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Individual Market Insurance Premiums Grew 10 Percent Yearly Prior to Affordable Care Act

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06/05/2014

Health insurance premiums for people buying coverage on their own grew an average of 10 percent or more a year during the three years before the Affordable Care Act was enacted (2008-2010), according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.

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Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires

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06/04/2014

[The Rockefeller Foundation] Foundations just make grants, correct? Not necessarily. Grants are becoming one option in a more complex menu of financial tools for the social sector.

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Morgan Stanley Launches Healthy Cities

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06/04/2014

Morgan Stanley is launching Healthy Cities, a philanthropy program designed to fuel innovation in coordinating the wellness, nutrition and play resources that can underpin a child’s healthy start in life.

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Brooklyn Principal wins Sloan Public Service Award and $10,000 Prize

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06/04/2014

[Alfred P. Sloan Foundation] April Leong, principal of Brooklyn's Liberation High School, will be honored at the 41st annual Sloan Public Service Awards for her efforts in improving the lives of older students.

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Why Do Banks Care About Youth Career Readiness in New York?

Release Date:

06/03/2014

JP Morgan Chase recently announced a $250 million initiative to bolster the skills of workers, with a big focus on young people and three months later, the Citi Foundation also announced its biggest initiative ever: a $50 million, three-year effort...

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NYC Council members rip Walmart’s charity of ‘dangerous dollars’

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06/04/2014

[Women's Health Foundation] More than half the members of the New York City Council have fired off a letter to Walmart demanding that it stop making millions in charitable contributions to local groups here. Recipients include the New York Women's...

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The Value of Rigorous Evaluation

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06/02/2014

[Edna McConnell Clark Foundation] Unless we invest more resources in our capacity to measure the performance and evaluate the impact of programs, how can funders and nonprofits be confident that they are making a real difference in people’s lives?

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Open Society Foundations Announces 2014 Soros Justice Fellows

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05/15/2014

The Open Society Foundations has announced the 2014 class of Soros Justice Fellows. The fourteen fellows from six states will receive a total of $1.25 million in support of their work on a range of criminal justice issues, from solitary confinement...

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Mellon Foundation Awards $1.3 Million to Chicago Art Institutions

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06/03/2014

In partnership with the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago, Northwestern University has announced grants totaling nearly $1.3 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of a program designed to advance the study of...

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Change Captial Fund Launches Initiative to Support Community Development

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06/02/2014

[Altman Foundation; Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ; Brooklyn Community Foundation; Capital One; Citi Foundation; Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation; F.B. Heron Foundation; Goldman Sachs; Mizuho Bank USA; M & T Bank; New York Community Trust; New...

Teagle Foundation Awards $2.1 Million for Two New Higher Education Initiatives

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05/24/2014

The Teagle Foundation in New York City has announced grants totaling more than $2.1 million through two new programs.

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Brooklyn Museum Receives $5 Million From Leon Levy Foundation

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05/24/2014

The Brooklyn Museum has announced a $5 million gift from the Leon Levy Foundation to create an endowment for the position of museum director.

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Pinkerton Foundation Launches Literacy Initiative in Queens

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06/01/2014

The Pinkerton Foundation has announced the launch of a neighborhood literacy initiative in South Jamaica, Queens, and awarded nearly $1.2 million in grants in support of the community-based program.

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Citi Foundation Awards $2.1 Million for Student Mentoring Initiatives

Release Date:

06/02/2014

The Citi Foundation has announced two grants totaling $2.1 million in support of initiatives designed to connect high-potential students from low-income households with mentoring and career counseling provided by early- to mid-career professionals.

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New York Community Trust's HIVE Grants to Boost Digital Media Learning

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06/02/2014

Teens will record residents' stories to make a multimedia map of the Bronx; make, play, and remix wired steel drums; and use a rock camp, audio lab, and planetarium to learn about the science of sound-with grants from the Hive Digital Media Learning...

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What Kinds of Public-Private Partnerships Do We Want?

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05/19/2014

Regardless of our approach to public-private funding partnerships, it is essential for philanthropists to engage with our government counterparts in order to better understand the larger policy, regulatory and funding environment within which we and...

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11 Leading Philanthropies Respond to White House Report on Young Men of Color

Release Date:

05/30/2014

[Open Society Foundations, Atlantic Philanthropies, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation] The White House’s My Brother’s Keeper Task Force today released a report on policies, regulations, and programs that have the...

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Diversity and Inclusion

Publication date:

06/2014

Reference documents pertaining to the topic of Diversity and Inclusion for Board members.

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18 Jun 2014

Executive Assistants Network: Effective Communication Strategies

Wednesday, June 18, 2014 -

8:45am to 10:30am

Communication is fundamental to our day-to-day work, notably in our interactions with team members, supervisors, and in liaising with other departments. This meeting’s discussion will help identify some of the key attributes to developing good...

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Who's Been the Biggest Superstar in the Fight for Health Reform?

Release Date:

05/28/2014

[Atlantic Philanthropies] A few foundations stand out as heroes in the saga of health reform. Remember when Atlantic Philanthropies bravely committed $27 million to help win passage of the Affordable Care Act? Or when the Robert Wood Johnson...