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Rockefeller Foundation Picks Rajiv J. Shah, a Trustee, as President

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01/05/2017

... J. Shah, a Trustee, as President Rajiv J. Shah, a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation , was asked about six months ... Mr. Shah, who until recently had been the administrator of the United States Agency for...

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Weinberg Foundation Launches Annual Community-Wide Book Drive Benefiting Baltimore Library Project

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03/01/2017

... Project The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, tomorrow will launch its 6 th annual community-wide Book Drive in support...

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Supported by Greenwall Foundation, Study Finds Two-Thirds Of Americans See Docs Who Got Paid By Drug Companies

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03/07/2017

Supported by Greenwall Foundation, Study Finds Two-Thirds Of Americans See Docs Who Got Paid By Drug Companies A majority of patients in the United States visited a doctor who received payments...

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Giving Parents a Prominent Voice in Schools

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03/08/2017

Giving Parents a Prominent Voice in Schools Trise Moore, who is in charge of family engagement in Washington state ’s Federal Way school district, helps parents...

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Soros-Funded Charities Targeted By Trump-Inspired Crackdown In East Europe

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03/23/2017

Soros-Funded Charities Targeted By Trump-Inspired Crackdown In East Europe The campaign against Soros in countries formerly dominated by Moscow appears to follow a ... on foreign-funded charities drove Soros'...

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Open Society Awards $8 Million to Physicians for Human Rights

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04/19/2017

... challenge grant from the Open Society Foundations in support of its efforts to advance human rights through science and ... investments in new technology and to expand its network of...

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Regional Plan Association Wins Grant From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to Study Climate's Impact on Wetlands

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04/19/2017

... the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to study the effects of climate change and sea level rise on wetlands in the New York metropolitan region. The study, “New ... recommendations will be available to help...

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Supported by Sloan Foundation, Study Finds New Quantum Liquid Crystals May Play Role in Future of Computers

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04/21/2017

... Study Finds New Quantum Liquid Crystals May Play Role in Future of Computers Physicists at the Institute for Quantum ... the first three-dimensional quantum liquid crystal—a new state...

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Ford Foundation Supports GenForward Survey on Young Americans' Perceptions of Trump

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04/21/2017

... Supports GenForward Survey on Young Americans' Perceptions of Trump Jermaine Anderson keeps going back to the same memory of Donald Trump, then a candidate for president of the United...

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Alarming Number of Young Girls in Mexico Are Forced to Marry, Ford-Funded Report Finds

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05/04/2017

Alarming Number of Young Girls in Mexico Are Forced to Marry, Ford-Funded Report Finds ... between 12 and 14 are living in "early unions." Hundreds of thousands...

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"Demonization" of George Soros Recalls Old Anti-Semitic Conspiracies

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05/16/2017

"Demonization" of George Soros Recalls Old Anti-Semitic Conspiracies In most nations, having a billionaire financier and philanthropist would be a source of great pride, a person many...

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Bloomberg, NYS Fund a 9/11 Rescue, Recovery Workers Memorial

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05/31/2017

... York City's 9/11 memorial, officials said at a ceremony of honor. The announcement was made Tuesday at the National ... is expected to be installed on the southwest corner of an 8-acre plaza where the...

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Casey Family Programs Publishes Report on How Positive Factors Change Child Trauma

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06/09/2017

... outcomes that children and families experience in midst of trauma. By now, the link between adverse ... later in life have become well established and the focus of efforts...

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Century Foundation: Why Manufacturing Jobs Are Worth Saving

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06/15/2017

... Why Manufacturing Jobs Are Worth Saving After decades of decline and political indifference, the U.S. manufacturing ... Manufacturing Is Having a Moment,” declared CNN in a recent headline. During his...

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With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, Urban Design Team Proposes Outer Borough Light Rail

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06/30/2017

... Rail As derailments and train delays bring the "summer of hell" into sharp focus, the Regional Plan Association and ... address community development and environmental protection in four different...

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Arcus and Novo Foundations' Global Trans Initiative Share U.S. Narratives

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07/25/2017

... a multi-year philanthropic commitment to improve the lives of trans people throughout the world. This initiative was designed to support leaders like those in the video who are advancing gender justice and...

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More Mayors in Rockefeller’s100 Resilient Cities Initiative Are Appointing Chief Resilience Officers

Release Date:

07/28/2017

More Mayors in Rockefeller’s100 Resilient Cities Initiative Are ... Cities employed a "chief resilience officer." As of late July, there were officially 79 within the initiative’s namesake cohort — most...

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Westchester Community Foundation Funds Criminal Justice Program Series at Libraries

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08/18/2017

... Museum, which is being developed, have announced a series of public programs called “Community Conversations: ... Criminal Justice, Yesterday and Today” to be held in October. The Westchester Community...

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Closing a Racial Divide, One Swim Lesson at a Time

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08/28/2017

... the water during her swim lesson at Roberto Clemente State Park in the Bronx one recent Tuesday morning, Kiara García, now ... at least not anymore. While seven years ago 69 percent of black...

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Skoll, Hilton, Ford, Rockefeller Among Backers of The Guardian’s Nonprofit Arm that Will Support Its Journalism

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08/28/2017

Skoll, Hilton, Ford, Rockefeller Among Backers of The Guardian’s Nonprofit Arm that Will Support Its ... expansion, is fully embracing a new moneymaking strategy in the face of industrywide...