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JPB Foundation-Funded Research Examines Children’s Menu Choices

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11/04/2015

Simply changing kids' menu options can encourage healthier choices in restaurants and has been found to have some lasting effect on children's eating habits.

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Children, Youth and Families

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To Improve Global Health, Bloomberg Looks to Cities to Lead

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07/05/2017

... main contributions to the global fight against climate change has been to help mobilize cities to curb greenhouse ... a global network of large cities working against climate change . Most recently, Bloomberg...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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The Charles H. Revson Foundation Awarded Over $3 Million in Grants to 12 Recipients.

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06/21/2022

... to provide broad access to knowledge, information, and resources that sustain an informed and engaged citizenry. ... and Jews to study together, and to mobilize the Jewish community in support of electoral...

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What BP Won’t Be Paying For—and How You Can Help

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07/01/2010

... Hill Foundation and an Advisor to the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health (a special project of ... discusses why NGOs, independent advocacy groups, and community -based organizations...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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To Frack or Not To Frack in New York: Observations from a Donor Briefing

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08/16/2012

... are pleased to have Patricia Jenny, Program Director for Community Development & the Environment at The New York Community Trust, provide us with a recap. To Frack or Not To ...

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4 Foundations Recognized for Aiding the Needy and Minorities

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03/26/2013

... Foundation, the Woods Fund of Chicago and the California Community Foundation received the National Committee for ... grant makers—the Woods Fund of Chicago, the California Community Foundation, and the Novo...

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Economic Security

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Though Enrolling More Poor Students, 2-Year Colleges Get Less of Federal Pie

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05/22/2013

... from The Century Foundation’s report on the nation’s community colleges. Community colleges have received a declining share of ...

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Education

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The Colorado Floods: Philanthropy's Response

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09/23/2013

... with representatives from FEMA, VOAD and the philanthropic community . CDP will be updating information as they receive ...

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PNY News

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37th Annual Meeting Re-Cap: Rethinking American Justice

... have about people who get locked up.” Charles Nuñez , Community Advocate, Youth Represent In 2007 he was a normal ... Fellow , Co-author: “Say Her Name,” “Roadmap for Change ” and “Queer (In)Justice” Andrea...

Unions, Reform Groups Gird for California-Inspired Lawsuit

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06/17/2014

... preparing to battle over expected legal action seeking to change the state’s tenure laws and possibly many other ... against New York State inspired by the Vergara case could change local tenure laws and...

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Arcus and Ford Named as Top Funders who Champion Marriage Equality

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10/07/2014

Arcus Foundation and Ford Foundation have been featured as two of the top eight funders who made marriage equality happen.

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Pershing Square Foundation

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LGBTQ

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Pershing Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science Research

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06/02/2015

... and innovative organizations that are catalyzing change in their respective industries. “With ...

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Verizon Supports Immersion Program to Teach Girls to Code

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09/01/2015

... Code Young girls were told that they could use code to change the world, to find their voices and to dare to be ... of the Girls Who Code summer camp. “You can change the world because you’ve learned to code...

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Doris Duke Study Finds Promoting Abstinence, Fidelity for HIV Prevention Is Ineffective

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05/03/2016

In a study of nearly 500,000 individuals in 22 countries, researchers could not find any evidence that these programs had an impact on changing individual behavior.

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Health

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Revised Funding Areas

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08/02/2016

... bold and forward-thinking as we explored what climate change and inequality mean to us. We are staying true to ... roots and are clearer now about how to drive significant change on the most urgent issues of...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Launches 2017 Fellowship Program

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11/04/2016

... visionary social justice, economic justice and/ or climate change objective for up to 18 months. The Foundation is ... is dedicated to addressing: Inequality and Climate Change . Fellowship applications should...

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Ford, Rockefeller, Atlantic, Pershing Square, Bloomberg and Open Society Named in Forbes' Big Bet Philanthropy

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11/30/2016

... the norm. Less common are donations targeted at “social change ”–alleviating poverty, increasing employment and ... consulting firm Bridgespan Group researched social- change gifts of $25 million or more that...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Eight Top 10 Lists From New York City’s 2017 State Test Scores

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08/29/2017

Test scores in New York City continued their upward march this year, with small gains in average English and math scores — a cause for celebration among city officials.

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Climate-Smart Agriculture Urgently Needed in Africa

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09/05/2017

... while six of the 10 most affected countries by climate change are in Africa, warns a major agricultural research for ... for the Adaptation of Africa Agriculture to Climate Change ), as well as the needed...

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