NYS Health Foundation Unveils Health Care Cost Transparency Website
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... Website This NYS Health-funded website by FAIR Health offers easy-to-use, reliable information on health care ...
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De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave
Release Date:
09/13/2017
The New York City Department of Education (DOE) does not offer paid parental leave for union workers, nor does the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) union provide their members with any parental leave benefits, Kings County Politics has learned.
The G.O.P. Bill Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That’s Hard.
Release Date:
09/21/2017
A new health care bill before the Senate would require every state in the country to make a ssoup-to-nuts evaluation of how they’d like their health care systems to work, to build such a system and be ready to open their doors in substantially less...
Pound Foolish
Release Date:
09/22/2017
Food banks must reject measuring their impact by pounds of food distributed and instead promote access to nutritious food.
Open Society Research Looks at New Technology Predicting Recidivism Without Being Racist
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... criminal justice system. You’ll soon be whisked into a room where bail will be assigned to you — likely in ...
How Failure of the Obamacare Repeal Affects Consumers
Release Date:
09/27/2017
Obamacare repeal is dead, again. But the months of Republican attacks on the health law will still have consequences for some consumers.
Opinion: A Cash Guarantee for All Has Philanthropy Buzzing
Release Date:
09/27/2017
These days, to achieve maximum buzz, a policy idea needs the right combination of utopian promise and real-world possibility. You can make the argument that universal basic income has recently offered the headiest brew of that mix, for both the...
Nonprofits Scramble to Respond to the New DACA Deadline
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... gave Congress six months to formalize the program into law. Providers across New York, which is home to ...
New Initiative Aims to Have Every New York City Public School Student See a Broadway Show
Release Date:
10/10/2017
The Broadway League has teamed up with the New York City Department of Education to launch the first year of Broadway Bridges, an initiative that aims to give every New York City public high school student the opportunity to see a Broadway show...
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Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers
Thursday, January 25, 2018 (All day) to Friday, February 9, 2018 (All day)
... Through highly interactive sessions with peers, it also offers strategies for managing the “art” of philanthropy ... colleagues in philanthropy and with grantees (Since PNY offers an extensive financial series...
The Commonwealth Fund Supports Tool to Encourage Patient Contribution to Clinical Notes
Release Date:
12/08/2017
Funded by The Commonwealth Fund, OurNotes is an extension of the nationwide OpenNotes, a movement to offer patients ready, online access to their clinicians’ visit notes. Currently, more than 20 million patients across the country have electronic...
Surdna Foundation Funds Exhibit Mapping 150 Years of Activism in New Orleans
Release Date:
01/05/2018
... others have a more forgotten role. The exhibit also offers profiles of notable activism efforts from the past 150 ...
North Star Fund Announces 9 Catalyst Grants
Release Date:
01/16/2018
North Star Fund has awarded nine Catalyst Grants totaling $65,000.
William Bell of Casey Family Programs on Funding Early Intervention Services to Keep Families Together
Release Date:
02/23/2018
... deemed at imminent risk of entering foster care. It also offers support for relatives who unexpectedly assume ... states need the ability to target their existing resources into early intervention services.....
Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners
Release Date:
03/23/2018
Citigroup is setting restrictions on the sale of firearms by its business customers, making it the first Wall Street bank to take a stance in the divisive nationwide gun control debate.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Access to Economic Opportunity for Delaware Students
Release Date:
05/03/2018
... education system and various public and private partners, offers high school and postsecondary students an opportunity ...
Ford Foundation Supports Immigrant Artists Mentoring Program
Release Date:
09/07/2018
... arts professionals, and organizations. The program offers immigrant artists the opportunity to focus on their ...
Funded by The Charles H. Revson Foundation, New York Library Lends Out Ties, Briefcases, Handbags for Job Interviews
Release Date:
09/24/2018
Starting last month, a New York library branch began experimenting with new offerings: neckties, bow ties, handbags and briefcases intended for people with limited resources who are heading for job interviews, auditions or any other event for which...
Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania Provide Resources to Support Tree Of Life Synagogue Victims
Release Date:
10/29/2018
In response to the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue on Saturday, GWP is compiling resources for those interested in providing support.
NYT Interviews Schott Foundation VP Edgar Villanueva
Release Date:
11/28/2018
"We can’t undo colonization, but to acknowledge it is a major step," says Edgar Villanueva, author of the book “Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance.”