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The Rockefeller Foundation Commits $20 million in COVID-19 Assistance to Strengthen Global Pandemic Preparedness and Support Vulnerable Communities

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03/19/2020

... for those in need. The Rockefeller Foundation will also provide key assistance and support in the cities where it operates, especially Bellagio, Italy; New York, NY; ... basic needs, and globally, too many...

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TCF Senior Fellow Barton Gellman Wins Third Pulitzer

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04/30/2014

... program. Gellman, who led the Post’s coverage, based much of his reporting on documents leaked by Edward Snowden, ... beyond what anyone had imagined. The Century Foundation will continue to be deeply engaged...

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Wallace Foundation Invests $30 Million to Strengthen Supervisors Of School Principals

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06/24/2014

... principals’ performance,” said Wallace President Will Miller. “To strengthen this critical role, this new initiative will require districts to rethink how their central offices are organized...

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Study: Metabolism Protein Found to Also Regulate Feeding Behavior in the Brain (JPB Foundation)

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02/26/2016

... which acts in the brain to help control consumption. “ How much a person eats is regulated by a complex circuit, and in order to understand it , we need to identify all the molecules involved...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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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? And does it play a role in disease? A team of scientists at Cold ...

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Opinion: Why Can’t We Get Cities Right?

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09/05/2017

... and so, inevitably, is national interest. But Harvey will leave a huge amount of wreckage behind, some of it invisible. In particular, we don’t yet know just how much poison...

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Wellcome Trust and the Simons Foundation Fund Researchers Uniting to Create International Brain Lab

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09/19/2017

... neuroscientists are joining forces to study the brain—in much the same way that physicists team up in mega-projects to ... United States and Europe into a giant collaboration that will develop theories of...

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Opinion: No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job

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10/10/2017

Opinion: No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job The recovery from the crisis of 2008 ... percent, both lows rarely seen in the past half-century. How is it that the aftermath of 2008 could do so...

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Workforce Development

Philanthropy New York Is Now Accepting Applications For Its Two-Year Public Policy Fellowship

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01/25/2018

... program aims to identify early-career professionals who will benefit from learning about and networking within the ... applicants’ own definitions of diversity and how their experiences apply to the objectives...

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15 Jul 2025

Fostering Citizen Engagement and Trust, 21st-Century Style - A Webinar Hosted by Democracy Funders Network

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... are bright spots emerging across America that show us how governments can leverage citizen engagement and tech to ... and director of GovLab at Northeastern University, will provide overall context and discuss...

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Leading With Race Equity: Building Stronger Culture and Practice

... designed to help foundation leaders gain the tools and resources to work towards equity internally and externally. ... Race Equity is a high challenge/high support space that will help participants recognize...

Report From Century Foundation: English Learners and School Choice: Helping Charter Schools Serve Multilingual Families

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04/30/2019

... is, then, considering these parallel growth patterns, how can policymakers support charter schools so that they can ... access to charter schools, or do barriers persist? How can the flexibility of the charter...

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08 Apr 2025

The Transportation Road Ahead: A Briefing with the Clean RIDES Network

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 -

11:00am to 12:30pm

... priorities, and has promised to expand highways and roads. It ’s become clear that the focus of emissions reductions ... rules that require transportation agencies to demonstrate how their projects, including...

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A Decade After Katrina, Can Philanthropy Make Black Lives Matter?

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08/28/2015

... Lives Matter? On Saturday, people from around the world will commemorate the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina struck ... reminder of the inequities facing blacks in America and how far the nation still must go...

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Cheryl Dorsey of Echoing Green and Family Van Shares Ideas After 'Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures'

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01/18/2017

... stages – from idea to execution to scaling impact. And it ’s not always seamless! Philanthropic dollars, staff time, and end-user resources can be wasted through inefficient and ... of Echoing Green and Founder...

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United Hospital Fund Launches Campaign to Reach Uninsured New Yorkers During Pandemic

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06/26/2020

... Hospital Fund, in partnership with the New York State of Health Marketplace , is conducting an outreach campaign to ... in getting information into the hands of those who need it most. The Guide contains...

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Study Funded by Open Society Foundations Finds Digital Devices Are Key to Success for Black and Latino Males

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05/24/2016

... that improving life outcomes for boys and men of color will rely heavily on their access to trusted resources , both in face-to-face interactions and online. In ... Men of Color,” researchers concluded that the...

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