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Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U.S. Forests as Temperatures Rise

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08/29/2017

Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U. S . Forests as Temperatures Rise Southern pine beetles are ... fuel for wildfires as they kill the trees they infest. A new study shows the insects' range could...

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De Blasio Searches for Corrections Chief as Rikers Resurfaces

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08/30/2017

... Island, his administration appears no closer to finding a new corrections chief, with some critics worrying he will ... election. The mayor has been under pressure to find a new commissioner since May, when...

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Making Kids Into “Makers”

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09/22/2017

Making Kids Into “Makers” The new annual Inventor’ s Challenge prompts children to develop their creative ... how their work could help those around them. But a new program is encouraging them to...

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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

... ago, the Hudson River Park Trust floated an idea for a new island. Called Pier 55, it was to be a ... design also accommodated three outdoor event venues; it’ s easy to imagine ticket-takers and other gate-...

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Name-Dropping: Donors Get Tired. Models Do, Too

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09/28/2017

... knowledge. So when success rates for the organization’ s reactivation campaigns began to stagnate, she assumed the ... lapsed donor file, and mailed a six-figure quantity of the new selection of names. While...

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U.S. Quietly Announces Plan To Monitor Immigrants’ Social Media Accounts, Search Histories

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09/28/2017

U. S . Quietly Announces Plan To Monitor Immigrants’ Social ... internet search history of legal immigrants as part of a new tracking system set to roll out next month. The policy ... travel ban is set begin. First...

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Nations Urged to Reject Phillip Morris Funds for Antismoking Efforts

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10/03/2017

... International announced it would fund and help set up a new body called the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World. The ... to donate about $80 million a year for 12 years to this new organization with a mission of...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria

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10/05/2017

... Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria Two new strategies show promise in battling malaria, a disease ... children ages five and under in sub-Saharan Africa.Both new strategies involve making...

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NADA to Launch Acquisition Gift Fund for Pérez Art Museum Miami

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10/05/2017

... of Contemporary Art putting the finishing touches on its new permanent home, this season is a big one for the Miami ... its collection. At the upcoming NADA Miami art fair, the New Art Dealers Alliance will...

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Rita Allen Foundation Supported Report Finds That Civic Tech Struggles with Sustainable Funding Despite Gains

Release Date:

10/31/2017

... Tech Struggles with Sustainable Funding Despite Gains A new report has found that while civic tech is a growth ... Paths to a Sustainable Future, was released by the John S . and James L. Knight Foundation with...

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Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”

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12/20/2017

Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’ s “Unified Approach” In an interview with the Funder’ s ... as they move together in this uncharted territory of new ideas, Miller adds. He lays...

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Watch Another Video From Chasing The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations

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01/22/2018

... The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations The U. S . has accepted more refugees than any other country since ... WNYC , correspondent Matt Katz has the story of how new American policies are creating...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation Funds Report Rethinking How Medicare Pays for Services

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07/13/2018

... submitted by the American Medical Association’ s Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) when setting ... changes must be made to Medicare’ s current system. In a new report, Center for...

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Salesforce.Org Expands Philanthropic Efforts to Improve Schools

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12/12/2018

... grant to an education nonprofit, giving $2 million to New Leaders to help train principals and teachers. The ... for example, or improve math education. The grant to New Leaders is focused on boosting the...

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SIFMA Foundation Announces Winner of Fall 2018 InvestWrite Competition

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02/21/2019

... as her friends do about emojis and apps – and now she’ s offering that winning advice to a famous entrepreneur! Van ... that was so compelling it won her first place in New Hampshire in the SIFMA Foundation’...

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10 Mar 2016

Looking at the 990 Part I (March 3) and Part II (March 10)

Thursday, March 10, 2016 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... : February 25 – What to Look for in a Nonprofit’ s Financial Statement March 3 – Looking at the 990 Part I ...

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ASPCA Elects Tim F. Wray to Chair of the Board

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07/02/2012

... and philanthropist, has been elected Chair of the ASPCA’ s Board of Directors, succeeding attorney Mary Jo White in that position. Ms. White, former U. S . Attorney and current partner at Debevoise &...

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Animal Welfare

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No Stories Without Numbers; No Numbers Without Stories

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08/04/2014

... appreciated receiving detailed data on how the foundation' s funding helped improve agricultural productivity and was ... with lots of strings attached can hamper a nonprofit' s ability to succeed...

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Board & Trustees

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Bessemer Trust

13 Apr 2016

Meet the Women and LGBT Activists on the ISIS Frontlines

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 -

11:30am to 1:30pm

In early April, more than a dozen local women’ s organizations will convene in Iraq to share strategies to ... Iraqi activists representing the Organization of Women' s Freedom in Iraq and a broad coalition...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Gender Justice

The Rockefeller Foundation and CrossBoundary Launch Mini-Grid Innovation Lab in Nairobi, Kenya

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04/24/2018

... is building for the sector. Achieving the lab’ s objectives could potentially accelerate the ability of ...

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