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Foundations Vow to Invest in Clean-Energy Technology

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06/17/2015

... — and in many cases more than 10% — to investments in new energy over the next five years. These foundations ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Helmsley Charitable Trust and Sloan Foundation Back Data Science Collaboration

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07/08/2015

... and interactive. Think Google Drive with a brain. The new funding comes from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Education

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To Boost Job Prospects, Younger Americans Seek Dentures

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08/10/2015

... need has spurred oral care professionals to respond with new ways to make dentures quickly and inexpensively to help ...

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Workforce Development

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Ford Statement on Importance of Arts Amidst Pressing Poverty

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08/18/2015

... by the court to commission artwork to decorate its new building. At the time, some asked whether it was right to ...

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Carnegie-Backed Study Explores Adolescent Girls' Knowledge of HPV and Sexuality in Western Uganda

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09/02/2015

... and Sexuality in Western Uganda Globally, about 500,000 new cases of cervical cancer and about 274,000 deaths due to ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funding Spurs Federal Synthetic Biology Research

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09/17/2015

... Funding Spurs Federal Synthetic Biology Research A new analysis by the Synthetic Biology Project at the Wilson ... Research Projects Agency (DARPA) fund much of the U. S . government’ s...

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Global Companies Like Johnson & Johnson and Goldman Sachs Join Climate Change Efforts

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09/23/2015

... Sachs Join Climate Change Efforts Some of the world’ s most prominent companies are expected to set a long-term ... its modest origins on American college campuses. The new members include Johnson &...

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The Century Foundation Examines Russia's Syrian Conflict Strategy

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09/24/2015

The Century Foundation Examines Russia' s Syrian Conflict Strategy Russian President Vladimir ... 28, on the heels of a shrewdly publicized deployment of new Russian troops and military equipment to Syria...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Immigration

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Gap Inc. Announces Commitment To Advance The Lives Of One Million Women

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09/28/2015

... of one million women by 2020 by expanding the company’ s award-winning life-skills education program, Gap Inc. ... to continue scaling the P.A.C.E. program within Gap Inc.’ s global supply chain and in...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Community Development

Gender Justice

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds People May Be Choosing the Wrong Obamacare Plan

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11/06/2015

... The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, added new elements that can heighten the confusion: Consumers have ... would work best for them over the coming year. That’ s why some Obamacare shoppers who...

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Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality

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11/09/2015

... Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality Under a new strategy announced today, the Ford Foundation will double ... evolving strategy," said Darren Walker, the foundation’ s president. . . Ford...

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Commonwealth Fund Offers Guidance on the Creation of a High-Performance Health System for the Sickest and Frailest

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11/10/2015

... Health System for the Sickest and Frailest New analysis from The Commonwealth Fund offers guidance on ...

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Rockefeller Foundation, J.P. Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs Noted As Supporters of Impact Investing

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11/17/2015

... financial institutions can help solve some of the world’ s social problems. Over the past decade, there has been ... as the formation of the venture capital industry ushered a new approach to funding the...

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Tow Foundation Touted as Prime Example of Funder Helping Turn the Tide for Juvenile Justice Reform

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11/19/2015

... Helping Turn the Tide for Juvenile Justice Reform A new precedent was set recently when Connecticut Governor ... to establish 20 as the age of jurisdiction for the state’ s juvenile justice system. This would...

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Justice Reform

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How Stable Are the ACA Marketplaces? Commonwealth Fund President Explains

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12/07/2015

... news that UnitedHealth Group is considering leaving the new health insurance marketplaces established under the ... the their long-term viability. But UnitedHealth Group' s possible departure is not...

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The Nation Details Eric Holder’s Appearance at Ford Foundation

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12/14/2015

The Nation Details Eric Holder’ s Appearance at Ford Foundation Eric Holder was the nation’ s first black attorney general at a time when civil-rights ... were at the forefront of the public consciousness, from a...

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Century Foundation Releases Proposals to Strengthen ACA

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12/15/2015

... care system continues to face serious challenges. In a new report, Key Proposals to Strengthen the Affordable Care ...

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Tow Foundation Founder to Serve on NP Board Taking Over Philadelphia’s Struggling Newspaper of Record

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01/12/2016

... Founder to Serve on NP Board Taking Over Philadelphia’ s Struggling Newspaper of Record “If newspapers are ... a stunning development for a struggling business, that’ s pretty close to what the storied...

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Communications/Media

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Rockefeller Supported, ‘Futures of Work” Report Examines Global Disruptions

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01/19/2016

... ways, according to The Futures of Work, a groundbreaking new report from Foresight Alliance, a Washington DC-based ... and marginalized may experience. Foresight Alliance' s report aims to help address...

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