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Simons Foundation Supports Brain Scans That Identify If Baby Sibling Also Has Autism

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02/16/2017

... Also Has Autism By using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the brains of infants who have older siblings with autism, scientists were able to correctly identify 80 percent of the babies who would be...

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Village Capital And Metlife Foundation Announce Partnership

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03/17/2017

... MetLife Foundation , is launching a multi-year program to build the ecosystem for financial inclusion startups in ... a local entrepreneur support organization in each location to showcase a group of local...

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Open Society Foundations Hosts Artistic Activism: Connecting Social Activism and Artistic Practice

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04/07/2017

... Connecting Social Activism and Artistic Practice Over the years , social issue campaigners and activists have employed a variety of marketing and communications efforts to attract public interest to...

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NoVo Foundation to Unveil Plan to Help Girls of Color

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04/13/2017

NoVo Foundation to Unveil Plan to Help Girls of Color The New York City-based NoVo ... announce how its $90 million commitment over seven years will be carried out... NoVo Foundation to...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Reframes its Global Democratic Practice Grantmaking Portfolio

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04/25/2017

... the Fund commissioned an independent evaluation of six years of grantmaking work in our Democratic Practice—Global ...

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Simons Collaboration on Special Holonomy in Geometry, Analysis and Physics First Annual Meeting

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07/31/2017

The Simons Collaboration on Special Holonomy in Geometry, Analysis, and Physics will hold its first Annual Meeting at the Simons Foundation on September 14 & 15, 2017. Spaces with special holonomy are of intrinsic interest in both mathematics...

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New Law Requires NYPD to Get CPR Training

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08/30/2017

New Law Requires NYPD to Get CPR Training NYPD officers will be required to ... CPR training before joining the force and every two years after under a new law signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo...

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U.S. Seeks Decades in Prison for Ex-Rikers Guard in Fatal Beating

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09/12/2017

U. S . Seeks Decades in Prison for Ex-Rikers Guard in Fatal Beating Federal prosecutors on Monday asked a judge to sentence a former correction officer on Rikers Island to nearly 30 years...

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Backs the Bernie Sanders 'Medicare For All' Bill

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09/13/2017

... For All' Bill Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has signed on to the “Medicare for All” plan, making her the latest potential presidential candidate to get behind the bill. The bill crafted by Vermont Sen. Bernie...

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As Wealthy Millennials Take Control Of Family Fortunes, Impact Investing Is Set For A Big Boost

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09/18/2017

... Impact Investing Is Set For A Big Boost The world’ s richest families are increasingly investing their money in good causes, giving a boost to the growing, if still challenged, impact investing space. ... that...

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More Nonprofits Are Running Their Own Crowdfunding Drives

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09/26/2017

... Drives Fundraisers at the Holocaust Museum in the nation’ s capital are watching their donors age in real time. When ... United States Holocaust Memorial Museum opened nearly 25 years ago, the average age of...

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Mark Zuckerberg Clashed With Facebook Execs Over Letting Employees Work On His Philanthropy

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10/02/2017

... His Philanthropy Mark Zuckerberg wanted Facebook employees to work on projects for his philanthropic fund, The Chan ... year after opposition from senior executives. Zuckerberg' s desire for his two...

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Johnson & Johnson Vision and American Academy of Optometry Foundation Announce 2017 Scholarship Recipients

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11/03/2017

... Scholarship recipients. This award is bestowed annually to a second or third year optometry student who best ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Recognizes Kimberly Clark for Energy and Climate Leadership

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03/02/2018

... Gas Management (Goal Setting) category, the company' s second Climate Leadership Award in two years . The Climate Leadership Award is presented by the .....

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Obituary: Rachel Cowan, Former Nathan Cummings Foundation Official

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09/07/2018

... Rabbi Rachel Cowan, a Mayflower descendant who converted to Judaism and became a prominent innovator in three ... 77. The cause was brain cancer, her family said. For 14 years she was program director for...

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Macquarie Group Launches $A50 Million Philanthropic Initiative

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09/21/2018

... Award, a $A50 million ($36.3 million) initiative to support bold ideas that address societal needs around the ... will each receive $A10 million ($7.3 million) over five years to develop or...

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Simons Foundation Accepting Applications for its Simons Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards

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09/23/2021

... the base of the food web. The purpose of these awards is to help launch the careers of outstanding investigators in ... position for at least one year and no more than eight years (start date of first...

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