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Doris Duke and Simons Foundations Back Breakthrough Sickle Cell Research

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09/18/2015

Researchers from Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center have found that changes to a small stretch of DNA may circumvent the genetic defect behind sickle cell disease (SCD).

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Hudson Farmlink Organizers See Room for Growth - Doris Duke Foundation

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11/23/2015

... lease may post descriptions of their land on the network’ s website, www.hudsonvalleyfarmlandfinder.org , which also ...

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Farms in the Projects? (Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund)

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01/05/2016

... planning support that propels them into jobs. It’ s an innovative strategy to address very tough issues that ...

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The Next Generation in Philanthropy: From The Rockefeller Foundation To The Zuckerberg Chan Initiative

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01/05/2016

... When $45 billion dollars is pledged to charity, it’ s bound to start a lot of conversations. Facebook founder ... lived, holding assets estimated at $253 billion in today’ s dollars. In his lifetime, he...

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When a Child Grieves, We All Should Help (New York Life Foundation)

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01/08/2016

... it, often causing us to say "nothing at all." And if it' s difficult knowing what to say to a grieving adult, the ... bereaved children across the country). As a society, it' s time to de-...

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Flying the Colors: Empire State Building Lights to Honor Jonas Center

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03/17/2016

... That humble idea has blossomed to become the nation’ s leading philanthropic funder of graduate nursing education. ... and nursing communities as it celebrates the Center’ s achievements – including preparing...

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Brad Tito Joins Westchester Community Foundation Board Of Advisors

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11/08/2016

... provides leadership for carrying out the Foundation’ s mission to promote philanthropy and improve the quality of ...

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Henry Luce Foundation Is Committed to the Art of Displaying Art (And Why That's Important)

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01/24/2017

... Is Committed to the Art of Displaying Art (And Why That' s Important) If you're reading this post while, say, eating a ... to support a series of projects focused on the museum' s collection of...

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Ford, JPB, Novo, Carnegie Corporation of NY Listed as Top Funders of Refugee and Migrant Issues

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02/15/2017

While foundation funding in support of global human rights initiatives rose to $2.7 billion in 2014, from $2.3 billion in 2013, the share of funding for migrants and refuges remained flat, a report from Foundation Center and the International Human...

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The Rockefeller Brothers Fund: A 19th Century Fortune Tackles 21st Century Problems

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05/17/2017

... and David–it has been a major supporter of New York’ s Riverside Church (where the family worshipped), the Museum ... isn’t personal? Lately, though, the RBF, as it’ s called, has been better known for its...

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NY Community Trust to Assist More New Yorkers on the Path to Citizenship

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05/22/2017

... eligible immigrants in New York State with becoming U. S . citizens. The initiative provides comprehensive support ...

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What Philanthropy’s Response to Changes in Washington Means for Civic Engagement

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06/15/2017

What Philanthropy’ s Response to Changes in Washington Means for Civic ... Winds" in America. The Center for Effective Philanthropy’ s aptly-titled report illustrates the sentiments many ... committed to...

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Barbara and Donald Jonas Receive Honorary Doctorates from Frontier Nursing University

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08/01/2017

... to advancing the nursing profession. The Center’ s focus is to improve healthcare through nursing leadership, ...

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New York Foundation Welcomes Altaf Rahamatulla as Program Officer

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08/04/2017

... and migrant rights. Mr. Rahamatulla earned his master’ s degree from the Bloustein School of Planning and Public ... Policy at Rutgers University and received his bachelor’ s degree in political science and...

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NY State Health Foundation: Kids Could Start a Ceasefire in Health Care Wars

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08/14/2017

... a Ceasefire in Health Care Wars Following last month’ s contentious congressional debate over repealing the ... is the pending reauthorization of the State Children’ s Health Insurance program (SCHIP), which...

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11 Sep 2017

The Pence-Kobach Commission's Potential Impact on Voting Rights - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

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3:00pm to 4:30pm

... asked states to turn over voter-roll data and voter’ s personal information such as felony convictions, military ... advocates remain concerned about the Commission’ s impact, especially in light of the number...

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Carnegie Sponsors 9/11 Commemoration "Tribute in Light"

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09/07/2017

... times and have proven that nothing can break the city’ s spirit. Here are ten ways to commemorate 9/11 in New York ... beams of light, shooting four miles into New York City’ s sky, echoing the shape of the...

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Big Names, Big Funding: Why Are MIT and IBM Joining Forces on AI Research?

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09/14/2017

... field. Aside from the amount of the funding, there’ s a number of notable aspects to the partnership. For one, there’ s an emphasis on some under-explored areas of AI research, ... AI Lab, is planning to use...

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