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New Research Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds New Biomarker for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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01/29/2019

... its progression early in the disease when sight could be saved. Two of the strongest genetic associations for ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Action Plan Released to Conserve One of Africa’s Richest Sites for Biodiversity with Support from the Arcus Foundation

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02/14/2018

Action Plan Released to Conserve One of Africa’ s Richest Sites for Biodiversity with Support from the Arcus ... Africa: the Albertine Rift, home to mountain and Grauer’ s gorillas, golden monkeys, chimpanzees,...

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Mike Bloomberg Sends Statement to the United Nations Following Unprecedented Outpouring of Support for Paris Agreement

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06/06/2017

... Mike Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General’ s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, submitted an unprecedented statement of unity from hundreds of U. S . mayors, governors, state attorneys...

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Community-Development Conference -NeighborWorks Training Institute - Supported by JPMorgan Chase Foundation, Citi Foundation - Kicks Off

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12/03/2015

... communities. Prior to that, Chrystal was Urban Edge' s president and chief executive officer. In that role she .....

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UCLA to Establish Archive on Policing and Mass Incarceration in Los Angeles with Support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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01/28/2021

... an ambitious initiative to create one of the nation’ s most diverse collections of materials related to policing ... to official police and criminal justice statistics. UCLA’ s ethnic studies centers — the...

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UJA-Federation of New York Makes Emergency Grant to Met Council to Support Food Distribution to Vulnerable New Yorkers

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03/22/2023

... disastrous impacts on families. The timing could not be worse with Passover approaching and Jewish families ... observe the holiday with special provisions,” said Eric s . Goldstein, CEO, UJA-Federation of New...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Food Systems

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Ford, Carnegie, Bronfman and Others Support New Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good at Boston College

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10/21/2015

... Boston College Law School announced today. The forum' s inaugural event takes place on Friday, October 23, 2015, at ... the umbrella of philanthropy must, by its very nature, be optimally serving the...

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Peterson Center on Healthcare and Three Other Funders Unite to Support Access to Clinical Notes for 50 Million Patients

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02/24/2016

... nurses, and other clinicians can prompt patients to be more active in their own health and healthcare, and ... if spread nationwide, can improve the performance of the U. S . healthcare system. Peterson Center...

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Peterson Center on Healthcare

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Simons Foundation Supported Research May Have Found Compound Essential to Formation of Life on Earth

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11/07/2017

... to scientists as DAP, could have been present in Earth’ s early days and responsible for phosphorylation. “We ...

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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

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With Support From Bloomberg Philanthropies The 9/11 Memorial is Evolving to Honor Those Sickened

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05/31/2018

... the 9/11 attacks. This new dedicated space, which will be integrated within the memorial’ s design but will be distinct, is centered on the grassy area of the memorial ...

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With Support From the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, MIT Mathematicians Solve Age-Old Spaghetti Mystery

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08/15/2018

... for why the sticks refused to snap in two. Feynman’ s kitchen experiment remained unresolved until 2005, when ... won the 2006 Ig Nobel Prize , seemed to solve Feynman’ s puzzle. But a question remained: Could...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Zegar Family Foundation Supported Research Uncovers Genome-Wide Responses That Limit Crop Growth

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03/26/2019

... how each gene within the genome of rice--one of the world' s most important staple crops--senses and responds to ... Joseph Swift, a doctoral candidate in New York University' s Department of Biology...

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Mosquito 'spit glands' Hold Key to Curbing Malaria, Study Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Shows

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08/12/2019

... by a roadblock along the escape route in the insect’ s spit glands, a barrier that could potentially serve as a ... spread by these insects,” says Deborah Andrew, M. S ., Ph.D., professor of cell biology at the...

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Ford Foundation, Citi and OPIC Launch Scaling Enterprise, a $100MM Financing Partnership to Support Social Enterprises

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10/23/2019

... they need to expand their reach and impact,” said OPIC’ s David Bohigian. “OPIC is pleased to partner with Citi and ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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PNY Submits Comments to Federal Reserve in Support of the Creation of a Loan Facility for Large Nonprofits

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04/24/2020

... is concerned with the sustainability of our nation’ s nonprofits. Congress tasked the Treasury Secretary with ... announced two Main Street Lending Facilities. Loans would be available for businesses with up...

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Report Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds That Post-Ebola Cataract Surgery Can Safely Restore Vision

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04/04/2018

... Surgery Can Safely Restore Vision Cataract surgery can be safely performed on Ebola virus disease survivors with ... “immune privileged”, in the sense that a virus can be cleared from the rest of the body...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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With Support from NoVo Foundation, Buen Vivir Fund Heralds a More Democratic Kind of Impact Investing

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03/22/2018

... The group claims they are “poised to grow the Fund’ s membership to 50 and increase investments to $5 million ...

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"Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words," a New Exhibition Supported by the Ford Foundation, Offers Intimate View of Seminal Figure's Life

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11/12/2019

... Ford Foundation, Offers Intimate View of Seminal Figure' s Life Washington, DC - Rosa Parks, the civil rights icon ... inequality and injustice. Opening Dec. 5, this will be the first exhibition of the...

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