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Barbara and Donald Jonas Receive Honorary Doctorates from Frontier Nursing University

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08/01/2017

In honor of their extensive support and contributions to the advancement of nursing, Frontier Nursing University awarded honorary doctorate degrees to philanthropists Barbara and Donald Jonas.

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Mayor de Blasio Signs Sweeping Legislation to Curb Smoking, Tobacco Usage

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08/29/2017

... and tobacco control by: (1) raising the minimum prices for all tobacco products, including cigarettes, and imposing a new 10 percent local tax on tobacco products other than ... buildings to create a smoking...

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When a Company Is Making Money From the Opioid Crisis

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09/07/2017

... the opioid crisis has become one of the biggest, though it ’s been a problem since the early 2000s. Around then, ... we both knew. “He’s, like, the third one in the last 10 days,” she said. She’d had a relapse...

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IBM Joins With Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math

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09/14/2017

... elementary school teachers with targeted math resources for their kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms. Faced ... elementary school teachers have expressed a critical need for easy-to-use, well-designed...

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Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept

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09/18/2017

... shopping more convenient. Bodega has just wrapped up a 10 -month pilot in several Bay Area locations. Co-founder and ... the target of a large social media backlash, not only for what many consider to be a...

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How Nonprofit Programs Scale Up: Findings From The Wallace Foundation

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10/03/2017

... when one reads the phrase “getting to scale,” it feels a little bit like the nonprofit equivalent of reaching for the Holy Grail. Back in 2011, Casey Family Programs even ... to rapidly expand operations in...

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George Soros Transfers Billions to Open Society Foundations

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10/18/2017

... States, behind the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It will also place Mr. Soros, a lightning rod for conservative critics, squarely in the middle of the ... After that spike in hate crimes, Mr. Soros, 87,...

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NoVo Foundation Launches Fourth Cycle of Move to End Violence

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11/15/2017

... in the 4 th cohort cycle of Move to End Violence, a 10 -year capacity building program designed to support those ... every two years, Move to End Violence has an open call for innovative leaders who are...

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Gender Justice

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Surdna Foundation Celebrates Centennial Year with $4.5 Million Commitment to Equitable Community Development

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12/06/2017

... development to create sustainable communities for the future." To seed the pooled fund, Surdna is ... Endowment, have developed a sister fund called Fund for an Inclusive California, that will support...

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Community Development

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Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Scholarship Program at Duke Aims to Increase Underrepresented Minorities in Graduate Stem Disciplines

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01/18/2018

... Center of Exemplary Mentoring program will award 10 scholarships of $40,000 over five years to students who ... a support network of faculty mentors to help them prepare for careers in STEM fields. “The very...

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Simons Foundation Funded Research Finds That Neural ‘Tug-Of-War’ May Explain Fragile X Learning Issues

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01/24/2018

... says André Fenton, a professor in the Center for Neural Science at New York University and senior author ... focuses on the hippocampus—the part of the brain crucial for memory, especially about space, which...

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Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2018 Award in Pain Scholars

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03/07/2018

... in basic pain research whose work holds high potential for uncovering new pathways to improve the treatment of ... Pain Society , will receive grants of $50,000 annually for a period of up to three years to...

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Century Foundation Report Reveals NY’s For-Profit Colleges Leave Students with Debt and Little Impact on Earning Potential

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03/26/2018

Century Foundation Report Reveals NY’s For -Profit Colleges Leave Students with Debt and Little Impact on Earning Potential New York’s for -profit colleges leave students with huge debt and have ... years. By...

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Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Launch a Writing Fellowship Focused on Mass Incarceration through Art for Justice Fund

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04/06/2018

... Fellowship Focused on Mass Incarceration through Art for Justice Fund Last November, the Art for Justice Fund, launched by collector Agnes Gund with the ... projects. Fellows will receive an honorarium of $...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Surdna Foundation Announces Refined Program Strategies

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09/26/2018

... The Surdna Foundation announced today refined strategies for its grantmaking programs, intended to reflect the ... at an important moment in the Foundation’s journey – 10 years after announcing its shift to an...

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Macquarie Group Launches $A50 Million Philanthropic Award to Mark Its 50th Anniversary in 2019

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10/10/2018

... to initiate or build on bold ideas to address social need. It is expected to be awarded to five non--profit ... they can achieve with this funding.” To be eligible for the Award, applicants must be a...

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Funder Group Support Development of Financial Counseling as Free Public Service for Low-Income Residents

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10/18/2018

... Development of Financial Counseling as Free Public Service for Low-Income Residents The Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE Fund) with support from ... and increasing their families' savings by...

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Wells Fargo Private Bank - Philanthropic Services

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ascena Foundation Honors Winners of the 2018 Roslyn S. Jaffe Awards

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10/19/2018

... HERlead Fellowship is a leadership program founded in 2011 for high school girls who wants to make a difference. The inaugural Young Changemaker Award, a $ 10 ,000 grant, is an acknowledgement of the...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Official Sees Opportunity Zone Program Role

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11/02/2018

... could provide loans to make new funds attractive for investors. A top official of the largest community ... government’s opportunity zone program in providing loans for fund investments designed to help spur...

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