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MasterCard Foundation Funding $15.5 Million Program to Assist Small Farmers in Africa

Release Date:

11/07/2014

... Program to Assist Small Farmers in Africa The programme will accelerate the Alliance for a Green Revolution in ... women. “We welcome this new initiative because it will enable us to deal...

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Verizon Foundation to Support STEM Programs in 80 Schools

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12/05/2014

... to Support STEM Programs in 80 Schools Verizon will give 80 public schools $20,000 each to stimulate ... now for the Verizon Innovate Learning Grants that will go to underserved public schools, those with...

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What's Next for Community Philanthropy

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02/2015

To help funders adapt, the Monitor Institute’s free, do- it -yourself What’s Next for Community Philanthropy toolkit ... at your own peril, because your life and your organization will be forever changed.’ In a rapidly changing world, it truly equips community foundations to break out of their ...

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Open Society Justice Initiative Examines Repercussions of of U.S. Drone Strikes in Yemen

Release Date:

04/15/2015

OSF has released a report outlining the civilian harm that occurred as a result of U.S. counterterrorism measures.

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Rockefeller Foundation Pledges $75 Million for Smart Power India Project

Release Date:

04/16/2015

... pledged $75 million as part of its new initiative to use renewable energy based mini-grids not just to light up ...

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Gerstner Family Foundation Awards $10M to Broad Institute for Cancer Research

Release Date:

05/26/2015

... on overcoming drug resistance in tumor cells. The grant will support a two-pronged approach to addressing cancer drug resistance: Broad Institute researchers will use genome-editing...

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Pershing Square Foundation Backs Initiative to Provide Scholarships to Undocumented Immigrants

Release Date:

05/28/2015

... was established by Giving Pledge signatory Bill Ackman, will provide twelve hundred "DREAMers" with $25,000 .....

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JPB Foundation Champions Bike Share Access for Underserved Communities

Release Date:

06/02/2015

... is funded by the JPB Foundation to increase access to and use of bike share in underserved communities. This round ... grants is the first in $900,000 of funding PeopleForBikes will administer over three years...

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Well Application Challenges Fracking Ban

Release Date:

07/14/2015

... to drill a natural-gas well using a waterless method that will test the state’s fracking ban. The Snyder Farm ...

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Environment and Climate Change

Verizon Supports Immersion Program to Teach Girls to Code

Release Date:

09/01/2015

... Girls to Code Young girls were told that they could use code to change the world, to find their voices and to ...

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NYCT Supports Affordable Housing Proposal for Artists in Jamaica, Queens

Release Date:

10/09/2015

... a local nonprofit, is considering developing a mixed- use complex with 100 affordable housing units, including 50 ...

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Sloan Foundation Announces 2016 Research Fellowships

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02/25/2016

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced the selection of 126 scientists and researchers as recipients of this year's Sloan Research Fellowships.

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Ford, Atlantic Philanthropies Bring U.C.L.A. Center on Police-Community Ties to John Jay College

Release Date:

03/22/2016

... between the police and the communities they serve will open this summer at John Jay College of Criminal ... University of California, Los Angeles, a decade ago, and it recently began collaborating with police...

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Carnegie and MacArthur Give $25 Million for Nuclear-Security Work

Release Date:

03/30/2016

... $25-million "gift basket" to welcome foreign officials who will begin streaming into Washington on Thursday for ... countries present "gift baskets" of actions they will take or money they...

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Mellon Foundation Contributes to 'THATcamp' on Humanities and Technology

Release Date:

04/21/2016

... promoting digital humanities – broadly defined as the use of technology in the research and teaching of humanities. ...

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JPB Foundation Measures Bike-Share Equity in the U.S.

Release Date:

04/26/2016

JPB Foundation Measures Bike-Share Equity in the U.S. When it comes to bike equity in the U.S., the focus on measuring ...

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Rockefeller Funding of Resilience Officer in Chicago Makes News

Release Date:

05/03/2016

... Mayor Rahm Emanuel struggled to explain just what it is that former Deputy Water Management Commissioner Aaron ...

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Russell Sage Report Finds Non-Citizen Latinos Politically Engaged

Release Date:

06/28/2016

Non-citizen Latino immigrants may not be able to vote, but they could still help decide the outcome of the upcoming presidential election.

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names 17 Recipients of 2016 Clinical Scientist Development Awards

Release Date:

07/22/2016

... a broad range of areas, from HIV studies in Africa to the use of brain imaging as a tool in understanding psychiatric disorders, this year's awardees will receive up to $495,000 each over three years to...

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Mellon Foundation Awards Wilson College $100K to Strengthen Writing Instruction

Release Date:

07/25/2016

... especially those in their first year. Wilson plans to use the funding to establish the Wilson Writing Academy, a comprehensive system of instruction that will shape students' writing skills and analytical...

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