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Rockefeller Foundation Pledges $75 Million for Smart Power India Project

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04/16/2015

... distributed power systems or off-grid solutions have been a rage among renewable energy companies, government ... some not-for-profit organisations and many such systems have come up across the country over...

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Weinberg Foundation Approves $400,000 in Emergency Response Funding for 10 Baltimore Nonprofits

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05/14/2015

... City. “Based on all of the information that we have obtained, we believe this is a focused and sensitive ... and longer-term Foundation strategy for our grantmaking to have even a greater impact in Baltimore...

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Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City Cannot Accept Donations for World Cup Parade

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07/10/2015

Mayor' s Fund to Advance New York City Cannot Accept Donations for World Cup Parade Big-hearted New Yorkers have been offering to pitch in to help pay for the World Cup-champion US women’ s...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Report Calls for Reform in Light of Abuse of Girls in Juvenile System

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07/10/2015

... of the girls in some states’ juvenile justice systems have a history of sexual or physical abuse, according to a ... examination of their plight, recommends that girls who have been sexually trafficked no...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Anti-Coal Campaign Reaches Milestone

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05/04/2016

... announced shutdown plans since 2010. The Sierra Club’ s Beyond Coal campaign, which launched in 2010 with the goal ...

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What Big (and not-so-big) Donors Can Learn from Philanthropy, Bloomberg-style

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05/23/2016

... Donors Can Learn from Philanthropy, Bloomberg-style If you have been in the nonprofit sector long enough, you may have noticed that as the Baby Boomer generation ages, the ... donor that flies completely under...

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Ford, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, FB Heron Named to 2016 Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50

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08/01/2016

... sustainability and change is why these 50 executives have been selected for the 2016 NPT Power & Influence Top 50. ...

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

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08/10/2016

... eager to uncover the genetic basis of autism could now have hundreds of promising new leads thanks to a study by ... autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The results of the program' s analyses -- a rogue...

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New Developments in Kidney Stem Cell Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust

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08/26/2016

... The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, have discovered the holy grail of endless youthfulness–at ... a new mixture of supporting molecules, Salk researchers have successfully suspended the cells...

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Research to Prevent Blindness- Backed Study Uncovers Major Cause of Vision Loss

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09/29/2016

... Backed Study Uncovers Major Cause of Vision Loss The eye’ s retina works like film in a camera. The retina’ s rods sense dim light, while cone cells detect colors, ... at Washington University School of...

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Mellon Foundation Supports Zimmerli Art Museum's Examination of American Art Circa 1966

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10/06/2016

Mellon Foundation Supports Zimmerli Art Museum' s Examination of American Art Circa 1966 When the Zimmerli' s curators first devised two complementary exhibitions of ... addition to spotlighting...

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Survey Supported by Ford Foundation Says Nearly Half of Young Adults Lack Retirement Savings, Pension

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10/17/2016

... pack. Forty-eight percent of all Americans aged 18 to 30 have zero in retirement savings and no access to a ... their late 20s. More than 4 in 10 of those aged 25 to 30 have nothing for retirement... Survey...

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Rockefeller Study Finds Media Coverage Misses Gig Worker Concerns

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01/04/2017

... rock stars. But the largely positive wave of attention may have missed much of the downside participants have experienced. The Rockefeller Foundation paid for PR and ...

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Commonwealth Fund President Writes About Keeping Perspective During Turbulent Times

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02/07/2017

... Turbulent Times At times of dramatic change in a nation’ s history, fear and anxiety can become pervasive and ... true for younger members of our attentive public, who have not lived through, and emerged...

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Supported by Sloan Foundation, Study Finds New Quantum Liquid Crystals May Play Role in Future of Computers

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04/21/2017

... Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at Caltech have discovered the first three-dimensional quantum liquid ... spin-orbit coupled metal Cd2Re2O7," was funded by the U. S . Department of Energy, the...

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Open Society Foundation Funds Program with Elmo And Big Bird Talking To Refugees

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05/09/2017

... Elmo And Big Bird Talking To Refugees Elmo and Big Bird have lots of experience teaching children everything from the ... organizations, trauma experts, academics and others who have worked with refugees. They...

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Century Foundation: Why Manufacturing Jobs Are Worth Saving

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06/15/2017

... After decades of decline and political indifference, the U. S . manufacturing is getting fresh attention. “American ... and supported bold new investments in the nation’ s manufacturing capacity.2 President...

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Staten Island Foundation Supports Worker-Owned Co-Op Businesses Starting Up on Staten Island

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06/20/2017

... “Exciting because we're going to be our own bosses we have our own business and we're going to run it the way we've decided.” Edith Lopez is one of 6 women who have been working for months to...

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Westchester Community Foundation Funds Criminal Justice Program Series at Libraries

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08/18/2017

... the Sing Sing Prison Museum, which is being developed, have announced a series of public programs called ... 1825. Visitors will be invited to experience what it must have been like to be imprisoned there...

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