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Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign Makes Progress in El Paso

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08/04/2016

Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Sierra Club' s Beyond Coal Campaign Makes Progress in El Paso Since 2010, ... that embodies a tectonic shift across the country away from carbon-polluting coal to clean...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Partially Funded by Mertz Gilmore, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Announces 'World of Dance' Series

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08/05/2016

... regional, national, and international companies. This year' s lineup features the latest production from Buenos Aires tango company Estampas Porteñas, a .....

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Ford Foundation Paper Cited in Wired Article on the Future of Open Source Code

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08/11/2016

... and other talent. This code can be used by anyone— from companies to individuals—to write their own software. ...

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ASPCA Survey Finds Consumers Concerned About Farm Animal Welfare, but Confused by Food Labels

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08/12/2016

... stores is a bit like sitting down to read a children’ s storybook. Gleaming red barns jut out of green rolling ... and chickens graze in the shade of a tree, or eat feed from the hand of a farmer. Add a few...

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Food Systems

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MasterCard Makes Fortune List of Businesses Confronting World's Problems

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08/23/2016

... Makes Fortune List of Businesses Confronting World' s Problems More businesses are taking on society’ s biggest problems—and making money doing so. Here’ s our ... chosen for this year...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Doris Duke Supports Research on Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease

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09/07/2016

... damage in mice with sickle cell disease, researchers from Dana-Farber/Boston Children' s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center report today in .....

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Russell Sage President Says He Is Optimistic on Poverty and Income Issues

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09/14/2016

... economic recovery is finally providing relief to America' s long-running problem of stagnant middle-class incomes. The Census Bureau' s unexpectedly-rosy annual report on poverty and incomes, .....

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Westchester Community Foundation's Rossi Leads Brainstorming Session for Healthy Westchester

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09/30/2016

Westchester Community Foundation' s Rossi Leads Community Brainstorming Session For Healthy ... and networking at 7:45 a.m., followed by the program from 8:30-10:30 a.m. The program will be moderated by Laura...

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Supported by JPB Foundation, Scientists Identify Neurons Devoted to Social Memory

Release Date:

09/30/2016

... storing memories of other mice, according to a new study from MIT neuroscientists. These cells, found in a region of ... store “social memories” that help shape the mice’ s behavior toward each other. The...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Releases Report Preparing RNs for Enhanced Roles in Primary Care

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09/30/2016

... enhanced roles in primary care. The recommendations stem from a June 2016 Macy Conference that brought together more ... the potential for registered nurses to help meet today’ s urgent needs in primary care...

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Simons Foundations Awards Grants To UH Mānoa Mathematics Professors

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10/05/2016

... each awarded a collaboration grant for mathematicians from the Simons Foundation. These $35,000 five-year grants ... in the field of mathematics. The Simons Foundation’ s mission is to advance the frontiers of...

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See Designs for the New Statue of Liberty Museum

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10/07/2016

... significantly smaller museum that sits inside Lady Liberty' s pedestal — will be a freestanding space across from the iconic statue, made to blend into the nature of the .....

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NYSHealth Foundation Supports Study on Childhood Obesity and Fast-Food Combo Meals

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10/17/2016

... and Fast-Food Combo Meals A new survey of children’ s and teenagers’ eating habits at fast-food restaurants ... in “combo meal” packages. According to new research from the NYU Langone Medical Center, kids who...

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Pershing Square Supports Social Entrepreneurship and Mobile Healthcare

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10/19/2016

... However, they went on to secure philanthropic capital from high profile institutions such as Google.org, Y ...

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker Writes About the Privilege of Being Privileged

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10/20/2016

Ford Foundation' s Darren Walker Writes About the Privilege of Being ... people are concerned about privilege, of course, there’ s an obvious solution—just give it up: spend out your ... get involved in...

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Landlords Are Sitting on Empty Apartments in Affordable Buildings, says Official

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10/21/2016

... existing tenants and preventing those who need apartments from finding a place to live... Landlords Are Sitting on ...

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Housing and Homelessness

Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Funds British Artist's MoMA Exhibition

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10/24/2016

... Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Funds British Artist' s MoMA Exhibition MoMA PS1 will present the first comprehensive U. S . survey of the pioneering British artist Mark Leckey and ... on popular...

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With the End Near, Atlantic Makes a Big Move on Racial Justice

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11/01/2016

... on Racial Justice Race has been getting a lot of attention from funders lately, but Atlantic Philanthropies has been a ... racism had to be an imperative for funders. Atlantic' s longstanding commitment...