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Brigadier General (Ret.) William T. Bester Joins Jonas Veterans Healthcare Program

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04/02/2012

... of leadership, policy, clinical and academic experience in military and civilian settings give him an unparalleled ... relief, Bester has been invited as a guest speaker to over 25 conferences, workshops, and...

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28 Apr 2025

April 2025 New York Age-Friendly Funders Network - Spring Meeting

Monday, April 28, 2025 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

... Age-Friendly Funders is a peer network of grantmakers who fund or are interested in the program area of healthy aging and services for older ... that serve them and (2) opportunities and challenges in...

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Three Ways Funders Delude Themselves About Equity

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04/26/2017

... Delusional altruism is when funders inadvertently get in their own way, or make life more challenging for their ... is a big problem in our society and at the heart of many social ills that...

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New Report From Arabella Advisors says More Than $6 Trillion Pledged to Fossil Fuel Divestment

Release Date:

09/12/2018

... The movement to divest from fossil fuels and invest in renewable energy alternative continues to accelerate, with ... an €8.9 billion ($10.4 billion) sovereign development fund , became the first country...

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Pfizer and the Avon Foundation for Women Support Patients Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer

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01/21/2015

... recipients of the Avon-Pfizer Metastatic Breast Cancer Grants Program: Identify-Amplify-Unify. In total, 23 non-profit organizations will receive grants totaling $1 million in...

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Simons Foundation, Autism Speaks and Autism Science Foundation launch Autism BrainNet registration site

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05/16/2014

... with the brains of typically developing individuals. In addition, shared changes in gene expression have been identified in the brains of people with autism. However, none of these ...

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Heintz Named To NonProfit Times Power & Influence Top 50 List

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08/01/2014

... Stephen Heintz, president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund , has been named as one of this year's Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50. In commenting on the selection of Heintz as a 2014 honoree...

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Bloomberg, Sierra Club Direct $60 Million To Closing Half Of U.S. Coal Plants By 2017

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04/10/2015

... The Sierra Club and Michael Bloomberg are upping the ante in their effort to close down coal-fired power plants, announcing on Wednesday another $60 million in funding for their anti-coal campaign. If...

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"Resilience" Bonds Could Help in Climate Disaster, Rockefeller Report Says

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12/10/2015

"Resilience" Bonds Could Help in Climate Disaster, Rockefeller Report Says A "resilience ... bond, could help cities deal more effectively with climate change -related disasters, according to a...

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Shut Down January 1; Profiled in Jerusalem Post

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01/07/2016

... Bronfman Philanthropies Shut Down January 1; Profiled in Jerusalem Post On January 21, 2016, Andrea and Charles ... adieu and farewell to this family of foundations based in Jerusalem, Montreal and New York,...

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The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

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NYS Health Foundation Launches Consumer Empowerment Initiative, Seeks Proposals

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03/23/2016

... patients last, when they should come first. NYSHF wants to change that dynamic and increase health care consumers' ... control, and convenience. Through this RFP, they expect to fund ambitious, large-...

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New York Health Foundation

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Casey Family Programs Evaluates Housing’s Role in Child Welfare Services

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05/24/2016

Casey Family Programs Evaluates Housing’s Role in Child Welfare Services The national effort spearheaded by ... Programs – evaluates whether supportive housing could change the trajectory of families facing a...

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Overbrook Foundation: A Small Family Funder Trying to Cure What Ails Environmentalism

Release Date:

08/01/2017

... commitment to impact investing. Or Wallace Global Fund ’s incubation of the fossil fuel divestment movement. Many of these early adopters are, in fact, working on a meta level, trying to change...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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From the Ground Up

Release Date:

09/08/2017

... rarely get to choose the projects and programs that land in their backyards; too often, they are subjected to ... As a result, many efforts labeled as “progress” in India—whether they’re focused on...

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Ms. Foundation Seeks to Increase Traction for Childcare Amongst Funders

Release Date:

10/03/2017

... reach for working families, but few funders have stepped in to fill the gap. In 2015, the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive-leaning ... priority for grantmakers. The Ms. Foundation wants to ...

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