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Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness)

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02/03/2016

... of researchers who generated stem cells from a patient' s skin cells and then repaired the damaged gene, RPGR, using ... the corrected tissue had been derived from the patient’ s own cells, it could...

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Gap CEO: Giving Young People Their First Jobs is A Double Bottom Line Investment For Companies

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03/28/2016

... houses and as a grocery store clerk. One of John’ s first jobs was in a summer camp in a high- needs community in Boston. It is part of the reason that he ... young Americans who are out of school and work...

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Workforce Development

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16 Jun 2016

Making Big Bets for Big Results - Webinar

Thursday, June 16, 2016 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... In order to access all of the ways you can utilize PNY' s member subscription to the National Center for Family .....

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11 Aug 2016

Family Philanthropy and Media Perceptions - Webinar

Thursday, August 11, 2016 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... In order to access all of the ways you can utilize PNY' s member subscription to the National Center for Family .....

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Forbes Article Highlights Edna McConnell Clark as Example of Thinking Like a Venture Capitalist

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08/24/2016

... investment approach with a foundation program officer’ s , or that of someone working for an individual ...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Impact Investing

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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New York Life Donates $100,000 to Flood Relief Efforts in Louisiana

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08/25/2016

New York Life announced today that it will donate $100,000 to aid flood relief efforts in Louisiana with a $50,000 donation to the American Red Cross, a $25,000 donation to Baton Rouge Area Foundation Flood Relief Fund and $25,000 to the Greater...

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Disaster Relief

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11 May 2017

Balancing Family Privacy and Public Trust: Transparency in Family Philanthropy - Webinar

Thursday, May 11, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... value in principle, what do you do when your foundation’ s privacy is also your family’ s privacy? How do we balance the need for public accountability with a family’ s right to privacy? What...

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Open Society Foundations Releases Video Showing A New Outlook on Growing Up Intersex

Release Date:

02/27/2017

... path, he knew he had to return and help. Today, Julius’ s activism on intersex issues is part of a broad effort to show that what really needs fixing is society’ s stigma ... Open Society...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Video

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Gender Justice

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NYS Health President Speaks Out for Free Lunch for NYC Children

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05/23/2017

... to universal pre-K, the Mayor has worked to address the needs of poor and working class New Yorkers. But universal ... participate in the lunch program. What stops them? It’ s simple: Stigma. Bullying. Shaming...

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New York Health Foundation

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Ford Report Finds that Boards of NYC Museums Lack Diversity

Release Date:

08/24/2017

... on its racial and ethnic diversity, many of New York City' s arts and cultural organizations have boards that are ... to be credible, and in order to be credible, the community needs to see themselves...

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Ai Weiwei's Citywide Public Art Project Elicits Protest From Village Neighborhood Group

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08/29/2017

Ai Weiwei' s Citywide Public Art Project Elicits Protest From Village ... throughout the five boroughs. The project is one of Ai’ s largest projects to date, with pieces going up in major ... city—has...

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Hilton Foundation Follows a Familiar—and Promising—Playbook in Tackling a Debilitating Disease

Release Date:

08/29/2017

... disease. Another example is the Conrad Hilton Foundation’ s burgeoning contribution to research on multiple sclerosis. ...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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New Video From TCC Group: The Missing Link for Maximizing Impact: Foundations Assessing Their Capacity

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10/13/2017

... The Foundation Core Capacity Assessment Tool’ s findings should not be seen as a report card, but rather a ...

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Michael J. Fox Foundation and Simons Foundation Making Waves in Basic Science

Release Date:

12/01/2017

... more than $700 million to understanding Parkinson’ s disease. Others, like the CZI, have much broader goals. But ... five grants each cycle out of 150 [applications], there’ s a real bias against risky...

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The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

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Bloomberg Donates $5 Million To Baltimore Police For New Cameras, Technology

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12/04/2017

... to our police force to ensure the safety of our city’ s citizens and visitors.” The 60 new surveillance cameras ... be installed on light poles, expanding upon the city’ s system of 750 fixed cameras. Drew...

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Justice Reform

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Makes Water Purification Breakthrough

Release Date:

04/03/2018

... of these fatalities occur in developing nations, the U. S . is no stranger to unanticipated water shortages, ... of Texas at Austin, a research team in UT Austin' s Cockrell School of Engineering has...

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New York State Health Foundation Publishes Study on Doctor-Drugmaker Relationship

Release Date:

06/13/2018

... say were and still are a contributing factor to the nation' s deadly and growing opioid epidemic. "Other studies have .....

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New York Health Foundation

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Markle Foundation Initiative, Skillful, Is Going Coast-to-Coast

Release Date:

07/03/2018

Skillful has helped Colorado employers discover the value of workers without college degrees and now more states are joining in this effort to transform hiring practices and workforce development.

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation and Social Justice Impact Investing

Release Date:

07/05/2018

... for social change—and a $55 million endowment it’ s trying to put to best use. The funder recently released a ... advisor, and in the process, increase the sector’ s understanding of how investing for social...

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