Health

Looming Overhead: The Persistent Debate Over Administrative Costs

Release Date:

10/22/2013

New York State Health Foundation President and CEO James R. Knickman was one of the presenters at our recent program on the debate over whether foundations should fund grantee overhead costs. NYSHealth doesn’t provide grants for general operating...

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

Marketplace IT Glitches: The Sky Is Not Falling

Release Date:

10/03/2013

Via The Commonwealth Fund, three researchers from Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms put the IT issues encountered during the rollout of the Affordable Care Act into perspective, comparing them to a...

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Women 4 Health Care: Helping Uninsured Women Get Covered

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10/01/2013

We're pleased to have Raising Women's Voices-NY Director Lois Uttley share the details of their new Ms. Foundation for Women-supported social media campaign to spread the word to uninsured women about New York's new health insurance marketplace, NY...

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September 2013 Working Group Updates

Release Date:

09/25/2013

Read the latest updates on these Issue-Based Working Groups: Community Food Funders, the Education Working Group, the Health Policy Working Group, the New York City Human Services Data Project and the Service for Impact Working Group.

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Surdna Foundation

Hartford Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $6 Million to Improve Geriatric Care

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09/19/2013

The three grants from the John A. Hartford Foundation include an award of more than $5 million to the Gerontological Society of America to create the Hartford Change AGEnts Initiative, and a grant to Community Catalyst, Inc. which augments an award...

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Aging

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence Founders Named American Academy of Nursing 2013 Honorary Fellows

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09/18/2013

Donald and Barbara Jonas, Founders of the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence, have been named to the American Academy of Nursing 2013 class of Honorary Fellows. Each year, the Academy recognizes a small group of individuals as Honorary Fellows in...

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A New Agenda for a Post–Health Reform Landscape

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09/12/2013

Learn about The Commonwealth Fund's new grantmaking and research agenda.

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Public Policy

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Aetna Names Garth Graham, M.D., M.P.H. President of the Aetna Foundation

Release Date:

09/02/2013

Aetna, a leading global health care solutions company, has appointed Garth Graham, M.D., M.P.H. as President of the Aetna Foundation. A national expert on health disparities and health care quality, Graham served as Deputy Assistant Secretary at the...

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Sheila Burke and Simon Stevens to Join Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

Release Date:

08/22/2013

Sheila P. Burke, R.N., M.P.A., FAAN, a faculty member and former executive dean at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Simon Stevens, Executive Vice President of UnitedHealth Group, have been elected to The Commonwealth...