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ASPCA Grants $1.5 Million To Boost Spay/Neuter Training

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07/28/2014

... will allow Humane Alliance to train up to 855 animal health professionals annually and greatly expand the number of surgeries performed at clinics across the country, all in an effort to make a significant...

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Prescription For Making Healthcare Enrollment More Customer-Friendly

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08/01/2014

... writes James R. Knickman President & CEO, New York State Health Foundation, in the Huffington Post. As the state moves ... it easy to compare plans. Reduce the overwhelming number of nearly-identical...

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New York Health Foundation

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Research Yields Game Changer for Improving Understanding of Ebola

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09/19/2014

Research Yields Game Changer for Improving Understanding of Ebola The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-led ... PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, describes the use of fecal samples from wild great apes to...

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

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10/03/2014

... United States Financier George Soros has become one of the largest supporters of drug reforms ranging from medical marijuana use to the ... given about $11 billion towards causes including public ...

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How Institutions Take Risks

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10/12/2014

... As Adolf Hitler harassed, isolated, and murdered many of Europe's greatest scientists, philosophers, and thinkers, ... the Rockefeller Foundation pivoted from its core public- health work to the heart-...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces $2.2 Million in Emergency Funding for Ebola Response Efforts

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11/18/2014

... address emerging priorities in the largest-ever outbreak of this deadly virus, while also ensuring ongoing support for ... humanitarian relief efforts, more than 70 percent of its giving is directed to...

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Commonwealth Fund Research Shows Elderly in U.S. Have Trouble Paying Medical Bills

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11/21/2014

... and found that the U.S. leads the pack in the percentage of older adults who have trouble paying their medical bills. Making things even worse, 68 percent of Americans age 65 and older have two or more chronic...

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SeaChange Capital Partners Announces New Fund to Make Program-Related Investments in New York City

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11/24/2014

... to nonprofit organizations working with and on behalf of low-income New Yorkers. NYPRI will seek opportunities ... their impact while offering the potential for some amount of financial return. These...

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

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How Public Policy Can Support Collective Impact

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12/2014

... Impact Forum, provides examples and recommendations of public policies that use funding streams, regulations, ... public policies that support the five conditions of collective impact and ways that government structures, ... as diverse as economic development, education, and health . These public policies extend beyond electoral cycles ...

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MetLife Foundation Increases Access to Online Capital for Small Businesses

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02/27/2015

... access capital and education online and achieve business health and growth. The platform – us.accion.org – ... new loan products to meet the diverse capital needs of entrepreneurs; and integrate new...

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UJA Federation Charities Scramble to Address FEGS Closure

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03/16/2015

... the nonprofit world was shocked. But the ruinous series of decisions that wrecked FEGS—a health and human services nonprofit that has long been one of New York’s largest, most well-regarded...

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Deutsche Bank, MetLife, Prudential and Posner-Wallace Join Forces for Capital Consortium Fund

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03/17/2015

... Global Social Finance Group today announced the closing of the Essential Capital Consortium (ECC), a five-year USD 50 million social enterprise fund, which is part of its family of social...

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JP Morgan, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer Lead the Charge to Develop Dementia Treatment

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03/18/2015

... research that would ultimately lead to the development of new drugs to treat the condition, which affects around 47m people worldwide. In addition, a number of major global pharmaceutical companies, includ-ing...

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Jonas Center Releases Homelessness Report Targeting Female Veterans

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03/26/2015

... for every homeless veteran – “nearly every penny of it after the veteran has become homeless. Very little ... unveiled a plan to end veteran homelessness by the end of 2015 and although the numbers appear to...

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Bloomberg Announces Winners of Genesis Generation Challenge

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04/29/2015

Bloomberg Announces Winners of Genesis Generation Challenge On Tuesday, April 28, Michael R. Bloomberg announced the nine recipients of the Genesis Generation Challenge, a competition supporting ... Winning...

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Teagle Awards $2 Million in Support of Liberal Arts Education

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06/01/2015

Teagle Awards $2 Million in Support of Liberal Arts Education Grants awarded through the ... $398,000 over three years to the Rochester Institute of Technology, Harvey Mudd College, Kettering University, .....

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John A. Hartford Foundation Partners with YMCA to Prevent Diabetes

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06/12/2015

... applies research that has been shown to reduce the number of new type 2 diabetes cases among Medicare-age individuals ... 70 percent, also offering the possibility for lowering health care expenditures. With...

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Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2015 Scholars

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07/09/2015

... The Rita Allen Foundation has named its 2015 class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholars, honoring seven ... holds exceptional promise for advancing the frontiers of knowledge about how biological systems function...

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NoVo Foundation Looks to Girls As Change Agents

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07/10/2015

... Looks to Girls As Change Agents Girls and young women of color have made important gains in education, health and economic security in recent years. There is cause ... participation in post-secondary education...

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