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PRESS RELEASE: Applications Open for the 2015 Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research

New York, October 2, 2014– The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance (PSSCRA) today announced the opening of applications for its Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research.

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PRESS RELEASE: The Pershing Square Foundation Makes $516,000 Grant To African Health Care Organization – Last Mile Health

Grant to expand local Frontline Health Workers’ ability to bring basic care to remote communities and integrate best practices with national health policy

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PRESS RELEASE: Echoing Green Announces The Next Generation Of Social Entrepreneurs With Its 2014 Class Of Global, Climate And Black Male Achievement Fellows

NEW YORK, June 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Today Echoing Green announced its 2014 class of Fellows including Global, Black Male Achievement and Climate Fellows.

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PRESS RELEASE: Damon Runyon, Sohn Conference Foundations name 3 new pediatric cancer research fellows

New York, Memphis, Boston scientists receive prestigious awards to tackle cancers in children and young adults New York, NY (June 20, 2014) – The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has named three outstanding young scientists as recipients of the prestigious Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Research Fellowship Award,

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PRESS RELEASE: Challenged Athletes Foundation Holds Its 8th Annual “A Celebration of Heroes, Heart and Hope” Gala in New York City

Record-Breaking $2.3 Million Raised; Lives Changed SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Notables from Wall Street, the world of sports and broadcast media came together on June 11 in New York City to celebrate inspirational challenged athletes at the 8th Annual “A Celebration of Heroes, Heart and Hope” gala which has now raised more than $10 million

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PRESS RELEASE: Robin Hood Donors Raise $60 Million At Annual Benefit, Including $35 Million For American Dream Fund To Help Immigrants Struggling In Poverty

NEW YORK, May 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Last night at its annual benefit at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan, Robin Hood raised $60 million to fight poverty in New York City, including $35 million for the newly launched Robin Hood American Dream Fund,

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PRESS RELEASE: Inaugural Pershing Square Sohn Prize Awarded to Six Young Scientists in New York City to Further Innovative Cancer Research

Prize forms part of $25M Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance today announced the winners of the inaugural Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research.

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PRESS RELEASE: The Pershing Square Foundation Awards $17 Million to Harvard University

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 14, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Harvard University announced today that New York–based The Pershing Square Foundation (PSF), founded by alumni Bill Ackman AB ’88, MBA ’92 and his wife, Karen Ackman MLA ’93, has awarded the University $17 million to catalyze the work of Harvard’s Foundations of Human Behavior Initiative (FHB).

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NAMI-NYC Gets Challenge Grant for Anti-Stigma Campaign

NAMI-NYC has received a challenge grant from The Pershing Square Foundation, created by investor Bill Ackman and his wife Karen.  The grant, announced at NAMI-NYC’s annual Seeds of Hope gala on December 5th, pledges to match a third of all donations to NAMI-NYC’s anti-stigma campaign #IWillListen up to $100,000.

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USAID Convenes Partnership to “Prime the Pump” for Social Entrepreneurship

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), with General Atlantic, Newman’s Own Foundation, The Pershing Square Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, and Echoing Green announced a three-year partnership

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