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NYSHealth Funding Opportunity Now Open: Spreading OpenNotes in New York State

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04/24/2017

... OpenNotes in New York State The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) is pleased to launch a Request for ... State interested in implementing OpenNotes, with awards of up to $100,000 to be granted to up...

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Why Pickleball?

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05/04/2017

... Fong, Communications Associate , The New York State Health Foundation Last month, a New York Post article highlighted ... not “actual activities that would result in prevention of diseases.” But they are! The...

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Open Call For Collaborative Reporting Projects

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05/10/2017

... reporting and build cooperative networks, the Rita Allen Foundation is supporting the Center for Cooperative Media ...

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Rockefeller-Backed FarmerLink Helps Philippine Planters Milk the Coconut Boom

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05/10/2017

... discovered some have it," Gonato told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone. She followed the advice - cutting down ... how to better manage her finances. The messages are part of FarmerLink, a pilot...

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Aetna Supports Projects Using Big Data to Get At-Risk Kids the Services They Need

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05/11/2017

... healthcare providers and policymakers. Often at the core of this problem are resource allocation challenges. Resources ... matter how well a economy is performing — or how large a foundation ’s checks may be...

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Four Scientists Named 2017 Simons Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution

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05/12/2017

... in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution The Simons Foundation has named four scientists as 2017 Simons Early ... three-year awards are intended to help launch the careers of outstanding investigators in this...

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A Peek into Bloomberg Philanthropies’ New Public Health Initiative

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06/23/2017

... factors contributing to noncommunicable diseases. A total of 46 out of a goal of 50 cities have signed up to date to be part of “Partnership for Healthy Cities,” the...

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Rockefeller: How to Halve Death and Disability from Pollution

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07/20/2017

... Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP) at The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Italy. These forward-thinking ... goal: to halve death and disability from all types of pollution by 2030. Together, the...

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Sparks For Change: Open Society Fellows Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years

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08/09/2017

... Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years Dozens of ex-offenders have passed through Gregory Carpenter’s ... and flaky pie crusts. He hopes these small tasks will be a foundation for a future career...

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Pershing Square, Ford, Open Society Among Funders of Measures for Justice, Putting Data to Better Use

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08/10/2017

Pershing Square, Ford, Open Society Among Funders of Measures for Justice, Putting Data to Better Use The world of crowded jails, tense courtrooms, and cops on the beat is a ... in to pitch Ackman and the board...

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American Express Grant Supports Student Filmmaking

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08/11/2017

... Grant Supports Student Filmmaking American Express grant of $100,000 to Reel Works supports filmmaking aimed to ... roles in conservation. The company is a premier partner of Find Your Park/Encuentra Tu Parque...

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Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change

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08/21/2017

Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change The patriarch of the Simons clan is best known for his math chops and ... Simons' quiet climate change giving via his Sea Change Foundation , which is one...

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He Played the Long Game: David Rockefeller's Philanthropy and Legacy

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08/22/2017

... After David Rockefeller’s death on March 20, at the age of 101, the New York Times ran a full-page obituary about his life and career. The article made much of his time at Chase Bank, but gave only passing...

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Are Artists the New Interpreters of Scientific Innovation?

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09/13/2017

Are Artists the New Interpreters of Scientific Innovation? When we think of artist residencies today, we think of the MacDowell ... the city’s American Academy, and Donald Judd’s Chinati ...

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Gates Report Stresses Need for Philanthropy Amid Aid Cuts

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09/13/2017

... for Philanthropy Amid Aid Cuts The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation issued a report card today meant to underscore deep worries that the world is in danger of backsliding on a broad range of...

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Bloomberg Among Top Donors Who Give Largest Share of Wealth to Charity

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09/19/2017

Bloomberg Among Top Donors Who Give Largest Share of Wealth to Charity Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Michael ... in America, according to new analysis by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Out of...

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Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond

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09/20/2017

... As we’ve seen, permanence and solvability are front- of -mind for some of today’s leading anti-homelessness funders. As big cities ... than that, in fact. With funders like the Conrad N. Hilton ...

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Making Kids Into “Makers”

Release Date:

09/22/2017

... classroom settings, students do not spend a lot of time honing their problem-solving skills or considering ... But a new program is encouraging them to do so outside of school. This spring, more than 10,000...

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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

... reached by two narrow bridges, replacing the remains of Pier 54 near West 14th Street, where the Lusitania used to ... whose corporate headquarters are nearby, to cover most of the construction and operational...

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