigation have defined the trajectory of development in a section of Brooklyn that borders Hasidic Jewish, Hispanic and ... far promise a healthy fight. The project developer, Rabsky...

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