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Novo, Ford Foundations Create Authentic Relationships That are Key to Achieving Equitable Philanthropy

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09/06/2016

Philanthropy typically stands at arm’s length. It is for the funded nonprofit organization to touch, engage, and understand.

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Supported by Simons Foundation, Study Finds Genetics, Early Term Ultrasound Linked to Autism Severity

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09/02/2016

The data was derived from 2,644 families among 12 research sites across the United States.

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NYSHealth Launches 2017 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals

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09/02/2016

Applicants must submit an online inquiry form to determine whether a proposed project fits the funding criteria.

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments on Disrupting the One-Teacher Standard

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09/01/2016

In a perfect world, education experts would shrink class sizes and children would learn from multiple teachers.

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With Support from Rockefeller, '100K Opportunities Initiative' Achieves Hiring Goal Two Years Ahead of Schedule

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09/01/2016

The coalition, formed in July 2015, is now aligning with the cross-sector goal of creating one million opportunities by 2021.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Workforce Development

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The New Philanthropic Village

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09/01/2016

Tamara Lucas Copeland, President of the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers, writes about a newly interwoven philanthropic sector that will be better positioned to share resources, test new models, provide data on the sector and promptly...

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27 Sep 2016

Healing from and Preventing Conflict: The Unique Power of the Arts

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For some nations, war - current or past - defines them. For others, conflict occurs in pockets, affecting people and groups unequally. The effects of conflict on social cohesion create divides that threaten the health of families, communities, and...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Sickest Americans Are Paying More for Care, Getting Less

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08/31/2016

American adults with chronic illnesses that limit their ability to care for themselves spend more than $21,000 per person for health care, about four times the average for all adults.

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Darren Walker: Using Privilege to Fight Privilege

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08/31/2016

Walker’s reputation for hard work, bridge-building and empathy are among the many reasons his elevation three years ago to president of the Ford Foundation was greeted with universal applause.

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Simons Foundation Contributes to Research Outlining Cellular Communication Processes

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08/30/2016

The findings are an important basic advance in how cell sensory systems function.

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Science

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Funded by Mellon Foundation, Emerging Architectural Historians Win Awards

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08/30/2016

The Society of Architectural Historians grants support authors of forthcoming books on Ottoman railways, colonialism, and the luxury goods market.

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Weighs in: What Kids Should Know by the Time They're Done With School

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08/30/2016

The Atlantic asked prominent voices in education—from policy makers and teachers to activists and parents—to look beyond laws, politics, and funding and imagine a utopian system of learning.

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Educational Foundation of America Seeks Proposals for Website Redesign

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08/30/2016

Externally, EFA has purposefully assumed a low profile as the Foundation is not interested in touting its own achievements.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative

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08/26/2016

Funded by a $32 million gift from Michael R. Bloomberg, Harvard University and Bloomberg Philanthropies have announced the launch of a joint initiative aimed at advancing leadership, management, and innovation in cities across America and around the...

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Rockefeller Foundation's Boltz: Take a Fluid Approach to Build Fresh Water Resilience

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08/26/2016

Fred Boltz, managing director and member of the leadership team at The Rockefeller Foundation, advocates building the reality of floods, droughts, and coastal storms into design, planning and investment practice.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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Health Department, United Hospital Fund, and Partners Release Plan to Promote Health Equity

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08/26/2016

The plan is intended to guide New York City's primary care providers, as well as health plans, policymakers, and other stakeholders, in the adoption of a delivery model that improves health care quality, improves patients’ experience of care, and...

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John A. Hartford Foundation's Fulmer to be Honored by New York Academy of Medicine

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08/25/2016

JAHF President Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, will receive The New York Academy of Medicine’s Award for Exceptional Service to the Academy in a ceremony on Nov. 3, 2016. Dr. Fulmer is one of five distinguished leaders to be honored that day by the...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Backs Promising News Collaborative

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08/25/2016

The foundation will support the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University's launch of local/national news partnership project that will show community sites in Jersey how, for example, they can produce the same eye-catching data...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Surdna Foundation’s Cordery: Communities Should Define Their Futures

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08/25/2016

William Codery, program officer of Surdna Foundation’s Strong Local Economies program, advises that "in order to create the ecosystem needed for local communities to thrive economically, socially and culturally, we have to invest in their success at...

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