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Climate Adaptation Fund, Supported by Duke Foundation, To Enable Conservation Projects In Urban Centers

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04/04/2016

A grant program managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society is exploring new methods for helping wildlife in the United States to adapt to rapidly shifting environmental conditions brought about by climate change.

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Doris Duke Foundation

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

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05/22/2017

The Global Street Design Guide, a handbook for cities around the world to design safe, sustainable streets, is available to the public as for free online. The guide was funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, which has made road safety a top priority .

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Wellcome Trust and the Simons Foundation Fund Researchers Uniting to Create International Brain Lab

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09/19/2017

Leading neuroscientists are joining forces to study the brain -- The International Brain Lab (IBL), launched on September 19, combines 21 of the foremost neuroscience laboratories in the United States and Europe into a giant collaboration that will...

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Open Society Research Looks at New Technology Predicting Recidivism Without Being Racist

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09/25/2017

... post cash bail, you’ll await trial in a jail cell on State Road. Good luck. The current process of assigning bail ...

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Justice Reform

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Opinion: Construction Safety Bill Would Hurt Minority Workers

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09/26/2017

... leaders and advocacy groups like the NAACP New York State and One Hundred Black Men of New York to send that ...

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Opinion: No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job

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10/10/2017

The recovery from the crisis of 2008 has been one of the weakest on record, but never in postwar history has so little growth created so many jobs.

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As Bloomberg Hammers Away at Coal, What Might Be Next for His Climate Giving?

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10/18/2017

After Bloomberg Philanthropies recently gave another $64 million to a campaign that’s closing down coal plants in the United States, one telling headline came from the Courier-Journal in Louisville: “New York City billionaires are battling over coal...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Discovers Smart Artificial Beta Cells Could Lead To New Diabetes Treatment

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10/30/2017

... researchers from the University of North Carolina and NC State have now developed what could be a much more ...

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JPMorgan Chase Announces $20 Billion Investment in Employees, Branch Expansion and Local Economic Growth

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01/23/2018

JPMorgan Chase today announced a $20 billion, five-year comprehensive investment to help its employees, and support job and local economic growth in the United States.

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Economic Security

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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) Welcomes Marcus F. Walton as President and CEO

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07/16/2019

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) announced today the appointment of Marcus F. Walton, a non-profit industry veteran, as its new President and CEO.

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Weinberg Foundation Announces $4 Million in Emergency Grants to Nonprofits as Part of COVID-19 Response

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03/27/2020

... funding as the Foundation’s initial response to the developing COVID-19 public health crisis. The emergency ...

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Nancy Feller Joins The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust as General Counsel

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09/03/2012

... Ms. Feller also supervised the Foundation’s Human Resources , Internal Audit and Travel Services departments. ... Plimpton. She earned a law degree from New York University School of Law and received her B.A...

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Candice Carnage Joins Ms. Foundation for Women as Vice President, Finance and Administration

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02/01/2012

... Financial Management from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business and received her B.A. in Economics from ...

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Bank of America and JPMorgan Work to Find Social Enterprise Solutions to Break Down Employment Barriers

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08/11/2015

... barriers, like young people who are disconnected from school or work, people who've been in prison or experienced ... to be a catalyst for impact – mobilizing private resources to find and grow community...

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Century Foundation Fellow in NYTimes OpEd: Strong Unions Equals Strong Democracy

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01/12/2016

... unions. By stripping these unions of key financial resources — their fair share of fees provided by nonmembers ...

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Russell Sage Foundation Funded Research Connects Boosting Testosterone Levels To Men Preferring Luxury Goods

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07/05/2018

... professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School , underscore a biological factor at play in the choice ... to a potential partner, as they suggest an individual has resources to spare and can thus...

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Lauren Perkins Joins Westchester Community Foundation

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03/30/2023

... joins the Community Foundation at a time when our resources are growing and impact in Westchester and the ...

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How to Determine If a Charity Is Effective

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11/10/2013

Arabella Advisors Principal & Managing Director Bruce Boyd and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors President & CEO Melissa Berman are quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about evaluating charity effectiveness.

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The New York Women’s Foundation and Ms. Foundation Announce Year Two Results of $100M Collective Fund

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03/26/2018

... have a strong academic start in life. • Research: State and national research to inform best practices and ... together to ensure women’s economic security in America. State by state , the...

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