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How She Leads: Paula Luff, Hess Corporation

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11/06/2014

... Corporation seven years ago as its first Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility, Paula Luff has seen the ... company to a pure exploration and production company. In 2013 , Hess...

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Coalition to Support Grieving Students Launches GrievingStudents.org

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01/13/2015

... designed to empower educators and school professionals in their efforts to support grieving students. The Coalition to Support Grieving Students, convened in 2013 by the New York Life...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Alfred P. Sloan and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding

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03/17/2015

... P. Sloan and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding An ambitious funding drive aims to funnel a billion dollars of private donor money into basic scientific pursuits over ... behind...

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Nadia Alia Appointed Manager, Grants and Communications at The Tow Foundation

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04/20/2015

... Nadia Alia has been promoted to a newly created position of Manager, Grants and Communications at The Tow Foundation. She joined The Foundation in 2013 as grants manager. She will continue...

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Verizon Foundation-Funded Research Cited as Basis for Beyond the Bruises Campaign

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05/27/2015

... (SWHR (R)), a national non-profit and thought leader in research on sex differences in health and disease, today ... and celebrities in bringing awareness to the effects of...

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Gender Justice

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Rockefeller Foundation Commits $64 Million to 100 Resilient Cities

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07/29/2015

... Foundation has announced an additional commitment of $64 million to the 100 Resilient Cities network and the ... leadership and commitment to the 100RC initiative. Since 2013 , sixty-seven cities have been...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Disaster Relief

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The Nation Asks if Child Protective Services Has Gone Too Far

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10/05/2015

... Child Protective Services Has Gone Too Far On July 29, 2013 , a Latina mother in Illinois named Natasha Felix sent her three sons, ages 11, ... hotline, and Felix received a visit from the Department ...

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EPIP Welcomes Tamir Novotny as Incoming Executive Director

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10/27/2015

... as Incoming Executive Director Emerging Practicioners in Philanthropy (EPIP) is delighted to announce that Tamir ... "I could not be more thrilled to be the next steward of EPIP. As a member of...

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New York Community Trust Says Workers Need Better Platforms for Choosing Benefits

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10/28/2015

... imagine trying to figure it out if all the information was in another language. That is exactly what happens to millions of Spanish-speaking workers and their families in the United ... them...

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The New York Community Trust

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NY Observer Highlights Many PNY Members as Area’s Most Generous Companies

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10/28/2015

... companies. The 10 most generous large companies in the Tri-State area produce everything from cancer drugs to ... institutions and pharmaceutical companies make up the bulk of the list, which also includes a...

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Pershing Square Awards $5.4 Million to Oxford MBA Scholarship Program

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02/16/2016

... Square Foundation has announced a supplemental gift of £3.7 million ($5.4 million) gift to the Oxford Pershing ... of Oxford's Saïd Business School. Established in 2013...

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Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth

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09/30/2016

Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban ... on Low-Income Urban Youth (109 pages, PDF), found that in five urban districts participating in...

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Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?

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12/09/2016

Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students? It’s been said that a budget is a statement of policy, the surest way to determine the values and ... has tripled to about 2.2 million...

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Commonwealth Fund Issues Brief on the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access

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05/08/2017

Commonwealth Fund Issues Brief on the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access One of the ... Among its reforms, the ACA expanded Medicaid coverage in participating states to all...

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The Army Infantry’s First Women

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05/26/2017

... Women The Army has sought to play down the significance of the mixed-gender milestone. But female grunts see it as ... almost impossible to distinguish the mixed-gender squads in the steamy woods from those...

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Gender Justice

Mastercard's Big Data For Good Initiative: Data Philanthropy On The Front Lines

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08/10/2017

... been written about big data initiatives and the efforts of market leaders to derive critical business insights ... Mastercard, which describes itself as a technology company in the payments industry, which...

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Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change

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08/21/2017

Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change The patriarch of the Simons clan is best known for his math chops and ... with the family’s philanthropic legacy lately, albeit in a different direction. We’...

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Should Kids Be Sedated for Dental Work?

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08/30/2017

Should Kids Be Sedated for Dental Work? In dental offices nationwide, children who need cavities ... But in rare cases, children fall into a much deeper level of sedation than intended. If they...

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