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Ms. Foundation CEO Puts Spotlight on Needs of Women and Girls

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02/05/2016

Ms. Foundation CEO puts Spotlight on Needs of Women and Girls Teresa Younger has been renewing the ... about feminism since becoming president and CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women 18 months ago. She has ... was...

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Gender Justice

Schools Are Finally Starting To Embrace Integration as a Method Of Closing The Achievement Gap (Century Foundation)

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02/11/2016

... Are Finally Starting To Embrace Integration as a Method Of Closing The Achievement Gap (Century Foundation) Schools and states have poured millions of dollars into overhauling teacher evaluation systems, ... a...

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Ford Foundation Supports Universities' Efforts to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20%

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03/04/2016

... to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20% An alliance made up of 11 major universities across the United States has knocked its goal of graduating more students — including more low-income ... in the group. UIA...

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Rauschenberg Foundation Eases Copyright Restrictions on Art

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03/07/2016

... Restrictions on Art Museum-goers tend to be unaware of the vast network of copyright protections that underlie images of much of ... experiments over the last year, it has...

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WSJ Op-ed by Commonwealth Fund President Notes Potential Fallout to Repealing the ACA

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03/08/2016

... what many private surveys have shown: that the proportion of Americans under 65 who lack health insurance has plummeted ... fewer Americans were uninsured in the first nine months of 2015 than in 2010. The...

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Commonwealth Fund Finds Hospitals in Accountable Care Organizations Are Larger and in Urban Areas

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03/09/2016

... Care Organizations Are Larger and in Urban Areas A new study comparing accountable care organizations (ACOs) ... areas, are nonprofit, or have a relatively small share of Medicare patients are more likely to...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Funds Camden Coalition to Establish National Healthcare Center

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03/09/2016

... National Healthcare Center The Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers announced plans to establish a ... who experience poor outcomes despite extreme patterns of hospitalizations or emergency care,...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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NoVo and Arcus Foundations Noted for Taking A Stand In Social Movements

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03/17/2016

... bus. Chinese student activists stand defiantly in front of a tank in Tiananmen Square. Pro-life advocates rally under the dome of the US Capitol. When we think of social movements, these .....

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Century Foundation Report Recommends Universal Child Allowance

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03/17/2016

... with more than 12 million American children—16.5 percent of all children—currently living in poverty. But according to new research out today from TCF’s Bernard L. Schwartz ... scenarios, and reveals: A...

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Ford’s Alexander Reviews ‘Incarceration Nations’ in Washington Post

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03/22/2016

... the description offered in Baz Dreisinger’s intriguing new book, “Incarceration Nations.” Prisons there are ...

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Climate Adaptation Fund, Supported by Duke Foundation, To Enable Conservation Projects In Urban Centers

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04/04/2016

... managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society is exploring new methods for helping wildlife in the United States to ... the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. This year’s round of grantmaking will extend the...

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Hartford Foundation Study Gets Attention on ‘National Healthcare Decisions Day’

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04/18/2016

... 16 every year, offers a chance for people to discuss end- of -life care decisions with their families, putting aside the ... care physician at Southwest Medical Associates. The day of discussion arrives on the...

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Arcus Foundation Report Reveals Trans Discrimination Not Limited to Bathrooms

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05/13/2016

... space that presents a distinct challenge to the hundreds of thousands of people nationwide trying to live authentically in their true gender. A new report reveals transgender women and all...

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Gender Justice

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Commonwealth Fund Article Asks: Is Primary Care the Best and Worst Job in Medicine?

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05/26/2016

... Care the Best and Worst Job in Medicine? About one-third of U.S. and U.K. primary care physicians are dissatisfied ... care outside office settings. To help uncover some of the day-to-day challenges primary...

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Commonwealth Fund, Peterson Center on Healthcare, and John A. Hartford Foundations Combine Forces to Improve Health Care, Reduce Costs

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07/29/2016

... Forces to Improve Health Care, Reduce Costs A coalition of five national health foundations has announced the launch of a collaboration aimed at transforming care delivery for ... ill patients with the...

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Casey Family Programs Contributes to Initiative in Three Cities to Beat Youth Homelessness This Year

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08/11/2016

... Beat Youth Homelessness This Year For most kids, the end of summer means back-to-school shopping and hanging up swimsuits in exchange for new textbooks and class schedules. But for the 2.5 ... September heat...

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Surdna Foundation’s Cordery: Communities Should Define Their Futures

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08/25/2016

... organization that is not only guided by principles of social justice, and working to address real societal ... problems, but one that is committed to investing in new ways of building...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative

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08/26/2016

... Philanthropies have announced the launch of a joint initiative aimed at advancing leadership, ... with the tools, skills, and support they need — most of it made freely available — to tackle the complex ... on...

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Wallace Foundation Funds Research on Summer Academic Programs for Poor Children

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09/07/2016

... for Poor Children During their long, languid summers, lots of children forget the lessons they learned in school. But ... have time or money for camps or enrichment activities. Now new research suggests that...

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