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Michigan State University Uses Mellon Foundation Grant To Build Massive Slave Trade Database

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01/09/2018

... online data hub that will change the way scholars and the public understand African slavery. By linking data ... foremost historians, it will allow scholars and the public to learn about individuals'...

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Social Justice

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Carnegie Corporation Funds Report Revealing 4 Actions to Improve the Future of Higher Education

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02/07/2018

Following four national priorities, including increasing completion rates and strengthening the student educational experience, could exponentially improve the future of higher education, according to a report based on two years of research.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Bloomberg's Latest Move to Fight Big Tobacco Around the World

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03/14/2018

... have invested nearly $1 billion to fight a global public health problem that claims 6 million lives a ... tobacco industry tactics and practices it deems harmful to public health. This isn't the first...

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Rauch Foundation & Newsday Media Group Announce New Research Entity at Newsday

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04/13/2018

... data that it has previously compiled and presented to the public . nextLI will carry on the tradition of producing and ... Long Island institution. nextLI will provide to the public , free of charge, high-...

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Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts gifts University of Houston Rare Collection of Photos

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05/24/2018

... for the Visual Arts gifted the collection to the Public Art of University of Houston System , one of the most ... into the artist’s process,” said Mike Guidry, curator, Public Art of University of Houston...

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The Culture Pass Initiative Launches in New York City with Support from Stavros Niarchos Foundation, New York Community Trust and Charles H. Revson Foundation

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07/18/2018

... Trust and Charles H. Revson Foundation The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), The New York Public Library, and Queens Library launched Culture Pass, a ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Awards $18 Million to Expand Health Equity Fellows

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08/08/2018

... Workforce Institute at the Milken Institute School of Public Health has announced an $18 million grant from ... nursing, community organizing, data science, and public health management. Starting in 2019, the...

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United Way of New York City Names Gina Goodenow as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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08/15/2018

... of financial knowledge and nearly 20 years' experience in public accounting and non-profit management—most recently ... of North Carolina at Wilmington. She is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified...

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07 Nov 2018

One Size Doesn’t Fit All: A Conversation about Education with the Gates Foundation’s Bob Hughes

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3:00pm to 4:30pm

... has served for many years as an advocate and champion of public education in New York City. In 2016 Bob transitioned from being President of New Visions Public school to becoming the K-12 Strategy Director of...

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UN Secretary-General Taps UN Special Envoy Michael R. Bloomberg to Lead Climate Finance Leadership Initiative

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09/27/2018

... $100 billion per year by 2020 through a combination of public development finance and private foreign direct investment. “Mobilizing resources from the public and private sectors is critical to tackling the...

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Warhol Foundation Board Lifts 8-Year Funding Ban on the Smithsonian

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01/15/2019

The Board of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has voted to lift its eight-year funding ban on the Smithsonian Institution.

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OpEd: CEO Lori Bezahler on Edward W. Hazen Foundation’s Decision to Empty Its Coffers

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03/06/2019

... are in a movement moment, a time when major shifts in the public discourse can generate profound social change. We see public attention turning to long-simmering injustices and ...

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United Hospital Fund Offers Providers and Payers Strategies for Developing Integrated Family Care

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03/21/2019

In a report released today, United Hospital Fund laid out strategies for clinicians and payers to improve children’s health by providing “integrated family care”—seamless, effective health care that addresses all a family’s health needs, including...

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United Hospital Fund Supports Evaluation That Shows Small Primary Care Practices Can Help Patients Access Mental Health Care

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04/04/2019

One in five New Yorkers suffer from mental health disorders, but most of these people do not have access to treatment, especially in disadvantaged communities.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $80 Million

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04/19/2019

... issues — in support of a partnership with the Brooklyn Public Library to present a free ten-week run of Antigone in ... and student-led civic programs that will be free to the public ... Stavros Niarchos...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Progress Update on Stavros Niarchos Foundation's €25 Million Grant to the Hellenic Fire Department

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05/06/2019

... magnitude in the future. The update aims to inform the public on all the developments that have occurred since the ... and SNF input the grant included the implementation of public educational programs...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches New Digital Innovation Project for European Cities

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06/25/2019

... efforts to embrace technology and design to transform public services and better leverage public data to solve problems. Through project support, ...

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State-by-State Impact of Opioid Epidemic on Children - New Report from the United Hospital Fund

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11/13/2019

An estimated 2.2 million children nationwide were affected by the opioid crisis as of 2017; West Virginia had highest rate of children affected; California had the highest number of children.

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Tokyo Joins Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Partnership for Healthy Cities

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12/12/2019

... cities with financial assistance and technical advice from public health experts to implement their chosen intervention ... Ecuador replaced junk food with healthy options for 50% of public school students—...

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