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Funding From the Leon Levy Foundation Finds That Artificial Light Makes Birds Fly Into Buildings at Night

Release Date:

04/05/2019

Funding From the Leon Levy Foundation Finds That Artificial ... more birds collided with the convention center and died... Funding From the Leon Levy Foundation Finds That Artificial ...

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Animal Welfare

Environment and Climate Change

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Leon Levy Foundation

Research Funded by Simons Foundation Finds New Causes of Autism Found in 'Junk' DNA

Release Date:

05/27/2019

The neurodevelopmental condition can result from mutations in the noncoding regions of the human genome, new research demonstrates for the first time.

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Elon University Joins Multi-campus Collaborative Initiative Funded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Release Date:

06/20/2019

Elon University has been selected to participate in a collaborative, community-based humanities and civic engagement initiative launched by the Bringing Theory to Practice project.

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Civic Engagement

Community Development

Education

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Mellon Foundation

Initial Funding From Ford Foundation, New York Community Trust Supports New Council on Criminal Justice

Release Date:

07/23/2019

Initial Funding From Ford Foundation, New York Community Trust ... or former posts at all levels of government... Initial Funding From Ford Foundation, New York Community Trust ...

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Justice Reform

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The New York Community Trust

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

Release Date:

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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Health

Science

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Largest-Ever Study of Coral Communities Unlocks Global Solution to Save Reefs, Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies' Vibrant Oceans Initiative

Release Date:

08/12/2019

More than 80 marine scientists join together to identify key social-environmental pressures and human impacts on coral reefs. More than 2,500 reef systems across 44 countries were analyzed.

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Environment and Climate Change

Science

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Research Funded by Russell Sage Foundation Shows Great Recession Still Plagues Workers With Lower Lifetime Wages

Release Date:

03/13/2018

The researchers found that workers displaced in Washington during the Great Recession suffered earnings losses similar to those in Pennsylvania during the 1980s, in Connecticut during 2000-2001, and in the United States nationally between 1980 and...

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Economic Security

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01 May 2023

Elevating and Preserving Black, Indigenous, and Immigrant Foodways through Arts and Humanities Funding - A Briefing Hosted by Community Food Funders

Monday, May 1, 2023 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

... Descriptions and examples of what arts and humanities food funding can look like at different kinds of institutions and ... and Immigrant Foodways through Arts and Humanities Funding - A Briefing Hosted by...

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Issue-Based

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Panel

Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Food Systems

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

14 Jul 2015

Using Advocacy to Support Mission: What Your Foundation Can and Can’t Do, Can and Can’t Fund

Tuesday, July 14, 2015 -

2:45pm to 4:30pm

... — and what's licit and what's not — about using or funding advocacy to further your foundation’s work. Join us .....

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Location

New York City

30 Apr 2021

Lessons for Funders on Movement-Building: The Four Freedoms Fund and Immigrant Justice - A Webinar Hosted by Carnegie Corporation of New York

Friday, April 30, 2021 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Join Carnegie Corporation of New York in releasing a new report that profiles the Four Freedoms Fund (FFF) and explores its successes and challenges in building a nationwide movement for immigrant justice.

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Immigration

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Finding the Right Balance: Thoughts on Advocacy and Direct Service Funding from Ashley Blanchard

Release Date:

07/09/2010

... the Right Balance: Thoughts on Advocacy and Direct Service Funding from Ashley Blanchard ...

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Insights

Topic(s)

Legal Issues

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Philanthropy New York

TCC Group

Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Suggests New Way of Preventing Diabetes-Associated Blindness

Release Date:

05/26/2015

In people with diabetic retinopathy, growth of abnormal, leaky, fragile blood vessels in the eye can cause proliferative diabetic retinopathy, which can lead to permanent blindness.