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What Foundations Can Do to Help Primary Care Succeed

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03/13/2012

... Development Corporation, talk about three important roles foundations can play in the success of primary care. What Foundations Can Do to Help Primary Care Succeed ...

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Philanthropy New York

Hartford Foundation Awards $1.35 Million to Gerontological Society of America

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02/10/2013

The three-year grant will establish the Hartford/GSA National Center on Gerontological Social Work Excellence.

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Aging

Red Cross gives $1.25M grant to Brooklyn Community Foundation

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05/30/2013

The grant from the American Red Cross in Greater New York will support long-term recovery efforts for people affected by Superstorm Sandy.

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American Red Cross of Greater New York

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Disaster Relief

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $4.5 Million for Conservation Scholars Program

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09/20/2013

The University of Washington, Northern Arizona University and the University of Florida will each receive $1.5 million to provide undergraduates with opportunities to participate in mentored research activities in conservation biology and other...

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Ford Foundation Awards $6 Million to Strengthen International Human Rights Movement

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09/20/2013

The grants were to seven leading human rights organizations operating in many countries and international forums.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Human Services

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Ford Foundation

Foundation-Funded Innovation Contests With Cash Prizes Attract More 'Average Joes'

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06/19/2014

... Attract More 'Average Joes' G overnment and private foundations increasingly are using prize money to allow even ... also was funded by the Case, Joyce, Knight and Kresge foundations ... Foundation-...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Public Policy

The Rockefeller Foundation

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Ford Foundation Selects Nicolette Naylor to Lead its Southern Africa Office

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10/28/2014

Senior Program Officer, Nicolette Naylor, will become head of Ford Foundation's South Africa office.

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Community Development

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Citi Foundation Expands Summer Jobs Connect to New Cities

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03/05/2015

Initiative will provide over 2,000 low-income youth with job skills and financial training.

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Workforce Development

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Fertel Foundation Honors NYTimes Reporter for Refusing to Name Sources

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03/12/2015

James Risen, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter has been awarded the 2015 Ridenhour Courage Prize.

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Communications/Media

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The Fertel Foundation

Fifth Grader Recognized as Financial Expert, Thanks to SIFMA Foundation

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03/13/2015

A Long Island fifth-grader placed third in the nation in the InvestWrite Competition, sponsored by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Foundation and McGraw Hill Financial.

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Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science

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10/16/2015

... one school year, children who did Bedtime Math improved their math achievement on average by three months more than ... evidence that links parents’ attitudes towards math to their students’ math performance...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Simons Foundation Creates Center for Computational Astrophysics, Appoints David Spergel Director

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11/16/2015

The Simons Foundation announced the creation of the Center for Computational Astrophysics and the appointment of David Spergel as its director.

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Science

Caltech Biologists Identify Gene that Helps Regulate Sleep (Rita Allen Foundation)

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02/18/2016

Caltech biologists have performed the first large-scale screening in a vertebrate animal for genes that regulate sleep, and have identified a gene that when overactivated causes severe insomnia.

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Duke Foundation Gives $1.5M for Arts to Increase Understanding of Muslim Societies

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03/04/2016

In support of arts-focused efforts to increase public understanding of contemporary Muslim societies, the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art has awarded grants to NY-area muesums, theaters and dance groups,

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center Brings Hope to Ancient Athens Neighborhood

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07/06/2016

Hopes for improvement lie with the nearby Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, named after a Greek shipping magnate who died in 1996.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Former Arcus Foundation E.D. Named Tenement Museum President

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06/15/2017

Kevin Jennings, a history teacher turned nonprofit leader who is also a former Obama official, has been named the next president of the Tenement Museum in Manhattan.

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Arts

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Ford Foundation Funded Interactive Map Shows The Geography of Debt In America

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12/07/2017

The interactive map shows the geography of debt in America at the national, state, and county levels.

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation

Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2018 Award in Pain Scholars

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03/07/2018

The Rita Allen Foundation has named Helen Lai of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Candice Paulsen of Yale University as 2018 Award in Pain Scholars, recognizing emerging leaders in basic pain research whose work holds high...

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

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06/13/2018

... opioid drugs in 2014 and 2015 prescribed more opioids than their peers who did not receive anything. The study, ... opioid prescriptions for Medicare patients changed after their doctors started receiving...

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