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LGBT-Themed Films Receive Support From New Arcus Fund

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07/16/2014

... films have been selected for support from the Arcus Foundation Fund at Sundance Institute. Established in ... focused on LGBT issues and that at different stages of development, production, and distribution...

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"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs

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07/28/2014

... needs to take steps to prevent "eye-popping" prices of new drugs from driving health care costs so high that ... researcher to the president, The Commonwealth Fund, on the foundation ' s...

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Report Shows Some Success For NYC's Young Men's Initiative

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07/28/2014

Report Shows Some Success For NYC' s Young Men' s Initiative A program started during former Mayor Michael ... run in conjunction with the New York City Department of Youth and...

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The Next Big Idea for the Next Decade: The Resilience Dividend

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08/21/2014

... on building resiliency, writes Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation , in a blog post that originally appeared on ... her post: "In a conversation with The Washington Post' s...

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When the Biomedical Industry Can’t Prioritize Diseases, Private Money Can Save Lives

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09/19/2014

... Can Save Lives Nearly two million people in the U. S . suffer from type 1 diabetes (T1D), and millions more are ... affects at least 25 million Americans.) Given the expense of research, development, and...

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Restoring and Extending Tax Incentives

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11/17/2014

... Also on the “must pass” list for Congress is enactment of an end- of -year tax bill that restores numerous expired tax ... also expands the food inventory incentive, streamlines the foundation...

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Share Your Thoughts: PNY’s 34th Annual Meeting!

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04/30/2013

... livestream broadcast! And special thanks again to the Ford Foundation for their generosity as our hosts. We asked you ... to share your thoughts on community resiliency in advance of our meeting, and now we’d...

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Philanthropy Must Lead With Its Heart

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02/19/2015

by Jennifer and Peter Buffett, Co-Presidents, The NoVo Foundation This post originally appeared in the Chronicle of Philanthropy . We are struck by a paradox that ... tendencies may be getting the best of...

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Tiffany & Co. Names Anisa Kamadoli Costa Chief Sustainability Officer

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04/10/2015

... that CEO Frederic Cumenal has established the company’ s first-ever chief sustainability officer position to elevate ... She will retain her position as chairman and president of The Tiffany & Co. ...

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Morgan Stanley Helps Address Housing, Health and Employment Needs in Washington D.C.

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07/30/2015

... A new development breaking ground today in the nation' s capital is a model for integrating housing, health care, ... will include 202 affordable apartments, a state- of -the-art health center for 15,000...

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Oct 22 White House Conference on Criminal Justice Reform with Funders to be Live-Streamed

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10/22/2015

... to be Live-Streamed Bill Keller, Editor-in-Chief of The Marshall Project, will moderate a conversation on ... The focus of the discussion will be how to make America’ s law enforcement,...

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BofA, Rockefeller Noted for Adding Profit Incentives to Nonprofit Work

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11/06/2015

... and one recent technique in particular shows promise. It’ s called Pay for Success, and it allows investors to fund ... has attracted financial heavyweights such as Bank of America and Merrill Lynch, and...

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Critics of Health Insurer Mergers Urge States to Act; Commonwealth Fund Quoted

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12/03/2015

Critics of Health Insurer Mergers Urge States to Act; Commonwealth ... in Pennsylvania that was blocked in 2009 by that state' s former insurance commissioner, Joel Ario. Eric ... premiums for consumers. The...

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Verizon Supported Study Finds Smartphone App Can Improve Self-management for Some with Spina Bifida

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12/10/2015

... wounds and other complications, according to a pilot study of the interactive Mobitle Health & Rehabilitation app. Findings were published Oct. 20 in the American Journal of Physical Medicine &...

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Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness)

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02/03/2016

Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to ... of researchers who generated stem cells from a patient' s skin cells and then repaired the...

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18 Mar 2016

The Global Goals in New York City

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9:00am to 2:00pm

... discussions will provide attendees with a strong overview of the Sustainable Development Goals (including what they are ... and how the SDGs will be implemented and measured in the U. S . The afternoon will...

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Carnegie Prize Honoring Genocide’s Unsung Heroes Profiled in NYTimes

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03/16/2016

Carnegie Prize Honoring Genocide’ s Unsung Heroes Profiled in NYTimes They are four ... would receive a new humanitarian award, created in memory of the Armenian genocide, has selected these four as ... of...

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Nathan Cummings Urges Firstenergy Shareholders to Vote for Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Lobbying Expenditures

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05/06/2016

Nathan Cummings Foundation Urges Firstenergy Shareholders To Vote For Proposal Regarding Disclosure Of Lobbying Expenditures - Sec Filing Dear FirstEnergy ... that you will be asked to vote on at the Company’...

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NYS Health Announces Funding Opportunity in Its Newest Priority Area, Empowering Health Care Consumers in New York State

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05/06/2016

... Care Consumers in New York State The New York State Health Foundation is pleased to launch a Request for Proposals (RFP) ... health care system easier to navigate; identify effects of consolidation; or address...

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