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Long-Sought ‘Warm-Sensitive’ Brain Cells Identified in New Study Supported by NY Stem Cell, Rita Allen, Sloan, and Klingenstein Foundations

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09/09/2016

... are vital to health, as the metabolic processes that keep us alive have evolved to operate within a narrow temperature ... hypothalamus (POA) as the site that detects the body’ s warmth. But because this...

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Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices

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09/2016

... senior evaluation or program staff at foundations in the U. S . and Canada giving at least $10 million annually, or ...

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Andrus Family Fund's Peguro Praised in NCRP's Reflections on Resilience and Community Building

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09/28/2016

Andrus Family Fund' s Peguro Praised in NCRP' s Reflections on Resilience and Community Building ... the topic of “community resilience” panelists reminded us that there’ s...

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Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings

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09/29/2016

Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South' s Troubled History of Lynchings Southern states have long ... blacks its research shows were killed by lynching in the U. S . from 1877 to 1950. The nonprofit'...

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Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers

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10/07/2016

Atlantic' s Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers A ... puts Warren Buffett at the top the list of the fifty U. S . philanthropists who gave the most in 2015, while Chuck ... is...

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Weinberg Foundation Makes New Commitment to Military Members and Their Families

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11/16/2016

... Gathering. This program celebrates the Weinberg Foundation' s mission, partnerships, and accomplishments of the past ... assist those who have served our nation with honor. For us , this is also personal...

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Racial Justice Is at Heart of Brooklyn Community Foundation Shift

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12/06/2016

... The Sentencing Project has determined that, for U. S . residents born in 2001, one in three black men and one in ...

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Rockefeller's Judith Rodin Joins Conversation on Innovative Finance, New Investment Tools and Climate Change

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12/08/2016

Rockefeller' s Judith Rodin Joins Conversation on Innovative Finance, New ... of energy and climate change in early 2016. OPIC, the U. S . government’ s international development finance...

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Century Foundation Report Cited in Washington Post Article on Syria Policy for Trump’s America

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12/12/2016

... in Washington Post Article on Syria Policy for Trump’ s America U. S . Syria policy had been due for a major rethink, even before Donald Trump was elected president. America’ s publicly...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund's Purpose-Driven Investing Highlighted by Forbes

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01/27/2017

Rockefeller Brothers Fund' s Purpose-Driven Investment Highlighted by Forbes ... of age and now make up the largest percentage of the U. S . population - which means they are set to make up an ... Purpose-...

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Catholic Charities Announces $800,000 Grant from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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01/31/2017

... Charities of Baltimore. "The most recent grant will allow us to continue to provide life-saving and life-affirming .....

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Announcing the 2017 Sloan Research Fellows

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02/21/2017

... Foundation announces the selection of 126 outstanding U. S . and Canadian researchers as the recipients of the 2017 ...

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PhilTV: Century Foundation Hosts Policing Debate at NYU Wagner

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04/06/2017

... thoughtful, informed dialogue from experts. Join us on March 28, 2017 to hear experts on policing debate ...

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Supported by Capital One, Bloomberg and Other Funders, Apache Recognizes Innovations Integral to Panama Papers Investigation

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04/17/2017

... Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server the world' s most popular Web server software. The ASF is a US 501(c)(3) charitable organization, funded by individual .....

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JPMorgan Chase’s Investment in Detroit to Reach $150 Million

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05/11/2017

JPMorgan Chase’ s Investment in Detroit to Reach $150 Million JPMorgan Chase & Co. today announced that it will expand the firm' s commitment to Detroit’ s economic recovery, expecting...

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Why the Ford Foundation Launched a Program for Formerly Incarcerated People—and How They Did It

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05/19/2017

... It In late 2015, Darren Walker approached the foundation’ s Talent and Human Resources team and asked us to create a professional development program for graduates ... after their release from prison. The...

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A New MIT-Led Simons Foundation Collaboration Aims to Understand Basic Principles and Laws of Microbial Ecosystems

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05/30/2017

... on individual species, ecologists would be quick to remind us that pure cultures rarely exist in nature. Organisms live ... and these communities play fundamental roles in earth’ s ecosystems. Despite their...

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Commonwealth Fund: What Might a Medicaid Work Requirement Mean?

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05/31/2017

... proposals, including the idea in the just-released 2018 U. S . Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) budget ... gaining Medicaid eligibility. While the administration’ s HHS budget proposal lacks detail...

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Markle Foundation: Trump's Infrastructure Plans Should Pair Building with Job Training

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06/13/2017

Markle Foundation: Trump' s Infrastructure Plans Should Pair Building with Job Training ... out his principles for a $1 trillion makeover of America’ s roads, bridges, waterways, electrical grid, and air...

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Sloan Foundation Noted in Article on What Could Help Americans Work More Years

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06/13/2017

... or full-time. But after attending Columbia University’ s 2017 Age Boom Academy program for journalists, Exploring ... experts that there are a few things employers, the U. S . government and older workers could...

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