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With Support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Fossil Hunters Discover New Primate Species

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02/28/2017

Fossil hunters have found part of an ancient primate jawbone related to lemurs — the primitive primate group distantly connected to monkeys, apes and humans, a USC researcher said

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The Wenner-Gren Foundation

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Science

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A New MIT-Led Simons Foundation Collaboration Aims to Understand Basic Principles and Laws of Microbial Ecosystems

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05/30/2017

Model microorganisms grown in pure cultures have been the basis of biological research for many decades — open a cell biology textbook and almost everything you will find has been discovered in yeast or E. coli lab cultures. While this speaks to the...

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Soros Hits Back at Hungary’s PM for Attempting to Shutter a Soros-Founded School

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06/01/2017

Investor George Soros hit back Thursday against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over the leader’s attempts to shut down a Budapest university which Soros founded after the fall of communism.

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Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities

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08/17/2017

... open the door for real estate speculation that displaces existing populations, often along lines of race or class. ...

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Canada Wants a New NAFTA to Include Gender and Indigenous Rights

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08/31/2017

... By that, the government meant not only strengthening the existing labor safeguards and environmental provisions, but ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Gender Justice

Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid

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09/13/2017

... coalition’s, including the creation of a certificate of no harassment program to protect existing tenants and investment in apprenticeship programs. ...

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Giving Could Plunge $13 Billion Under Tax Plan, Nonprofit Leader Says

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09/28/2017

... complicated tax code. Their plan would also reduce the existing seven individual income-tax brackets to three — ...

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Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them

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10/02/2017

Three long-standing presidential commissions designed to expand educational opportunities for non-white students are set to expire Saturday and members say months of silence from the White House has them worried they’re about to be dissolved.

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation Funds Report Rethinking How Medicare Pays for Services

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07/13/2018

... private insurers, the distortions in payment caused by the existing RUC process ripple through the entire health care ...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Health

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Surdna Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, Prudential, Among Foundations Leading the Way in Impact Investing and Racial Equity

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02/26/2019

It has been inspiring to be part of the rapidly growing impact investing movement over the last several years, as foundations and their partners have committed more of their assets to social and environmental change. In the midst of this growth,...

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Prudential Financial (Non Member)

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Community Development

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Estée Lauder Names Bari Seiden-Young Svp, Global Corporate Communications, Citizenship and Sustainability

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04/15/2019

... The position will be in addition to Seiden-Young’s existing responsibilities overseeing The Estée Lauder ...

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New Race to Lead Survey Launches Today

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07/17/2019

... participating, you will contribute to one of the largest existing data sets on race and leadership in the nonprofit ...

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New Staff and Promotions at The New York Community Trust

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12/19/2019

... foundation’s efforts to welcome and cultivate new and existing donors. Ayanna Russell has been promoted to Chief ...

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Burke Foundation and New Jersey Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics Launch Alliance to Promote Maternal Health and Child Development

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01/05/2023

... sites in New Jersey, build a community of practice among existing sites, and bolster Centering’s sustainability. ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

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Make Room for Makerspaces

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12/08/2015

... Trust Makerspaces are community-oriented workspaces where people gather to tinker, take things apart, and engage in ... “education” often means “rote memorization” and “ high -stakes testing,” makerspaces are a...

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The New York Community Trust

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Six Nuclear Security Programs Win Major Grants from Carnegie Corporation of New York

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10/29/2015

... suite of technologies that, taken together, accentuate the risk of nuclear accident or miscalculation,” said Carl ... the program officer who oversees the initiative. “ No one knows which capabilities will...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Westchester Community Foundation Met $2 Million Goal and has Distributed $861,500 in COVID-19 Grants to Date

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08/03/2020

... the region and are best positioned to deploy the right resources to meet such a critical moment.” ... David Sandman, Ph.D., President & CEO People ’s United Community Foundation: “ People ’...

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The Westchester Community Foundation

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Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Asphalt Art Initiative Expands Grant Opportunity to Cities in Canada, Mexico, and the United States

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04/25/2023

... more than doubled the share of drivers yielding to people crossing the street. In Kansas City, Missouri , the ... street; in Durham, North Carolina , the percentage of people who felt unsafe crossing fell from...

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Arts

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Vision and Purpose for Long-Life Foundations

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03/12/2014

Letter from President Ronna Brown: Foundation leaders need to be able to clearly articulate a vision and purpose for long-life foundations and forestall tax and regulatory changes that could compromise their ability to affect social change.

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