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Q & A with Anisa Kamadoli Costa, President of Tiffany & Co. Foundation, about Sustainability Initiatives and Goals

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01/04/2016

... based around the SDGs Ethical Corporation: What’ s your current role and what are your responsibilities? Anisa Kamadoli ... by partnering with NGOs, investors and our employees in setting...

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Hilton, Tow, Surdna and Edna McConnell Clark Noted as Important Funders for Foster Youth

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01/08/2016

... all the help they can get. Many foundations recognize the role that philanthropy can play in creating better outcomes for these vulnerable youth, and ... are funding programs and projects in...

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Children, Youth and Families

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NoVo and Arcus Foundations Noted for Taking A Stand In Social Movements

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03/17/2016

NoVo and Arcus Foundations Noted for Taking A Stand In Social Movements Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat ... very big checks. So, in late 2015, when Jon Stryker’ s Arcus Foundation and...

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Ford Foundation Appoints John Irons as Director of Inclusive Economies

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05/19/2016

... of John Ironsas director of Inclusive Economies. In this role he will oversee two lines of work: 'Quality Work ... 'Impact Investing.' As director, he will advance Ford' s...

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NY Community Trust Announces Three Staff Promotions to Program Director

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07/28/2016

... is responsible for our Health and Behavioral Health grants in our Healthy Lives area; Kerry McCarthy covers Arts and ... and the Global Fund for Women. Michele has a bachelor’ s degree from Brown in...

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The New York Community Trust

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Suzette Hunte Joins United Way of New York City as Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives

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09/08/2016

... thought partner to the President and play a critical role in the design, coordination and implementation of the President' s initiatives, both internally and externally, at UWNYC. A .....

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United Way of New York City

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Simons-Supported Research Shows Link Between Non-Coded Portions of Genome and Cancer

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09/28/2016

... RNA is actually functional? And does it play a role in disease? A team of scientists at Cold Spring Harbor ... RNAs to find those that were expressed at high levels in two types of aggressive...

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Weinberg Foundation Announces New Chief Financial Officer

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03/20/2017

... Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, has named Craig Mellendick as the ... executed by Barry I. Schloss, who concluded his role as the CFO for the Foundation, but continues...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative

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04/04/2017

Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation' s SPARK Initiative Autism has a strong genetic component. To ... 50 genes have been identified that almost certainly play a role in...

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Supported by Capital One, Bloomberg and Other Funders, Apache Recognizes Innovations Integral to Panama Papers Investigation

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04/17/2017

... Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today the role played by several Apache projects in the investigation of the Panama Papers. Established in ... Source projects, including...

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Four Scientists Named 2017 Simons Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution

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05/12/2017

... Scientists Named 2017 Simons Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution The Simons ... four scientists as 2017 Simons Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and...

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A New MIT-Led Simons Foundation Collaboration Aims to Understand Basic Principles and Laws of Microbial Ecosystems

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05/30/2017

... Laws of Microbial Ecosystems Model microorganisms grown in pure cultures have been the basis of biological research ... and almost everything you will find has been discovered in yeast or E. coli lab cultures...

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Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students

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06/28/2017

... the odds that the students would pursue college tracks in school, according to Stanford scholars. The study, which ... to advanced courses,” said J. Parker Goyer, the study’ s lead author and post-doctoral...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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To Improve Global Health, Bloomberg Looks to Cities to Lead

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07/05/2017

... Bloomberg Looks to Cities to Lead One of Michael Bloomberg' s main contributions to the global fight against climate ... emissions. Bloomberg not only made New York City a leader in this area as mayor,...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Sees Urban Change Via Google Street View

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07/06/2017

... study urban environments - with an assist from Google. In joint work with Edward L. Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor ... at the MIT Media Lab, Kominers, an Associate Professor in the Entrepreneurial Management...

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Sarah Eagle Heart to Receive 2017 American Express NGen Leadership Award

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07/26/2017

... Sarah Eagle Heart, Oglala Lakota, CEO of Native Americans in Philanthropy is the recipient of the 2017 American Express ... demonstrated significant impact in addressing society’ s critical...

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The Blaustein Foundation Focuses on Mental Health Diversion

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07/28/2017

... officers with social workers on calls that involve people in the throes of a mental health crisis in an effort to calm situations that can easily move from ... intervention training, but a report last summer...

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