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Research To Prevent Blindness-Backed Project Identifies Potential Biomarkers Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Release Date:

09/12/2017

... in human blood plasma may lead to earlier diagnosis, better prognostic information and more precise treatment of ... Cogan Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School . "Because the signs and...

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Don't Overthink It

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04/30/2019

... and nimble response to a small but urgent need is the better route. During the recent government shut down – the ... past the "reflex no," and just letting it drop there, upon learning of the plight...

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

Workforce Development

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation Welcomes first Chief Impact Officer and Director of Racial Justice, Kristi Cunningham Whitfield

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09/20/2023

... know from first-hand experience that Kristi is a dynamic leader who finds solutions outside the box and approaches her ... balancing the scales of opportunity. While she has many guiding mantras, one that you’...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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JooYeun Chang to Be Next Program Director for Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Child Well-Being Program

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06/14/2022

... sectors. Most recently, as acting assistant secretary and principal deputy assistant secretary for the Administration ... and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law. Her first day with...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Doris Duke Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation has Announced the Launch of The Communities Thrive Challenge

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04/05/2018

... significant results in any of the following areas: better work (including improving job quality, pay, and worker ... financially insecure working people and their families to better manage unanticipated...

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27 Feb 2024

BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium XVIII - The Power of Community: Building Authentic Relationships with Supporters

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 -

12:30pm to 2:30pm

Please join Education and Research Foundation of the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York for their ... A Philanthropy New York Collaborative Program with the Better Business Bureau Foundation of...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

20 Apr 2010

Nourishing Strong Communities II: Food Works - New York City Council Engages Around Healthy Food

Tuesday, April 20, 2010 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... improve the city’s food infrastructure; create new and better jobs in the food industry; keep more local food ... and Government Relations, City Harvest . Karen Karp , Karp Resources . Nourishing Strong...

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Ivy Suriyopas Announced as New Vice President of Programs for Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

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04/14/2021

... May 12, 2021. Suriyopas is a strategic and collaborative leader with more than 15 years of experience working to ... President of Programs,” said Suriyopas. “There is no better place to galvanize philanthropy...

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces First Impact Investments to Support the Success of Immigrant and Refugee Workers

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12/15/2020

... North America, quickly becoming a leading impact investor leader in this space.” “As a social enterprise that has a ... immigrants and refugees have access to the tools and resources they need to obtain...

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Student-Adult Ratio Is Crucial to Getting H.S. Kids Caught Up

Release Date:

12/16/2015

... more than a quarter of NYC students do not leave high school with a diploma, even after 6 years. That troubling ... supporting these students. Dierdre DeAngelis, the Principal of New Dorp Academy on Staten...

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19 Nov 2015

Education Reform in Newark: Lessons for Philanthropy

Thursday, November 19, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... gift of $100 million to transform Newark’s public schools , the studio audience gave them a standing ovation. ... “sweat equity.” Hundreds volunteered to work in the schools as mentors or tutors or whatever...

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It’s Time to Fund Children’s Mental Health

Release Date:

04/15/2021

... crisis, as our kids have experienced academic strain from school closures, psychological pain due to families losing ... That’s why we launched the Alliance – to combine the resources of the Morgan Stanley...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Our Path to a Just and Equitable New Jersey - The long and winding road of transformation

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06/16/2021

... we will be directing the Foundation’s time, energy, and resources toward efforts that address root causes and repair ... barriers in the ways that both information and foundation resources are managed and...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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TCC Group Welcomes Melinda Fine as the Director of Philanthropy and Strategic Partnerships

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09/15/2015

... that included direct grants, capacity building, peer learning and alliance-building, CPER-supported 140 grassroots ... District 2, Region 9, Senior Fellow at the NYU Wagner School of Public Service Research...

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