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Simons Foundation Accepting Applications for its Simons Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards

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09/23/2021

... must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree. They must have carried out research in a tenure-track or, for institutions that do ... no tenure track, an equivalent independent position in a U. S ...

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Investment in Light Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy

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06/17/2014

... is being hailed by the Ford Foundation as an example of how strategic public investments in transit and ... resilient communities. In a post on the foundation’ s website, Amy Kenyon, program officer for the...

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Charities Seek to Attract More Boomers as They Mull Retirement Plans

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10/20/2014

... organizations are seeking to get them thinking about how to channel their money and other assets into ... about emergency appeals for aid. So far this year, donors have used iPhones to make 1,800 grants to...

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PNY Members Funding LGBT Senior Care

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10/30/2014

... as they head into their not-so-golden years. But how often do you think of the shaky ground that many older ... even though research shows these are some of the nation' s most isolated seniors...

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Fusion OpEd Makes Case for New York Times Buying Bloomberg

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06/15/2015

... problem most of us can barely dream of. Namely, how will he fulfil his commitment to give away his $37bn fortune before he dies? It’ s harder than it looks. One possible solution might be for ... in perpetuity...

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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 the future. This year’ s group is a thrilling one: we are honored to support them and look...

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Ms. Foundation Launches Campaign to Define 21st Century Feminism

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10/23/2015

... This is embarrassing to admit, knowing what I know now. How could I have not been a feminist? But this truth is all too common ...

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EPIP Welcomes Tamir Novotny as Incoming Executive Director

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10/27/2015

... EPIP. As a member of the EPIP family, I've seen firsthand how powerful EPIP can be for its members and for the field. I ... for the Northeast chapters. He has contributed to EPIP’ s national programming,...

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Tow Foundation Founder to Serve on NP Board Taking Over Philadelphia’s Struggling Newspaper of Record

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01/12/2016

... Founder to Serve on NP Board Taking Over Philadelphia’ s Struggling Newspaper of Record “If newspapers are ... having trouble turning a profit without deep annual cuts, how about becoming a nonprofit?” That...

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NCRP Reviews New York Community Trust

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04/13/2016

... from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy' s Philamplify initiative found. The Trust is the ... in the U. S . The foundation' s grantmaking and initiatives have...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Backs Promising News Collaborative

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08/25/2016

... to meet the demands of increasingly picky readers? There have been several partnerships going back to the previous ... print-digital The Daily Progress (owned by Warren Buffet’ s BH Media Group) that serves...

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Simons-Supported Research Shows Link Between Non-Coded Portions of Genome and Cancer

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09/28/2016

... for proteins. Two big questions facing scientists are: How much of this “non-coding” RNA is actually functional? ... are long non-coding RNAs, or lncRNAs. About 16,000 lncRNAs have been identified in humans,...

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Century Foundation Fellow Asks If Trump's Victory the Jump-Start Civics Education Needed

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11/11/2016

Century Foundation Fellow Asks If Trump' s Victory the Jump-Start Civics Education Needed The 2016 ... of his own party described as a classic authoritarian. How is it possible that tens of millions of...

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Russell Sage Fellow in NYTimes on The End of Identity Liberalism

Release Date:

11/18/2016

... better than any European or Asian nation today. It’ s an extraordinary success story. But how should this diversity shape our politics? The standard ... gender and sexual identity that has distorted liberalism...

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An Analysis of Bloomberg Philanthropies Boost for Disadvantaged Students at Top Schools

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12/22/2016

... but fewer focus on ensuring such access to the nation’ s top institutions of higher education. Of course, there' s been lots of talk about exactly this challenge: How to open up the...

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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

... Ecosystems Model microorganisms grown in pure cultures have been the basis of biological research for many decades ... and these communities play fundamental roles in earth’ s ecosystems. Despite their...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Looks to Move the Needle on Affordable Housing

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06/07/2017

... bank isn’t the flashiest of grants. But this funding can have major repercussions, including whether or not a low-income family finds housing, or how prosperous a neighborhood will be a decade from now. To...

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Are You the Future of Philanthropy? Apply for a 2018 TFN PLACES Fellowship!

Release Date:

07/19/2017

... equitable neighborhoods and communities — and learning how to turn ideals into outcomes. PLACES Fellows: ▪ Are ... peer relationships with other leaders in philanthropy. ▪ Have a broad range of philanthropic...

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Sustainability Starts Within: Meet NYC’s Green City Force

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09/14/2017

Sustainability Starts Within: Meet NYC’ s Green City Force Growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, Edna McKay never expected she would one day have a full-time job in the sustainable energy industry. She ... eight-...

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The New Bedtime Story Is a Podcast

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10/03/2017

... for kids “Wow in the World” debuted in May, he’ s listened to every episode three times. “It’ s a little ... summer for a live taping of his podcast for grown-ups, “ How I Built This,” James...

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