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Dan Cardinali Named New President and CEO, Independent Sector

Release Date:

02/23/2016

Begining in July, Dan Cardinali will become the new President and CEO of Independent Sector. With years of leadership in the charitable community, Dan currently serves as president of Communities In Schools, Inc., the nation’s largest dropout...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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Independent Sector

PHI Founder Steven Dawson Joins Pinkerton as a Visiting Fellow

Release Date:

02/23/2016

Steven Dawson, the founder and longtime CEO of the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI), has joined The Pinkerton Foundation as a Visiting Fellow.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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Bloomberg-Funded Study: Industry Initiatives to Prevent Drinking & Driving Lack Scientific Evidence of Effectiveness

Release Date:

02/22/2016

Researchers find that the most effective interventions, such as use of sobriety checkpoints and ignition interlocks, are rarely used in industry-sponsored programs.

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Health & Human Services

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

With Mellon Support, Smithsonian to Create National Art Database

Release Date:

02/22/2016

The Smithsonian American Art Museum, and 14 institutions from around the country, are building a shared, and searchable, online database that could spur research and scholarship about American art.

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Arts, Culture, & Media

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Mellon Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps

Release Date:

02/22/2016

Fewer than half of the more than 1,000 healthcare related-apps reviewed by researchers appeared to be useful for their potential for patient engagement, The Commonwealth Fund reports.

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An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation)

Release Date:

02/22/2016

Saru Jayaraman, a vocal leader in the food labor movement and founder of Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC), has been supported by the Ford Foundation for more than a decade. The New York Times profiles her efforts for restaurant workers.

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Economic Security

Food Systems

Workforce Development

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Ford Foundation

United Hospital Fund Works to Tackle Antibiotic Misuse in Outpatient Care

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02/22/2016

The United Hospital Fund launched an Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative, involving hospitals across the metropolitan area in a concerted effort to improve antibiotic-prescribing practices in the community.

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Health & Human Services

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United Hospital Fund

JP Morgan Chase Institute Report: Understanding Income Volatility & the Role of the Online Platform Economy

Release Date:

02/19/2016

The newest report from the JPMorgan Chase Institute, “Paychecks, Paydays, and the Online Platform Economy: Big Data on Income Volatility,” answers questions about income volatility among U.S. workers.

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Economic Security

Pinkerton, NYCT-Supported JobsFirstNYC Announces 4 Workforce Partnerships to Help Youth Gain Employment Training & Jobs

Release Date:

02/19/2016

Out-of-school and out-of-work young adults in NYC will be helped to connect with stable jobs and careeer opportunities, thorough JobsFirstNYC's local initiative - the Young Adult Sectoral Employment Project (YASEP).

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Education & Youth

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

New Mortgage Program Big Boost for Detroit Buyers (Clinton, Ford Foundations)

Release Date:

02/19/2016

A new program to help Detroit home buyers finance purchases will guarantee 1,000 mortgages in a city where banks have been skittish about lending because of deeply depressed property values.