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Markle Foundation-Backed Online Tools Seek to Help Close the Employment Skills Gap

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07/10/2017

Markle Foundation-Backed Online Tools Seek to Help Close the Employment Skills Gap Last year, the ... bets from philanthropy could have major impact. It’ s not hard to see why. As Microsoft...

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Research Funded By The Commonwealth Fund Shows Overdose Risk Quintuples With Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use

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06/22/2018

... of opioid-related overdose increases five-fold compared to opioid-only use among Medicare recipients, according to a ... of Pharmacy, published today in JAMA Network Open. The U. S . Centers...

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Jonas Family Fund Strives to Eliminate Children’s Blindness

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01/10/2017

Jonas Family Fund Strives to Eliminate Children’ s Blindness The project will, among ... at New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’ s Hospital . “It’ s very tough losing...

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New Research Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds New Biomarker for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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01/29/2019

New Research Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds New Biomarker for Age-Related ... adults with normal macular health and early AMD. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , AMD is...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $3.9 Million to Oxford University

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05/12/2019

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $3.9 Million to Oxford University The University of Oxford has announced a ... at Oxford. In addition, SNF will provide support over two years for the transformation and...

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28 May 2013

Community Food Funders Breakfast Series on Risk and Resiliency in the Food System: Fostering Equity and Adaptation in a Post-Sandy World

Tuesday, May 28, 2013 -

8:30am to 10:00am

... by recent storms, floods, and droughts. We invite you to join Community Food Funders, farmers, community leaders, ... Irene and Sandy on our food system, and strategies to increase resiliency on regional farms...

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Mellon Mays Fellow Discusses New Book About an Enslaved Woman’s Escape from Nation's First President

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03/08/2017

... Mays Fellow Discusses New Book About an Enslaved Woman’ s Escape from Nation' s First President Erica Dunbar is considered one of the ... the Philadelphia home of the nation’ s first...

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Are Artists the New Interpreters of Scientific Innovation?

Release Date:

09/13/2017

... Hampshire, and of the Skowhegan School, in Maine. There’ s the Rome Prize fellowship, at the city’ s American Academy, and Donald Judd’ s Chinati Foundation, in Marfa. To be...

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Obesity Was Rising as Ghana Embraced Fast Food. Then Came KFC.

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10/02/2017

... Daniel Awaitey enrolled in computer courses, dropped out to work in a hotel, then settled into a well-paying job in ... met on a dating website. So he had reasons and the means to celebrate his 27th birthday...

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Toshiba America Foundation Announces $110,000 for 11 Innovative Classroom STEM Projects

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01/16/2018

... in grades 6-12. Among these are grants for students to learn and to address community issues such as air pollution, water & ... quality, and combatting homelessness – all novel ways to...

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20 Oct 2022

From Cautious to Courageous: How Foundations Can Step up Advocacy & Invest in Change (Session 2 of 2)

Thursday, October 20, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... need for stricter gun control policies, and cruel efforts to harm trans people and walk back LGBTQ+ protections. These ... between 501(c)(3) public charities and 501(c)(4) s How 501(c)(3) s...

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Barnard Receives Mellon Grant for Digital Access Initiative

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07/09/2014

... Real Place + Digital Access. Over the next four years , this program will allow Barnard faculty to collaborate with curators, archivists, and collection ... the International Center of Photography (ICP),...

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21 Oct 2013

Sandy Bus Tour Site Visit – The Rockaways and Long Beach, L.I.

Monday, October 21, 2013 -

9:00am to 5:00pm

What Funders Can Expect from Participation A bird’ s eye view of two communities deeply impacted by Sandy — ... and other groups undertook that funders can support to make these communities more resilient long-...

Sixteen Major Donors and Foundations, Including the Ford Foundation, Commit Unprecendented $156 Million to Support Black, Latinx, Asian and Indigenous Arts Organizations

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09/24/2020

... the Ford Foundation, Commit Unprecendented $156 Million to Support Black, Latinx, Asian and Indigenous Arts ... and regional initiative to recognize “America’ s Cultural Treasures.” Together...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Encourages Donors to Give Where They Live with $100,000 Match

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11/20/2017

Brooklyn Community Foundation Encourages Donors to Give Where They Live with $100,000 Match Brooklyn is setting out to prove that it’ s New York City’ s most generous borough...

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Rockefeller Foundation Appears Set to End 100 Resilient Cities Program

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04/01/2019

Rockefeller Foundation Appears Set to End 100 Resilient Cities Program The Rockefeller ... according to people familiar with the foundation' s plans, Bloomberg reports. Launched in 2013 as...

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Recording: Deciding NYC's Future: The Latest Charter Revision Commission and November Referendum

Deciding NYC' s Future: The Latest Charter Revision Commission and November Referendum The NYC Charter serves as the city' s constitution, outlining the powers and structure of its ... often...

10 Feb 2016

Put Your Foundation on the Impact Investing Map

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Impact Investing Tools Are Right for Your Foundation’ s Mission? Missed this session? View materials and ... what exactly are foundations doing when it comes to impact investing? What' s...

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Bloomberg Lured Donors for New York Programs

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11/29/2013

According to a report commissioned by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the ... in noncity financing for NYC programs over the past 12 years . (Ford Foundation President Darren Walker is also ... for tapping his own...

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Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare Passes Halfway Mark to Prepare 1,000 Faculty and Clinical Leaders by 2020

Release Date:

02/05/2014

... Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, the nation’ s leading philanthropic funder of graduate nursing education , today announced a significant milestone: it has ... in professional registered nurse...

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