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Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Scholarship Program at Duke Aims to Increase Underrepresented Minorities in Graduate Stem Disciplines

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01/18/2018

... science and mechanical engineering. The scholars will also have access to a support network of faculty mentors to help ...

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Simons Foundation Funded Research Finds That Neural ‘Tug-Of-War’ May Explain Fragile X Learning Issues

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01/24/2018

... of the paper, which appears in PLOS Biology . “We now have a better understanding of a cognitive deficit that is ... neurons are active in both encoding and remembering, it’ s unknown what neural events...

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22 Feb 2018

LGBTQ Funders Social Network

Thursday, February 22, 2018 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

... and friends, new and old. In order for us to plan and have the appropriate budget (Funders for LGBTQ Issues will ...

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Newman’s Own Saved from Major Tax Hit

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02/12/2018

Newman’ s Own Saved from Major Tax Hit Newman’ s Own Foundation, which donates proceeds from its salad ... will be exempted from a tax provision that would have crippled the company. Language...

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Tell Them We Are Rising: A Documentary Film Breaks New Ground, Andrew W. Mellon Program Associate Emma Taati Interviews Director Stanley Nelson

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02/13/2018

... Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have been largely invisible in both American history and the history of higher education. Director Stanley Nelson’ s new film, Tell Them We Are Rising: The...

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NoVo Foundation Announces Three Winners of the Pathways to Freedom Challenge

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02/15/2018

... from the challenge will support a senior fellow’ s salary in city government for two years and technical ... human trafficking. Pathways to Freedom, the Partnership’ s third challenge, is led by Humanity...

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Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads to a Method to Safely Charge a Smartphone Wirelessly Using a Laser

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02/21/2018

... an outlet. But engineers at the University of Washington have for the first time developed a method to safely charge a ... the laser if a person tries to move in the charging beam’ s path... Research Funded By...

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With Support From Tiffany & Co., Virtual Reality Project, "My Africa," To Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival

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03/12/2018

... at the Tribeca Film Festival Conservation International' s newest virtual reality project, "My Africa," has been ... to Kenya, where a community is reknitting the bonds that have long enabled...

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Online Data Journalism Hub Funded by OSF Is Set To Launch

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03/12/2018

... Teemu Henriksson, who will be taking over as the Den’ s director, said that as the field of data journalism emerges from the margins and into the mainstream, there’ s a growing pool of people interested in...

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Group of NY Funders Support History-Making Performance Celebrating Black Choreographers

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03/30/2018

... Foundation Brooklyn-based 651 ARTS and RestorationART’ s have collaborated to present a history-making presentation of ... choreographers as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’ s Robert...

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Con Edison

02 May 2018

New York City Schools: Is Integration Necessary?

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Please join Philanthropy New York’ s Committee on Equitable and Inclusive Philanthropy (CEIP) ... recent articles, reports, editorials, and New York City’ s own efforts to address school segregation. Rather than...

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National Security Expert Sally Donnelly Joins Rockefeller Brothers Fund as Senior Fellow

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04/12/2018

... fellow. Ms. Donnelly will bring extensive experience in U. S . national security affairs to support the Fund’ s work by monitoring and interpreting developments in the ... global challenges and efforts to...

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The Silicon Valley Community Foundation Seeks to Do Things Differently

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04/13/2018

... is emblazoned on the wall right outside of Carson’ s office, and says that its goal is to “partner with donors ... focus on large and concentrated metropolitan areas that have cohesive nonprofit ecosystems...

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Mac Aids Fund Lends Its Support to Some of the Most Beautiful Moments in Angels in America

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04/17/2018

... the new fall colors off the Clinique counter at Macy’ s . . . it was an emotional emergency.” This surface-level ... “When Andrew [Garfield] appears in full drag, it’ s this really magical moment—he looks...

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MAC AIDS Fund, MAC Cosmetics

New Study Funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Identifies Nature's Strongholds

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04/23/2018

... by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Identifies Nature' s Strongholds A new study by The Nature Conservancy has ... growing impacts of climate change and help ensure nature’ s survival. As droughts,...

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Prudential Foundation Joins Donors Pool $40 Million to Light a Fire Under Pay-for-Success Programs

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05/14/2018

... losses. Kimberlee Cornett, managing director of Kresge’ s social-investment practice, is confident the fund will ... social gains while scoring a financial return. "You have a high-net-worth family, an...

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Coral Bleaching Is at the Center of New Research Funded by The Zegar Family Foundation

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05/22/2018

... diversity so vast, coral reefs are perhaps the ocean’ s most iconic ecosystem. Home to a quarter of all marine life ... change pushes ocean temperatures upward, hotter waters have become the leading culprit in...

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The Pfizer Foundation Announces $5 Million in Grants to Support Women and Families

Release Date:

05/30/2018

... These new grants build on The Pfizer Foundation’ s existing grant program by providing a second round of ... we support the belief that women around the world should have access to family planning services and...

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The Pfizer Foundation Announces $5 Million in Grants to Support Women and Families

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05/30/2018

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Salesforce.org Launches Philanthropy Cloud That Could Transform Corporate Giving

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05/31/2018

... there be a better way to engage with your company’ s CSR initiatives? Now there is. Meet Salesforce.org ... collective impact. “Companies like Facebook and Amazon have had tremendous success by offering these...

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