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Kiva City Launches in Washington, D.C.

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01/11/2013

... D.C., area with access to crowdfunded microloans. A new partnership between Capital One Bank, the Latino Economic ... owners in the D.C. region access to capital through Kiva’ s proven crowd-funded microloan...

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Salk Institute Receives $42 Million From Helmsley Charitable Trust to Create Research Center for Genomic Medicine

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01/24/2013

... as lynchpins for chronic diseases, which could lead to new therapy targets. The Salk Institute for Biological ... a $42 million gift—the largest in the Institute’ s history—to establish the Helmsley Center for...

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AARP, Weinberg Foundations Commit $10.5 Million for Skilled Nursing Care Model

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07/17/2013

... Princeton, NJ — The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’ s (RWJF) efforts to bring high-quality skilled nursing care ... and The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation announced new investments in The Green House...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation names Tynesha McHarris Director of Community Leadership

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05/29/2014

... McHarris will be joining the Foundation next week in a new position as Director of Community Leadership. Tynesha has ... staff member, she will help design the Foundation’ s new community...

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Barbara Picower Is Back In Business As One Of The Nation's Top Philanthropists

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09/09/2014

Barbara Picower Is Back In Business As One Of The Nation' s Top Philanthropists Barbara Picower has resumed her role ... as one of the nation’ s top philanthropists, heading a new foundation...

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Helmsley Trust Awards $8.7 Million for T1D Research Program

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03/30/2015

... programs designed to improve clinical care and translate new therapeutics; and cultivate new funding sources to ensure the program’ s sustainability. The grant includes a two-to-one matching...

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Rockefeller Foundation Pledges $75 Million for Smart Power India Project

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04/16/2015

... Foundation on Wednesday pledged $75 million as part of its new initiative to use renewable energy based mini-grids not ... 1,000 villages in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, but also create new jobs by providing...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces First Cohort of Incubator Project

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06/29/2015

... cohort of its Incubator Project– one of several new programs within the Foundation’ s Brooklyn Accelerator, which launched earlier this year as a ... advantage of one year of free co-working space in BCF’...

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Century Foundation Explores the 'Double Burden' of Poverty

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08/12/2015

... is often different from the poverty of poor whites. It' s more isolating and concentrated. It extends out the door of ... is stark in most major metropolitan areas, according to new data analyzed by...

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Michelle Alexander Joins Ford Foundation as Senior Fellow

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10/07/2015

... Ford as a senior fellow, contributing to the foundation’ s work on democracy, rights, and justice. Michelle is a ... over the past two decades. Her best-selling book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177 Million to Study Dementia

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11/17/2015

... on aging populations: a $177 million grant to create a new institute to study dementia. The new organization, the Global Brain Health Institute, will be ...

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Rockefeller Brothers Supported Report: Wind Energy Could Get Cheaper

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03/18/2016

... Energy Could Get Cheaper The offshore wind industry’ s efforts to distance itself from Cape Wind continued this ... Delaware released a report showing offshore wind energy in New England would be far less...

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Newly-Named Soros Fellows for 2016 Include Six Indian Americans

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04/14/2016

... The 18th annual Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans were announced April 12 and included six Indian ... the 30 recipients. The graduate school Fellowship for New Americans — for immigrants and...

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Ford, Knight and Others Give $20M for United States Artists Campaign

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04/19/2016

... Give $20M for United States Artists Campaign The John S . and James L. Knight Foundation will contribute $1 million to a new $20 million operations endowment campaign in support ... Foundation, announced the...

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Ford Foundation"s Darren Walker Participates in Discussion on the Influence of Impact Investing on Philanthropy

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05/12/2016

Ford Foundation" s Darren Walker Participates in Discussion on the Influence ... Investing on Philanthropy Impact investing can lead to new strategies for entrepreneurs and mission-driven businesses. That...

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Russell Sage Report Finds Non-Citizen Latinos Politically Engaged

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06/28/2016

... the outcome of the upcoming presidential election. That' s a theory posited by two political scientists, Michael ... Sage Foundation. Jones-Correa and McCann used a new survey, the Latino Immigrant...

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Supported by Commonwealth Fund, Study Shows Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the Usability Test

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07/18/2016

... Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the Usability Test A new UCSF study finds that some of the most popular apps for ... popular mHealth apps are basically useless, according to a new study out of the...

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William T. Grant and Century Foundations Support Study on Effects of For-Profit Schools on African-Americans

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09/19/2016

... school, seeing them as the quickest route to jobs. A new study finds the streamlined, focused curriculum that ... is also the reason many poor students drop out, however. A new study of 150 black youths from...

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Supported by Verizon Foundation, Three High School Students Graduate from 'Girls Who Code' Program at NJIT

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09/27/2016

... "Girls Who Code" summer Immersion program offered at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Makhdoom, Bryant, ... and Cohen were among 40 young women from throughout New Jersey who...

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Co-Authored by Arabella Advisors, Article Tracks A Foundation’s 15-Year Journey In Impact Investing

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10/11/2016

... by Arabella Advisors, Article Tracks A Foundation’ s 15-Year Journey In Impact Investing When my wife, Betsy, ... we wanted to be catalytic—to take risks to prove new models, so that larger funders with less...

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