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Microsoft Is Teaching Cybersecurity to Cities Around the World—For Free

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01/16/2015

Program is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities initiative.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Technology

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Brooklyn Accelerator

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02/06/2015

The Brooklyn Accelerator will connect community-based nonprofits to new donors and board members.

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Community Development

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Close That Gap: William T. Grant Foundation Zeroes in on Inequality and Kids

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03/30/2015

William T. Grant funds research to help society develop in ways that enable more young people to reach their full potential.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Weinberg Foundation Launches Workforce Leadership Academy in Baltimore

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06/08/2015

... has announced the inaugural cohort of a year-long learning and leadership program in the Baltimore metropolitan ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City Cannot Accept Donations for World Cup Parade

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07/10/2015

City Hall does not currently have a mechanism in place to accept public donations.

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Fourth Annual Verizon Innovative App Challenge Seeks Problem Solving Ideas From Students Nationwide

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08/17/2015

... the App Challenge offers hands-on, experiential learning to ultimately help students envision brighter ...

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Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards Provide Financial Literacy Workshops to Individual Artists

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04/08/2016

... authors of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, were learning how to handle not just the unexpected payouts but ...

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Carnegie Supports New Study on What Keeps Parents Up at Night

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04/21/2016

... Parents in an Uncertain World" which polled more than 1 ,300 parents with children in grades K-8, was conducted by Hart Research and commissioned by Learning Heroes, in collaboration with Univision .....

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Ford Foundation's $190M Revamp Receives Landmarks Approval

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04/21/2016

When the Foundation learned that it had to bring itself up to code, it decided not just to focus on technical improvements but also carry out some structural changes to make the building feel "less hierarchical," as the president of the foundation,...

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With Surdna and Open Society Support, Equitable Economic Development Fellowship Launches

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06/29/2016

... for leadership development, technical assistance, and peer learning ... With Surdna and Open Society Support, Equitable ...

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Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2016 Scholars

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06/30/2016

... collaborations, and demonstration of leadership and learning potential... Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2016 ...

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Simons Foundation Researchers Flag Hundreds of New Genes That Could Contribute to Autism

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08/10/2016

... effort of its kind, the research team developed a machine- learning program that scoured the whole human genome to ... known. Researchers have recently estimated that 400 to 1 ,000 genes underpin the complex...

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Commonwealth Fund Reports Detail Impacts of Clinton and Trump Health Reform Proposals

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09/23/2016

The Commonwealth Fund recently commissioned analysts with the RAND Corporation to crunch the numbers and find out how some of the candidates’ proposals would affect health care in the U.S.

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NYSHealth Supports Survey That Unveils Strong Appetite For Health Insurance Info—As Early As High School

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10/13/2016

In a nationwide consumer survey conducted this year for FAIR Health by ORC International, 76 percent of respondents felt people should begin understanding health insurance plans before or during high school or college.

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New York Health Foundation

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With Support From Simons Foundation, Rett Syndrome Study Finds Mechanisms Underlying Its Visual Deficits

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11/02/2016

... for Biomedical Research and the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MassachusettsInstitute of Technology ... ability of recombinant human Insulin Like Growth Factor 1 (rhIGF1) and bumetanide to...

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Mellon Foundation and NEH Recognize College Professor for Book on Israel

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11/29/2016

Gary S. Schiff’s first book, “Tradition and Politics: The Religious Parties of Israel,” has been selected under a $773,761 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as a “great humanities book.”

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