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Helmsley Charitable Trust-Backed Research Makes Breakthrough in Regenerative Medicine

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05/07/2015

... May 6, 2015 in Nature, the scientists report using these new stem cells to develop the first reliable method for ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools

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06/29/2015

... Statistics show that by 2020, there will be 1.4 million new computer science jobs, but only 400,000 computer science students. It’ s time our education system prioritizes the skills these jobs ...

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Are Too Many Seniors Taking Antidepressants?

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07/31/2015

... at more than twice the rate that younger adults do, a new study finds. The worry of previous decades—that America’ s seniors weren’t receiving attention for mental health ...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Newman's Own Foundation Launches Fellowship Program

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08/04/2015

Newman' s Own Foundation Launches Fellowship Program Newman' s Own Foundation announced its first formal class of Fellows. ... designed to expand, enhance, and diversify the pipeline of new...

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Twenty-Seven Foundation Executives Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box'

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08/14/2015

... than three years. As he explained to the Leading into New Communities re-entry council, “My driver’ s license was automatically suspended. I couldn’t vote in ...

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Justice Reform

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Strives to Provide Free Psychiatric Evaluations to 10,000 NYC Kids

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08/21/2015

... million children under the age of 18, according to the U. S . census -- are affected by psychiatric and learning ... treatment. The Healthy Brain Network (HBN) is a brand- new initiative seeking to help advance...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Immigrants, Their Children Integrate Well into US Society but Not in All Areas, Report Finds

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09/24/2015

... into US Society but Not in All Areas, Report Finds As U. S . immigrants and their descendants integrate into society, ... make more money and learn to speak better English. But a new report found their well-...

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Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals

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10/07/2015

... Report on Creating Effective School Principals A new report commissioned by the Wallace Foundation has ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Finds Major Issues for Women in the Workplace

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10/13/2015

... the same question and the answers will be very different. New research from The Rockefeller Foundation and Thomson ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, to Participate in Facebook QA

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10/26/2015

... QA Want to know more about the Ford Foundation’ s new focus on inequality? Have questions about how we’re ... questions in advance by posting them on the Chronicle’ s Facebook page. Darren...

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Chronicle of Social Change Profiles Hilton Foundation and Its Massive Growth

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01/22/2016

... organized, shows how the foundation seeks out and supports new ways to help foster youth. . . Chronicle of Social ...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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Bloomberg-Funded Study: Industry Initiatives to Prevent Drinking & Driving Lack Scientific Evidence of Effectiveness

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02/22/2016

... of Effectiveness The majority of the alcohol industry’ s actions around the world to reduce drinking and driving ... lack evidence of effectiveness or haven’t been studied, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School...

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Century Foundation Report Examines The Real Value of What Students Do in College

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02/26/2016

... never completing their degree at all. A new report, The Real Value of What Students Do in College , ... Shireman, offers specific recommendations for how the U. S . Department of Education could promote a...

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Specialty Food Foundation Addresses Hunger With Social Entrepreneurship

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03/02/2016

... the grant application process through the end of April. New this year, the foundation managing all of the application ...

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Mellon Foundation Awards Guggenheim $3M Endowment For Conservation

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03/25/2016

... $3M Endowment For Conservation The Guggenheim Museum’ s conservation department has received a $3 million challenge ... conservator, held since 2007 by Carol Stringari, and a new position, director of...

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Century Foundation Report: Speeding the Recovery of Unemployment Insurance

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03/30/2016

... Insurance Unemployment insurance (UI) is America' s first responder to economic distress. But according to Speeding the Recovery of Unemployment Insurance, a new report by TCF senior fellow Andrew...

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American Express, Ford Foundation Provide Funds to Restore Hemingway's Famed Cuban Home

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04/15/2016

... Ford Foundation Provide Funds to Restore Hemingway' s Famed Cuban Home William Dupont, San Antonio Conservation ... Dupont and his team will aid in the construction of a new archival storage facility at...

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Open Society Foundations Tackles the Challenge of Prisoner Reentry

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04/26/2016

... some help from the nonprofit sector. Today, Project New Opportunity was announced by an organization called the ... drug violations and are being released by order of the U. S . Sentencing Commission under...

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Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado

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04/29/2016

... and low-income people. The resilience strategy is a new approach to city planning spearheaded by the Rockefeller ...

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