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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Resident-Led Grantmaking Program in Crown Heights

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08/03/2015

... the Crown Heights Grants Program of the Foundation’ s Neighborhood Strength initiative. The importance of ... Insights, which surveyed over 1,000 people. As part of its new core program strategy focused on...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Housing and Homelessness

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JPB Foundation-Funded Research Examines Children’s Menu Choices

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11/04/2015

JPB Foundation-Funded Research Examines Children’ s Menu Choices To parents of picky eaters across the ... restaurants might seem like a pipe dream. But according to new research published today in the November...

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Tech Companies Lead the Way on Paid Family Leave, and the Rest of the Country Should Catch Up - Century Foundation Study

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11/13/2015

... on family leave policies: the technology sector. In a new report on paid family leave in the tech industry, TCF ... companies like Netflix, Google, and Facebook are setting new standards for family-forward...

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Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Protein Structure That Shows How Viruses Take Over Cells

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02/29/2016

... but also for improving gene therapy methods to deliver new DNA to patients with genetic mutations. “The ... Dmitry Lyumkis, a Salk Fellow and co-senior author of the new paper, published in Nature on February...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities: Analysis Method Using Data-Driven Mapping

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03/29/2016

Rockefeller' s 100 Resilient Cities: Analysis Method Using Data-Driven ... flooding could damage more than homes and roads. A new study from Sandia National Laboratories assesses how much ... Robert Jeffers...

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Judith Rodin Steps Down as Head of Rockefeller Foundation

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06/16/2016

... Foundation President Judith Rodin wanted support for a new urban initiative, she cold-called Alex Karp, chief executive of Silicon Valley’ s Palantir Technologies Inc. Ms. Rodin praised Mr. Karp for ... told...

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Century Foundation Fellow Proposes Post-Obama Syrian-U.S. Relations Strategy

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08/22/2016

Century Foundation Fellow Proposes Post-Obama Syrian-U. S . Relations Strategy U. S . President Barack Obama has tried ... after wave of chaos into the wider world — spawning a new generation of...

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Rockefeller Supports Research on Farming Adaptations to Combat Climate Change

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09/06/2016

... yields will likely decrease if farmers do not adapt to new management or technology practices. Establishing new strategies is particularly difficult for sorghum farmers ...

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Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum

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09/28/2016

... the appointment of Camille Ann Brewer as the museum’ s first full-time curator of contemporary textile art. This new curatorial position is supported by a $500,000 ... the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to...

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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 ... link between obesity and economic inequality. His new Pepsi connection raised the question: Would Mr. Walker’ s...

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Mellon Foundation Awards Nearly $3.8 Million for Theater Program

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04/11/2017

... Awards Nearly $3.8 Million for Theater Program The New England Foundation for the Arts has announced a ... National Dance Project , NTP has supported forty-three new theater works with grants totaling more...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Highlights Coal Communities in Latest Film

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05/01/2017

... Highlights Coal Communities in Latest Film The new film on the coal industry that Bloomberg Philanthropies ... miners, and it features groups that are helping them find new opportunities. With federal budget...

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De Blasio Searches for Corrections Chief as Rikers Resurfaces

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08/30/2017

... Island, his administration appears no closer to finding a new corrections chief, with some critics worrying he will ... election. The mayor has been under pressure to find a new commissioner since May, when...

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Trump Plans to Phase Out DACA, Administration Officials Say

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09/05/2017

... According to the two administration officials, here’ s the policy to be announced later today: The administration won't consider new applications for legal status dated after Sept. 5. If you ... But...

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Ms. Foundation Centers Black Women, Nonconforming People and Fem(me)s in Campaigns for Expanded Sanctuary Cities

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09/15/2017

... Centers Black Women, Nonconforming People and Fem(me) s in Campaigns for Expanded Sanctuary Cities As the Trump ... to center Black women and gender nonconforming people in a new report, Centering Black Women...

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Making Kids Into “Makers”

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09/22/2017

Making Kids Into “Makers” The new annual Inventor’ s Challenge prompts children to develop their creative ... how their work could help those around them. But a new program is encouraging them to...

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Education

NADA to Launch Acquisition Gift Fund for Pérez Art Museum Miami

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10/05/2017

... of Contemporary Art putting the finishing touches on its new permanent home, this season is a big one for the Miami ... its collection. At the upcoming NADA Miami art fair, the New Art Dealers Alliance will...

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Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”

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12/20/2017

Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’ s “Unified Approach” In an interview with the Funder’ s ... as they move together in this uncharted territory of new ideas, Miller adds. He lays...

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Watch Another Video From Chasing The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations

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01/22/2018

... The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations The U. S . has accepted more refugees than any other country since ... WNYC , correspondent Matt Katz has the story of how new American policies are creating...

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