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Food waste is increasingly garnering attention from governments, businesses and private individuals as its impact on both environmental health, food security as well as bottom lines — companies that invest in reducing food waste can expect a 14:1...

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Aetna Foundation Supports 'Magnobrain' Educational Games for Kids

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03/27/2017

... where distributed through their “Inspire Me to Learn” initiative founded by a grant of $30,000 from the Aetna ...

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Target Corporation Supports Water Harvesting Cistern to Transform Blighted Properties

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03/29/2017

... Transform Blighted Properties The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative (MUFI) continues to innovate to uplift its North ...

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The Bank of America Charitable Foundation-A Leader in the Growth of Community Development Financial Institutions

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04/04/2017

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation’s most recent gift is another $3.8 million in grant money to fund Local Initiatives Support Corporation's (LISC)- a community development financial institutions created by the Ford Foundation- Financial...

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Supported by Capital One, Bloomberg and Other Funders, Apache Recognizes Innovations Integral to Panama Papers Investigation

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04/17/2017

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today the role played by several Apache projects in the investigation of the Panama Papers.

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The Peterson Center on Healthcare Aims to Transform U.S. Healthcare

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05/15/2017

Looking to improve healthcare quality while lowering costs by bringing out the best in doctors, health systems, insurers, patients and employers, the center reports there are many opportunities to transform American healthcare.

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Bloomberg Backed “Global Street Design Guide” Now Available Free Online

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05/22/2017

... two years in development by the Global Designing Cities Initiative , a project of the National Association of City ...

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Chef Massimo Bottura's First U.S. Project Will Be a Rockefeller-supported Bronx Soup Kitchen

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05/30/2017

The chef behind Osteria Francescana - a restaurant that topped the World’s 50 Best List in 2016 - is planning to open one of his food waste-fighting soup kitchens, called Refettorios, in the Bronx.

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Looks to Move the Needle on Affordable Housing

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06/07/2017

Financial giants, in addition to supporting urban youth and employment, are also steady funders in an area even closer to home: community development and housing.

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Carnegie Supports a Roadmap for Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel

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06/12/2017

... a long-term project on the Global Nuclear Future. This initiative is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, ...

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Bloomberg, Gates, Others Pledge $1.2 Billion to Eradicate Polio

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06/13/2017

... Billion to Eradicate Polio The Global Polio Eradication Initiative has announced public and private pledges totaling ...

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Commonwealth Fund and GWU Release New Findings on House GOP Healthcare Bill Resulting in Loss of 1M Jobs in 10 Years

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06/19/2017

A new study presented some unflattering potential effects from the enacting of the American Health Care Act.

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Folger Receives $1.5M from Mellon Foundation for Collaborative Research Project on Early Modern Foodways & Cultures

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07/27/2017

... Table: Early Modern Foodways and Cultures. The new Mellon initiative will be based in the Folger Institute, led by its ...

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Ford Foundation: On Privilege - Why Discomfort Is A Sign Of Progress

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07/31/2017

I could not stop thinking about my initial discomfort. It nagged at me. What had caused this feeling of displacement? This was not my first time in an elite space. And I'm actually accustomed to feeling like I don’t fit in with those kinds of...