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The Forum Welcomes Jay Hutchins as Associate Director of Policy and Communications

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04/24/2017

... effectively as possible to advance the work of the group' s members to engage in government relations and public policy ... as effectively as possible to advance the Forum’ s mission and vision. Jay...

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Simons Foundation Funded Research Finds That Neural ‘Tug-Of-War’ May Explain Fragile X Learning Issues

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01/24/2018

... neurons are active in both encoding and remembering, it’ s unknown what neural events control whether hippocampal ...

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Research Funded by Zegar Family Foundation Finds New Genetic Interdependence Between Mothers and Their Offspring

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10/03/2018

... traits, such as size, are determined by the mother' s genome, but other offspring traits are shaped by the offspring' s genome itself," explains Matthew Rockman, an associate professor in New...

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05 Nov 2020

On Balancing Purpose and Payout - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP and Forefront

Thursday, November 5, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:00am

This conversation will focus on recent calls for foundations to increase the percentage of assets they pay out each year.

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Teagle Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million in Grants

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03/16/2014

Teagle Foundation awards more than $1.5 million in grants to higher-ed institutions, reports Philanthropy News Digest.

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Arcus to Match Up to $50,000 in Give OUT Day Donations to Russia Freedom Fund

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05/12/2014

... support for LGBT causes. The Russia Freedom Fund is a U. S . tax-deductible vehicle for making financial contributions ... last year in response to growing concerns about Russia’ s recent state-sponsored...

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Funders Teaming Up to Strengthen Voices of LGBTQ People of Color

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06/16/2014

The Ford Foundation is teaming with the Arcus Foundation and the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, along with an anonymous donor, to create the first LGBTQ Racial Justice Fund to support new voices and leaders in communities of color.

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Make Music New York To Present Record-Setting 1,350 Shows

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06/18/2014

... across the five boroughs from a range of genres: there’ s marching bands at Grand Army Plaza, a gamelan at South ... pier on Staten Island and a guitar army led by Testament’ s Alex Skolnick at Union Square...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Joins Impact Investment Efforts

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06/25/2014

... to targeted impact investments. The foundation' s commitment was one of more than 20 new private sector ... social or environmental impact. Criteria for the RBF' s investments will initially...

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Laboratory Announces $50 Million Gift To Establish Simons Center for Quantitative Biology

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07/07/2014

... research and education programs at one of the world’ s leading independent biomedical research institutions, a ...

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Lincoln Center Partnership To Train and Place Arts Teachers In NYC Schools

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07/07/2014

... adequate or any arts programs. Lincoln Center, CUNY’ s Hunter College School of Education, the New York City ... Program. “We are proud to support Lincoln Center’ s innovative initiative to increase the number...

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Arcus Foundation Launches New Website

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10/21/2014

... grant records. The site introduces a new design that supports both handheld and desktop devices. Among the ...

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The Haitian Earthquake: Response, Relief & Recovery

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01/14/2010

Philanthropy New York is currently working to coordinate and list our members’ support efforts and we will continue to track relief and recovery in the wake of the tragedy in Haiti.

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Rita Allen Foundation Backs Innovative Biomedical Research

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01/27/2015

... though they’re doing big, ambitious things. This one’ s covert because the foundation that spawned it isn’t solely or even mostly about medical research. It’ s a civic engagement foundation, first and foremost...

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$1.25 Million Mellon Grant Awarded to Arts & Humanities to Fund Digital Humanities, African American Studies

Release Date:

07/17/2015

... undergraduate curricular initiatives including UMD’ s First-Year Innovation & Research Experience (FIRE) program, ...

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OSF to Continue Grantmaking in Russia

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08/10/2015

... Grantmaking in Russia In a statement on the foundation' s website, president and CEO Chris Stone wrote, "In recent ... and within the limits of the law." Out of the seven U. S .-based NGOs on the...

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D.C. Schools Attracted Record Amounts of Philanthropy in Recent Years

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08/27/2015

Supporters include Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Walton Family Foundation.

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Hospitals Foster Interprofessional Practice to Improve Outcomes - Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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11/20/2015

... Jill Wegener, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNO at Blythedale Children’ s Hospital, Valhalla, N.Y. Blythedale Children’ s began its path toward greater interdisciplinary practice ...

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Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/23/2016

... of Chicago Prof. Jeffrey Grogger found that Mexico' s soda taxes raised sugar-sweetened beverage prices by ... reduction in purchases of sugary drinks after the law' s passage. That study was funded...

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