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Get to Know Your PHIL Talkers

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05/17/2017

I predict that the PHIL Talks presenters at this year’s 38th Annual Meeting on June 16 will bring especially trenchant insights and unexpected revelations on the topic of “The Power of Participation: Democracy Building Now.”

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Our Demographic Destiny is Not Our Democratic Destiny

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05/16/2017

Sayu Bhojwani, Founder and President of The New American Leaders Project, challenges funders to "prove to yourself that demographics is indeed not destiny, not in democracy and not in access."

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Civic Engagement

"Demonization" of George Soros Recalls Old Anti-Semitic Conspiracies

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05/16/2017

The demonization of the American-Hungarian billionaire and Holocaust survivor has spread from Hungary and Moscow across Europe and into the United States, with the 86-year-old increasingly accused by nationalists of using his money to force his...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations

Fast Company Names James Anderson of Bloomberg Philanthropies 'The Most Creative Person of 2017'

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05/16/2017

Innovative leaders are changing the world through their work in tech, fashion, food, entertainment, and more. James Anderson of Bloomberg Philanthropies, is using technology, data, and a focus on sharing to spread best practices among cities.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Technology

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Private Philanthropy Cannot Replace the NEH

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05/16/2017

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis on why the NEH remains unique in rallying private support, supporting rural and urban communities equitably, and bringing the humanities to the national forefront.

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Commonwealth Fund, NY State Health Foundation, Peterson Center Noted as the Funders Behind the Movement for Open Notes

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05/16/2017

Can the simple act of sharing a healthcare provider's notes with a patient improve health outcomes? The OpenNotes movement thinks it can and, today, millions of patients in 37 states have access to notes in their medical records.

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

Peterson Center on Healthcare

HSBC Gives $1.5M to Scale Up Horizons Learning Programs

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05/16/2017

To bring educational support to low-income and underserved communities, HSBC will make a grant of $1.5 million to help bring Horizons multi-year learning programs to new communities and serve more low-income children across the country.

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Children, Youth and Families

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HSBC [Corporate]

HSBC Bank USA

Helmsley Foundation Funds New York Common Pantry’s Opening of a New Satellite Location

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05/16/2017

New York Common Pantry (NYCP), the largest community-based food pantry in the state, wiil open a new Choice Pantry in the Bronx, which has a high rate of food insecurity.

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Food Systems

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

The Peterson Center on Healthcare Aims to Transform U.S. Healthcare

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05/15/2017

Looking to improve healthcare quality while lowering costs by bringing out the best in doctors, health systems, insurers, patients and employers, the center reports there are many opportunities to transform American healthcare.

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Health

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Peterson Center on Healthcare

Top Science Foundation, Simons, Latest Endeavor is its Most Ambitious Project Yet

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05/15/2017

New ideas could form as computer scientists and researchers from a variety of fields hold meetings, chat over lunch, or just run into each other in the hallways. That’s the kind of research environment the Simons Foundation is trying to cultivate...