Philanthropy Must Do More to Influence Policy, Say Government Officials
Release Date:
02/13/2013
An in-depth profile of Philanthropy New York’s “Money and Power in Post-Election America: Where Is Philanthropy?” conference.
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Hartford Foundation Awards $1.35 Million to Gerontological Society of America
Release Date:
02/10/2013
The three-year grant will establish the Hartford/GSA National Center on Gerontological Social Work Excellence.
With A.L.S. in Family, Chief at Bloomberg Joins Fight
Release Date:
02/06/2013
Bloomberg L.P. CEO Daniel Doctoroff is working with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Carlyle Group Co-Founder David Rubenstein to put together a $25 million package of donations to support research to cure amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Atlantic Philanthropies Awards $3.25 Million to Expand Children's Access to Health Coverage
Release Date:
02/01/2013
The grant to the National League of Cities will help increase children's access to health insurance.
Salk Institute Receives $42 Million From Helmsley Charitable Trust to Create Research Center for Genomic Medicine
Release Date:
01/24/2013
The Helmsley Center for Genomic Medicine will enable scientists in a range of fields to explore how certain cellular pathways serve as lynchpins for chronic diseases, which could lead to new therapy targets.
Morgan Stanley, Kresge Foundation, LISC Launch $100 Million Investment Fund For Health Care, Affordable Housing
Release Date:
01/14/2013
Called the Healthy Futures Fund, the project is in part a response to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the 20 million new health care consumers that the legislation is likely to create.
Mission Possible: Supporting Returning Veterans (No Matter What Your Mission)
Release Date:
01/10/2013
We’re pleased to have New York State Health Foundation President and CEO James R. Knickman discuss how NYSHealth helps serve the needs of returning veterans and their families and how funders (regardless of their focus area) can support the 85,000...
Philanthropy and the ACA: Helping People Engage in Their Own Health and Health Care
Release Date:
08/08/2012
We’re pleased to have James Tallon, President of the United Hospital Fund and a presenter at our recent program on the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act, share his thoughts on how philanthropy can help people understand the ACA and...
Commonwealth Fund Names David Blumenthal, M.D., as Its Next President
Release Date:
08/01/2012
David Blumenthal, M.D., one of the nation's preeminent health information technology experts, thought leaders on primary care and professionalism and foremost health policy scholars, has been named the next President of The Commonwealth Fund by the...
Moving Interprofessional Education into the Mainstream of Health Professions Education
Release Date:
06/22/2012
George E. Thibault, M.D., President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, talks about the importance of interprofessional education—when students from different health care professions learn together during their training in order to build teamwork and...
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