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Bruce Trachtenberg Stepping Down from Communications Network

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10/16/2013

Bruce S. Trachtenberg, Executive Director of the Communications Network, has announced that he will be stepping down from his position as of December 31, 2013.

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26 Sep 2018

How International Education Funders Facilitate Learning Among Grantees - and Translation of Practice into Policy - A Brown Bag Lunch

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

International education funders have been working with a wide spectrum of primary and secondary schools, community-based organizations, NGOs and governments to improve access, quality, and relevance of primary and secondary education. We have made...

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Helmsley Trust Awards $17.5 Million to Crohn's & Colitis Foundation

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05/18/2015

... will be combined or built with clinical information about more than forty thousand Crohn's and colitis patients, along ... demand from both the medical and patient communities for new therapies that will...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Kress and Mellon Support First Academic Art Museum and Library Summit

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12/09/2015

... collaboration. The Summit will focus on the ways that new pedagogical models and technologies are transforming the ... and the potential for art museums and libraries to engage more fully with faculty,...

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Samuel H. Kress Foundation

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Realigned Program Areas: Youth, Neighborhoods and Nonprofits

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02/11/2016

... 2014 Brooklyn Insights project, the foundation created a new vision, mission, and strategy that resonates not only in ... Neighborhoods, and Nonprofits—and the distribution of more than $4.2 million in grants...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The 2017 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Announced

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06/05/2017

... whose research holds exceptional promise for revealing new pathways to advance human health. The selected Scholars ... Since 1976, the Rita Allen Foundation has invested in more than 150 biomedical scientists...

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Newman's Own Tax Break Matters Far Beyond Just One Foundation

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11/27/2017

... to charity. And, if the GOP tax bill passes, it will more or less have a section of the U.S. tax code all to ... the many highly targeted breaks and exemptions in the new GOP tax plans. The unusual structure...

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JPMorgan Chase to Increase Its Philanthropic Investments to $1.75 Billion Over Five Years

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01/31/2018

... million per year. Why is JPMorgan Chase suddenly getting more generous? Because its earnings have been rising and are ... has also been encouraged by the first few years of its new push to reduce poverty and...

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Philip Li, President & CEO of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Joins the Board of Directors at GEO

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02/21/2018

... at GEO GEO is pleased to announce the addition of three new members to our board of directors: Daniel Lee, ... organization that is a current GEO member. You can learn more about our board members here. Philip...

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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

... to make myself feel better,” he says. “I swiped the new fall colors off the Clinique counter at Macy’s . . . it ... performance of Angels in America, and have since raised more the $480 million for the cause...

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MAC AIDS Fund, MAC Cosmetics

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App Developed at UVA Improving HIV Care, Finds Study Supported By The MAC AIDS Fund

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06/12/2018

... in doctor visits and improved their health outcomes, a new study has found. Users of the PositiveLinks intervention ... to creating and testing a clinical intervention made it more appealing to our patients...

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Research Funded By The Commonwealth Fund Shows Overdose Risk Quintuples With Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use

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06/22/2018

... opioid-only use among Medicare recipients, according to a new study from the University of Pittsburgh School of ... were included in the analysis, which ultimately looked at more than 71,000 beneficiaries who...

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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

... How many fragments did you make? If the answer is three or more , pull out another stick and try again. Can you break the ... be coerced to break in two? The answer, according to a new MIT study, is yes — with...

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Rockefeller Foundation To Invest $20M To Electrify Rural India

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08/21/2018

... months for its rural electrification program “with a lot more coming online soon and almost all in mini grids,” ... for last-mile electrification, she said in an interview in New Delhi. The foundation has said...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust And The AHA Announce $6.5M Commitment To Expand And Enhance Stroke Care In Nebraska

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08/21/2018

... enhance stroke care in Nebraska. The foundation of this new initiative is a three-year grant of $5.35 million from ... fourth most prevalent cause of death in Nebraska, with more than 3,400 strokes annually...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Funded Research Solves Genetic ‘Whodunnit’ for Cancer Gene

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11/09/2018

... non-small-cell lung cancer to begin with is necessary for more mature tumor cells to survive when they don’t have ... genetic ‘whodunnit,’ but it also points to a potential new therapeutic target for a cancer...

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09 Apr 2019

Service for Impact - Effective Strategies in Aligning Employee Engagement and Business Priorities

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... and challenges, brainstorm on solutions, and explore new opportunities to make a difference in society while ... with broader firm goals, and how you can find ways to more effectively partner with colleagues...

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Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Finds Bonding Exercises Cut Discipline Disparity for Students of Color

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04/04/2019

... develop better relationships with teachers, according to new research. The exercises also sharply reduce their risk of ... Social Psychology , found that guided exercises in two or more 25-minute class...

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Pennsylvania Joins Skillful State Network, Initiative of the Markle Foundation

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04/18/2019

... of the Markle Foundation Governor Tom Wolf is taking more action to help create a highly qualified and competitive ... economy. “Pennsylvania businesses are hiring, and new and growing industries cannot find...

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