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Release Date:

09/22/2017

... Food banks must reject measuring their impact by pounds of food distributed and instead promote access to nutritious ... food banks across the United States distribute millions of tons of...

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Food Systems

7 Biggest Trends to Emerge from Global Goals Week

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09/25/2017

... from Global Goals Week No single story can encapsulate one of the most frenetic and wide-ranging weeks on the global ... its commitment to use digital payments, just as a minister of health...

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Is ‘Housing Not Warehousing’ Next?

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10/02/2017

... was chronically homeless for several years as a result of family issues and poor health . She now has a home in East Flatbush and is dedicated ... on foot. In 2006, she walked up and down the streets of...

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Nations Urged to Reject Phillip Morris Funds for Antismoking Efforts

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10/03/2017

... year for 12 years to this new organization with a mission of reducing the harm from smoking. Angry responses to this announcement came from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other anti-smoking entities...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria

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10/05/2017

... would reduce the need for repeated, continuous use of other malaria control measures, such as insecticides and bed nets.One team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of...

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How Nonprofit Programs Scale Up: Findings from the Wallace Foundation

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10/06/2017

... it feels a little bit like the nonprofit equivalent of reaching for the Holy Grail. The Wallace Foundation’s ... in what the Wallace Foundation itself calls the “field of scale-up studies.” Their report...

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Schumer Calls On EPA To Resume 'Abandoned' Cleanups Of Radioactive Hot Spots

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10/10/2017

Schumer Calls On EPA To Resume 'Abandoned' Cleanups Of Radioactive Hot Spots Sen. Charles E. Schumer on Monday ... Environmental Protection Agency to resume cleanup efforts of radioactive locations in...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Foundation Research Shows Connection Between Watershed Quality and Disease in Children

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10/10/2017

... Watershed Quality and Disease in Children A University of Vermont-led study of 300,000 children in 35 nations says kids whose watersheds ... the connection between watershed quality and individual ...

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As Bloomberg Hammers Away at Coal, What Might Be Next for His Climate Giving?

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10/18/2017

... And Kentucky is caught in the middle.” While the fate of the coal industry is bigger than Michael Bloomberg and ... a perception that Bloomberg ought to be wary of as his climate philanthropy continues to...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Hillman Foundation Announces 2017 Innovation Grants

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11/17/2017

... populations. To accelerate the development and scale of forward thinking nursing-driven models of care, the Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation (RAHF) has added ... $1.6 million in funding to seven projects to...

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SeaChange Capital Partners Co-Authors Report Highlighting Challenges Faced By Non-Profits In Philadelphia

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11/27/2017

... and SeaChange Capital Partners titled “The Financial Health of Philadelphia-Area Nonprofits.” We at NPQ say the report ... the need for nonprofits to build reserves, the importance of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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Rockefeller Foundation Grant Helps Create Racial-Justice ETF Backed by the NAACP

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11/28/2017

... well by minorities and women. Using the values and mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, and the YWCA Metropolitan ... companies that empower women, including...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Just How Little Access to Healthcare Americans over 65 Have

Release Date:

12/11/2017

... other countries and are more likely to go without needed health care because of costs. Why should this be? For one thing, Americans are ... could be adjusted to fit better with the realities of...

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Aging

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“Arabella Advisors Partners with Fannie Mae to Announce Sustainable Communities Innovation Challenge”

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12/20/2017

... Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTC) today announced the launch of its Sustainable Communities Innovation Challenge (The ... said Jeffery Hayward, Executive Vice President and Head of Multifamily, Fannie Mae. “We are excited...

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RFPs Etc

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education Releases Recommendations For Helping Native American Youth Live Healthier Lives

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01/18/2018

... In recent years, philanthropy has experienced a surge of interest in supporting racial equity across this country. ... an encouraging trend, but our sector has a great deal of work ahead of...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria

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02/16/2018

... researchers test bacteria that suppresses development of malaria parasite, genetic modification that boosts ... Research Institute at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health...

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Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed

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03/01/2018

... they are doing at providing all children – regardless of race, gender or zip code – with the supports and ... they need to learn and succeed. Noting that after decades of education reform, parental income...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Education

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JPMorgan Chase Releases 2017 Corporate Responsibility Report

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04/26/2018

... to doing just that. The Report is a great representation of the firm’s work to support communities around the ... revitalizing neighborhoods and promoting financial health – and scaling its efforts where it is...

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Civic Engagement

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William Randolph Hearst Foundations Provides Hefty Grant to SOPAC to Partner with School District

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04/26/2018

... two nonprofits that work together to “ensure that people of all backgrounds in the United States have the opportunity ... . The organizations focus on the culture, education, health and social services fields...

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