Why This Major Funder Wants to Send More Kids to Summer Camp

Why This Major Funder Wants to Send More Kids to Summer Camp

Summer camps don’t get a lot of attention from big foundations, but Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies believes they can improve mental health, ease loneliness and isolation, and foster healthy development.

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A Power Couple in Autism Philanthropy Goes After Elusive Treatments

A Power Couple in Autism Philanthropy Goes After Elusive Treatments

Lisa Yang and Hock Tan have been active in autism funding for years. Their latest donation to MIT aims to find treatments based on cutting-edge molecular neuroscience and genetics.

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Starting Early: A Biomedical Funder's Unusual Focus on (Very) Young Scientists

Starting Early: A Biomedical Funder's Unusual Focus on  (Very) Young Scientists

For the past few years, the Autism Science Foundation has been running a program to fund undergraduate scientists. It's virtually alone in targeting research dollars at this level. What's its thinking? 

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