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Carnegie Corporation Trustee Louise Richardson Named Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford

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05/29/2015

... was Executive Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, where she was instrumental in ...

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Doris Duke and Simons Foundations Back Breakthrough Sickle Cell Research

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09/18/2015

... hemoglobin have a milder form of the disease. This study was supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and ...

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Is Travel the New Face of Philanthropy?

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09/28/2015

... nations, but now there's even more evidence in a new study called "Good Travels: The Philanthropic Profile of the ... charitable arm of the tourism industry, just released this study of American...

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Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science

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10/16/2015

... research appeared in the Oct. 9 edition of Science. The study from University of Chicago psychologists Sian Beilock ... and children’s low math achievement. To read the full study , please go to “ Math at Home...

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Peterson Center on Healthcare and Three Other Funders Unite to Support Access to Clinical Notes for 50 Million Patients

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02/24/2016

... of patients who took medications during an OpenNotes study reported improved adherence to these medications, a ... at Geisinger Health System in a rigorous scientific study published recently in the Journal of...

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Commonwealth Fund Brief Documents ACA’s Costs for Low- to Moderate-Income People

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03/18/2016

... out-of-pocket spending will vary from plan to plan. The study , conducted by Sara R. Collins, Munira Gunja, and Sophie ...

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PhilTV This Week: Feb. 24, 2017

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02/24/2017

... Diversity William T. Grant and Sloan Foundations Support Study That Finds Good Sleep Promotes Postive Experiences, ...

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Phil TV This Week April 14

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04/14/2017

... Funded by the Educational Foundation of America, New Study Finds Potential for High-Impact Philanthropy Untapped ...

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Simons Foundation Supported Research May Have Found Compound Essential to Formation of Life on Earth

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11/07/2017

... the same realistic conditions, according to TSRI. In a study published in the journal Nature Chemistry, TSRI ... and the cell-like structures to enclose them,” said study senior author Ramanarayanan...

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Commonwealth Fund Report Shows That Medicaid, Medicare Accounted for 59% of Health Care Revenue for Largest Insurers

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12/07/2017

... Aetna, Cigna, Humana), according to a new Health Affairs study supported by the Commonwealth Fund. Revenue from public ... left the markets," said Cathy Schoen, lead author of the study and a senior...

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Simons Foundation Funded Research Finds That Neural ‘Tug-Of-War’ May Explain Fragile X Learning Issues

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01/24/2018

... that contradicts what they initially learned, a new study shows . FXS is the most common genetic cause of ... to process corrective material,” Fenton says. The study focuses on the hippocampus—the part of the...

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New Report Funded by JPB Foundation says u.S. Cities Can save Billions with Green, Resilient Design

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02/08/2018

A new report released yesterday stresses that making it a de facto policy for U.S. cities would be a cost-effective design solution that could save millions, and even billions, of dollars.

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers Find Alzheimer's One Day May Be Predicted During Eye Exam

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08/23/2018

... older patients who had no symptoms of the disease. Their study , involving 30 patients, is published Aug. 23 in the ... prior to the appearance of clinical symptoms," said the study 's first author,...

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Report from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Finds Funder Collaboratives for Systems Change Gaining Momentum

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10/01/2018

... the practices that have gained traction. Among them, the study found that successful collaboratives tend to be ...

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Supported in Part by the Rita Allen Foundation, Researchers Discover New Protein Factor That Contributes to Cancer Cell Migration

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11/01/2018

... to a wound and participate in its healing process. The study ’s results could help scientists prevent cancer cells ...

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Scientists Develop a New Tool to Boost Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research with Support from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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12/06/2018

... this cellular tracking device, researchers are able to study the original cells and the final cells in great detail ... to reach their destinations have been largely unknown. The study is published Dec. 5 in...

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08 Aug 2019

Family Philanthropy Through Multiple Vehicles - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

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12:00pm to 1:30pm

... This webinar will share early findings from a new NCFP study led by Lansberg, Gersick & Associates, authors of ... NCFP’s ground-breaking “ Generations of Giving ” study . Designed for The National Center...

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Arabella Advisors Report Calls on Philanthropy to Catalyze Inclusive Investment

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03/04/2019

... to women entrepreneurs. Funded by JPMorgan Chase, the study found that systemic and implicit biases not only ... than did male-owned businesses. The report also cites a study which found that over ten years of...

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Funding From the Leon Levy Foundation Finds That Artificial Light Makes Birds Fly Into Buildings at Night

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04/05/2019

... and an assistant curator at the Museum of Zoology. The study relies on bird-collision data Field Museum researchers ... the collision-monitoring efforts researchers cite in this study have led directly to...

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