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With Help from Helmsley, Caltech Researchers May Have Discovered a Cause of Crohn’s Disease

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05/09/2016

... disease. By studying the interplay between genetic risk factors for Crohn’s and the bacteria that populate the ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Simons Foundation Researchers Flag Hundreds of New Genes That Could Contribute to Autism

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08/10/2016

... of 2,500 candidate genes -- vastly expand on the 65 autism- risk genes currently known. Researchers have recently ...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Launches 2017 Fellowship Program

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11/04/2016

The Nathan Cummings Foundation is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for the fourth cycle of the Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellowship, which provides three individuals with up to $150,000 each to pursue a visionary social justice...

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Regional Plan Association Wins Grant From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to Study Climate's Impact on Wetlands

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04/19/2017

... to help guide New York State in implementing the Community Risk and Resilience Act... Regional Plan Association Wins ...

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Rajiv Shah on Rockefeller Foundation Priorities, Multilateralism and Philanthropy

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04/20/2017

Amid a mood of global distrust toward institutions, philanthropic foundations must prioritize winning public confidence, including by partnering together and taking risks, said Rajiv Shah in some of his first public remarks since taking the helm of...

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MetLife Foundation Noted Among Funders of Arts and Justice Initiative

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07/19/2017

... to "fostering strategies that empower the nation's most at- risk youth to reach their full potential through .....

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China’s Xi Slams Unwillingness to Combat Climate Change

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09/05/2017

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned that the world economy faces growing risks and uncertainties from countries turning inward on trade and resisting combating climate change, delivering an implicit rebuke to his American counterpart, Donald Trump.

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20 Percent of Serious Food Safety Violations Go Ignored, New Report Finds

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10/03/2017

Government inspectors failed to take action on one of every five serious food-safety risks identified in manufacturing facilities, according to a report released by federal auditors Wednesday.

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Food Systems

Student Absences Are About to Have Higher Stakes In Most States. Will Cheating Follow?

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10/04/2017

... previously had much less significance and increasing the risk that schools will try to manipulate that data. But ...

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Should We Be Worried That Foreclosure Sales Are Near Recession Levels?

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10/10/2017

... Late payments on such loans, a bellwether for mortgages at risk of foreclosure, fell by about 1% over the same time ...

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Housing and Homelessness

A Green Bond Primer: Overview of a Rapidly Evolving Market

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10/10/2017

... to generate sustainable returns and better manage risk . On a human level, it means incorporating the desire to ...

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Ford Foundation Supports Progress on Impact Investing

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10/13/2017

... ratings have become essential for judging financial risk of an investment, third-party verification of impact is ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and others Redefine Arts Funding

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05/18/2018

... Where should they start? What is the proper level of risk tolerance? How does proposed programming—to use ...

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