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The Rockefeller University (the University) is a world renowned center for research (see schedule O) and graduate education in the biomedical sciences, chemistry, bioinformatics, and physics. The University's 82 laboratories conduct both clinical and basic research and study a diverse range of biological and biomedical problems with the mission of improving the understanding of life for the benefit of humanity. Laboratories are loosely clustered in nine research areas covering a wide spectrum of disciplines in the life sciences, including neuroscience, immunology, genetics, structural biology and bioinformatics. The University does not charge tuition. Its revenues are derived primarily from investment income, government grants and contracts, and private gifts and grants.

Draper is a not-for-profit research and development laboratory focused on the design, development, and deployment of advanced technological solutions for our nation’s most challenging and important problems in security, space exploration, healthcare, and energy. Our expertise includes the areas of guidance, navigation, and control systems; fault-tolerant computing; advanced algorithms and software solutions; modeling and simulation; and MEMS and multichip module technology. What We Do With a strong commitment to delivering working solutions to our sponsors, we apply our expertise to a variety of domains, including autonomous air, land, sea, and space systems; information integration; distributed sensors and networks; precision-guided munitions; and biomedical engineering; chemical/biological defense; and energy system modeling and management. When appropriate for the needs of our sponsors, we will work with commercial partners to transition our technology to commercial production.

In 2014, The Heckscher Foundation for Children celebrates over ninety-three years of support to hundreds of organizations and programs, serving needy children and youth in the tradition of its founders and early leaders August Heckscher, Arthur Smadbeck and Ruth Smadbeck. The Foundation serves the needs of youth in New York City and nationally through impact-driven programs in education, college access and persistence, workforce training and jobs access, health, recreation, social services, juvenile justice and the arts. Our grants foster community-level partnerships and innovative projects consistent with our mission to level the playing field for needy young people. Our goal is to foster venture philanthropy using three principal funding strategies: catalytic giving, strategic partnerships and targeted problem solving.