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Rockefeller Foundation Recognizes Pioneers for Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture in Rwanda

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10/05/2015

... Rwanda Eric Pohlman was announced today as the winner of the 2015 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and ... 14, 2015, in a ceremony in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, as part of the 2015 World Food Prize...

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Bloomberg Report: 'Data Gap' at City Halls Across the Nation

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03/10/2016

... and 39 visits to municipalities in 2015—representative of about 40 percent of all midsize U.S. cities. With a goal of closing the city hall “data gap,” What Works Cities ...

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Novo Foundation Plans to Spend $90M to Improve the Lives of Young Women of Color

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05/23/2016

Novo Foundation Plans to Spend $90M to Improve the Lives of Young Women of Color The NoVo Foundation, created in 2006 by Jennifer and ... movement: girls and young women of color and the...

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Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and McGraw Graphics Release New Poster Collection

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06/01/2016

... leading worldwide art publisher, is announcing the release of a new collection of open edition Andy Warhol posters. Produced in ... most iconic Pop Art work and highlights a variety of key...

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Would John D. Rockefeller Opt for an LLC? A Conversation With Judith Rodin

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06/23/2016

... With Judith Rodin The Rockefeller Foundation may be one of the most venerable names in philanthropy, but during her ...

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Staff at Open Society Foundations Just Voted to Join a Union. Is That a Good Thing?

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07/22/2016

... was to create a more professional foundation that is “ working with a meaningful budget” designed to advance “a ... with offices in 37 countries and famously fragmented lines of authority... Staff at Open...

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Markle Foundation Study Finds Women in Sweet Spot of U.S. Economy

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10/07/2016

Markle Foundation Study Finds Women in Sweet Spot of U.S. Economy Women still earn less than men, but they've ... from 1980 to 2015, according to the study, "The State of American Jobs." Those...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation President Says Modern Water Infrastructure Is Critical For NJ's Economic Growth

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11/07/2016

... so large and complex, and fortunately, a new coalition of organizations and individuals with a vested interest in upgraded water infrastructure is working on a broad range of approaches...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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NYSHealth Invests in Veterans' Health

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02/01/2017

... Health New York is home to the fourth-largest population of veterans in the United States. We know that half of veterans returning to New York from Iraq and Afghanistan ... rather than at the VA. NYSHealth is...

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Russell Sage Foundation Celebrates 110th Anniversary

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04/20/2017

... Anniversary April 19, 2017, marks the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Russell Sage Foundation by Mrs. Margaret Olivia Slocum ... study of the employment and living conditions among...

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New NYSHealth Funding Opportunity: Sponsoring Conference Participation

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08/03/2017

... (RFP): Sponsoring Conference Participation in Support of Healthy Communities, Consumer Empowerment, and Veterans' ... work that is relevant to NYSHealth's priority areas of Building Healthy...

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UH Launches First U.S. Digital Humanities Research Center for Latina/o Studies with Funding from Mellon Foundation

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08/15/2017

... Studies with Funding from Mellon Foundation The University of Houston will soon be home to the country’s first Digital ... Arte Público Press, the nation’s largest publisher of contemporary and recovered...

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To Shrink Jail Population, a Bail Program Is Expanding

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08/30/2017

... lit room across from the holding cells on the lower level of Bronx Criminal Court. A phone on her desk lit up with ... asking about relatives who had been arrested. “A lot of people say ‘It’s my first time...

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New York City March Held Ahead of President Trump's DACA Decision

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08/31/2017

New York City March Held Ahead of President Trump's DACA Decision Thousands are marching in ... justice for immigrant communities. Advocates on both sides of the issue are bracing for the possibility that...

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Judge Lays into Justice Department Lawyer over ‘Heartless’ DACA Decision

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09/27/2017

... after the government lawyer relayed that the Department of Homeland Security would not extend the deadline. “You ... to dodge questions about whether or not Trump was indeed working toward a solution for so-...

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What Business Can Learn From Buddhism

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10/02/2017

... lessons from ancient spiritual teachings, such as those of Buddhism. The fourth largest religion in the world has ... the way they measure performance with the principles of Buddhism. This could also improve...

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New Video From Chasing The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations

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02/21/2018

... Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations There’s a lot of work being done to help people who have served time in ... find guidance and success in order to cut down on the rate of repeat offenders. LUCK Inc...

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Pamela Shifman of NoVo Foundation on the Responsibility of White People in Philanthropy to Dismantle Racism

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02/23/2018

Pamela Shifman of NoVo Foundation on the Responsibility of White People in Philanthropy to Dismantle Racism Racial ... about whom we trust to lead us to change, whom we think of as strategic, and...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Announces Perry Cammack as the Program Director of Peacebuilding

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01/29/2019

... Fund Announces Perry Cammack as the Program Director of Peacebuilding Prior to joining the Fund in 2019, Mr. ... for International Peace. He was the principal architect of “Arab World Horizons,” a three-year...

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