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With Support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Plans Underway to Preserve Blue Mountain Wildlife Refuge

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11/26/2018

... be turned over to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for public use. Funding for the 2019 transfer is in place, ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces the Communities Thrive Challenge Grantees

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12/05/2018

... ensure that all of their residents who are eligible for public benefits actually receive them? Launched in April of ...

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Foundation Consortium Acquires Historic African American Photographic Archive

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07/25/2019

... other institutions to ensure broad access for the general public as well as its use by scholars, researchers, ...

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Arts

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Weinberg Foundation Announces $4 Million in Emergency Grants to Nonprofits as Part of COVID-19 Response

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03/27/2020

... Foundation’s initial response to the developing COVID-19 public health crisis. The emergency grants will support ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Carolina Espinal Elected Schott Foundation Board Chair

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07/13/2020

... Schott Foundation Board Chair The Schott Foundation for Public Education board of directors has elected Carolina ...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Sophy Yem Promoted to Senior Program Officer, Philanthropy at the Surdna Foundation

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05/11/2022

... particularly its younger generations, in philanthropy and public service. Sophy joined Surdna in 2017 as Grants ...

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The Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches The Just Brooklyn Prize in Partnership with The Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation's Social Justice Fund

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04/10/2023

... Leaders are submitted for consideration through a public nomination process (April 10 - May 15, 2023) and ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Community Development

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Ford Foundation Appoints Amy Falls to Board of Trustees

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11/01/2013

The Ford Foundation has also announced the election of Amy Falls to serve as a member of its Board of Trustees.

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Paula Moreno To Join Ford Foundation Board of Trustees; Kofi Appenteng Elected as Board Chair

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06/23/2014

Paula Moreno has been named to the Ford Foundation's board of trustees and Kofi Appenteng has been elected as its 11th chair.

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Atlantic and Bronfman Philanthropies Among Those Profiled for Spend Down Strategies

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10/08/2015

... blended-learning strategies for improving our nation’s schools . It wasn’t always expected that the Hume ...

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The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

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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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Pershing Square Foundation

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Artstor President James Shulman Joins Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow in Residence

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05/02/2016

... available to nearly 2,000 colleges, universities, and schools around the world, democratizing access to the world's .....

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Mario Luis Small Joins Russell Sage Foundation Board of Trustees

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11/27/2017

The Russell Sage Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of sociologist Mario Luis Small to its board of trustees. Small is currently Grafstein Family Professor at Harvard University. He is a contributor to the RSF volume The Colors of...

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Economic Security

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces the 2018 Hilton Humanitarian Prize Recipient

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08/22/2018

Today, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced that the international jury has selected SHOFCO (Shining Hope for Communities) to receive the 2018 Hilton Humanitarian Prize. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, SHOFCO’s mission is to build urban promise from...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers Find Alzheimer's One Day May Be Predicted During Eye Exam

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08/23/2018

Using technology similar to what is found in many eye doctors' offices, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have detected evidence suggesting Alzheimer's in older patients who had no symptoms of the disease.

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Newman's Own Foundation Provides Over $1.7 Million to Support Nutrition Initiatives

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10/02/2018

... including efforts to help create and enhance nutrition in schools and communities, provide access to fresh fruits and ...

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Food Systems

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Pfizer Invites Proposals for Psoriatic Arthritis Educational Projects

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05/15/2019

... nursing, allied health, and/or pharmacy professional schools ; healthcare institutions (both large and small); ...

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RFPs Etc

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Health

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Mosquito 'spit glands' Hold Key to Curbing Malaria, Study Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Shows

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08/12/2019

Mosquitoes can harbor thousands of malaria-causing parasites in their bodies, yet while slurping blood from a victim, they transmit just a tiny fraction of them.

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