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New Discoveries on Dark Matter from Sloan-Sponsored Scientists

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07/15/2016

... this week the sharpest results yet on the properties of dark energy. A team of hundreds of physicists and astronomers have ... “We have spent five years collecting...

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Bloomberg's Henning Explains Why Understanding Death Leads to Better Health

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08/23/2016

Bloomberg' s Henning Explains Why Understanding Death Leads to Better ... Health Last week the World Health Organization announced a new partner in its effort to combat noncommunicable ... the foundation he...

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Anthony Bourdain and Rockefeller Foundation Partner On Food Waste Documentary

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11/01/2016

... Zero Point Zero Production, the team behind Bourdain' s PBS series "The Mind of a Chef," will also be a partner on ... grim numbers that show how much food is...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Weinberg Foundation Makes New Commitment to Military Members and Their Families

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11/16/2016

... Gathering. This program celebrates the Weinberg Foundation' s mission, partnerships, and accomplishments of the past year . "The Weinberg Foundation will award up to $ 2...

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Rockefeller's Judith Rodin Joins Conversation on Innovative Finance, New Investment Tools and Climate Change

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12/08/2016

Rockefeller' s Judith Rodin Joins Conversation on Innovative Finance, New ... investment in renewable energy worldwide surpassed that of fossil fuels last year . That economic transformation...

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Stonewall Community Foundation Is Key Funder of Trans and Queer Storytelling

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12/09/2016

... of Trans and Queer Storytelling Time magazine declared a “transgender tipping point” in 2014 when it featured ... and playing them remain predominantly cisgender. There’ s been increasing...

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Stonewall Community Foundation

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COO Sharon Ullman Named Acting Executive Director of Rauschenberg Foundation

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01/10/2017

COO Sharon Ullman Named Acting Executive Director of Rauschenberg Foundation Sharon Ullman has been named ... has led the Foundation staff since 2010, will be taking a position at Sotheby' s...

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

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With Support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Fossil Hunters Discover New Primate Species

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02/28/2017

... Species Fossil hunters have found part of an ancient primate jawbone related to lemurs — the ... group distantly connected to monkeys, apes and humans, a USC researcher said. Biren Patel, an associate...

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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 date, approximately 50 genes ... with autism and their families. Launched...

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Supported by JPB Foundation, Harvard Study Finds Illinois Soda Tax Could Cut Health Costs, Raise $561 Million in Revenue Annually

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04/26/2017

... Cut Health Costs, Raise $561 Million in Revenue Annually A penny-per-ounce state tax on sugar-sweetened beverages could raise $561 million a year in new revenue for Illinois, while also...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Bloomberg Writes on His Philanthropy's Public Health Projects

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06/01/2017

Bloomberg Writes on His Philanthropy' s Public Health Projects Over recent years, without much media fanfare, something fascinating occurred, a reminder that for all the ways in which we seem to be ... in an...

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SeaChange Capital Partners Writes "Coming Back from Bankruptcy: How We Fixed Healing Arts Initiative"

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06/06/2017

... formerly Hospital Audiences Inc., declared bankruptcy a year ago, it was the last in a series of tragic events that ... was attacked to cover up the scam. But the...

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SeaChange Capital Partners

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Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen Foundation Does It

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06/14/2017

... most funders in favor of organizational grantees reflects a simple assumption. Organizations involve more people, and ... Princeton, New Jersey-based Rita Allen Foundation. The 40- year old...

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F.B. Heron: Charitable Giving Is Only a Small Part of What Foundations Do With Their Money

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06/30/2017

F.B. Heron: Charitable Giving Is Only a Small Part of What Foundations Do With Their Money ... sixth— of all the charitable giving that happens in the U. S . But some would argue...

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Sloan Foundation Among Funders of World’s Smallest Neutrino Detector That Found A Big Physics Fingerprint

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08/08/2017

Sloan Foundation Among Funders of World’ s Smallest Neutrino Detector That Found A Big Physics Fingerprint After more than a year of...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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A Golf Center Grows in Harlem

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08/28/2017

A Golf Center Grows in Harlem Two years ago, Juan Cortorreal ... from the Bronx High School of Science, one of the city’ s best teams. As his team’ s No. 1 man...

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Newman's Own Pops The Champagne - Salad Dressing - That Is

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08/30/2017

Newman' s Own Pops The Champagne - Salad Dressing - That Is Long ... and corporate social responsibility became common phrases, a joke between friends led Paul Newman to sell his homemade ... 10 states...

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