Why Pickleball?
Release Date:
05/04/2017
New York State Health Foundation's Stephany Fong says Congressional proposals to repeal and replace ACA threaten advances in recognizing social determinants of health.
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Release Date:
05/04/2017
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NY Community Trust Calls for Funding A Better, Broader Environmental Movement
Release Date:
05/04/2017
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05/04/2017
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Release Date:
05/04/2017
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Aug
2017
VR For The Real World: New Tools To Make The World Better
Thursday, August 3, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
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Nathan Cummings Announces Increased Payout to Respond to ‘Extraordinary Times’
Release Date:
05/03/2017
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W.T. Grant Funds Research on How Technology Use Affects At-Risk Youth
Release Date:
05/03/2017
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MetLife Foundation Innovation Competition Recognizes Indian Entrepreneur
Release Date:
05/03/2017
In a competition that featured more than 100 innovative entries from all over India, the entrepreneur who won is creating an android-based illustrative money management tool to be used on low cost smartphones by sub-illiterate groups.
Tiffany & Co. Foundation Funds Study on Corals; Some Corals Are Adapting To Warming Climate
Release Date:
05/03/2017
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Release Date:
05/02/2017
Betsy Myers, Ph.D., Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Director for Medical Research, says foundations should challenge, reconsider, and improve the peer review process.
04
May
2017
New Models for Senior Transportation: The Rise of the Sharing Economy - A Webinar Hosted by Grantmakers in Aging
Thursday, May 4, 2017 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
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New Leader, New Era: Rockefeller Foundation Plots Its Course
Release Date:
04/27/2017
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Release Date:
04/27/2017
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Commonwealth Fund’s Biennial Health Insurance Survey Finds People with Medicaid Have Better Access to Health Care Than the Uninsured and Fewer Medical Bill Problems
Release Date:
04/27/2017
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Release Date:
04/27/2017
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $3 Million Fund for Coal Communities
Release Date:
04/27/2017
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Schott Foundation's Jackson Declares "Our Nation Can No Longer Neglect Marginalized Students"
Release Date:
04/26/2017
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Helmsley Charitable Trust and Tiffany & Co. Foundation Support Effort to Untangle a Growing Web of Ocean Conservation Funding
Release Date:
04/26/2017
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Supported by JPB Foundation, Harvard Study Finds Illinois Soda Tax Could Cut Health Costs, Raise $561 Million in Revenue Annually
Release Date:
04/26/2017
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