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How Public Policy Can Support Collective Impact

Publication date:

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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Workforce Development

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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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UJA-Federation of New York

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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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Workforce Development

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Posner-Wallace Foundation

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

Release Date:

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

Release Date:

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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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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Veterans

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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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Education

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John A. Hartford Foundation Partners with YMCA to Prevent Diabetes

Release Date:

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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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2015 Scholars

Release Date:

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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Gender Justice

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million to 11 Arts Organizations

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09/03/2015

... improve conditions for performing artists in the fields of contemporary dance, jazz and theatre. As recipients of grants from DDCF’s Fund for National Projects, these ... audiences across the country and...

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Arts

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Grants $2 Million in Core Operating Support to Nine National Arts Organizations

Release Date:

09/23/2015

... the nine organizations receiving a combined total of $2.268 million through its Core Support for National ... program has funded organizations deemed critical to the health of the...

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Arts

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Bank of America and Habitat for Humanity Launch Second Global Build

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10/06/2015

Bank of America and Habitat for Humanity Launch Second Global Build In recognition of the United Nations’ World Habitat Day, Bank of America, ... critical to financial well-being and is linked to...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Housing and Homelessness

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JPB Foundation-Funded Research Examines Children’s Menu Choices

Release Date:

11/04/2015

... Research Examines Children’s Menu Choices To parents of picky eaters across the country, the idea that simply ... to new research published today in the November issue of Health Affairs,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Tufts University

Commonwealth Fund Survey: Healthcare Unaffordable for Many Even With Insurance

Release Date:

11/20/2015

... for Many Even With Insurance More Americans have health insurance now than at any time in the past decade, but ... the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund. The telephone survey of 2,700 insured adults found that even...

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Children, Youth and Families

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09 Feb 2016

Campaign for Grade Level Reading: The Funder Action Series, Part 2 - Webinar

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11:00am to 12:00pm

Join us for the second webinar, of a four-part series, that will explore the Campaign for ... of children ready for school with a focus on parents and health to address early literacy, social-...

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Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)

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01/11/2016

Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer Glioblastoma multiforme is a ... deadly cancer. A person diagnosed with this type of brain tumor typically survives 15 months, if given the ... . ...

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Largest-Ever Study of Cornea Condition Reveals Hidden Risk Factors, U-M Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness)

Release Date:

01/13/2016

Largest-Ever Study of Cornea Condition Reveals Hidden Risk Factors, U-M Team ... The findings, made through the largest-ever clinical study of the condition called keratoconus, could help more people ... made by...

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