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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

10 Jul 2014

Funder Briefing on the Lessons from Hurricane Sandy

Thursday, July 10, 2014 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... and working closely with community-based organizations in neighborhoods most heavily impacted by Hurricane Sandy, ... government, and community-based organizations for a funder briefing on the lessons of...

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Environment and Climate Change

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19 States May Be Violating Laws Requiring Them To Assist Consumers With Health Care Choices

Release Date:

06/25/2014

... A Commonwealth Fund analysis finds that 19 states may be in violation of laws requiring them to assist consumers ... and make informed decisions about what coverage is right for them. Federal rules released...

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Americans' Wait Time To See Doctors Is Longer Than in Many Other Countries

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07/05/2014

Americans' Wait Time To See Doctors Is Longer Than in Many Other Countries Many Americans wait six days or ... to the bottom in a Commonwealth Fund study of wait times for treatment ...

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Uninsured Rate Drops From 20 Percent to 15 Percent Due To ACA

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07/10/2014

... Rate Drops From 20 Percent to 15 Percent Due To ACA In the wake of the Affordable Care Act’s first open ... rate among working age-adults dropped from 20 percent in July–September 2013 to 15 percent in...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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The Commonwealth Fund

City's Green Cart Initiative Judged An "Extraordinary Success"

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07/13/2014

... calling an "extraordinary success" an initiative launched in NYC in 2008, with support from the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination ... "The Green Cart Initiative," which made permits available...

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Heintz Named To NonProfit Times Power & Influence Top 50 List

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08/01/2014

... this year's Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50. In commenting on the selection of Heintz as a 2014 honoree, ... and an evolving theory of change." Those selected for this year's honors...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

ASPCA Grants $1.5 Million To Boost Spay/Neuter Training

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07/28/2014

... Humane Alliance Spay/Neuter Training Center, located in Asheville, N.C. The new facility will allow Humane ... of surgeries performed at clinics across the country, all in an effort to make a significant dent...

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

Foundations Join Together to Create New Philanthropy Feedback Opportunities

Release Date:

09/04/2014

... Kellogg Foundation have joined together to create the Fund for Shared Insight, which will award $5-million to $6-million ... donors and nonprofits to join this crusade to make asking for feedback part of the...

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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

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Legal Issues

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Communications/Media

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Ford Foundation

Freedom Together Foundation

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Rita Allen Foundation

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled in BusinessWeek

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10/03/2014

Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled in BusinessWeek Judith Rodin is the president of the Rockefeller Foundation, which means she’s in charge of giving away one of America’s historic ... spending that opens...

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OSF Founder Soros Instrumental in Advancing Drug Reform Policies in the United States

Release Date:

10/03/2014

OSF Founder Soros Instrumental in Advancing Drug Reform Policies in the United States Financier George Soros has become ... from medical marijuana use to the easing of sentencing for drug charges...

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Open Society Foundations

Capital One Seeks Innovative Programs to Increase Digital Proficiency

Release Date:

10/06/2014

... to change at the same pace. Without access to, grounding in , or funding to leverage this new “digital” world, ... risk falling behind in terms of the basic skills required for...

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Workforce Development

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Capital One Foundation

27 Jan 2015

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers

Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 7:30am to Friday, January 30, 2015 - 5:00pm

Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers (ESS) provides an introduction to ... program officers with less than two years of experience in the philanthropic sector. The three day course will help ... of...

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Charities Seek to Attract More Boomers as They Mull Retirement Plans

Release Date:

10/20/2014

... are also benefiting from a giving surge by people in their 50s and 60s, especially those seeking to get their ... of the Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund (No. 120), for example, now produces grant-making...

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Which Nonprofits Are Most Ready for Capacity Building?

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07/19/2012

... assess how their money is best spent—and support for organizational capacity-building support is no exception. ... but few actually accomplish. It turns out that, at least in the nonprofit world, desire to...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Dedicated to Getting Veterans Back to Work

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04/20/2015

... Dedicated to Getting Veterans Back to Work Hope came in the form of the Veteran Integration Program (VIP), a ... and establishing financial stability. Launched in late 2012, VIP offers job training and...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Veterans

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Dyson Foundation Backs Service Week in the Mid-Hudson Region

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05/15/2015

Dyson Foundation Backs Service Week in the Mid-Hudson Region Omega’s annual Service Week is ... “Omega’s Service Week provides a unique environment for those who work in the nonprofit community...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Community Development

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NoVo Grant Helps Sex Trafficking Victims Fight Prostitution Charges

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05/19/2015

... sex trafficking has existed, victims have been punished for the crimes their traffickers have forced them to ... commit,” Kate Mogulescu, a public defender at Legal Aid in New York City, told The Huffington...

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

New York Life Sponsors TAPS Good Grief Camps and Provides Scholarships to Attend

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05/22/2015

... The grant supports a four-day TAPS Good Grief Camp for children and teens. The funding will also provide families and mentors with ... are expected to attend this four-day gathering being held in...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Veterans

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New York Life Foundation

John A. Hartford Foundation Partners with YMCA to Prevent Diabetes

Release Date:

06/12/2015

... by nearly 70 percent, also offering the possibility for lowering health care expenditures. With funding from the John A. Hartford Foundation, the Y will ... by advancing policy changes such as Medicare...

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