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Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative

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04/04/2017

... are needed from those with autism and their immediate families . That's where SPARK comes in. Simons Foundation ... study and community of individuals with autism and their families . Launched just a year...

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Health

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William T. Grant Foundation Supported Study Finds Trump Immigration Policies Take Mental Toll on Latino Parents

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03/22/2018

... A study by two professors found that Latino-American families ’ mental health is suffering because of the Trump ...

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ASPCA Awards $8.9 Million to Animal Welfare Organizations in First Half of 2013

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07/29/2013

Altogether, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals made 847 grants to 636 organizations in 49 states during the first six months of this year. (ASPCA Vice President of Grants Management Michael Barrett is also quoted in this...

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Announcing the 2017 Sloan Research Fellows

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02/21/2017

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announces the selection of 126 outstanding U.S. and Canadian researchers as the recipients of the 2017 Sloan Research Fellowships.

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Simons Investigators Awarded 2018 Breakthrough Prize, New Horizons Prize

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12/15/2017

Three Simons Investigators were honored at the sixth annual Breakthrough Prizes, which recognize top achievements in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics.

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Education

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John B. King Jr., President and CEO of The Education Trust Speaks at the First Annual PNY Policy Forum

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01/31/2018

John B. King, Jr., CEO of The Education Trust, former U.S. Secretary of Education, and former New York State Education Commissioner touches on ESSA implementation, equity in education and policy opportunities in today’s political environment.

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Yuri Tschinkel of The Simons Foundation, Elected to German National Academy of Sciences

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05/14/2018

The honor recognizes Tschinkel’s mathematical contributions, which focus on problems at the interface of algebraic geometry and number theory.

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Chris Ransom Joins Arcus’ Great Apes and Gibbons Program as Program Officer

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03/06/2019

... gibbons. Ransom earned a Bachelor’s Degree (with joint honors ) in Biology and Geography from Bristol University and ...

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Animal Welfare

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Jamie Merisotis Becomes Council on Foundations' Board Chair

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05/14/2019

The Council on Foundations today announced that Lumina Foundation President and CEO Jamie Merisotis has assumed the role of Chair of the Board of Directors.

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Urban Land Institute to Partner with 100 Resilient Cities, Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation to Help Improve Resilience of Urban Areas Globally

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06/15/2017

... 100 Resilient Cities. “By providing advisory services to our network cities, ULI is leading by example, and is helping ... Building Resilience, which encompass the environmental, social , economic, land use and...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Alan "Ace" Greenberg, Leading NY Philanthropist, Dies

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07/25/2014

... with the organization, and who instilled the importance of giving to charity in his employees, died Friday at age 86. ...

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Education

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Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers

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10/07/2016

... ranks as the most generous in terms of lifetime giving . To come up with its list of the most generous ... current net worth. Feeney, who ranked seventh in 2015 giving with $427 million, has given a total of $7...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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NYCT and JPB-Backed Immigrant Legal Aid Program Will Expand Beyond NYC

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05/14/2015

... clients. Enter the second class of the Immigrant Justice Corps, an ambitious, still-developing fellowship ... of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Starting this fall, the Justice Corps will place 11 recent law...

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The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust Announces New Program Officer for Democracy, Hannah Furstenberg-Beckman

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08/31/2022

... Previously, Hannah worked on issues of criminal justice reform and educational opportunity. As Vice President ... and led the organization’s new Public Safety & Criminal Justice program, designing and...

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