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Atlantic Philanthropies' Charles Feeney Gives Away the Last of His Fortune

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01/06/2017

Last month, Mr. Feeney and Atlantic completed the sprint and made a final grant, $7 million to Cornell University, to support students doing community service work.

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Bloomberg's Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco Habit

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01/06/2017

Kelly Henning, who leads Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health efforts, writes in Health Affairs about the foundation's progress and challenges with supporting tobacco control measures globally.

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million Jobs

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01/06/2017

Congress has another reason not to roll back Obamacare too quickly: New research suggests that repealing two major provisions of Obamacare without replacing them right away could cost the nation 3 million jobs and trigger negative economic impacts...

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Ford's Darren Walker Writes, "Let America Be America Again"

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01/06/2017

President of the Ford Foundation Darren reflects, "for as much progress as we have made, America has yet to fully live up to its promise and founding aspiration to be a nation of liberty, dignity, and justice for all. Yet this noble vision remains...

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Rockefeller Foundation Picks Rajiv J. Shah, a Trustee, as President

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01/05/2017

On Thursday, the Rockefeller Foundation, one of the country’s largest and most influential philanthropies, will name Mr. Shah to succeed Judith Rodin, who has been president for 12 years.

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Supported by Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Story Explores Trump's Immigration Policies on Turkish Communities

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01/05/2017

Osman Altay, 56, a Turkish-American who has been living in Paterson, N.J., for 40 years, voted for Trump. He said that he thought the immigration policies of Trump during the election were just words.

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Bessemer Trust's Paul Connolly Wants Better Advice for Wealthy Donors

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01/04/2017

With the 2016 election just weeks behind us, it is still uncertain what the Trump administration’s influence on philanthropy will be.

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Rockefeller Study Finds Media Coverage Misses Gig Worker Concerns

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01/04/2017

Whether you call it gig working, the 1099 economy, or another label, the phenomenon of people driving passengers, doing odd jobs, delivering food from restaurants, walking dogs, or providing many other services has been hot in the media.

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Commonwealth Fund, John A. Hartford and Peterson Center on Healthcare Contribute to Health Care ‘Playbook’ of Best Practices

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01/04/2017

A new nationwide survey of patients with complex medical needs shows that the health care system is failing them, with these individuals having far more unmet behavioral health and social service challenges than other adults.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In Brooklyn

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01/04/2017

Neighborhood Strength is a resident-led investment program that brings community members together at the neighborhood-level to identify, and direct funding to, solutions that target significant local challenges.

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