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Rockefeller Foundation Research Shows Connection Between Watershed Quality and Disease in Children

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10/10/2017

... Published in Nature Communications, the study is the first to quantify the connection between watershed quality and individual health outcomes of children at the global scale. “Looking ...

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Hillman Foundation Announces 2017 Innovation Grants

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11/17/2017

... $1.6 million in funding to seven projects to improve the health of vulnerable populations. The two new grant programs ... Program (HIC) to create a pipeline for innovation. The first of the new grants—the...

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Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation

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New Research Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds New Biomarker for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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01/29/2019

... and delayed rod-mediated dark adaptation – the first visual function for incident AMD in older adults with normal macular health and early AMD. According to the Centers for Disease ... Owsley, Ph.D., and...

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Saul Chernick Joins the Joan Mitchell Foundation as Professional Development Program Coordinator

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02/01/2012

... has taught visual arts for not-for-profit organizations, public schools, colleges, and museums. In 2008, he co-created ...

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Report Details Employment Challenges Facing Latino Youth

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06/13/2014

... immigration status, and implicit biases in hiring practices .... Report Details Employment Challenges Facing ...

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Natasha Lifton Joins The New York Community Trust as Senior Program Officer for Children, Youth, and Families

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03/16/2015

... Lifton has served as the director of the Office of Public Private Partnerships at the NYC Housing Authority; ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Former NYC Official & Former Philadelphia Mayor Named 'What Works Cities' Senior Fellows (Bloomberg)

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02/08/2016

... the national movement focused on utilizing what works practices in government decision-making. Funded by Bloomberg ... efforts to enhance the use of data and evidence in the public sector. “Michael Nutter and...

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Century Foundation Study Finds Socioeconomic Integration Helps Narrow Achievement Gaps

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10/19/2016

... Based on nine case studies of implementation efforts in public schools in Cambridge, ...

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Education

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Seven Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' Innovation Teams Program

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01/17/2017

... tackling entrenched poverty to recruiting and retaining public employees. The program is designed to make it easier ... and opportunities to share lessons learned and best practices with their peers in other...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Will New Rockefeller Foundation President Break or Reinforce its Mold?

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09/08/2017

... and leveraging the foundation’s influence to create new public -private collaborations. Will American foundations step ...

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Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books

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09/19/2017

... might just be the local branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. Despite its squat concrete frame and ...

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Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces 2019 Grant Recipients

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09/26/2019

... of direct support to artists for them to continue their practices , to try new things, and to take risks. While the art market is strong, and public sentiment about ‘art’ remains enthusiastic, the ...

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Sophy Yem Promoted to Senior Program Officer, Philanthropy at the Surdna Foundation

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05/11/2022

... to support the capacity, infrastructure, and equitable practices of nonprofit- and philanthropy-serving ... particularly its younger generations, in philanthropy and public service. Sophy joined Surdna in 2017...

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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

... at ideas42, she developed and led the organization’s new Public Safety & Criminal Justice program, designing and ...

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Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust

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Philanthropy and the Global Refugee Crisis

... information on how philanthropy can positively contribute resources and knowledge to larger efforts. Recent Programs ... considerable information on this and other disasters. Resources The Global Refugee...

Peterson Foundation Launches New Website to Accelerate Action on U.S. Fiscal Challenges

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12/01/2015

... solutions The Foundation’s Fiscal Blog What You Can Do to help secure America’s fiscal and economic future Our new 2016 Election Toolkit, with a range of resources for the campaign season A range of...

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Hilton Humanitarian Prize Calls Attention To Growing Need For Global Humanitarian Aid

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10/12/2017

... to throw up their hands. How can the relatively paltry resources of private philanthropy possibly make a dent in ... or devastated regions, often with relatively modest resources . And one way to learn about...

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