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Seven Bridges Brings The Simons Foundation’s Genome Diversity Project Dataset to the Cloud

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04/12/2017

Seven Bridges, the biomedical data analysis company, today announced that it has made the Simons Genome Diversity Project (SGDP) dataset available for analysis by researchers via the Seven Bridges Platform.

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Mark Zezza Joins NYSHealth as Director of Policy and Research

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04/18/2017

In this newly created position, Dr. Zezza will focus on developing the evidence base to support and advance the Foundation's role as a changemaker.

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New York Health Foundation

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With Support from the Arcus Foundation, Study of Transgender Preschoolers Assesses Preferences and Identity

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04/25/2017

... born with--are transitioning socially, which means they use pronouns, names, and clothing associated with their ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker on the Perils of Meritocracy

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06/30/2017

It’s one of the most loved ideas in American life. Perhaps, though, it should be one of the most resented.

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JPMorgan Chase Releases New Data Platform, The Good Jobs Index

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11/14/2017

The Good Jobs Index is a new data platform that provides a window into the shifting realities of employment opportunity in the US, including the finding that two-thirds of states have added good jobs for workers without a bachelor’s degree.

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J.P. Morgan Private Bank, Private Foundation Services

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Workforce Development

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While Announcing Main Branch Renovations, NYPL Notes Mid-Manhattan Library to Be Renamed for Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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11/16/2017

The New York Public Library revealed the $317 million master plan that will guide the renovation of the iconic Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.

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Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act

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11/26/2017

Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 represents the most significant reform of the U.S. health care system in decades. It was enacted with the goals...

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Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act

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11/26/2017

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The Andy Warhol Foundation Partners With Calvin Klein

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11/29/2017

Calvin Klein has entered into a new partnership with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, which gives the American fashion brand unprecedented access to the late artist’s life work - much of which remains unpublished.

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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Ford Foundation Appoints Roy Swan to Lead Mission Investments Portfolio

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12/05/2017

The Ford Foundation announced today the appointment of Roy Swan as director of its Mission Investments team based in New York. Swan will lead a dedicated team managing the portfolio announced in April, when Ford committed to invest $1 billion over...

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Commonwealth Fund Supported Report Shows Uninsured Rate Drops Substantially in Most States

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12/14/2017

Forty-seven states saw their adult uninsured rate drop by five percentage points or more in the first three years following the Affordable Care Act’s major health coverage expansions, according to a new Commonwealth Fund scorecard assessing access...

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Tax Bill Glitch Endangers Future of Newman’s Own Foundation

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01/03/2018

The Westport-based Newman’s Own Foundation was on the verge of securing a provision in the federal tax overhaul that would have spared it from an unusual 200 percent tax hike it is facing, when the Senate parliamentarian forced lawmakers to strip it...

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Simons Foundation Funded Research Finds That Neural ‘Tug-Of-War’ May Explain Fragile X Learning Issues

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01/24/2018

... one of the keys to better understanding FXS, which impairs use of memory in multiple ways. To explore this, first the ...

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New York State Health Foundation Funded Study Finds Most NY Health Providers Are Not Ready to Care for Veterans

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03/01/2018

... are considering whether to encourage more veterans to use their benefits to receive care in the community rather ...

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OSF Report Finds That Women Are Vastly Outnumbered at Europe’s Top Policy Events

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03/08/2018

Europe’s top 23 policy events feature an average of three male speakers to every woman, according to an Open Society Foundations report published on Thursday.

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All Proceeds From the Auction of David and Peggy Rockefeller's Art Collection Will Go to Charity

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03/15/2018

Christie's will auction off the collection of David and Peggy Rockefeller in May. All of the proceeds from the sale will go to charity.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards Critical Path Institute a Grant to Focus on Crohn's disease

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04/16/2018

... The pre-consortium will identify unmet needs for the use of biomarkers in developing new treatments for people ...

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OSF Leaving Hungary Under Government Pressure

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05/15/2018

Under intense political pressure and the threat of legal sanctions, George Soros’s Open Society Foundations said on Tuesday that it had become impossible to work in Hungary, whose prime minister has blamed Mr. Soros for the country’s problems, and...

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