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Hudson Farmlink Organizers See Room for Growth - Doris Duke Foundation

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11/23/2015

Organizers of an online platform that connects property owners with current and aspiring farmers in search of land, funded by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and others, are already making plans to expand the year-old program.

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Community Development

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Doris Duke Foundation

When a Successful Program Can’t Expand, It’s Time to Grow a Network

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11/23/2015

The Pinkerton Foundation's Laurie Dien talks about creative strategies for increasing high quality programs when the nonprofit you've been supporting can't take on any more kids.

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Insights

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Pinkerton Foundation

Ford and Luce Foundations Support Scholars Bringing Fresh Eyes to Well-worn Topics in SE Asia

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11/23/2015

A new mentoring program from the Center of Khmer Studies is training nearly a dozen participants from across the region in the cornerstone of higher-education: research

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Henry Luce Foundation

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Opinion: Health Reform Lives!

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11/23/2015

To the right’s dismay, scare tactics — remember death panels? — and spurious legal challenges failed to protect the nation from the scourge of guaranteed health coverage. Still, Obamacare’s opponents insisted that it would implode in a “death spiral...

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Health

Brooklyn Community Foundation Awards $2 Million in 2015 to Nonprofits Empowering Borough’s Vulnerable Youth

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11/23/2015

Inaugural grants awarded from Brooklyn Community Foundation’s 10-year, $25 million "Invest in Youth" initiative.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Brooklyn Org

Newman's Own Foundation Awards $1.5 Million in Grants to Military Service Organizations

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11/20/2015

Newman's Own is awarding $1.5 million in grants to 29 organizations that provide services to military men, women, veterans, and their families.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Veterans

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Newman's Own Foundation

Century Foundation Analysis Noted, Poverty in Syracuse Examined

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11/20/2015

In Syracuse, almost two-thirds of the black poor live in high-poverty neighborhoods, defined as areas where 40 percent or more of residents live below the federal poverty threshold, according to an analysis of census data by Rutgers professor Paul...

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Housing and Homelessness

Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

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The Century Foundation

Hospitals Foster Interprofessional Practice to Improve Outcomes - Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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11/20/2015

Collaboratively working in an interdisciplinary practice holds the potential for improving outcomes and healthcare processes. Some hospitals have brought professionals from different disciplines together for the benefit of patients.

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Health

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Survey: Healthcare Unaffordable for Many Even With Insurance

Release Date:

11/20/2015

More Americans have health insurance now, but many are finding that even with coverage they cannot afford the deductibles, co-payments and surprise medical bills, according to a national survey.