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Tiffany & Co. Foundation Among Funders of Breakthrough Fisheries Management Research

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10/27/2014

Stricter fisheries management can combat the effects of climate change.

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Food Systems

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San Diego Grantmakers Hires Beeta Jahedi as Senior Director of Learning and Programs

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06/22/2015

San Diego Grantmakers is pleased to announce that Beeta Jahedi will join the SDG team as Senior Director of Learning and Programs effective July 24, 2015.

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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

The study investigated the influence of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on adolescent girls’ knowledge of HPV and HPV vaccine.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Simons Supports Penn Physicists Who Discover Why Drying Liquid Crystal Drops Leave Unusual ‘Coffee Rings’

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06/13/2017

... of Pennsylvania physicists investigated the “coffee ring effect ,” the ring-shaped stain of particles left after ... evaporate. In one paper, they learned how to undo this effect by altering particle shape. Now...

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Is Bail Reform Causing an Increase in Crime? - New Research & Policy Report from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Releases

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01/20/2023

As jurisdictions throughout the U.S. consider reducing or eliminating the use of pretrial detention and cash bail, this report examines whether crime has increased in places that have implemented bail reforms since 2017.

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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

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3/3/2016 - Looking at the 990 (Part I) - Live stream Recording

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03/2016

View materials and watch the live stream of "Looking at the 990 (Part I)" below.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Announces $10.9 Million in Grants to Greek Organizations

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02/05/2013

The organizations are working to ease the effects of the ongoing socioeconomic crisis in Greece.

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Risk, Resiliency and Super Storms: What’s Food Got To Do With It?

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07/15/2013

Community Food Funders, a philanthropic organizing project comprised of several PNY members, recently held a three-part breakfast series to explore the effects of Hurricanes Irene and Sandy on local food systems and how we can increase the...

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13 Mar 2012

Imagine: How Creativity Works (2012 GEO Conference)

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 -

11:30am to 1:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

Did you know that the most creative companies have centralized bathrooms? That brainstorming meetings are a terrible idea? That the color blue can help you double your creative output? From the bestselling author of How We Decide comes a sparkling...

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Ford Foundation Launches 'Art of Change' Fellowship Program

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04/10/2015

The initiative is designed to explore the roles art and culture play in illuminating and addressing urgent issues of equity, opportunity, and justice.

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Nitrogen’s Impact Changes Climate Forecast

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04/28/2015

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded study more accurately reflects the effect of nitrogen in climate change models.

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Leaders From Clark and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Help Create Hands-on Philanthropy Course

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07/12/2016

Columbia Business School adjunct professors Melissa Berman and Doug Bauer put students in the driver’s seat to make an impact on local neighborhoods.

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Community Development

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Supported by Sloan, Rita Allen, New Understanding of Thirst Emerges from Brain Study

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08/05/2016

The results stand in stark contrast to current views of thirst regulation, which hold that the brain signals for drinking to stop when it detects liquid-induced changes in blood concentration or volume.

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Health

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Rita Allen Foundation

Three Prominent Leaders Recognized By United Hospital Fund For Their Work To Improve Health And Health Care

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09/29/2016

United Hospital Fund paid tribute to Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, Scott B. Salmirs, and Herbert Pardes, MD,at its annual gala, acknowledging their important contributions to improving health and health care.

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Supports Liberal Arts to Fight Climate Change

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10/14/2016

The Mellon Foundation believes that the liberal arts—and more to the point, the liberal arts skillset—have a lot to teach the sciences. In other words, the world needs people who can communicate effectively, think critically, and grasp the nuances...

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Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Funds British Artist's MoMA Exhibition

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10/24/2016

... of class and history. His art has addressed the radical effect of technology on popular culture, and given form to ...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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State’s Delay on Final Sea-Level Rise Projections Chided

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11/11/2016

... seeking state money and permits properly considered the effect of climate change and extreme weather. Among the ...

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Introducing the Open Society Foundations’ New Communities Against Hate Initiative

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12/05/2016

The grants Open Society Foundations will make through this call for applications are part of a broader emergency response to the uptick in incidents of hate in the United States.

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RFPs Etc

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William T. Grant Foundation Supports Research on How Social Context Shapes School Choice for Inner-City Students

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02/10/2017

High school choice policies attempt to improve the educational outcomes of poor and minority students by allowing access to high schools beyond neighborhood boundaries.

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