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Immigration Agents Arrest Hundreds in Sweep of Sanctuary Cities

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10/03/2017

Immigration Agents Arrest Hundreds in Sweep of Sanctuary Cities Federal agents arrested 498 ... week were a stinging rebuke to sanctuary cities, several of which have passed ordinances or...

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Opinion: Take a Resistance Break

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10/04/2017

... among those gathered inside Sacramento’s Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in solidarity with California’s immigrant population. After ... of us walked from the cathedral to the grounds...

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Nonprofits Help Shift Mayor De Blasio's Opinion On Closing Rikers, Commission Leaders Say

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10/05/2017

... the Rikers Island jail complex has shifted significantly in less than a year – thanks in part to the efforts of nonprofits serving on the Independent Commission on New ... Reform, and the...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Discovers Smart Artificial Beta Cells Could Lead To New Diabetes Treatment

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10/30/2017

... CHAPEL HILL, NC - Treating type 1 diabetes and some cases of type 2 diabetes has long required painful and frequent ... researchers from the University of North Carolina and NC State have now...

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JPMorgan Chase Announces $20 Billion Investment in Employees, Branch Expansion and Local Economic Growth

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01/23/2018

JPMorgan Chase Announces $20 Billion Investment in Employees, Branch Expansion and Local Economic Growth ... The firm has always believed that the highest and best use of its capital is to support employees and...

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Economic Security

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Nina Stack Joins Champlain Foundation as Executive Director

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04/17/2018

... as Executive Director The next executive director of the Champlin Foundation will be Nina Stack, the nonprofit ... Chairman Kelly Sheridan, said of the announcement in prepared remarks: “We...

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Aetna Foundation President Discusses What it Will Take to Solve the Opioid Crisis

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06/29/2018

... Discusses What it Will Take to Solve the Opioid Crisis In 2015, our life expectancy dropped for the first time since the height of the AIDS epidemic. That can be blamed largely on the ... families, and...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust and Partners Announce Funding of Quantitative Analysis of Insulin Purchased from Pharmacies in the U.S.

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10/11/2018

Helmsley Charitable Trust and Partners Announce Funding of Quantitative Analysis of Insulin Purchased from Pharmacies in the U.S. JDRF International, the American Diabetes ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Simons Foundation-Funded Research Reveals That Bacteria in Giant Aquarium Mirror Natural Ocean Microbes

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11/07/2018

Simons Foundation-Funded Research Reveals That Bacteria in Giant Aquarium Mirror Natural Ocean Microbes Sea creatures ... the bathroom, too, and in aquariums, that creates the task of cleaning...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Science

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Philanthropic Leaders Call for Protecting the Independence of Special Counsel Investigation

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11/20/2018

Philanthropic Leaders Call for Protecting the Independence of Special Counsel Investigation It’s astoundingly rare for ... but yesterday, through the Democracy Fund , leaders of 42 major philanthropic...

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NYT Interviews Schott Foundation VP Edgar Villanueva

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11/28/2018

... philanthropic and social sector were developed early in the 20th century, the design resembled elements of colonial social architecture: bureaucracy, competition, specialization and consolidation of...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Donates $50 million to Fight Opioid Epidemic

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11/30/2018

... years it will help up to 10 states address the causes of opioid addiction and strengthen prevention and treatment ... on record. It said those numbers are a leading factor in the decline of U...

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Human Services

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NYSHealth's Patients as Partners Provides $230,708 Patient Empowerment Grant

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12/14/2018

... Grant To ensure that New Yorkers have a stronger role in how health care is delivered and how health policy is ... NYSHealth is supporting projects that amplify the voice of New Yorkers and rebalance the...

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Arcus Foundation Funded Report Finds Infrastructure Development Likely To Be “Devastating” for Wildlife, Ecological Integrity

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02/26/2019

... report that examines the interaction between conservation of apes and their habitats with infrastructure development, ... expansion on biodiversity. The report titled, ‘ State of the Apes:...

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New Study From the Commonwealth Fund Looks at Out-of-Pocket Costs for Some Health Plans

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05/23/2019

New Study From the Commonwealth Fund Looks at Out- of -pocket Costs for Some Health Plans Millions of Americans ... Fund report. The analysis looks at what people in every state...

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Henry Luce Foundation Elects Two Directors as New Board Co-Chairs

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06/09/2022

... Directors as New Board Co-Chairs Following the decision of Margaret Boles Fitzgerald to step down as Chair of the ... of the Board, Terry and Debra bring extensive expertise in...

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Carnegie's July Fourth Tribute Honors 38 Distinguished Immigrants

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06/30/2017

... Honors 38 Distinguished Immigrants Carnegie Corporation of New York, its board of trustees and staff, invite ... salutes the invaluable role that immigrants play in helping to advance our...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds Digitization Of 19th Century Navy Deck Logs

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01/29/2018

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds Digitization Of 19th Century Navy Deck Logs Log entries handwritten by ... U.S. Navy seamen nearly 140 years ago remain relevant even in the technological era. A grant recently...

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Arts

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Bloomberg Report Shows Mayors Concerned About Budget, Infrastructure

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04/11/2018

... policy and funding issues that once were the purview of federal or state governments, a report from Bloomberg Philanthropies ... agreed that housing affordability was becoming a problem in...

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