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Rita Allen Foundation

16 Jun 2016

Making Big Bets for Big Results - Webinar

Thursday, June 16, 2016 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... and family foundation staff and trustees only.* Bridgespan research reveals that 80% of the biggest donors aim for ... with their giving, yet only 20% of the biggest gifts (for research purposes, identified at...

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28 Feb 2017

BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium XI: Driving Mission Through Changing Times

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 -

8:00am to 12:00pm

Join the Education and Research Foundation of the Better Business Bureau of ... email cbowers@newyork.bbb.org at BBB Education and Research Foundation with any questions. In Partnership With ...

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Simons Foundation Sponsors "The Eternal Sky," A Short Film about Building the Simons Observatory

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03/09/2017

... the new Simons Observatory, located next to several other research facilities in the area. In fact, two previously ...

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With Support from the Arcus Foundation, Study of Transgender Preschoolers Assesses Preferences and Identity

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04/25/2017

... identity and social category to emerge in development, research suggests, and acquiring knowledge about one's gender .....

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New Milbank-Supported Report: The Impact of Primary Care Practice Transformation on Cost, Quality, and Utilization

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07/11/2017

... on Cost, Quality, and Utilization,” that assesses recent research on the effects of the patient-centered medical home ...

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Milbank Memorial Fund

Alcohol Abuse Is Rising Among Older Adults

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09/15/2017

Epidemiologists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism last month reported a jarring trend: Problem drinking is rising fast among older Americans.

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Young Invincibles’ Jen Mishory & Skadden Fellow Yan Cao have joined The Century Foundation

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10/04/2017

... of maximizing the impact of the organization’s policy research . “Jen Mishory’s record is unmatched when it ...

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Samuel H. Kress Foundation

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The Samuel H. Kress Foundation Is Seeking Applications For Its Conservation Grants Program

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11/01/2017

... conferences, symposia, consultations, the presentation of research , exhibitions that include a prominent focus on ... practice of art conservation, including conservation research , scholarly publications,...

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21 Mar 2018

Advancing Economic Opportunity for Immigrants and Refuge - A Webinar Hosted by AFN & GCIR

Wednesday, March 21, 2018 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... financial stability. Explore Key findings from recent research The unique role funders can play in advancing ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Publishes Results of Largest Survey of American Mayors

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04/05/2018

... administration has gotten worse over the past year. The research also provides a deep examination of how local ... The 2018 American Mayors Survey builds on existing research and reveals the issues and...

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A Look At The Building Bridges Program, Funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

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04/10/2018

... wellness for children as well as environmental and medical research . Building Bridges exists, to quote its website, ...

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Supported by The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New Report Finds Even Light Drinking Increases Risk of Death

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10/03/2018

... Oct. 3 in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research . "It used to seem like having one or two drinks per .....

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Simons and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations Fund Study That Reveals How the Brain Overcomes Its Own Limitations

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10/24/2018

... Sciences, a member of MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research , and the senior author of the study. This strategy ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Rockefeller Foundation Establishes Atlas AI - New Startup to Generate Actionable Intelligence on Global Development Challenges

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02/11/2019

... methods are backed by rigorously peer reviewed scientific research . “Atlas AI is an innovative model for translating the best research thinking into products and services that accelerate ...

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Carnegie Corporation Supported Report Finds America's $23 Billion School Funding Gap

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02/26/2019

It was nearly three decades ago when the New Jersey Supreme Court found the state’s school funding formula shortchanged its poorest students, and lawmakers directed more money to districts serving large shares of low-income children. Now, a new...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Grant to Stanford University Press Digital Publishing Initiative

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07/08/2019

... Foundation. Modeling how humanistic and social science research is presented and disseminated online, the Stanford ... academic considerations and evaluations of 21st-century research . The Phase 2 grant also...

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Next Antibiotic May Come From Dirt Bacteria, Work Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds

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08/02/2019

New insight about a broad spectrum antibiotic agent, obafluorin, made from a fluorescent strain of soil bacteria might offer a powerful antidote to antibiotic resistance, researchers say.

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Sarah Lawrence Center for the Urban River at Beczak Receives Grant from Westchester Community Foundation to Expand Saw Mill River Restoration Efforts

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12/16/2019

... the river five years ago. In that time, Palmer says the research found consistently high levels of fecal bacteria. ... $35,000 grant to expand those efforts in 2020. He says the research has also attracted...

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Open Society University Network Launches to Transform Higher Education

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01/23/2020

... University Network (OSUN) . It will integrate teaching and research across higher education institutions worldwide. It ... in the classroom, sharing faculty and conducting joint research projects in which...

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