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Rockefeller Supports Research on Farming Adaptations to Combat Climate Change

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09/06/2016

... yields will likely decrease if farmers do not adapt to new management or technology practices. Establishing new strategies is particularly difficult for sorghum farmers ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Helmsley-backed DATA2GO.NYC's Veterans Data Highlighted by Social Science Research Council

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11/11/2016

... (SSRC) and its Measure of America program today released new data on New York City’s veterans, revealing that they suffer higher ... The findings also indicate that a higher proportion of New...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Veterans

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Russell Sage Teams Up With Robin Hood to Host First Poverty Solutions Conference

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01/18/2017

... Solutions Conference On Monday, February 6, Robin Hood , New York's largest poverty-fighting organization, and the ... is an invitation-only conference focused on developing new approaches to reducing...

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Economic Security

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Commonwealth Fund Says N.J. Tops Many States On Healthcare Scorecard

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03/16/2017

... to better healthcare outcomes nationwide and states like New Jersey that chose to embrace the federal law have seen ... re-hospitalization and re-admission to nursing homes. New Jersey tied five other states,...

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Giving Like a Rockefeller, Even if You’re Not Super-Rich

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03/31/2017

... has contributed more to the commercial and civic life of New York City over a longer period of time than David Rockefeller,” Michael R. Bloomberg, the former New York mayor, said in a statement... Giving Like...

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Mellon Foundation Awards Nearly $3.8 Million for Theater Program

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04/11/2017

... Awards Nearly $3.8 Million for Theater Program The New England Foundation for the Arts has announced a ... National Dance Project , NTP has supported forty-three new theater works with grants totaling more...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Arts

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Supported by JPB Foundation, Harvard Study Finds Illinois Soda Tax Could Cut Health Costs, Raise $561 Million in Revenue Annually

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04/26/2017

... beverages could raise $561 million a year in new revenue for Illinois, while also saving millions in ... costs associated with obesity and diabetes, according to a new study released Tuesday by the Harvard T.H...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Highlights Coal Communities in Latest Film

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05/01/2017

... Highlights Coal Communities in Latest Film The new film on the coal industry that Bloomberg Philanthropies ... miners, and it features groups that are helping them find new opportunities. With federal budget...

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Top Science Foundation, Simons, Latest Endeavor is its Most Ambitious Project Yet

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05/15/2017

... time and funding, and unexpected work might take shape. New ideas could form as computer scientists and researchers ... the street from its Manhattan offices to accommodate a new research institute fully...

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Bloomberg-Supported Coal Documentary, “From the Ashes,” to Air June 25

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06/20/2017

... That scene — and the general message — are from a new documentary, “From the Ashes,” the first film produced by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and his philanthropy ...

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To Improve Global Health, Bloomberg Looks to Cities to Lead

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07/05/2017

... to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Bloomberg not only made New York City a leader in this area as mayor, but funded and ... the world's population now lives. As Bloomberg now gives new attention to non-...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Tillerson in Focus as Exxon Climate Change Investigation Intensifies

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07/06/2017

... be deposed — and is increasingly expected to be — as New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman expands his ... to Utah, like Exxon's high-profile legal team, accuse the New York attorney general of...

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The Mertz Gilmore Foundation Funds Contemporary Dance

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08/11/2017

... its audience in ways that are delightful to audiences new to contemporary dance and those who follow it with a ... Landscape is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural...

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Arts

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Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities

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08/17/2017

... but also socially and economically. From Miami to New York, Houston to Oakland, the term "climate ... The idea: That coordinated efforts to redevelop or build new structures to withstand climate change...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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He Played the Long Game: David Rockefeller's Philanthropy and Legacy

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08/22/2017

... Rockefeller’s death on March 20, at the age of 101, the New York Times ran a full-page obituary about his life and ... passions—such as business, art, Maine, and New York City—philanthropy was one that he...

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

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08/29/2017

... fuel for wildfires as they kill the trees they infest. A new study shows the insects' range could reach Nova Scotia by ... range, which will allow them to multiply and spread into new territory quickly,...

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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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Justice Reform

Yes, It Can Be Done: A Philanthropist on Transforming Rural Communities Through the Arts

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09/06/2017

... Finn can relate. In 1998, the couple founded the Hunter, New York-based Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF), an ... the Catskills region to improve facilities and to finance new programs to support the arts...

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Forecasting the Upcoming City Council Gender Imbalance

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09/11/2017

... Imbalance There are currently only 13 women in the 51-seat New York City Council, a troubling 25 percent. The number is ... ago. With the city’s quadrennial elections upon us, a new Council class will be...

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