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Russell Sage Foundation Supported Studies Explore How Affordable Health Care Reduces Poverty and Payday Borrowing

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10/10/2017

... Congress has long been bitterly divided over the subject of health care. A few weeks ago, Senate Republicans failed to pass the Graham-Cassidy bill, one of many attempts to “repeal and replace” the Affordable...

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With Support From The Rockefeller Foundation, NRDC Releases Report: What, Where and How Much Food Is Wasted in Cities

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10/25/2017

... Food Is Wasted in Cities Food is the largest component of what we send to landfills in the U.S., representing nearly 22% of disposed municipal solid waste. When we waste food, we not ... wasted, and how much...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Joins Leading Philanthropists to Announce Co-Impact, A Global Collaborative for Systems Change

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11/16/2017

... A Global Collaborative for Systems Change A group of the world’s leading philanthropists today announced the formation of Co-Impact ( www.co-impact.io ), a new global model for collaborative...

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Wallace Foundation Commissioned Report Shows How ESSA Supports Social-Emotional Learning

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12/05/2017

... through the Every Student Succeeds Act, according to a new report, which identifies 60 evidenced-based programs that ... The report comes from the RAND Corp.’s evidence review of how ESSA supports social-...

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Surdna Foundation Celebrates Centennial Year with $4.5 Million Commitment to Equitable Community Development

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12/06/2017

... Community Development The Surdna Foundation announced a new , $4.5 million investment in equitable community ... pooled fund to put neighborhood development in the hands of the residents of...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President

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01/19/2018

... The Ford Foundation today announced the appointment of Hilary Pennington as its first executive vice president, a role in which she will oversee all of the foundation's programs in the US and globally...

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Announcing the Milbank Memorial Fund and AcademyHealth State and Local Innovation Prize

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01/25/2018

... Fund has teamed up with AcademyHealth to establish a new annual award that recognizes state and local efforts to advance innovation using data to improve the health of populations and the performance ...

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Newman's Own Foundation Reaches Milestone of $500 Million to Charity

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02/01/2018

Newman's Own Foundation Reaches Milestone of $500 Million to Charity Newman's Own Foundation, founded ... Newman, today announced that it reached the milestone of donating a total of $...

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Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body

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02/06/2018

... Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body New scientific research has revealed how a small part of the brain singlehandedly steadies the body if it is thrown ... kneejerk response that first...

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"Risk Is a Fact of Life." A Conversation with Stephen Heintz of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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02/16/2018

"Risk Is a Fact of Life." A Conversation with Stephen Heintz of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Stephen Heintz has led the ... Vivien Hoexter and Linda C. Hartley interviewed for their new...

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Philip Li, President & CEO of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Joins the Board of Directors at GEO

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02/21/2018

Philip Li, President & CEO of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Joins the Board of Directors at GEO GEO is pleased to announce the addition of three new members to our...

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Ford, Hilton Foundation, and JPB Foundation Join others in Collaborative Fund to Address Housing Instability

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02/23/2018

... for individual success and thriving communities, nine of the nation’s largest private foundations have joined ... for Housing and Opportunity collaborative, with the goal of ensuring individuals and families...

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Research Co-Sponsored by The JPB Foundation Examines Quality of Abortion Care

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03/16/2018

... Co-Sponsored by The JPB Foundation Examines Quality of Abortion Care The quality of abortion care depends on where a woman lives, says one of ... varies considerably depending on where they...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Makes Water Purification Breakthrough

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04/03/2018

... clean, safe drinking water using only natural levels of sunlight and inexpensive gel technology could be at hand, ... 30,000 people die each week from the consumption and use of unsanitary water. Although the...

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The Silicon Valley Community Foundation Seeks to Do Things Differently

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04/13/2018

... operate, is emblazoned on the wall right outside of Carson’s office, and says that its goal is to “partner ... he said he encountered a very different situation at a new foundation aiming to work across nine...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards Critical Path Institute a Grant to Focus on Crohn's disease

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04/16/2018

... The pre-consortium will identify unmet needs for the use of biomarkers in developing new treatments for people with Crohn's disease. Currently, a lack of regulatory-endorsed tools, such...

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