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Ira R. Halperin Named Vice Chair to Long Island Community Foundation Board

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02/01/2012

The Long Island Community Foundation has announced the recent appointment of Ira R. Halperin to Vice Chair of its Board of Advisors. Halperin is a Partner at the law firm of Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP.

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Long Island Community Foundation

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Lukas Haynes Appointed Executive Director of the David Rockefeller Fund

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11/21/2014

... local, regional and national solutions to climate change . He also oversaw a network of human rights program ...

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Arts

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On the Occasion of the New York Foundation’s 100th Anniversary

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11/05/2009

... independent capacity to analyze, take action, reflect, and change course. Imposed solutions lack the responsiveness and resiliency of grassroots change . We value good data but we know that data provide only...

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New Chair and Vice-Chair for Noyes Foundation Board

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02/11/2015

... pursue a career in finance as a means of achieving social change . Wendy is a graduate of Princeton University and the ...

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Social Justice

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Cary A. Kravet Joins the Board of United Hospital Fund

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02/23/2015

... contributions to the Fund’s mission to shape positive change in health care.” Since 1998, Mr. Kravet has ...

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Young Men of Color Initiative Details Its Investments

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03/03/2015

... are chronicled in a new report titled Investments for Change , which provides selected highlights of some of these ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

09 Apr 2015

More Bang for Your Buck: Supporting Locally Led Peacebuilding - Webinar

Thursday, April 9, 2015 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

... encountered and the potential for tangible, on the ground, change . Presenters Mitt Lauenstein, Member, PSFG Stacey ...

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Lori Evans Bernstein Joins Board of United Hospital Fund

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06/29/2015

... guide the Fund’s strategic approach to shaping positive change in health care.” Lori Evans Bernstein Joins Board ...

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Commonwealth Explores Ramifications of Higher Premiums for Older Adults

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09/15/2015

Analysis shows that if limits on premiums for older adults were relaxed, federal spending would rise.

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New Leadership at the Pershing Square Foundation

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10/08/2015

... have the foundation they need to achieve success and drive change . Olivia Tournay Flatto who helped co-found the ...

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Century Foundation Fellow Weighs in on UT Affirmative Action Case

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12/11/2015

In an awkward exchange in Wednesday’s potentially game-changing Supreme Court arguments on affirmative action, Justice Antonin Scalia hesitantly asked whether it might be better for black students to go to “a slower-track school where they do well”...

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Kindness, Charitable Behavior Influenced by Amygdala, Simons Foundation Supported Research Reveals

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12/15/2015

New research from the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University shows an area of the brain - long associated with negative behaviors - can also influence kindness and what might be called charitable giving in humans.

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Students with Influence Over Peers Reduce School Bullying: Research Funded by WT Grant, Russell Sage Foundations

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01/06/2016

Curbing school bullying has been a focal point for educators, administrators, policymakers and parents, but the answer may not lie within rules set by adults, according to new research led by Princeton University.

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness)

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02/03/2016

... The technique is so precise it corrected a single DNA change that had damaged the RPGR gene. And because the ...

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Pershing Square Foundation-Supported Study: 5% Weight Loss Can Make A Difference for Obese People

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02/23/2016

For those who struggle with obesity, losing as little as 5% of body weight is enough to reap significant health benefits, according to a study published February 22 in Cell Metabolism.

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