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Open Society Foundations Announces 2017 Soros Equality Fellows

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03/21/2017

... the recipients of the Soros Equality Fellowship, a new initiative to help emerging mid-career professionals become ...

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Open Society Foundations and Other Funders Mobilizing to Counter Hate

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03/29/2017

... election, OSF rolled out a $10 million rapid response initiative to support those targeted by hateful rhetoric... ...

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Aetna Foundation Leverages Philanthropic Investment to Build Healthier Communities

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04/20/2017

Changing Americans’ access to healthy nutrition and replacing those food deserts with well-stocked stores starts at the local level, says Dr. Garth Graham, president of the nonprofit Aetna Foundation, which each year provides funding to local...

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NYS Health Foundation Grant Supports NewYork Quality Care Roll Out of OpenNotes to 30,000+ Patients

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05/18/2017

... notes in order to better understand their care. The initiative , called OpenNotes, is funded in part by a grant ...

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New York Health Foundation

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IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy

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06/08/2017

... to take on societal issues through data. With the new initiative , IBM announced 12 projects planned for 2017. Each ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Backs Nonprofit ETF Startup

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08/01/2017

... officials from the group said with a plan to announce the initiative later on Tuesday. The foundation awarded a ...

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Cuomo Administration Bullish On State Climate Action After RGGI Agreement

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08/28/2017

... The nine states that comprise the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative announced an agreement on Wednesday to reduce the ...

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'Dreamer’ Plan That Aided 800,000 Immigrants Is Threatened

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08/28/2017

... could soon be upended in a showdown over a five-year-old initiative , Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, ...

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Editorial: States Dare to Think Big on Climate Change

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08/28/2017

... Northeastern states that form the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative have done much the same, in a further rebuke to ...

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With Federal Funds Shrinking, Math and Science Funders Including Simons Foundation Step Up

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08/28/2017

While STEM giving is one of the hottest funding areas in higher ed philanthropy, most of the gifts we profile are earmarked for tangible and conventional goals—a new science building, teacher training, diversifying the ranks of science majors, and...

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Science

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Bloomberg, Gateses, and Other Big Donors Race to Fill Void of Clinton Global Meeting

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09/05/2017

... get-together of the year: the glittery Clinton Global Initiative , filled with celebrities, rich donors, high-level ...

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USDA Invests $12.6 Million to Train More Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals

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09/06/2017

... is made through NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. ...

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Smashing the Stigma: Deputy Mayor Richard Buery On ThriveNYC and Treating Mental Health

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09/08/2017

ThriveNYC is a coordinated system of 54 initiatives, estimated to cost $850 million over four years.

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Mayor Targets 14,500 Buildings to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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09/15/2017

... buildings to curb their greenhouse gas emissions. The initiative would require owners of buildings larger than ...

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As the Clintons Step Back From Global Stage, Bloomberg Steps Up

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09/20/2017

... Steps Up For more than a decade, the Clinton Global Initiative was the star-studded marquee attraction during the ...

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Clinton Global Initiative

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States Team Up To Fight Climate Change

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09/21/2017

A group of states adhering to the initial U.S. commitment to the Paris climate accord are on track to meet their environmental targets, despite the federal government planning to pull out the global pact, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday.

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Seven Elements of A Results-Driven Corporate Social Responsibility Program

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09/21/2017

... social responsibility program is a marketing driven initiative that impacts the communities a company is active ...

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Nonprofit Linked To NYCHA Creates Crowdfunding Portal For Sustainability Projects

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09/25/2017

The Fund for Public Housing launched an online platform this week in conjunction with ioby, a crowdfunding website, to enable NYCHA residents and organizations to fundraise for local sustainability initiatives.

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