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Food Systems

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Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Opens Applications for its 2017 Prize

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09/07/2016

... at a stage when traditional funding is lacking. As part of the program created around the Prize, winners will be introduced to a mentor in the pharmaceutical industry and will present their work to .....

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Ms. Foundation Releases New Report on Forging a More Robust and Equitable Childcare System in America

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09/15/2016

... on Forging a More Robust and Equitable Childcare System in America The Ms. Foundation for Women’s latest report, Raising Our Nation , highlights the true cost of the impact that a lack of...

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Gender Justice

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Produces Short Documentaries Highlighting Public Art Challenge Projects In Four Regions

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09/19/2016

... Documentaries Highlighting Public Art Challenge Projects In Four Regions A short documentary series created by ... the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge . Each of the three-minute shorts, which...

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Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices

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09/2016

... Evaluation Practices For foundations, there are lots of questions to reflect on when thinking about which ... culture, and mission. How much should a foundation invest in evaluation? What can they do to ensure that the ... learned? Considering these numerous questions in light of benchmarking data about what other foundations are doing ...

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NYTimes Examines Role of Ford’s Walker as Pepsi Board Member

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10/31/2016

NYTimes Examines Role of Ford’s Walker as Pepsi Board Member With a compelling personal narrative and a track record of helping the needy, Darren Walker, the president of ... Would Mr. Walker’s...

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Economic Security

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After the Election, Building the Beloved Community

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11/23/2016

... Building the Beloved Community by Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation. Re-posted with permission from the ... address. This is the work we are all now engaged in . It is vital work, and I am...

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Episcopal Health Foundation Tells Angel’s Story on Healthy Homes to Treat Asthma

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01/31/2017

... to Treat Asthma Angel's Story looks at the early success of a home-visit program at Northwest Assistance Ministries children's clinic in Houston funded by the Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF). The...

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Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation Support Exhibition on Gender Politics in the Age of Trans-Identity

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02/27/2017

... Rubin Foundation Support Exhibition on Gender Politics in the Age of Trans-Identity The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation ... centered on gender and feminist politics in the age ...

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The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation

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How Cuomo's Special Prosecutor Order Is Playing Out, 19 Months Later

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02/28/2017

... Attorney General Eric Schneiderman a special prosecutor in certain cases of civilian deaths involving police officers. At the time, much of the country was focused on several high-profile...

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Justice Reform

Novo Foundation's Jesenia Santana Discusses the Dismissal of Domestic Violence and Its Effects in the Criminal Court System

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03/09/2017

Novo Foundation's Jesenia Santana Discusses the Dismissal of Domestic Violence and Its Effects in the Criminal Court System Jesenia Santana is the program officer of the NoVo Foundation,...

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Ford Foundation Supports 'Stay Midtown Program' to Respond to Recent Rental Cost Increases in Detroit

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03/22/2017

... Program' to Respond to Recent Rental Cost Increases in Detroit The Stay Midtown program is one tangible example of how these recommendations can be implemented. Launched ... access to the neighborhood,...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Helmsley Trust Awards $5 Million for Study of Crohn's Disease in Asia

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04/03/2017

Helmsley Trust Awards $5 Million for Study of Crohn's Disease in Asia The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust ... Inflammatory Bowel Disease Gut Microbiota) consortium working to...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust and Tiffany & Co. Foundation Support Effort to Untangle a Growing Web of Ocean Conservation Funding

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04/26/2017

... & Co. Foundation Support Effort to Untangle a Growing Web of Ocean Conservation Funding Ocean conservation philanthropy ... and varied as, well, the ocean. This is an area of philanthropy that consistently...

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The Peterson Center on Healthcare Aims to Transform U.S. Healthcare

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05/15/2017

... on Healthcare has big plans for transforming healthcare in America. It's looking to improve quality while lowering ... 2014 with an initial $200 million gift by the foundation of Peter G. Peterson—who...

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Bloomberg Launches Worldwide Urban Public Health Initiative

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05/18/2017

... and injuries globally. With the active participation of forty cities around the world, the initiative will work to ... diseases — which are responsible for 67 percent of the deaths in low-...

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A Pioneer of The Philanthropic Enterprise, Newman’s Own Leads the Way For Others

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05/23/2017

A Pioneer Of The Philanthropic Enterprise, Newman’s Own Leads The ... the cocktail bar Coup–short for coup d’etat–opened in New York’s East Village in mid-April, promising to ... and technology...

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A Peek into Bloomberg Philanthropies’ New Public Health Initiative

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06/23/2017

... For the next 18 months, Bloomberg Philanthropies, in partnership with the World Health Organization and Vital Strategies, will be working with cities across the globe to tackle the different ... factors...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Rita Allen Supported Prize Goes In Part To Vanderbilt Project Intended To Combat Fake News

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06/28/2017

Rita Allen SupportedPrize Goes In Part To Vanderbilt Project Intended To Combat Fake News ... bolstering the public’s trust in journalism is the aim of a Vanderbilt research project that was...

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Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students

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06/28/2017

... Having minority middle school students write a series of self-affirmation exercises focusing on core values ... the odds that the students would pursue college tracks in school, according to Stanford scholars...

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