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Bloomberg Philanthropies and Rockefeller Brothers Fund Join Coalition of 29 Philanthropies to Pledge $4 billion To Combat Climate Change

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09/17/2018

... innovation, and support organizations around the world working to protect the planet. The investments will support a range of strategies, with an emphasis on addressing five key challenges ...

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Mike Bloomberg Visits Gary, Ind. for a Conversation about Community Building through the Arts

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10/09/2018

The Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge supports cities undertaking temporary public art projects that foster creative collaboration, address civic issues, and support local economies. In 2015, Bloomberg Philanthropies selected the city of...

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Michael R. Bloomberg and Ray Dalio’s OceanX Announce Over $185 Million for New Partnership to Increase Ocean Exploration and Protection

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10/29/2018

... drives towards the shared goal of protecting the oceans. Working complementarily, Bloomberg Philanthropies’ partners ...

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NoVo Foundation Announce Support for Grassroots Organizations to Address Key Gaps in Local Communities' Responses to Human Trafficking

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11/05/2018

... today will complement local government efforts by working at a community level to address some of the cities' .....

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JPMorgan Spreads its Urban Development Money to Paris

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11/05/2018

... small businesses in Seine-Saint-Denis and other places with high unemployment and poverty, JPMorgan said in a ... has the highest poverty and crime rates in France. Dotted with large social housing projects,...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Funded Research Solves Genetic ‘Whodunnit’ for Cancer Gene

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11/09/2018

... pieces of the cell, supplying large lung tumors with the nutrients they need to grow. The work, which ... circuit that causes non-small-cell lung cancer to begin with is necessary for more mature tumor cells...

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New Study Sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation Shows Investigation and Design Can Improve Student Learning in Science and Engineering

Release Date:

11/13/2018

... that are meaningful to them, the report says. Interacting with real-world phenomena allows instructional choices that ...

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United Hospital Fund and New York State Health Foundation Release New Report: Difficult Decisions About Post-Acute Care and Why They Matter

Release Date:

11/19/2018

... most patients and families ask their care team for help with decision-making, many discharge planners will not offer direct advice because of concerns about complying with federal regulations that limit...

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New Study Funded in Part by Simons Foundation Study Hopes to Predict Autism Behaviors

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11/26/2018

... Healthcare hope to answer about caring for people with severe autism. The Simons Foundation of New York, and ... “challenging behaviors” in children and adolescents with autism. “I’ve seen people where you did...

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Scientists Develop a New Tool to Boost Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research with Support from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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12/06/2018

... Tool to Boost Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research with Support from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation ... Tool to Boost Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research with Support from the Silicon...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Maria Torres-Springer As Next Vice President for US Programs

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02/01/2019

... in late 2019 . In close to 15 years of public service with the City of New York, Torres-Springer has led three agencies with over 3,000 employees and approximately $2 billion in ...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces National Awards to 16 Arts Organizations Leading the Arts Sector

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02/07/2019

... effort to direct grant dollars to align more closely with the reality of American ethnic and cultural diversity. ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Establishes Atlas AI - New Startup to Generate Actionable Intelligence on Global Development Challenges

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02/11/2019

... Executive Officer. A B-Corporation founded in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation in 2018, Atlas AI uses ...

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Gerstner Philanthropies Makes New $15 Million Commitment to Create the Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics at the Broad Institute

Release Date:

02/20/2019

... at the Broad Institute. The new Center will be endowed with an additional commitment of $10 million by the Eli & ... This work has already given rise to a major project with IBM Watson Health to understand...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Names Maria Santos Valentin as New General Counsel

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03/18/2019

... on a broad range of legal matters. Ms. Valentin has worked with the Open Society Institute since its inception in 1998. ...

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Zegar Family Foundation Supported Research Uncovers Genome-Wide Responses That Limit Crop Growth

Release Date:

03/26/2019

... water. In the Nature Communications study, the scientists, working in NYU's Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, .....

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The ASPCA Gives 100,000 Animals Better Chance of Adoption Through National Relocation Program

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04/04/2019

... more homeless animals than any other organization by working with overcrowded shelters in under-resourced areas of the ... a three-month-old, female Dachshund mix, was welcomed with fanfare...