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UJA-Federation of New York Raises Record-breaking $249 Million in 2017-2018 Campaign Year

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07/27/2018

UJA-Federation of New York Raises Record-breaking $249 Million in 2017-2018 Campaign Year UJA-Federation of New York raised a record-breaking $249.3 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, an increase...

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United Way of New York City Names Gina Goodenow as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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08/15/2018

United Way of New York City Names Gina Goodenow as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer United Way of New York City (UWNYC) is proud to name Gina ... accounting and non-profit management—most recently...

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With Support From the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, MIT Mathematicians Solve Age-Old Spaghetti Mystery

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08/15/2018

... Age-Old Spaghetti Mystery If you happen to have a box of spaghetti in your pantry, try this experiment: Pull out a ... The spaghetti challenge has flummoxed even the likes of famed physicist Richard Feynman ’...

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Former VP for Grants at the New York Community Trust and Beloved PNY Member, Joyce Bove, Has Passed Away

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08/16/2018

... Joyce Bove, Has Passed Away Joyce Marie Bove, age 67, of New York City, formerly of Stoneham, MA passed away on August 15, 2018 at the Sloan ... and Grace Bove. She leaves her beloved son, Alec Bove of...

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Inside Rockefeller Foundation’s $20 Million Plan to Improve Energy Access in India

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09/05/2018

... change action. The foundation sees minigrids as one of the most cost-effective and beneficial means of realizing the goals and plans to make them a centerpiece. Smart Power India is part of a...

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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

... and Rockefeller Brothers Fund Join Coalition of 29 Philanthropies to Pledge $4 billion To Combat Climate Change A coalition of twenty-nine philanthropies has pledged $4 billion over the ... innovation, and...

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

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11/09/2018

... Solves Genetic ‘Whodunnit’ for Cancer Gene The lab of Salk Professor Reuben Shaw showed that late-stage cancers ... AMPK’s cellular recycling signal to cannibalize pieces of the cell, supplying large lung...

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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

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11/19/2018

... care following hospitalization is now a common part of recovery for many patients who undergo major surgery or ... hospital staff, and today released the first in a series of reports based on that work. The...

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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

... for people with severe autism. The Simons Foundation of New York, and the Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation of Wellesley, Massachusetts, provided a $3.1 million grant to ... big step for the field because it...

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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

... Foundation Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new tool described ... published Dec. 5 in the journal Nature. “There is a lot of interest in the potential...

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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

... 16 arts organizations receiving awards in recognition of their existing bodies of work and for their potential continued impact on their ... distributed across our country’s amazing tapestry of...

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Johnson & Johnson Announces 10-year Initiative to Help End Tuberculosis

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02/13/2019

... End Tuberculosis, the World’s #1 Infectious Killer Ahead of the first-ever United Nations (UN) High-Level Meeting on ... announced a comprehensive 10-year initiative in support of the United Nations...

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

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02/20/2019

... Diagnostics at the Broad Institute The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard announced today a new $15 million ... by Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., former CEO and chairman of the board of IBM...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Names Maria Santos Valentin as New General Counsel

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03/18/2019

... from the Soros Economic Development Fund – part of the Open Society Foundations – where she served as ... will oversee and advise the Foundation on a broad range of legal matters. Ms. Valentin has worked with...

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

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03/26/2019

... Genome-Wide Responses That Limit Crop Growth A team of researchers has tested how each gene within the genome of rice--one of the world's most important staple ... water. In the Nature...

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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

The ASPCA Gives 100,000 Animals Better Chance of Adoption Through National Relocation Program Today the ASPCA's (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) national Animal Relocation Program...

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A Decade of Impact: Bloomberg LP Improves Energy Efficiency by 45%

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04/11/2019

A Decade of Impact: Bloomberg LP Improves Energy Efficiency by 45% ... 45% since 2008, avoiding more than 1 million metric tonnes of CO2e emissions, according to the company’s 10 th ... 35% renewable energy use in...

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DDCF Launches Doris Duke Physician Scientist Fellowship

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04/12/2019

... Charitable Foundation (DDCF) today announced the launch of the new Doris Duke Physician Scientist Fellowship program, ... to clinical investigators at the subspecialty fellow stage of their careers. Through...

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With Support from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Nature Conservancy Invites Applications for Natural Climate Solutions Accelerator Grant

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06/11/2019

... Solutions Accelerator Grant Through the generous support of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Nature ... issued a Request for Proposals for two additional rounds of grant funding for projects with the...

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