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Cost of Health Care a Burden for Most U.S. Households

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04/15/2014

A new study published by the Milbank Memorial Fund's Milbank Quarterly finds the cost of health care to be a burden for most U.S. households. Since 2001, health ... every income level and in every geographic...

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Rockefeller Foundation Pledges $75 Million for Smart Power India Project

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04/16/2015

... Foundation on Wednesday pledged $75 million as part of its new initiative to use renewable energy based mini-grids not just to light up ... 1,000 villages in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, but also...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Community Development

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Leadership Changes Announced at Gap Foundation and Gap, Inc.

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05/15/2015

... Bobbi Silten has been promoted and has taken on a new role. She is now Executive Vice President, Gap Inc. ... Foundation; and Global Sustainability. She will continue to serve as a Gap Foundation trustee. Dan...

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Century Foundation Explores the 'Double Burden' of Poverty

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08/12/2015

... in short, is much more likely than a poor white one to live in a neighborhood where many other families are poor, ... is stark in most major metropolitan areas, according to new data analyzed...

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Community Development

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Michelle Alexander Joins Ford Foundation as Senior Fellow

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10/07/2015

... Alexander joins Ford as a senior fellow, contributing to the foundation’s work on democracy, rights, and justice. ... over the past two decades. Her best-selling book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in...

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Civic Engagement

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Rockefeller Brothers Supported Report: Wind Energy Could Get Cheaper

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03/18/2016

... Get Cheaper The offshore wind industry’s efforts to distance itself from Cape Wind continued this week as the ... Delaware released a report showing offshore wind energy in New England would be far less costly...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Newly-Named Soros Fellows for 2016 Include Six Indian Americans

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04/14/2016

... The 18th annual Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans were announced April 12 and included six Indian ... the 30 recipients. The graduate school Fellowship for New Americans — for immigrants and...

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Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans

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Immigration

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Ford Foundation"s Darren Walker Participates in Discussion on the Influence of Impact Investing on Philanthropy

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05/12/2016

... Impact Investing on Philanthropy Impact investing can lead to new strategies for entrepreneurs and mission-driven businesses. That means room for new people to receive...

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Russell Sage Report Finds Non-Citizen Latinos Politically Engaged

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06/28/2016

... Engaged Non-citizen Latino immigrants may not be able to vote, but they could still help decide the outcome of the ... Sage Foundation. Jones-Correa and McCann used a new survey, the Latino Immigrant National...

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Supported by Commonwealth Fund, Study Shows Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the Usability Test

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07/18/2016

... Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the Usability Test A new UCSF study finds that some of the most popular apps for diabetes, depression and caregivers are too difficult to use, especially by underserved...

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NYCT, Jonas Center, John A. Hartford and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Highlighted in Health Affairs

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07/20/2016

... that employment of registered nurses (RNs) is expected to increase “16 percent from 2014 to 2024, much faster than ... the Affordable Care Act. The BLS notes that the supply of new nurses...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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Supported by Rockefeller and Bloomberg, Climate Finance Project Finds Solutions for Low-Carbon Growth

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07/26/2016

... and implementation. The developed countries have committed to mobilizing $100 billion (PDF) a year by 2025. Keeping ... to solve these worldwide challenges. It is engineering new solutions...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Carnegie Corporation Names Robert Rosenthal Director of Information Technology

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08/01/2016

... all aspects of IT, including: selection and deployment of new applications; oversight and upgrades of systems; ... management; support of the design and implementation of a new website and intranet; and...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Supported by Verizon Foundation, Three High School Students Graduate from 'Girls Who Code' Program at NJIT

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09/27/2016

... "Girls Who Code" summer Immersion program offered at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Makhdoom, Bryant, ... and Cohen were among 40 young women from throughout New Jersey who...

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Gender Justice

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Ford-Supported Survey Finds Black, Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents

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10/06/2016

... Survey Finds Black, Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents More young blacks and Hispanics ... smaller expenses, than do whites or Asians, according to a new GenForward poll...

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Economic Security

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Co-Authored by Arabella Advisors, Article Tracks A Foundation’s 15-Year Journey In Impact Investing

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10/11/2016

... Foundation [now The Fink Family Foundation] 15 years ago to help solve large-scale environmental problems, we were ... we wanted to be catalytic— to take risks to prove...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Supported by Ford Foundation, GenForward Poll Shows Clinton’s Edge With Young People Crosses Racial Lines

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10/25/2016

... Americans across races and ethnicities are now more likely to support Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump for president, ... former secretary of state will help people like them, a new GenForward poll shows...

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Civic Engagement

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Supports Female Playwrights at Centenary Stage Company

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04/06/2017

... Women Playwrights Series is back at Centenary Stage, with new plays from writers from all over the country. Centenary ... Fawcett and Michelle Kholos Brooks, and distinctive new plays that will feature...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Arts

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F.D.A. Approves First Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment, Costing $475,000

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08/31/2017

... treatment that genetically alters a patient’s own cells to fight cancer, a milestone that is expected to transform treatment in the coming years. The new therapy turns a patient’s cells into...

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