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Mellon Grant Aims to Leverage Linked Data for Enhanced Information Access

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04/28/2016

... Information Access The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Stanford a $1.5 million grant to support ... an online environment, the development of the semantic web has created challenges to continued use of...

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Doris Duke Study Finds Promoting Abstinence, Fidelity for HIV Prevention Is Ineffective

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05/03/2016

... for HIV Prevention Is Ineffective The U.S. government has invested $1.4 billion in HIV prevention programs that ... Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, has supported local initiatives that...

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David Di Martino Elected to The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees

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07/14/2016

... Hartford Foundation today announced that David Di Martino has been elected to its Board of Trustees. Mr. Di Martino is ... on messaging, media, communications, and strategy. David has worked at the highest...

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Open Society Foundations Founder George Soros Writes in WSJ About $500 Million Investment in Migrants

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09/20/2016

... in WSJ About $500 Million Investment in Migrants The world has been unsettled by a surge in forced migration. Tens of ... implement effective policies to handle the increased flow has contributed greatly to...

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National Geographic Launches Special On Gender Revolution

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02/08/2017

... Gender equality, gender fluidity. Discussion on gender has never been louder and more pervasive than it is now, ... In response to this phenomenon, National Geographic has launched a two-hour special called...

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Bloomberg and Rockefeller Are Crowding the Field of Urban Innovation Funding — and Making it More Interesting

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02/13/2017

... come in from different angles. Bloomberg Philanthropies has focused heavily on governance and innovation, with a big ... and leadership development. The Knight Foundation has been interested in creating more...

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Newman's Own Foundation Names Dr. Lynn Pasquerella to Advisory Board

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04/11/2017

... Board Newman's Own announced that Dr. Lynn Pasquerella has been appointed to the Newman's Own Advisory Board. ... of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U), where she has served since July...

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Pinkerton Foundation Supports Hofstra Northwell Medical Scholars Pipeline Program Class of 2017

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07/06/2017

... thanks to multiple donors. A legion of charitable groups has pumped some $85,000 into the school’s Medical Scholars ... healthcare professions. Now in its eighth year, the MSPP has welcomed roughly 60 high...

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Ford Foundation Awards NABJ Grant Ahead Of Its 42nd Annual Convention And Career Fair

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08/09/2017

... of Black Journalists (NABJ) announced the Ford Foundation has granted $150,000 to the largest organization of ... of color in the nation. “Once again the Ford Foundation has provided significant support to...

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'Dreamer’ Plan That Aided 800,000 Immigrants Is Threatened

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08/28/2017

... Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, which has granted permission to stay and work to about 800,000 ... attacking DACA on the campaign trail, President Trump has pledged to keep the program alive,...

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Nonprofit Supporting NYCHA Adds to Early Fundraising & Programs

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08/29/2017

... Housing officially began soliciting donors, the nonprofit has raised approximately $1.5 million, according to New York ... of the Fund for Public Housing, said the nonprofit has begun to establish “a body of...

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Compromise Reached in Boycott of Native American School

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08/31/2017

... that serves almost exclusively Native American children has been resolved, just in time for the start of classes next ... operates the school under a contract with the state, and has no Onondaga...

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F.D.A. Approves First Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment, Costing $475,000

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08/31/2017

... the immune system through drugs and other therapies and has , in some cases, led to long remissions and possibly even ... leukemia — B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia — that has resisted standard treatment or...

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Landing High-Profile Employers Is Nice, But of Little Help to Those Who Need Opportunity The Most

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09/05/2017

... Who Need Opportunity The Most The sky-high cost of housing has understandably been at the top of the list of concerns ... at a rapid clip, with no recession in sight. The city has a 4.7% unemployment rate,...

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Inside The NYC Schools Critics Call ‘Failure Factories’

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09/05/2017

... the average English-math proficiency rate on state exams has not exceeded 10 percent of students for four years in a ... part of the mayor’s signature Renewal program, which has spent $582 million on teacher...

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Businesses Donate Over $157 Million to Harvey Relief Efforts

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09/05/2017

... companies had donated $1 million or more so far. Walmart has pledged up to $20 million in cash, products and matching donations, while Verizon has contributed $10 million. On Friday, tech billionaire ...

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LGBTQ Groups Adjust to More Married Donors

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09/07/2017

... revolution in civil and legal rights for LGBTQ Americans has wrought a parallel shift in fundraising tactics for ... Campaign. The number of contributors to the advocacy group has grown by 16 percent since...

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The Questionable Ethic of an Opt-Out for Recurring Donations: A Caution for Nonprofits

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09/15/2017

... of automatically signing donors up for recurring donations has , according to BuzzFeed News, landed it in trouble with ... money back—around $210,000 of it. And, indeed, there has been a spate of articles in...

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