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White House Debuts $240 Million in New STEM Commitments

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03/24/2015

... "With the commitments being made today, the President' s "Educate to Innovate" campaign has resulted in over $1 .....

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Close That Gap: William T. Grant Foundation Zeroes in on Inequality and Kids

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03/30/2015

... crucial problem. The recent publication of Robert Putnam’ s Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis is just the latest ... now grappling with equality of opportunity among America' s children, and quite a...

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Hess Named to 2015 Best Corporate Citizens List

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04/22/2015

... oil and gas company on Corporate Responsibility magazine’ s prestigious list of 100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2015. ...

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Rockfeller Brothers Fund Weighs in on Motivation for Fossil Fuel Divestment

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05/18/2015

One reason for instituting the change was to lead to ethical and financial consistency.

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

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05/26/2015

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has announced a $10 million gift Gerstner to expand cancer research efforts focused on overcoming drug resistance in tumor cells.

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Rockefeller Foundation-Funded Research Examines the Dearth of Youth Employment Opportunities

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05/28/2015

... office younger than 25 years old just disappeared? That’ s the question asked — and hopefully answered — via a ...

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Workforce Development

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Pershing Square Foundation Backs Initiative to Provide Scholarships to Undocumented Immigrants

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05/28/2015

... $25,000 scholarships that can be used to obtain a bachelor' s degree at any of TheDream.us national partner colleges. The .....

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Ford Backs Initiative to Fight AIDS in the Deep South

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05/29/2015

The South makes up 49 percent of all new HIV diagnoses.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces First Cohort of Incubator Project

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06/29/2015

... one of several new programs within the Foundation’ s Brooklyn Accelerator, which launched earlier this year as a ... advantage of one year of free co-working space in BCF’ s new headquarters at 1000 Dean...

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The Mellon Foundation Backs Bard's Innovative Masters Program in Orchestral Performace Studies

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08/14/2015

The Mellon Foundation Backs Bard' s Innovative Masters Program in Orchestral Performace Studies The unique training orchestra and master’ s degree program provides musicians with professional-level ... into...

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GroundTruth Announces $1 Million Project on Climate Change

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08/18/2015

... Project on Climate Change GroundTruth, which trains and supports the next generation of international correspondents, ... develop sources and ideas that will help shape GroundTruth' s future climate...

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Nonprofit Insurers Lose on Medicare Under New Obamacare Rules

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08/20/2015

... of the national average. Supporters say the exchange’ s 2.1 million enrollees are proof positive that the law is ... impact on the bottom lines of nearly all of New York’ s nonprofit regional health plans,...

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Citi Foundation, America’s Promise Award $3 Million for Youth

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08/27/2015

Citi Foundation, America’ s Promise Award $3 Million for Youth The Citi Foundation and America' s Promise Alliance have announced grants totaling $3 million ... the Youth Opportunity Fund, part of the Citi...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to Receive National Medal of Arts

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09/08/2015

President Obama will present the award in conjunction with the National Humanities Medals.

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Ms. Foundation Helps Film Lab Fight Elder Abuse Through Film

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09/09/2015

The film, titled “The Opposite of a Fairy Tale,” addresses elder abuse through a fictional narrative designed to increase awareness of a widespread societal problem.

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Aging

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The John A. Hartford Foundation Approves Three Grants Totaling More Than $3.28 Million

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09/29/2015

The grantees are Community Catalyst, The SCAN Foundation and ReFraming Aging.

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Weinberg Foundation Hires New Program Director

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12/11/2015

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, has hired a new program director to deal with Jewish and Israel issues.

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Artist Catherine Opie Elected to Warhol Foundation Board

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12/15/2015

... President of the Warhol Foundation, said, ”Cathy Opie’ s distinguished work as an artist, educator and arts leader ... Foundation in imaginatively carrying out Andy Warhol’ s wish to nurture and support the...

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Guggenheim Foundation Announces 2016 Fellows

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04/08/2016

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced its 2016 class of fellows. Appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, the successful candidates were selected from a group of nearly three thousand applicants.

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