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The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Support From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Continues College Access and Success Program of American Indian College Fund

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05/02/2019

Native American and Alaska Native students are in a college-going and completion crisis.

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Children, Youth and Families

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The David Rockefeller Fund

Ford, J.M.Kaplan, Teagle and David Rockefeller Fund All Working to Bring College Into Prison

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10/30/2017

... the inequities of who goes to jail in the first place. But improving the life prospects of those already in the system ...

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Justice Reform

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$4 Million From Ford, Mellon, and Alice Walton Fund Goes to Promote Diversity on Museum Boards

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01/15/2019

A board-member matching service to identify and train candidates of color — and assess groups’ readiness to engage people of different backgrounds — will be key to change.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Increases Investment in Funding Prison Education and Re-entry Programs

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06/13/2019

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Increases Investment in Funding Prison Education and Re-entry Programs NEW YORK, June ... Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Increases Investment in Funding Prison Education and Re-entry...

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Justice Reform

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New York Women’s Foundation Receives 2017 Leadership in Equity and Diversity Award from The Women’s Funding Network

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09/07/2017

... in Equity and Diversity Award from The Women’s Funding Network The New York Women’s Foundation is a 2017 ... similar programs. Young Women’s Initiatives leverage new resources as well as expertise, to ensure...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Gender Justice

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The New York Women's Foundation

Chief Of 100 Resilient Cities, A Rockefeller Funded Program, On How Cities Can Tackle Climate Change

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07/25/2017

Nearly five years after Hurricane Sandy hit New York to devastating effect, America’s most populated city is still rebuilding in some areas — and, with an office of recovery and resiliency and a city-wide strategy — is looking ahead to how best to...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

With Support from The Andrus Family Fund, Firelight’s Impact Producer Fellowship Announces 2018 Cohort

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06/21/2018

... stories being told of diverse communities, and ensure the strategies to disseminate those films are sophisticated ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Arts

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Andrus Family Fund

David Rockefeller Fund announces Lourdes J. Rodriguez, Dr.PH as Chief Executive Officer

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09/21/2022

... to the arts. We are ideally situated to do this as part of our organizational journey; this is the next logical ...

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Ford, Hilton Foundation, and JPB Foundation Join others in Collaborative Fund to Address Housing Instability

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02/23/2018

... wage and working 40 hours per week afford to rent a basic two -bedroom apartment, even in states where the minimum wage ...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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Housing and Homelessness

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Freedom Together Foundation

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

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06/20/2019

... by Communities and Educators (PLACE) is supported by a two -year, $800,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ...

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Civic Engagement

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Big Names, Big Funding: Why Are MIT and IBM Joining Forces on AI Research?

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09/14/2017

Big Names, Big Funding : Why Are MIT and IBM Joining Forces on AI Research? ... but we’re seeing a lot of them crop up these days due in part to struggles for funding , with AI in particular...

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IBM Corporation

Social Innovation Fund Awards $11.3 Million Grant to LISC to Expand Education, Career Services for Low-Income Individuals

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08/04/2015

... Career Services for Low-Income Individuals As part of a vigorous new effort to help jobless Americans ... of strong public-private partnerships-noting that national funding for the network comes not just from...

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Simons Foundation Funded Research Finds That Neural ‘Tug-Of-War’ May Explain Fragile X Learning Issues

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01/24/2018

... says. The study focuses on the hippocampus—the part of the brain crucial for memory, especially about space, ...

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The Simons Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and National Science Foundation Fund Creation of Battery-Free HD Video Streaming Technology

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04/27/2018

Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a new HD video streaming method that doesn’t need to be plugged in. Their prototype skips the power-hungry parts and has something else, like a smartphone, process the video instead.

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Technology

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

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

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08/02/2019

... structure of the enzyme that makes obafluorin. A multi- part enzyme called a nonribosomal peptide synthetase produces ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Health

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The Rockefeller Brothers Fund: A 19th Century Fortune Tackles 21st Century Problems

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05/17/2017

RBF made headlines a few years ago by announcing plans to divest from fossil fuels. What's the update on the fund’s divestment process and RBF’s mission-aligned investing?

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William T. Grant-Funded Study Explores Effect of Financial Distress on Academically Prepared Minority Students

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09/10/2015

... after enrolling in college without adequate financial resources . “Students were surveyed in the fall, winter ...

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Economic Security

William T. Grant Foundation

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Report Funded by Stavros Niarchos Foundation Shows Many Aging NYC Parks Have Infrastructure Problems

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06/26/2018

The 53-page report, released by the Center for an Urban Future, found that the average NYC park is 73 years old. (The oldest parks in each borough are Bowling Green in Manhattan, Commodore Bark Park in Brooklyn, Drew Playground in the Bronx, Daniel...

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