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

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08/31/2016

Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Sickest Americans Are Paying More for Care, ... spending, however, a new analysis from the Commonwealth Fund finds that those with the greatest medical need — ... listen or explain...

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City Council to Examine Young Men's Initiative Funded by Bloomberg and Open Society Foundations

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09/21/2016

On Wednesday, about five years after the launch of the Young Men’s Initiative, the City Council will hold an oversight hearing to examine the status of YMI and its effectiveness nearly three years into the de Blasio administration.

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Workforce Development

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Carnegie-Funded Commission Finds Most People Want A College Degree, But That Goal Remains A Challenge

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09/22/2016

Almost 90 percent of high school graduates spend some time in college, but only 40 percent of those students complete a bachelor's degree in four years and 60 percent in six, according to a new report about undergraduate education.

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Commonwealth Fund Report Finds Americans’ Salaries Can’t Keep Up With Rising Medical Costs

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10/26/2016

Commonwealth Fund Report Finds Americans’ Salaries Can’t Keep Up With ... . A report being issued Wednesday by The Commonwealth Fund , a nonpartisan research foundation, found that premiums ... doctors’ visits and...

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Covenant Foundation Funds Expansion of Shinui, the Network for Innovation in Part-Time Jewish Education

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11/08/2016

... Foundation for Jewish Education of the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago – have joined Shinui, the ...

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A NYS Health-Funded Report in 'Consumer Reports' Offers National and Local Ratings of Health Cost Estimator Tools

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12/02/2016

This NYSHealth-funded report in Consumer Reports offers ratings of health cost estimator tools, both nationally and New York State-specific, that help consumers make better-informed decisions about their health care.

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NYC Secures $80.2 Million from State Funding Competitions for 112 Projects Across City

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12/09/2016

The city was awarded $80.2 million for 112 projects across the five boroughs, by far the largest allocation it has received since Gov. Cuomo created the Regional Economic Development Council competitions for state dollars six years ago

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Princeton Project Funded by Two PNY Members Reveals Insight into Behavior-Change Campaigns

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01/20/2017

... Scholars Program and the Russell Sage Foundation fund a project that asked students to report who they ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Commonwealth Fund Outlines 10 Recommendations for Policymakers Designing a High-Performing Health Care System for Patients with Complex Needs

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01/20/2017

The Commonwealth Fund Outlines 10 Recommendations for Policymakers Designing a ... Complex Needs In 2014, the New York–based Commonwealth Fund established the International Experts Working Group on ... based on...

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Edgar Villanueva of Schott Foundation Says Less Than .3% of Funding Goes to Native Communities

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02/02/2017

Less than .3% of funding goes to native communities. What are ways funders can be creative in engaging native communities?

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Proteus Fund Announces a New Funder Collaborative to Oppose the Use of Religious Exemptions to Undermine Fundamental Rights

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03/16/2017

Proteus Fund Announces a New Funder Collaborative to Oppose the Use ... Collaborative (RFDC) is a newly created grantmaking fund that opposes the inappropriate use of religious ... advocacy and organizing work in...

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Atlantic Philanthropies, Commonwealth Fund and Other Foundations Take a Stand — or Not — on the GOP Health Plan

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03/20/2017

Atlantic Philanthropies, Commonwealth Fund and Other Foundations Take a Stand — or Not — on the ... as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Commonwealth Fund have remained focused on the issue but are leery...

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Funded by the Educational Foundation of America, New Study Finds Potential for High-Impact Philanthropy Untapped in South

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04/07/2017

Funded by the Educational Foundation of America and the Kresge and Mary Reynolds Babcock foundations, the report argues that the South is fertile ground for philanthropic investment and boasts both the skills and infrastructure necessary to empower...

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UH Launches First U.S. Digital Humanities Research Center for Latina/o Studies with Funding from Mellon Foundation

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08/15/2017

The University of Houston will soon be home to the country’s first Digital Humanities Research Center specializing in U.S. Latina/o Studies. A postdoctoral fellow will work on projects during her two-year fellowship, funded through a $167,700 grant...

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With Federal Funds Shrinking, Math and Science Funders Including Simons Foundation Step Up

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08/28/2017

While STEM giving is one of the hottest funding areas in higher ed philanthropy, most of the gifts we profile are earmarked for tangible and conventional goals—a new science building, teacher training, diversifying the ranks of science majors, and...

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Commonwealth Fund Analysis Shows how Disastrous the Medicaid Work Requirement Would be, Given the Opioid Crisis

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01/12/2018

Commonwealth Fund Analysis Shows how Disastrous the Medicaid Work ... waivers, according to an analysis by the Commonwealth Fund . The state predicts that a full 15 percent of its ... years of the waiver’s...

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Funded by The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Scientists Develop Sun Shield to Prevent Coral Bleaching

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03/27/2018

A group of scientists developed a "sun shield" that they hope can help prevent coral bleaching, which spread across the Great Barrier Reef in Australia in 2016 and 2017.

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz to Receive Council on Foundations Distinguished Service Award

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11/08/2018

Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz to Receive Council on ... Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund , with its 2018 Distinguished Service Award. First ... Corporation of New York...

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