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Newman's Own Foundation Forms Native American Nutrition Cohort

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05/08/2018

... Recent data suggest that 23% of Native households don't have access to adequate food due to lack of money or other resources . Insufficient access to fresh and healthy food .....

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Food Systems

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Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook Launch Coding for Employment Program

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06/07/2018

... The Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook have launched the Coding for Employment Program at the ... African Development Bank to help every young African reach their full potential... Rockefeller...

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Bloomberg Supported Cities of Service Announces Winners of its Love Your Block Competition

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07/16/2018

... city will receive $25,000 to be used for mini-grants and resources to support citizen groups' and local nonprofits' ... to legacy cities – older, industrial cities that have faced substantial...

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Citi Foundation Partners with LISC, Commits $10 Million to Help Train American Workers for Growing Job Sectors

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07/16/2018

... network of local sites across the U.S., job seekers will have access to a range of services designed to increase their incomes, improve their credit and raise their...

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Research to Prevent Blindness-Supported Researchers Will Be Integral Part of Latest Effort Within NEI’s Audacious Goals Initiative

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11/06/2018

... NEI’s Audacious Goals Initiative Ten researchers who have been supported by RPB will be co-principal investigators ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Digital Storytelling for Social Impact

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06/02/2014

... technology and the explosion of content on the Internet have made it increasingly difficult to break through, capture ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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19 States May Be Violating Laws Requiring Them To Assist Consumers With Health Care Choices

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06/25/2014

... of laws requiring them to assist consumers understand their insurance options under the Affordable Health Care Act ... are tasked under the ACA with helping consumers understand their insurance options and...

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Foundations Join Together to Create New Philanthropy Feedback Opportunities

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09/04/2014

... the Rita Allen Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation have joined together to create the Fund for Shared Insight, ... new ways to get feedback and use the findings to improve their programs and services,...

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Research Yields Game Changer for Improving Understanding of Ebola

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09/19/2014

... from wild great apes to identify populations likely to have been exposed to the virus. This represents a new tool ... field assessments that can potentially change the way Ebola virus is studied and improve...

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A Great Wall of Funding? American Philanthropy and the Rise of China

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11/11/2014

... degree, yes: A fair number of multi-million dollar grants have focused on China in some way over the past decade. But funders are not investing as ...

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RPA, Ford, MasterCard Foundation Among Funders Partnering with Foundation Center on Global Development

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11/20/2014

... abound to introduce innovation and insight into the way we address the world's most pressing issues. Against this ... guided by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) have launched a new initiative to...

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F.B. Heron and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Lauded for Granting Unrestricted Funding

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02/03/2015

... just as radically as Starrett Brothers and Eken did. We have good materials (committed people, financial capital, ... signals. There are several practices that would go a long way toward effectively...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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JP Morgan, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer Lead the Charge to Develop Dementia Treatment

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03/18/2015

... to structure the Dementia Discovery Fund in such a way that it would make a profit for investors while funding ... GLAXOSMITHKLINE, Johnson & Johnson, Lilly and Pfizer have agreed in principle to invest in...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names Second Class of Doris Duke Impact Award Recipients

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06/16/2015

... identifying others (often less widely known) that will have enormous impact on the jazz, dance or theatre fields in ... them and look forward, not only to how they will use their funds, but to the ways they...

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Arts

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Helmsley Charitable Trust and Sloan Foundation Back Data Science Collaboration

Release Date:

07/08/2015

... Data Science Collaboration Cal Poly and UC Berkeley have received a $6 million grant from a three-foundation ... an open-source software that already influences the way work is done in a variety of industries...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Technology

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Tisch, NY State Health Foundations Support Creating Oases in New York City’s ‘Food Deserts’

Release Date:

12/03/2015

... produce, cook it in the healthiest manner, and along the way she obtained a certificate qualifying her to work in some ... improve the health of New Yorkers in 12 communities that have limited access to...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Food Systems

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Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)

Release Date:

01/11/2016

... just over a year. But scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a key to how these tumor cells proliferate so ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Rockefeller Supported, ‘Futures of Work” Report Examines Global Disruptions

Release Date:

01/19/2016

... "But not enough focus on the changes that people who have low incomes or are otherwise vulnerable and marginalized ... drivers of change for this group, in addition to unpacking their potential effects...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Workforce Development

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

Release Date:

02/08/2016

... leaders in participating What Works Cities as they expand their use of data and evidence to improve residents’ lives. The WWC Senior Fellows will lend their expertise and city leadership experience to support...

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