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Google Bows out of the “Bidding for Addicts” Business

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09/15/2017

Google Bows out of the “Bidding for Addicts” Business As addiction has grown, so have for-profit rehab centers, from those sponsored by massive corporations to little fly-by-night endeavors. Many of them, to judge by recent...

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Albany Charities Find It Hard to Tap Influx of Wealth

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10/03/2017

... this region’s population, according to the Pew Research Center . Tracy Pitcher, executive director of the St. Paul’s Center for homeless mothers and their children, says you can ...

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Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $24 Million in Research Grants

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02/28/2019

... a hundred and twenty-seven grants totaling $24 million in support of research focused on defining, measuring, and treating Parkinson's disease. In support of defining and understanding the causes of .....

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29 Sep 2015

Preparing CBOs to Participate in the New Health Safety Net

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:30am

... providers and an ever wider range of community-based care, support , and social service providers. Although many of these ... or modified program services? Are there examples health Center /social service...

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Patients with Macular Degeneration Show Improvement with High-dose Statin Treatment (Research to Prevent Blindness)

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02/08/2016

... with AMD experience blurred vision or blindness in the center of the visual field. There are two forms of AMD: "wet" .....

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The Other 95 Percent: How Foundations Can Give All They’ve Got

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05/09/2016

Melissa Beck at the Educational Foundation of America says there are three reasons to divest: economics, ethics and alignment with grantmaking.

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Environment and Climate Change

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19 Oct 2016

School Integration in NYC (Part 2): Strategies for Change

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 -

10:00am to 12:30pm

... Norm Fruchter , Deputy Director, The Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of ...

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21 Nov 2016

Trump’s Presidency and the New Congress: What the Future Holds for Immigrants and Refugees - Webinar

Monday, November 21, 2016 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... local, state, and federal level What can be done now to support immigrants and refugees and the organizations that ... Hincapie, Executive Director, National Immigration Law Center Cristina Jimenez, Co-Founder...

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Leading By Example

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08/02/2017

... programs) with no less than 48 different PSOs, including: Center for Effective Philanthropy Communications Network ... racial justice. We know that we have many partners now to support Philanthropy New York’s...

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

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09/12/2017

... process remains unclear. The results from this study support this suggestion, as well as indicate that ... Professor of Ophthalmology and co-director of the AMD Center of Excellence at Harvard Medical School...

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04 Jun 2019

Stonewall 50: Lessons in Unerasing Underrepresented Histories

Tuesday, June 4, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... LGBTQ history, including the limited number of funders who support these efforts The need to invest in the growing ... , Assistant Professor, Head of Reference, The Graduate Center , CUNY and Co-Coordinator,...

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04 Mar 2020

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... Ryan Conroy , Director, Participant Engagement and Support Services, Center for Employment Opportunities Katy Gaul-Stigge , ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces $65 Million Investment in America’s Working Families

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02/25/2020

... quality of life. For example during the 2018 tax year, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities calculates that a ... of poverty. Previously, the Foundation provided financial support to the Economic...

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Sozosei Foundation Convenes Experts at Inaugural Summit to Decriminalize Mental Illness in the American Justice System

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01/08/2021

The Sozosei Foundation recently convened its inaugural summit on decriminalizing mental illness.

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