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Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to Explore New Approaches to Data Mining

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08/01/2016

... The same goes for identifying an extinct ape from a single fossilized tooth, or telling an original van Gogh from a fake. But in recent years, applied mathematician ...

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Commonwealth Fund Brief Explains ACA’s Effect on Out-of-Pocket Cost-Sharing, Spending on Premiums

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09/13/2016

... through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is protection from high out-of-pocket health spending. While Medicaid ... to comply with the law’s individual mandate also protect from high health spending.....

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Supports Group to Register Dominican-American Political Power

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10/06/2016

... The non-profit group Dominicanos USA got initial funding from the Vicini family, wealthy Dominican sugar tycoons. But ... new funders in the last year, including other businesses from the Dominican Republic...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Picks 20 Nonprofits for 2016 Spark Prize

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10/12/2016

... civic, business, and neighborhood leaders all hailing from Brooklyn chose the 20 finalists from a highly competitive pool of 150 applicants... Brooklyn ...

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William T. Grant Foundation Supports Study Examining Student Involvement in Racial Justice Movements

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10/14/2016

... A new study, funded by the William T. Grant Foundation, from North Carolina State University, the University of ... and that what drives Black students to engage is different from what drives Latino students...

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Coalition Rallies against Cuomo’s Proposed Nuclear Plant Subsidies

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10/28/2016

... subsidize three upstate nuclear plants with $7.7 billion from electric ratepayers over the next 12 years. A small group of leaders from the groups made their case against the so-called Cuomo ...

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East Harlem Gets $10K Grant to Preserve Nation's First Little Italy

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11/11/2016

... Avenue area in East Harlem got a $10,000 grant Thursday from the The New York State Council on the Arts and the ... it housed the largest concentration of Italian immigrants from the 1800s to the 1970s... East...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Americans Cost Barrier Decreasing, But More Improvement Needed

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11/17/2016

... Cost Barrier Decreasing, But More Improvement Needed From The Commonwealth Fund: A new survey of adults in the ... sick, or get recommended care because of the cost, down from 37 percent in 2013 (Exhibit 1)...

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Three Red Hook Nonprofits Are Finalists in Inaugural Brooklyn Community Foundation SPARK Prize

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11/28/2016

... Seventeen ae Brooklyn-based organizations, including three from Red Hook: Dance Theater Etcetera (DTE); Red Hook ... $100,000 will be awarded to five of the chosen finalists from the Brooklyn Community...

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Health Foundation for Western and Central New York Names New President

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01/25/2017

... and Central New York has recruited a new president from a Manhattan-based foundation. Nora OBrien-Suric will join the foundation in February from the John A. Hartford Foundation, a $565 million ...

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Simons Foundation Releases Statement on Executive Order on Visas and Immigration

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02/14/2017

... order on visas and immigration to the United States from seven Middle Eastern countries. The world, and most notably our nation, has benefited greatly from the free flow of people and ideas across national ...

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Rita Allen Teams Up With Knight Foundation to Combat Misinformation

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03/13/2017

... Allen Foundation, Knight seeks ideas on “topics ranging from , but not limited to, the role of algorithms in news consumption, methods for separating facts from fiction, building bridges across ideological...

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Mellon Foundation Supports Digitization Project for the American Numismatic Society’s Back List of Monographs

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04/17/2017

... Society’s back list of monographs has gained funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The financial support jointly from the National Endowment for the Humanities-Mellon ...

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MCC Signs $500M Compact with Nepal to Improve Power and Roads

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09/15/2017

... has been years in the making, also includes a commitment from the government of Nepal to contribute $130 million of ... funds toward the project, the largest upfront contribution from any compact country.....

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

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10/02/2017

... to abandon the idea early last year after opposition from senior executives. Zuckerberg's desire for his two ... network's board of directors, according to court documents from a recent lawsuit...

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Harlem's Black Churches Cash in on Gentrification

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10/10/2017

... Churches are losing members but gaining profits from gentrification. Nearly two dozen churches have either ... high maintenance costs and the lure of millions of dollars from developers ready to buy in Harlem...

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Philanthropy New York Welcomes New Office and Conference Manager, Angela Romualdez

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05/08/2019

... her professional growth. Angela has BA in Theater Arts from the University of the Philippines and an MA in Arts Administration and Cultural Policy from Goldsmiths, University of London. Philanthropy New ...

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Independent Sector’s 33 Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice

... 9. Board Meetings 10. Board Size and Structure 11 . Board Diversity 12. Board Independence 13. CEO Evaluation ... 2015 Date of official approval by Board of Directors: June 11 , 2015 Independent Sector’s 33...

NYSHealth Funding Opportunity: Sponsoring Conference Participation in Support of Healthy Communities, Consumer Empowerment, and Veterans' Health

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02/06/2019

Funding is now available through a New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) Request for Proposals (RFP): Sponsoring Conference Participation in Support of Healthy Communities, Consumer Empowerment, and Veterans' Health.

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Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings

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12/09/2015

... career path. After earning a master’s in public policy from Georgetown and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he was ... that Washington couldn’t protect...

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