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Commonwealth Fund Reports Detail Impacts of Clinton and Trump Health Reform Proposals

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09/23/2016

The Commonwealth Fund recently commissioned analysts with the RAND Corporation to crunch the numbers and find out how some of the candidates’ proposals would affect health care in the U.S.

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Carnegie Corporation Seeks Ideas to Reduce Nuclear Risks

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09/23/2016

Through the program, Carnegie will support projects aimed at generating innovative, solutions-oriented approaches that can be taken up by government and industry.

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Milbank Memorial Fund's Koller Comments on Consequences of Dumping Essential Benefits

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03/24/2017

... Republicans to dump standards for health benefits in plans sold to individuals would probably lower the average ... it will likely also induce insurers to offer much skimpier plans , potentially excluding the...

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Ford Foundation Awards NABJ Grant Ahead Of Its 42nd Annual Convention And Career Fair

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08/09/2017

Days before kicking off its annual convention, the National Association of Black Journalists announced the Ford Foundation has granted $150,000 to the largest organization of journalists of color in the nation.

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Transgender Ban Frozen as Mattis Moves Forward With New Review Of Options

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08/30/2017

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced that he is freezing the implementation of President Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military, saying that he will first establish a panel of experts to provide advice and recommendations on how...

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Cuomo Says Penn’s ‘Summer Of Hell’ Was Prevented

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08/31/2017

The “summer of hell” at Penn Station due to Amtrak’s track upgrades was averted due to planning and communication, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday in a statement.

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Mayor De Blasio Revives Push To Convert Former Greenpoint Hospital Into Affordable Housing

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08/31/2017

... for expressions of interest from development teams for plans to build at least 300 units on the site, but expects ... could include as many as 600 — depending on whether the plans seek to rehab existing...

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De Blasio Wants To Install 1,000 Electric-Car Charging Stations By 2020

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09/21/2017

Mayor de Blasio rolled out a $10 million plan to install as many as 1,000 new electric-car charging stations throughout the city by 2020.

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Opinion: New York’s Republicans Must Resist The Obamacare Repeal And Replace Effort

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09/27/2017

... in the form of Medicaid, the Essential Plan or commercial plans . Studies demonstrate that health coverage brings ...

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Johnson & Johnson Partners with Other Global Leaders to Expand HIV Treatment

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07/26/2018

Johnson & Johnson, the Elton John AIDS Foundation along with the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Unitaid, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), and...

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Sample Job Descriptions: Communications VP/ Director / Officer

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11/2013

The following jobs descriptions for communications director professionals were previously posted on PNY's Jobs Board. We update our sample job description resources as we post new positions on our site.

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Innovations in Open Grantmaking

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10/2016

Of its $4.1 trillion fiscal year 2016 budget, the U.S. federal government and its grantmaking agencies will give out billions of dollars in the form of grants to states, localities, and individuals, supporting a dizzying array of activities, from scientific research and economic development to arts, culture, and education.

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Journalism and Democracy: A Convening on Philanthropy's Role in Strengthening the Press

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2:00pm to 5:30pm

... Beth Fertig (Moderator), Executive Director, Press Pass NYC Panel 2: Innovations in Journalism & Democracy Elizabeth ... Bell Graciela Mochkofsky , Dean, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY...

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Why U.S. Foundations Should Take the Global Sustainable Development Goals Seriously

Release Date:

06/21/2016

... foundations for the Measure of America project, which plans to track SDG progress at the national, state and county ... recently supported an index summit at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs. It brought...

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Let's Fight Racial Bias in Voting Through Donor Collaboratives and Litigation

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09/08/2016

... president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, launched the conversation with stories from ... Department no longer has the ability to preclear election plans , such as reviewing changes in...

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Rules and Rituals: How to Drive Change

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07/06/2017

... like marine drill sergeants, call center managers, and school teachers—we’d hear a lot more questions about ... is thought to be driven by alignment to formal project plans , investment memos, and success...

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How Groundswell is adapting to the COVID-19 crisis

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03/30/2020

... within each of our departments to scale back 2020 work plans , both to create space to respond to this crisis and its ... mental and physical health. Started developing contingency plans for work coverage for...

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NYTimes Editorial Focuses on Importance of 'Grit' in Learning

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01/12/2015

... than intelligence when it comes to students’ success in school . But critics worry that the increasing focus on ...

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Prudential Names America's Top Youth Volunteers

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05/05/2015

... in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). These National Honorees, named ... from a field of more than 33,000 middle level and high school youth volunteers nationwide...

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