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The Robert Bowne Foundation Spends Down

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01/15/2016

... Foundation, the loss of over one-third of its funds forced it to consider spending down its remaining assets. ... “The most we ever had was back in around 2000, and it was about $22 million. So when we lost so...

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Simons Foundation Study Shows New Insights on Ocean Microoganisms

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01/26/2016

... 2016 in the journal Nature Microbiology shows that there's much less certainty about the size of these viral populations ... two senior co-authors. "Because viruses are parasites, it was assumed that...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Lee Wasserman Fights Climate Change with Rockefeller Funds

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04/18/2016

... oil tycoon John D. Ro ckefeller , Lee Wasserman has spent much of his time spearheading initiatives to tackle clima te ... the end of March, the $130 million fund turned heads when it announced it...

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Warhol Foundation Brings "I Like the Sound of That" Exhibition to Artspace

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04/22/2016

... to during the work’s creation. Each body of work will be paired with a soundscape specific to the studio ... unorthodox information about the artist. The soundtracks will function much like...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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Aetna Joins Corporate Effort to Save Hartford Financial and Psychological Slump

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03/15/2017

... of the city's property is non-taxable, and the tax base is much smaller than many suburbs. The result is a serious ... for not doing enough to help local residents, and so it was big news when three major...

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Community Development

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Rauch Foundation Research On Government Spending & Early Childhood Published

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07/26/2017

... at all levels in the U.S. spend more than twice as much on a per-child basis for children ages 5–17 as on ...

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Respected Anthropologist Danilyn Rutherford Steps Into New Role as President of Wenner-Gren Foundation

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08/09/2017

... subdisciplines,” Sciarra added. “Her innovative spirit will help the foundation make a powerful case for the ongoing ... As Wenner-Gren marks its 75th anniversary, Rutherford will create a new strategic plan...

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Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept

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09/18/2017

... than 1,000 units and go national. “The vision here is much bigger than the box itself,” McDonald told Fast ... shopping locations won’t be necessary, because there will be 100,000 Bodegas spread out, with one...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 5 Winners of Annual Spark Prize

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01/11/2018

... social justice. Each of the five Spark Prize recipients will be awarded $100,000 in general operating support from ... of these five powerful organizations, but also attracts much needed attention and...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Maintains A World Class Art Collection In a Westchester Basement

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02/05/2018

... Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, and Louise Nevelson. And it 's all inside the lower level of Kykuit , also known as ... for Rockefeller and his family in 1913 and is very much an ode to an artist’s heart...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Patrina Foundation Supports Adaptive Sports Foundation’s 2018 Warriors in Motion Program

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06/15/2018

... in Windham announces the businesses and foundations that will join the family of companies and donors providing ... years. ASF went from being a sports outlet to something much deeper as the number of men and...

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Veterans

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Open Society Pledges Support for African Cultural Heritage Restitution

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11/12/2019

... the African continent. Over four years, the initiative will support networks and organizations working to return ... and in Namibia and Nigeria, among many others. “With so much of Africa’s precolonial...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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After-School All-Stars Receives $4 Million Grant From New York Life Foundation

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03/08/2014

... to middle school youth in six U.S. cities. The grant will enable ASAS to introduce its afterschool model in ... The model includes a variety of academic, enrichment, and health and fitness activities delivered...

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Children, Youth and Families

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CDC: Measles cases in USA hit 20-year high

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05/30/2014

... actual count is 166 as of Thursday, according to the state Health Department. The nationwide total is the highest for ... since 1994, when 764 cases were reported, the CDC says. It surpasses the 220 cases...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods

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06/11/2014

... Office of Food Policy and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in partnership with the Laurie M. ...

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Noyes Foundation's Zigbi Selected as Loeb Fellow

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07/17/2014

... Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems and the Eat for Health initiative at the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, has ... unique perspectives.” After the year in residence, Zigbi will join “a worldwide alumni...

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Advisory Board Picked to Help Move Community Schools Plan Forward

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07/17/2014

... plan. "Community schools are one of the thrusts that will have potentially the biggest impact," de Blasio said, ... attend to the needs of children with physical and mental health issues, and help...

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United Way of New York City

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Education

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Michael Bloomberg to Return to Lead Bloomberg L.P.

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09/03/2014

... — on issues like gun control, immigration and public health But in recent months, Mr. Bloomberg — who still ...

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Immigration

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Water.org Receives $2.9M Grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation in East Africa

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10/22/2014

... Charitable Trust and the work of Water.org, 16,000 people will gain access to safe water and improved sanitation in Kenya. In addition, Water.org's health and hygiene education programs will...

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