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Tow Foundation Gives $25M to Barnard for Tech Center

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02/01/2016

Telecommunications executive Leonard Tow's foundation is donating $25 million to Barnard College, which will use to build a new teaching center and institute a technology requirement.

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Mortality Rates for Middle-Aged Whites Not Just About Drugs, Suicide, Says Commonwealth Fund

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02/01/2016

Recent research has called attention to an unexpected rise in death rates among middle-aged, white Americans between 1999-2014. The especially broad reach of these negative mortality trends suggests there is an urgent need for further investigation...

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NYS Health Foundation Releases Report on Uninsured Immigrants & Insurance Coverage

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02/01/2016

As many as 457,000 unauthorized, uninsured immigrant New Yorkers remain ineligible for health care coverage, a new report from the NYS Health Foundation finds.

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Forum’s New President on Reducing Duplication and Increasing Collaboration in Philanthropy’s Infrastructure

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02/01/2016

David Biemesderfer, the new president of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, says the nation's largest philanthropic network will work more closely with national affinity groups.

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Atlantic Announces $40M for Fellowship to Reduce International Health Disparities

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02/01/2016

Atlantic Philanthropies, in its last year of grantmaking, announced a number of major investments to improve access to quality health care for people in both Southeast Asia and the United States.

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NYTimes Examines Hartford Foundation Work on Geriatrics

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01/29/2016

Terry Fulmer, president of the Hartford Foundation, observed, in the New York Times article noting the foundation's work, how support is needed for a high quality of life for the elderly.

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'Embrace of the Serpent' Wins Sloan Foundation Prize at Sundance for Portrayal of Science

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01/29/2016

The Colombian film "Embrace of the Serpent," already up for the Academy Award in the Foreign-Language Film category, won The Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.

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Grant Foundation Receives Award for Excellence in Youth Research & Programming

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01/29/2016

The William T. Grant Foundation has been selected as the 2016 Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) Presidential Citation: Organizational Impact Award for Excellence in Research and Programming for Youth.

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Children, Youth and Families

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NBC News Profiles Asian Women Giving Circle at Ms. Foundation

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01/29/2016

In 2005, Hali Lee invited 10 friends together to raise money for what she hoped would be a game-changing geh, a shared saving circle, and the Asian Women Giving Circle (AWGC) was officially born. AWGC functions as a donor-advised fund at the Ms...

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$10M McNulty Foundation Gift Expands Leadership Program at Wharton

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01/28/2016

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced a $10 million commitment from Anne Welsh McNulty, which will drive the expansion and global reach of the current Wharton Leadership Program.

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